at this year's i/o event Google
announced the latest entries in the
wearable market of devices the Samsung
gear live the LG G and the Moto 360
we've gotten our hands on the first two
of those devices the gear live and the
LG G there's still no sign of the Moto
360 for now but I think we have enough
to keep us busy for today let's get
these watches on the teardown table and
see what's ticking inside
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today
we have not one but two brand new pieces
of Android wear on our teardown table
the Samsung gear live and the LG G
sporting a one point six three inch
Super AMOLED display the Samsung gear
live measures in at thirty seven point
nine millimeters by fifty six point four
millimeters by eight point nine
millimeters thick and weighs in at just
59 grams the second wearable on our
teardown table the LG G has a slightly
larger screen a one point six five inch
IPS LCD the LG G measures in at thirty
seven point nine millimeters by forty
six point five millimeters by nine point
nine five millimeters thick and weighs
in at a slightly heavier 63 grams first
up on our teardown table the Samsung
gear live and where should we start how
about the wrist straps just like the
last Samsung wearable we solve the gear
to the wrist drops come off in a snap
the wrist straps on the gear live are
super easy to remove making replacing or
customizing them a non-issue we then
turn our attention to the device itself
a cursory inspection revealed that the
gear live is held together with screws
which usually indicates an easy opening
and sure enough with those screws
removed it only took some light prying
with our opening tool to separate the
device with ease the two halves of the
gear live act like a
choose-your-own-adventure on one side we
have the battery and power cable and on
the other we have the front display
which will we choose how about the
battery and thanks to this helpful hint
from Samsung we knew just how to take it
out this is a 300 milliamps our
lithium-ion battery that Samsung claims
will power the device for a full day of
typical use with the battery out we set
to work on the remaining cables still
attached to this side of the gear the
power button ribbon cable gave us a
little trouble but was no match for our
tweezers and the Bluetooth antenna gave
a little surprise as it's obviously a
Bluetooth Wi-Fi combo antenna Samsung
only lists Bluetooth 4.0 is the gear
lives connectivity options so we aren't
sure what they're up to with this combo
cable with everything removed from the
first half we're able to get a closer
look at the gaskets that keep the gear
live water resistant we saw a similar
configuration of gaskets on the gear 2
which had ip67 certification making it
capable of being submerged in 1 meter of
water for up to 30 minutes one thing of
note we also noticed was a prominent
liquid damage indicator so keep that in
mind before you jump into any pools
diving back into the device get it we
get to work on the other half of the
gear live with just a couple of cables
easily disconnected and the vibrator
removed we're finally able to release
the motherboard on board you'll find the
Samsung made dram all 512 megabytes of
it and layered beneath that it's a
Qualcomm system-on-a-chip lastly we're
left with a few thermal pads a touch
screen controller and a fuse display
this 1.63 inch Super AMOLED display is
not budging from its metal chassis we've
come to the end of our first teardown
which means it's time to talk
repairability
and iFixit it's our mission to teach
people how to repair everything so we
give every gadget we tear down a repair
ability score between 1 and 10 10 being
the easiest to repair and 1 being the
most difficult the Samsung gear live got
an 8 out of 10 and here's why
on the upside the band attached is
easily making replacements simple
despite the water resistant construction
opening the case is no big deal the
battery is readily accessed and replaced
but on the downside the fuse display
assembly glued right into the chassis
make screen replacements difficult and
costly next up we tore down the LG G
just like the gear live we started off
by removing the wrist straps which
turned out to be a little more difficult
than we had anticipated it's a little
harder than the gear live straps but no
more difficult than a normal watch strap
replacement with the wrist straps off
there were only four Torx screws and a
little prying between us and the inside
of the LG G the LG G is constructed
similarly to the gear live in that 1/2
house is the battery and vibrator and
the other half the display in the
motherboard just like we did with the
gear we're gonna start
the battery this battery doesn't have
one of those convenient pull tabs but is
held in place by a retaining clip and a
little double-sided tape with some help
from our spudger we get the battery out
and find that it's a 3.8 bolt 400
milliamp hour battery which means it's
slightly more powerful than the gear
lives 300 milliamp hour battery on the
other side of the LGG we take a short
time to admire the small rubber gasket
that runs along the perimeter of the LGG
earning it the advertised ip67 rating we
still don't recommend you go swimming
with your shiny new electronic devices
but it's nice to know that a little
splash here and there isn't gonna kill
the motherboard was easy enough to
remove after we disconnected the display
data and digitizer cables on the board
we found 512 megabytes of DRAM
manufactured by SK Hynix and layer below
that you're certain to find the Qualcomm
Snapdragon 400 processor with 1.2
gigahertz CPU and the 4 gigabytes of
internal storage finally we turn up the
heat on a fuse display after a round
with our eye opener and pick the display
is released from the watch bezel not
quite as frustrating as the gear lives
display but a pain to remove nonetheless
with the G watch fully taken apart we
turn our attention towards repair
ability the score again is between one
and 10 10 being the easiest to repair
and one being the most difficult the LG
G watch got a 9 out of 10 and here's why
on the upside screws and spring contacts
make the rear case easy to remove the
battery is held in place with a single
Phillips screw and minimal adhesive
making replacement very easy the LG
watch is clean design with few fragile
cables and connectors means a more
robust repair ready device while the
band wasn't the easiest to remove its
traditional style watch band shouldn't
pose much of a threat to band replacers
but on the downside a fuse display
assembly glued into the front of the
device makes screen replacement a little
difficult and costly and that's our
teardown for both of the complete tear
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