the dawn of the wearables age is upon us
and that has led us here at iFixit to
ask the question is it possible for a
device as small and light as a watch to
be repairable hot on the heels of
Samsung's latest flagship phone the
Galaxy s5s turn on our teardown table
we're turning our attention to the
wearables the Samsung gear 2 and the
gear fit will these devices be the
answer to my childhood dream of being a
super-secret spy and will we be able to
put them back together once we've torn
them down all these questions will be
answered soon enough so let's get
started hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and
first up on our teardown table is the
brand new gear 2 the gear 2 weighed in
at 41 grams without its wrist strap and
comes with a 1.6 3 inch Super AMOLED
display with a resolution of 320 by 320
it has 4 gigabytes of internal memory
and a 2 megapixel camera capable of
recording 720p video at 30 frames per
second
getting into the gear 2 was simple
enough once we pop the wrist strap off
we just needed to remove four Torx
screws and do a little light prying and
we got the rear case off and revealed
the inside of the device as soon as
we're in we take a look at this battery
it's super simple to replace with this
nifty pull tab it's a 300 million power
battery that Samsung has claimed will
give you 2 to 3 days of battery life a
longer charge cycle equals a longer
battery life and we like that very much
Samsung with the battery out of the way
we move on to the camera with just the
help of our tweezers the camera came
right out this tiny little thing is what
will allow you to take your super-secret
spy photos as long as 2 megapixels is
high enough resolution for the CIA while
we have the gear open we notice the
gasket lining the case and screws this
modest arrangement is enough to garner
the gear to its ip67 certification
making it safe for immersion in up to
one meter of water for up to 30 minutes
there's just one cable we need to
disconnect to free the motherboard the
LCD digitizer cable this tiny little
thing packs quite a punch with what is
likely a dram package containing a 1
gigahertz dual-core CPU layer beneath
this chip 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
ten ten being the easiest to repair and
one being the most difficult the Samsung
gear 2 scored a 8 out of 10 and here's
why
on the upside the watch band is super
easy to remove speeding replacement and
upgrades screws clips and spring
contacts make up the trifecta of easy
opening getting in through the rear case
is a snap once you're inside the battery
can be peeled out and replaced with no
tools but on the downside the gear 2 has
a fuse display assembly glued into the
front of the device making screen
replacement a little difficult and
costly next up on our teardown table was
the Samsung gear fit the fit has a
slightly more comfortable design for
those with smaller wrists and features a
1.8 4 inch curved display with a
resolution of 432 by 128 a 180 megahertz
ARM Cortex processor and a ton of
sensors including a heart rate monitor
accelerometer and a gyroscope and
according to Samsung three to four days
worth of power during normal use getting
the gear open started off easy enough
but once we got it out of the wrist
straps we hit a roadblock there were no
screws which means it's time to bring
out our eye opener after applying some
liberal doses of heat to our little
friend we started prying with the curved
display pried up we got our first look
inside the fit with the display removed
we get our first look at the motherboard
a closer look at the motherboard shows a
segmented three-piece construction with
ribbon cables joining the parts this
board is packed with chips like the 100
80 megahertz 32-bit ARM Cortex MCU and
the vi access gyroscope accelerometer
just to name a few
now we can see that the battery is held
in place with a strut and just like the
gear 2 it has a pull tab making it super
simple to replace yourself since we
can't find any markings to confirm the
power of this battery we're taking our
information from Gizmodo on this one
they're telling us that this is a 210
milliamp hour battery which again will
give you a few days or more of power
with the fit taken apart we turn our
attention towards repairability that
score again is between 1 and 10 10 being
the easiest to repair and 1 being the
most difficult the Samsung gear fits
a six out of ten and here's why on the
upside it may be a bit of work but users
can replace their own battery greatly
extending the useful life of the fit the
watch band can be removed and replaced
in seconds but on the downside some
components are soldered on to the
mainboard and not individually
replaceable without soldering and
finally the unibody design means that
any repairs require heat and prying to
remove the display first and that's our
teardown roundup for the complete
teardown of both these devices including
tons of beautiful high quality images
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