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Essential Phone Teardown

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Essential Phone Teardown, Final Thoughts: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdne2935265:0
Final Thoughts
  • Essential Phone Repairability Score: 1 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)

  • To the extent that screws are used, they are all standard Phillips/JIS fasteners.

  • The battery is secured with repair-friendly stretch-release adhesive. Too bad it's so inaccessible.

  • The USB-C port is soldered to the motherboard, and with no headphone jack it'll be subject to extra wear.

  • Nearly invisible seams and copious adhesive means any attempt at repair is likely to inflict as much damage as it fixes.

  • Did we mention we had to freeze it?

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