The Samsung Galaxy S6 Teardown

Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones used to fare quite well in the repairability department, but last year's flagship S5 model took a tumble, scoring a meh-inducing 5/10.

Will the newly redesigned S6 lead us back into star-studded territory, or will we sink further into the depths of a repairability black hole? Hop aboard as we tear down the Samsung Galaxy S6!

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Compared with the S5, the S6 certainly looks good on paper. Its specs line up point-for-point with the flashy S6 Edge:5.1-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (1440 x 2560 pixels, ~577 ppi, 16M colors)Exynos 7 Octa 7420 Processor with integrated Mali-T760 GPU and 3 GB memory16 MP rear camera with HDR, LED Flash, and dual-video recordingBuilt-in wireless charging32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB storage optionsCorning Gorilla Glass 4 backing

It's got more power. It's got more pixels. Still, it feels like something's missing. We can't quite put our finger on it, so let's dig our fingers into it. It's teardown time!

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