the oneplus 60 has a bigger battery no
headphone jack and is making itself
known by being one of the first
smartphones to use an onscreen
fingerprint sensor but everything breaks
and design changes can be either good or
bad for repair ability so we're doing
what we do best and tearing it down to
find out to get started we bring the
heat our suction cups and a few pics to
get to work on the rear panel adhesive
the adhesive didn't give us too much
trouble and since we know there's no
fingerprint sensor cable to be afraid of
we lift off the back case we want to get
the battery disconnected as soon as
possible so next we remove the single
screw and bracket protecting the
connector after that we tackle an army
of 9 Phillips screws holding down the
top shield and reveal the motherboard
underneath we pop off a few more
connectors and take out one more screw
to free the motherboard with the cameras
still attached the rear camera system
uses both a 16 megapixel and a 20
megapixel camera with optical image
stabilization we heat the shields off
the motherboard to reveal a gigabytes of
Samsung made lpddr4 XT RAM which is
layered over the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
and 128 gigabytes of embedded Samsung
made universal flash storage the non
removable battery with a pull tab for
easy removal is back and it's rated at
14 point 2 4 watt hours which is a huge
step up from the 12 point 7 0 watt hour
battery in the oneplus 6 the USB C
charging port is all that's left between
us and the piece of hardware you've been
waiting for the fingerprint sensor
hiding below the display the sensor
comes out as one module with a very
delicate cable and here's how it works
the display uses green light to
illuminate your fingerprint so the
optical sensor can see it and register
it pretty cool huh
the display is all that's left and it
even comes with its own screen protector
is a 6.4 one-inch optic AMOLED display
with a resolution of 23 40 by 1080 with
402 pixels per inch looking back at all
the parts not much has changed for
repairability since the 1 plus 6 so the
1 plus 60 are in the same score of 5 out
of 10 and here's why on the upside the
battery can be removed first once you
open the phone it's only lightly adhered
and comes with pull tabs for easy
removal many components are modular and
can be individually replaced and all the
threaded fasteners are the standard
philips variety but what tank the sports
display replacements which are the most
common repairs are not prioritized in
the design you have to completely
disassemble the phone to swap out your
screen front and back glass means twice
the risk of cracks without the benefit
of wireless charging and lastly the
primary access point for all repairs the
rear panel is firmly glued in place
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