The lately-launched OnePlus 2 "flagship killer" is not only a powerhouse, but it's also quite easy to repair, according to the folks over at iFixit.
It doesn't take long after a new flagship makes its way to the market for iFixit to tear it apart and determine just how easy (or hard) it is to disassemble the device. The company does this for repair purposes in order to check out if a certain device would be easy enough to fix, or whether it would require a massive struggle just to get to its battery, for instance.
For the OnePlus 2 teardown, iFixit has a slew of detailed images that show the smartphone's internals, dissected for everyone to see. According to iFixit, the OnePlus 2 is fairly easy to take apart. It has an army of screws, but that's "miles better" than adhesive.
While the previous OnePlus One teardown proved to be quite a challenge to repair, the OnePlus 2 is notably better in this department. As a reminder, iFixit ranks the "repairability" of a device on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the easiest to repair.
The OnePlus 2 got a repairability score of 7 out of 10 from iFixit, which is a dramatic improvement compared to the first-generation OnePlus One that only scored 5 out of 10.
"The teardown guys listed down their reasons - a single type of non-proprietary screw heads on the midframe, modular components, and a simple USB port assembly," iFixit notes in its OnePlus 2 teardown report.
At the same time, iFixit points out that the LCD and digitizer glass of the OnePlus 2 are fused together, which makes them act as a single part from a repairability point of view. In other words, if you break it you will have to replace both the LCD and digitizer glass as a single part, and the replacement won't be cheap.
Nevertheless, OnePlus made notable efforts to improve the design and engineering of its new-generation smartphone compared to its predecessor, and a 7 out of 10 repairability score is quite impressive. Head over to iFixit to check out the dissected OnePlus 2 in all its glory, with all of its internals out in the open.
