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We reserve the right to continue bellyaching about the opening procedure on these phones, but once inside it's not all bad news.
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The USB-C port, a component that will experience wear, can be removed with the daughterboard.
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Meanwhile, the 3.5 mm headphone jack is present (huzzah!) and completely modular. We find this essential on premium handsets.
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All that, plus an IP68 water/dust ingress protection rating that bests Apple's efforts. Not too shabby.
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The front-facing sensor (likely AMS TMD4906) assembly is also present on its own little board—another easily replaceable module!
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Next we open up the S Pen compartment … to find the S Pen. Kind of obvious I guess, but we couldn’t help ourselves.
| [* 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] The USB-C port, a component that will experience wear, can be removed with the daughterboard. | |
| [* black] Meanwhile, the 3.5 mm headphone jack is present (huzzah!) and completely modular. We find this ''[guide|96764|essential|stepid=178506|new_window=true] ''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] The front-facing sensor assembly is also present on its own little board—another easily replaceable module! |
| + | [* black] The front-facing sensor (likely AMS TMD4906) 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. |
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