hey everyone Kelsey here birthday might
be this weekend but here at iFixit we
want you to celebrate Earth Day every
day so all week long we're going to be
bringing you videos vlogs and my
horrible artwork to help shed light on
how cellphones impact the environment
we'll fill you in on what to consider
before you buy a new phone and better
yet we'll be giving you some tips on how
to keep that cell phone in your pocket
lasting longer why do we care
well there's a whole lotta you waste out
there seriously we produce millions of
metric tons per year
owning a phone you can fix will help
keep your phone out of the landfill and
that makes both the environment and your
wallet grow a little greener we know it
might be difficult to pick a repairable
phone out of a lineup if you haven't
torn it down before but don't worry
we've got a ton of tips on how to spot a
repairable phone in the wild first you
got to look for a phone that's durable
if you've lost a few phones to the
toilet like I have you might consider
buying a phone that's water resistant
but keep in mind that water resistant
doesn't always mean repairable your
phone might survive a drop into a puddle
but if the drop smashes a glass you
might be shelling out more cash for your
repair than you'd like so be sure to
splurge on a protective case and offer a
phone with a metal chassis instead of a
glass sandwich next ask yourself how
hard it's going to be to open the phone
and replace the components is the phone
glued together with tons of adhesive or
does it use screws which are easier to
remove displays and batteries are the
most common cell phone your pairs so be
sure to find out if those components are
easy to replace and if they are
replaceable can you even buy the parts
you can buy the most repairable phone in
the world but if the parts are available
you can seriously outta luck on your
phone breaks if you're lucky enough to
find replacement parts next you want to
check to see if service manuals or
repair guides are available most phone
makers don't release repair manuals to
the public but ifixit.com has tons of
guides for phones on the site if you
have a phone we haven't covered then be
sure to check out youtubers like our
friend Zack from jerry-rigged everything
you've got awesome repair and durability
videos to help you pick the phone that
can put up the best fight if you think
you'll forget all of this then check out
our smart phone or pair bility scorecard
on our blog we take the most popular
phones apart and wore them a
repairability score to help you choose
the most repairable phone a device with
a perfect score of 10 out of 10 will be
relatively inexpensive to repair because
it's easy to disassemble and has a
service manual available we've got tons
of cool content
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happy Earth Week