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Samsung has been providing iFixit with genuine parts since at least the S20. Although this is a good first step it came with a huge major caveat: Screen+batter
by hjk_bear 3y ago
Samsung has been providing iFixit with genuine parts since at least the S20. Although this is a good first step it came with a huge major caveat:
Screen+battery are only provided as a single assembly. You can't buy them separately.
These are the two most common repairs on a smartphone and to get a simple battery you need to buy the expensive screen.
I am hopeful Samsung redeems themselves this year especially with the introduction of the Fold5 to this program. Otherwise this is nothingburger only meant to appease regulators and legislators
- wkat4242 3y ago> These are the two most common repairs on a smartphone and to get a simple battery you need to buy the expensive screen. This is indeed really dumb and it's still the same for the S23 parts which have just been released on the European store https://samsungselfrepair.shop https://samsungselfrepair.shop They're not on iFixit yet for the US but I assume it's the same story.
- acquacow 3y agoYou can definitely buy the battery only, at least for the S21 Ultra, as I just went through that. https://www.ifixit.com/products/galaxy-s21-ultra-replacement-battery https://www.ifixit.com/products/galaxy-s21-ultra-replacement...
- ericpauley 3y agoThat's an aftermarket part.
- wkat4242 3y agoYeah I would definitely not use that. Aftermarket parts can be fine but with batteries I don't take risks.
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- epakai 3y agoThat's really odd. I worked in samsung parts for a few years. While screen/frame assemblies were very common, the battery was always separate. Batteries generally got stored separately, and shipping requirements also provide some onus to keep them apart. Particularly after seeing the pull adhesive strips in Pixel/iPhone I thought that would have become the norm.