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[* black] ...But for all our talk, this rear panel does present something new. The fingerprint reader has a pretty short cable, making a tiny booby trap for the unprepared. Luckily we brought a spudger, and got it safely disconnected.
-[* black] Cable dispatched, it's time to get in. So far things are looking very similar to the [guide|56686|S7|stepid=122895|new_window=true] and [guide|56845|S7 Edge|stepid=123310|new_window=true]. A multi-part midframe—consisting of wireless charging coil and NFC antenna, speaker, and Wi-Fi and cellular antennas—blocks our way.
- [* black] Time to pull out our trusty screwdriver and get to work.
+[* black] Cable dispatched, and we've got the glass out of the way. The S8+ and S8 follow the S6's move to a glass rear panel. This design has saved Samsung the engineering effort that goes into integrating antennas into a metal-backed phone, at the cost of durability and repairability.
+ [* black] Twice the crackability and a heck of an opening procedure won't help when it's time to score the repairability.