It is simply as laborious to restore, too

Samsung’s newest foldables lastly hit retailer cabinets this week, simply in time to tempt potential consumers by the previous couple of months of the 12 months. Whereas we have been fairly impressed with a few of the quality-of-life enhancements the Galaxy Z Fold 4 delivered to the desk, it is the Z Flip 4 that common customers seemingly have their eyes on. Should you’ve been dying to know simply repairable Samsung’s latest clamshell is, a brand new teardown video has the solutions you have been ready for.

YouTuber PBKreviews took his ordinary set of instruments to the Galaxy Z Flip 4, and though it should not shock our readers, the cellphone is nearly as simple to disassemble and repair as final 12 months’s unit — and that is not a praise. This 12 months’s foldable does not look all too completely different from final 12 months’s on the exterior of the machine, and the identical is true for the inside the cellphone. Should you have been hoping Samsung’s latest curiosity in user-friendly restore kits would imply vital adjustments in its next-gen {hardware}, you have been sorely mistaken.

As all the time, the largest points with repairing the firm’s folding {hardware} come right down to the battery and the show. The battery is cut up into two sections, every separated between the sides of the cellphone and requiring you to tug out your helpful bottle of isopropyl alcohol to take away each side. The bigger portion of the battery is buried beneath a number of different parts as properly, forcing a number of steps earlier than you may even attain it. As for the show, PBKreviews factors viewers in the direction of his Flip 3 teardown video to forestall any unintentional harm to this new unit. Clearly, messing round with the inside display isn’t one thing most of us ought to attempt.

In truth, it is value watching final 12 months’s video back-to-back with this 12 months’s add, simply to notice how comparable the two telephones are to one another. As identified in the video, a few of the variations are so minor — connectors switching sides, the battery now linked to the motherboard underneath the cameras — that they’d be not possible to note and not using a eager eye and familiarity with the Z Flip 3. Essentially the most stunning second, nonetheless, comes from the mmWave 5G antenna in the Z Flip 4. This 12 months’s mannequin solely has one antenna, down from two in its predecessor. That mentioned, the house in the body for that second unit nonetheless exists — it merely goes unused.

Though this reality has been evident since the earliest leaks, it is clear Samsung did not swing for the fences on reinvention this 12 months, specializing in some modest enhancements as a substitute. You’ll be able to anticipate our evaluation of the Galaxy Z Flip 4 in the coming days.