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| [title] Final Thoughts | |
| - | [* black] The Mate 9 earns a ***6 out of 10*** on our repairability scale (10 is the easiest to repair): |
| - | [* green] Most of the components—like both camera units, the loudspeaker |
| - | [* green] Despite the annoying pentalobe screws the Mate 9 comes |
| - | [* yellow] The battery is trapped behind some flex cables and is glued tightly into place but still can be swapped out when its power starts to fade away. |
| - | [* yellow] Although we are happy to find a headphone jack, it is soldered to the |
| - | [* red] Replacing a broken display |
| + | [* black] The Huawei Mate 9 earns a ***6 out of 10*** on our repairability scale (10 is the easiest to repair): |
| + | [* green] Most of the components—like both camera units, the loudspeaker, and the USB board—can be replaced. Even the proximity sensor and the NFC antenna are modular. |
| + | [* green] Despite the annoying pentalobe screws, the Mate 9 comes with only a few standard Phillips screws on the inside. |
| + | [* yellow] The battery is trapped behind some flex cables and is glued tightly into place, but still can be swapped out when its power starts to fade away. |
| + | [* yellow] Although we are happy to find a headphone jack, it is soldered to the board and calls for special soldering skills if it should fail. |
| + | [* red] Replacing a broken display, one of the most common repairs, will be one of the most difficult ones on this phablet. |