S23 Ultra Teardown: Right to Repair Forcing Samsung Towards Repairable Design

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Samsung's S23 Ultra is making waves. Apparently, the South Korean giant is catching up with Apple in both hardware and software. I’ll let the tech reviewers decide if that's true or not, I’m more interested in what’s new under the hood.
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  • @Gokul_Yt
    @Gokul_Yt Жыл бұрын

    How Completely software locked phone getting 7/10 and a phone without any software locks getting 4/10 For using too much glue. And Samsung provides debugging software for everyone of their phones. Reparability score really needs to include software Not just the hardware.

  • @Gokul_Yt

    @Gokul_Yt

    Жыл бұрын

    Even if you only care about hardware i phones have security screws so that is not getting any negative points ? .

  • @HDman.

    @HDman.

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @mus_xr4653

    @mus_xr4653

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Gokul_Yt no, because the screw drivers are very common

  • @Gokul_Yt

    @Gokul_Yt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mus_xr4653 IPA is also very common

  • @mus_xr4653

    @mus_xr4653

    Жыл бұрын

    The screens on the s23 and s23 ultra are irreplaceable. If you want to replace a screen you would have to replace the screen and the full frame, making the after market repairs unaffordable

  • @jaideepa.s176
    @jaideepa.s176 Жыл бұрын

    Samsung is not catching up with the hardware with Apple, dude Samsung S8 received the best Smartphone design award years ago where Apple was just a slab of metal. The Fold, the flip, and the curved display is innovative. Apple just buys display from Samsung.

  • @YerpS140
    @YerpS140 Жыл бұрын

    LMFAO they give it a bad score based on how they can repair the device with their flawed tools, heat and IPA will remove that back glass faster than you could try to remove that front OLED from any iPhone without going the apple route. Admit it ifixit at this point your at apples mercy.

  • @mrdummy_nl
    @mrdummy_nl Жыл бұрын

    You give it 4/10 but other repair channels give it 9/10... So what is going on here? Why have you more trouble and negative view on it than others? Explain it. Compared to iPhone14, it get much negative score and it's reported software locked. Then compared to others, iPhone 14 should have 2/10 score here.

  • @StarfoxHUN

    @StarfoxHUN

    Жыл бұрын

    Well i think the main problem with Samsung is still the curved screen, that is just so much harder/pricier to repair than flat screens(And ofc the insane amount of glue in the whole device). Is it worse to repair than a software-locked screen thought? Hard question indeed...

  • @THEJPR

    @THEJPR

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@StarfoxHUN So, a part that CAN be replaced while retaining FULL functionality vs a part that CAN be replaced WITHOUT retaining full functionality is a toss up? Heat plate or heat gun at 173F/80C does quick work of the glue.

  • @ViciousFirearms

    @ViciousFirearms

    10 ай бұрын

    Rent free babyyyy

  • @SnoozinFox
    @SnoozinFox Жыл бұрын

    That 4/10 rating is evidently wrong

  • @luca7069
    @luca7069 Жыл бұрын

    1:31 i don't agree at all on this pulltab. Your perception is IMHO influenced by the fact you tear down brand new phones, so the "stretchy adhesive trips" Apple uses work as intended on new iphones. But if you're replacing the battery after 3 years of ownership, all the heat cycles from charging and using the phone "destroy" that adhesive, meaning no matter how careful you are those stretchy stips are gonna break and you end up having to pry out, risking battery puncture. This kind of "huge pulltab" Samsung has adopted (and was already in use by Huawei and One Plus i believe) might prove less convenient but it gives a consistent battery removal procedure even years down the line. Also, this requires no additional tools, while the iPhone adhesive strips have to be grabbed with tweezers and almost always more extensive disassembly of the phone (taking out the taptic engine for example).

  • @ljessecusterl
    @ljessecusterl Жыл бұрын

    Samsung phones have always been repairable. The greater worry now is them lobbying to block aftermarket OLED panels being imported to the US.

  • @reahs4815

    @reahs4815

    Жыл бұрын

    @TROLL_MASTER you remove it and glue on a new one?

  • @tylerhauk6737
    @tylerhauk6737 Жыл бұрын

    ok all the hands collectively pulling the battery out gave me a good laugh lol 1:50

  • @123theprodigy5
    @123theprodigy5 Жыл бұрын

    I’m glad Samsung Google has partnered up with you guys to help people fix their devices. I wish Apple didn’t software lock all of their components to the motherboard. now, if we want to fix our Apple devices we have to read a long ass manual. i’m glad Google and Samsung just make it quick and easy.

  • @davidyang9902

    @davidyang9902

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@No offense the idea is to have CHOICES. apple charges an insane for out of warranty/apple care repairs that are frankly not worth it for older devices. and they can also refuse to service your device, or maybe apple repair is just not convenient in an area. for this reason, it is EXTREMELY important to have 3rd party repair option so people are not at the mercy of one company to get their things working again. if you would like apple to fix your things, great, im glad they can help with that, but you should never support apple's decision to lock down repairs so other people cannot fix things their way too

  • @KevinColumbus

    @KevinColumbus

    Жыл бұрын

    @No offense they serialize components and then tie them to a motherboard

  • @KevinColumbus

    @KevinColumbus

    Жыл бұрын

    @No offense how is a serialized display going to secure your device?

  • @KevinColumbus

    @KevinColumbus

    Жыл бұрын

    @No offense way to ignore my question.

  • @dpqb-web

    @dpqb-web

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nooffense911 am trying to be positive and neutral here. the anti-theft move has sacrifice to right-to-repair move, and vice versa. some people saw this is disadvantage that makes their phone is irreparable, thus the beliefs "not owning their phone"; and some thinks this is one of cash-grabber attempt, which makes sense for me. some people also saw this is advantage that any counterfeits cannot be sold. in fact, it worked pretty well; since iPhone 12, i have seen less (if not never) any new iPhone sold that has been "frankensteined" with another poor quality components, despite with same high price or less. with serialized and high price components, it makes almost impossible to fake the phone. me who never own any apple products (yet), saw this as both points. the real problem is that any evil people could misuse the right to repair for their own money. nowadays it is have been a big dilemma between increasing repairability and preventing counterfeits. i hope there is any alternative attempts that could solve both problems; products that repairable and cannot be counterfeited.

  • @matthewsanchez1160
    @matthewsanchez1160 Жыл бұрын

    Do you know when you guys will get the self repair kits for the s23 line in stock?

  • @lasangtamang470
    @lasangtamang470 Жыл бұрын

    I cannot agree with this rating ..😂😂

  • @dhivydhimanth1960
    @dhivydhimanth1960 Жыл бұрын

    That's some pretty good news. After all these years of no pull tab at all, even a barely functional pull tab is a great first move (hopefully of many)

  • @Atixtasy

    @Atixtasy

    Жыл бұрын

    99% alchohol works wonders lol as a samsung authorized technician

  • @E4create
    @E4create Жыл бұрын

    Is the aluminum side piece which I assume is a part of the midframe replaceable ? I have dropped it a few times with case and would not like to deal with it the entire time I have the phone

  • @tomgjonaj9965
    @tomgjonaj9965 Жыл бұрын

    How do you do a teardown video and not show off the new, larger, vapor chamber? No shots of the motherboard? Jesus.

  • @damienlobb85
    @damienlobb85 Жыл бұрын

    Will you guys be doing a chip ID at all? There's definitely some pretty significant changes to the sound. I am curious to see if Samsung have upgraded the amplifiers to the newer higher powered Cirrus models that are in the ROG 5/6 phones or if they've just stuck with the older models, and only upgraded the speakers.

  • @iFixitYourself

    @iFixitYourself

    Жыл бұрын

    Chip ID is coming soon!

  • @rodrigoperaza1407

    @rodrigoperaza1407

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@iFixitYourself🔙

  • @Sammmeeee
    @Sammmeeee2 ай бұрын

    What is the cable to the far left over the battery when you're disconnecting it? Alot of videos don't have that

  • @kuchesezik
    @kuchesezik Жыл бұрын

    meanwhile samsung: plotting to ban import of all oled screens

  • @arash4448
    @arash44488 ай бұрын

    Hello, I'm sorry, if you can help me, on the S23 Ultra screen, I press exactly the part where the copper foil is located behind the periscope camera, it makes a sound like plastic, is this sound due to the presence of the copper foil under the screen and is it normal?? I press a lot next to the volume key on the screen, it makes a sound like a hand on plastic. Please help, thank you

  • @idftsman8498
    @idftsman8498 Жыл бұрын

    but will it work when you put it back together?

  • @jbryan8864
    @jbryan88649 ай бұрын

    Minimum 250 bucks on ebay for a screen + digitizer replacement kit... Sure they may have made it a bit easier to repair your device, but at the same time cracking down on accessibility to 3rd party oem parts, you are better off just going through your phone company still. This is 1 step forward and 2 step back.

  • @triplea6174

    @triplea6174

    5 ай бұрын

    Mm makes me want to sell for that reason but hopefully the price to fix it goes down with time

  • @gameflixph1924
    @gameflixph19245 ай бұрын

    If you remove the back cover and reassemble it, is it waterproof or the waterproof vanish

  • @avaviel
    @avaviel Жыл бұрын

    Bahaha the three or four people on the pull tab was hilarious!

  • @Mr2pint
    @Mr2pint Жыл бұрын

    See other tear downs - watching you guys take that battery out was pitiful 🤣

  • @johnthomas2970
    @johnthomas2970 Жыл бұрын

    G’day from Australia. Picking up my S23 ultra pre order when I get home tomorrow 😎

  • @ricardoelectronicsrepair
    @ricardoelectronicsrepair Жыл бұрын

    in my country indonesia, i see lot of samsung oled screen got separating from its base on its own, usually back cover loose first, and i have lot of repair chinese screen not only because its crack but the flexible damaged from hanging the screen because their glue is gone(sorry for my bad english 😅)

  • @ValeriuGeorgescu-cp1qs
    @ValeriuGeorgescu-cp1qs4 ай бұрын

    Where are the internals wallpapers?

  • @mrrolandlawrence
    @mrrolandlawrence Жыл бұрын

    cracking work. amazing tools.

  • @parthsoni1847
    @parthsoni1847 Жыл бұрын

    Cameras are getting bigger and motherboard is getting smaller...

  • @mrdummy_nl

    @mrdummy_nl

    Жыл бұрын

    Not really. Its not smaller. The circuit layout is just more one rectangle. Other phones uses long circuit board along the edge, like iPhones. This way battery can use full with, and the design here needs 3 big bridges. The iPhone design has no big bridges. That is why it's just another PCB design.

  • @HenningGu
    @HenningGu Жыл бұрын

    One major hurdle. Finding 3 friends to provide (emotional) support.

  • @PLPlolol1
    @PLPlolol1 Жыл бұрын

    batteries shouldnt be glued in to begin with

  • @CommanderCodey

    @CommanderCodey

    Жыл бұрын

    What would hold them in the frame then. You don’t want the battery shuffling around.

  • @williamskyseraspili4779

    @williamskyseraspili4779

    Жыл бұрын

    it damages the battery if it is not glued....

  • @PLPlolol1

    @PLPlolol1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@williamskyseraspili4779 theres a ton of different ways to attach a battery without making it risky for unexperienced users to remove In fact, i can hardly think of a more dangerous way to attach a battery than gluing it in Just look at older phones, samsungs xcover series or some laptops, it has always been possible to make a battery replacable without making it a hassle There is no excuse for a company to glue things shut except for making the product have a guaranteed shorter lifespan, batteries are always the first thing that goes

  • @PLPlolol1

    @PLPlolol1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CommanderCodey how are AA batteries secured in place? or single button cells, car batteries, battery packs on xbox controllers and maybe the best example, older phones? its all possible, has been done before and even is done today just look at samsungs xcover series for example no glue, doesnt wiggle and youre able to replace the battery in 10s or less

  • @thebravegallade731

    @thebravegallade731

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PLPlolol1 removable batteries need bulky safety cases casue they are ment to be handled by the consumer.

  • @massimiliano1306
    @massimiliano1306 Жыл бұрын

    not sure if thi is an ultra teardown or a classic one

  • @thomasmeijer6275
    @thomasmeijer6275 Жыл бұрын

    It would be good if Samsung put a back on the s24 series like they did until the S5, but glass with an aluminum plate against like the iphone 14 and 14 plus, and the wireless charging coil attached to the back, and the rest as it was as the S4 (with the S5 the screen had to be detached first to be able to take it apart). And the A and M series like in the past, like the galaxy A5 2015.

  • @WillsWorkshop
    @WillsWorkshop Жыл бұрын

    Always found Samsungs to be one of the best to disassemble and repair, even with the glue they use for the battery, have always just added some IPA and walked away for a few minutes, should also note a pull tab is not new for Samsung devices it has appeared previously on some of their tablet devices.

  • @peterwu2844
    @peterwu2844 Жыл бұрын

    My S23 Ultra has the defect in the bottom right corner. It is too late. I have turned on the phone. How can I fix the problem?

  • @dimitrisp.4397

    @dimitrisp.4397

    Жыл бұрын

    Relax, this is not even a defect, all previous edge phones had this similar "defect" and nobody noticed that all this years.

  • @adharshappu3598
    @adharshappu35986 ай бұрын

    Can I swap s22 ultras internals with s23 ultra

  • @davidjacobs6244
    @davidjacobs6244 Жыл бұрын

    I never have to worry about any of this as I have been using smartphones for 13 years and have never needed a repair.I am very careful with expensive devices.

  • @hotfistVODS
    @hotfistVODS Жыл бұрын

    very happy to see a shirt that isn't a lie

  • @StarfoxHUN
    @StarfoxHUN Жыл бұрын

    There's something i totally don't get. Why the curvy cables in the inside? They are definitely bit more pricier to produce than straight cables, so what could be possibly the reason they make it curvy?

  • @StarfoxHUN

    @StarfoxHUN

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cmmartti why wont it be more expensive, when it costs more material. Yea the amount is tiny in one unit, but when you produce millions of them, it adds up.

  • @StarfoxHUN

    @StarfoxHUN

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cmmartti I think you did not understood my original question. What i asked actually is its purpose, as it has to have a purpose otherwise the company wont even spend even 1 millionth of a cent more /device. And I'm thankful for your theorizing about its reason, but i'd looking for something more 'decising' than an 'i think' or something along those lines.

  • @GarvGupta2
    @GarvGupta2 Жыл бұрын

    LMAO, was that an MKBHD reference where he swapped S22 ultra with a S23 in his recent video.

  • @xaemusic
    @xaemusic Жыл бұрын

    How does this not have a headphone jack

  • @nervenjere
    @nervenjere Жыл бұрын

    i disagree on the score. at least you can repair this device without the manufacturer. even has an open bootloader. I have a galaxy s5 to play arround and i'm still able to install new custom software. All about the options.

  • @nervenjere

    @nervenjere

    Жыл бұрын

    @No offense this is a good point. Best would be the best of both worlds :)

  • @etch_lime
    @etch_lime Жыл бұрын

    Ya the heatpipe

  • @anonanons163
    @anonanons1638 ай бұрын

    So ridiculous, I mean the HTC Evo was advanced for it's time, and easy to work on ....... Bugs me they make it so difficult Thanks on the video though

  • @Raja995mh33
    @Raja995mh33 Жыл бұрын

    So they basically just added a useless pull tab to their 5 tons of glue on the battery...

  • @coloringfunn
    @coloringfunn Жыл бұрын

    Habibi come to India....kids are repairing Samsung phones

  • @luciferx1636
    @luciferx1636 Жыл бұрын

    I saw they did same thing with others device which are more repair friendly but this guy's jut favor apple. They just told iphone 14 is good but whole thing lock in software even backpart . And coust much .

  • @sinuemedina2550
    @sinuemedina25508 ай бұрын

    Where the antenna 5g? I want to put a radiation blocker

  • @luciferx1636
    @luciferx1636 Жыл бұрын

    It's look like Deception.

  • @davidadkins6412
    @davidadkins6412 Жыл бұрын

    The only reason there cracking down on third-party repairs is they are losing money when they don't repair the item themselves

  • @Alex-hv3ir
    @Alex-hv3ir Жыл бұрын

    I only wish apple didn’t soft lock its components.

  • @RikAindow
    @RikAindow24 күн бұрын

    This video aged well. Sad to see Samsung resorting to poor tactics.

  • @DidongCaocap
    @DidongCaocap Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @ReiEvangelista
    @ReiEvangelista Жыл бұрын

    Catching up to Apple?

  • @TheInconvenientTruth123
    @TheInconvenientTruth123 Жыл бұрын

    "Catching up to apple in hardware"? I think you'll find they've been ahead of apple in hardware for years.

  • @facurojas4477
    @facurojas4477 Жыл бұрын

    Samsung wants to have the monopoly to sell their screens which cost the same or more than a used entire phone, economically totalling the phone

  • @azneon
    @azneon Жыл бұрын

    Samsung "catching up" with Apple? Seriously?

  • @shanemorris9762

    @shanemorris9762

    Ай бұрын

    Literally, samasung has been eons ahead of apple for a l9ng long time

  • @LadBooboo
    @LadBooboo Жыл бұрын

    A phone that gimps performance if you use 3rd party hardware gets a 7 while a phone that doesn't care about any of that gets a 4. Dayum, ifixit, whatchu smoking?

  • @yvesparis4933
    @yvesparis4933 Жыл бұрын

    Personally I am disappointed with your disassembly ... You make no reference to the parts inside unfortunately, except for the camera Do we have LPDDR5X memory from there? Have we Universal Flash Storage UFS 4.0 ? You're not talking about the Qualcomm 8 G2 processor The modem in a Smartphone surely not useful either you do not speak about it X70 No inventory of parts that have actually been installed inside the Smartphone You say, what interests you is under the hood And you practically talk about there tab install to remove there battery It's like opening the hood of a race car And only watch there battery once the hood is open And you won't watch the engine with the supercharge Seriously, probably your worst disassembly since the existence of Ifixit

  • @LaidBackDeveloper

    @LaidBackDeveloper

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes it does have LPDDR5x. Yes it does have UFS 4.0 and I definitely do think ifixit’s teardown was disappointing and just bad in so many ways

  • @yvesparis4933

    @yvesparis4933

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@LaidBackDeveloper Thanks for taking time to respond to me Can you find a website that shows the part numbers inside the S23 Ultra Or have we hoped that Ice Univer would deceive as little as possible in its predictions? Example, I believe the fingerprint reader is the same as the s22 And yet Ice Universe predicted an improvement It's only an example By the way, I really appreciate Ice Univer because they give us information very often it comes to fruition For satellite communication Qualcomm seems to say that they will be able to activate it on certain Smartphones with the 8 gen 2 During the year They said about second trimester But I believe they will also have to wait for Android 14 So might as well wait for the s24 Ultra! The possibility of a Satellite connection is very reassuring in an out-of-zone excursion of cellular networks.

  • @marcossonicracer
    @marcossonicracer Жыл бұрын

    still too little in my opnion. we gotta get back to the days where the battery were easly removeable and we gotta force modular design with standards for parts for the whole industry, the way the USB-C is going, but with all internal parts. standards needs to be enforced and mandated. it will make phones bulkier, yes, but honestly i don't care for a few more inches, and i think you shoudn't either.

  • @thebravegallade731

    @thebravegallade731

    Жыл бұрын

    we can't go back to completly removable without sacrificing around half the battery capacity which is just unacceptable, we are only finally reaching acceptable battery life these days

  • @stormrider01
    @stormrider01 Жыл бұрын

    What I don’t like is this huge heat pipe going straight to the battery. Good luck in having good battery life after one year of use, the battery could suffer from the processors heat!

  • @mrdummy_nl

    @mrdummy_nl

    Жыл бұрын

    You didn't check further it goes to big copper plate behind the screen. Heat is already distributed over big area. Battery has nothing with heat distribution!

  • @LaidBackDeveloper

    @LaidBackDeveloper

    Жыл бұрын

    It doesn’t. It goes behind the display.

  • @buixote
    @buixote Жыл бұрын

    Denatured alcohol

  • @NeonVisual
    @NeonVisual Жыл бұрын

    I don't understand why they have to glue the battery down so hard. It's like they want it to explode when it comes to a replacement.

  • @aristo999999999

    @aristo999999999

    Жыл бұрын

    Galaxy note 7 is probably the reason

  • @uabir8338
    @uabir8338 Жыл бұрын

    Good luck getting the original battery WITHOUT BEING FORCED to buy the expensive display as well. Yes, they make you buy both

  • @LaidBackDeveloper

    @LaidBackDeveloper

    Жыл бұрын

    No they do not. Where I live you can get the battery replacement without the screen. And I’m talking about from Samsung themselves

  • @re-fix9678
    @re-fix9678 Жыл бұрын

    😘😘👍👍

  • @mrrkrr
    @mrrkrr Жыл бұрын

    Samsung finally got tired of iFixit and JerryRigEverything harping on their insane battery adhesive and improved the design... Great job you guys!

  • @RICHIE_RICH89
    @RICHIE_RICH89 Жыл бұрын

    Not a good tear down at all.

  • @FakeJeep
    @FakeJeep Жыл бұрын

    1:55 I'm sure it was for the lulz but for the love of god use some alcohol.

  • @X-OR_
    @X-OR_ Жыл бұрын

    I hate your little jabs at Apple.

  • @yvesparis4933
    @yvesparis4933 Жыл бұрын

    Completely useless video to watch You didn't even show the part numbers inside that Samsung put in a $2500 Canadian Smartphone You are interested in an unnecessary tab to remove there Battery for half of your video Completely useless video to watch

  • @s13shaka
    @s13shaka Жыл бұрын

    Ifixit is mostly a joke because they act like they would produce these products differently but they don’t nor will they ever so it’s a farce and completely hypocritical for them to judge what others do

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