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  • HTC One's Great Build but Terrible Repairability

    HTC One's Great Build but Terrible Repairability

    Great Design, Drops Better than the iPhone 5

    While the HTC One managed to beat out Apple's iPhone 5 in drop tests recently it should be noted that it is a lot harder to repair. The HTC One recently got a teardown at iFixit (a site which takes apart smartphones and tries to put them back together). In that particular iFixit teardown, the HTC One is the only smartphone to get a repairability score of 1/10, which means it is next to impossible to repair (the Apple iPhone 5 has an iFixit repairability score of 7/10). Tearing down the HTC One the folks at iFixit found:

    • Most of the components are covered with copper tape for shielding which when removed looks like used aluminum foil (almost impossible to fix back)
    • The battery is attached to the midframe and covered by the motherboard, making it very difficult to replace.
    • To replace the display you have to remove the rear case which may require taking apart the entire HTC One.