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[* black] We reserve the right to continue bellyaching about the opening procedure on these phones, but once inside it's not all bad news.
[* black] Here for instance is a separate daughterboard containing the USB-C port. Ports are known weak points, but at least here you can replace it without swapping the entire motherboard.
[* black] Meanwhile, the 3.5 mm headphone jack is present (huzzah!) and completely modular. We find this ''essential'' on premium handsets.
[* black] All that, plus an IP68 water/dust ingress protection rating that [http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinion/what-is-ip68-ip-ratings-explained-2947135|bests Apple's efforts|new_window=true]. Not too shabby.
-[* black] Last to flop out is this front-facing sensor assembly with its flexy coppery tape.
-[* black] Time to blow the lid off this S-Pen.
+[* black] The front-facing sensor assembly is also present on its own little board—another easily replaceable module!
+[* black] Next we open up the S-Pen compartment…to find the S-Pen. Kind of obvious I guess, but we couldn’t help ourselves.