hey everyone I'm Kelsey and I'm KK and a
new year does not necessarily mean that
you need a new device but if you are
gonna upgrade we highly suggest that you
check out our repair ability scores so
that way when you go to buy a new device
you'll have all of the information that
you'll need to pick a device that alized
so without further ado we bring you the
most and least repairable devices of
2018 the iPhone 10s along with this
cousin the iPhone 10 are both earned a
nice 6 out of 10 for repair ability we
saw a familiar form factor and a design
that favors routine repairs like screen
and battery replacements and it's even
bear proof we checked other
manufacturers failed to prioritize
repair in their designs most of the
other flagship phones we tore down like
the Samsung Galaxy S 9 scored a 4 out of
10 on to the tablets the ipad pro's
opening procedure got a whole lot
trickier but we loved the comeback of
the removable battery adhesive strips so
we gave it a 3 out of 10 this year's
brand new surface Co had a terrible
opening procedure and tons of adhesive
holding it together giving it a score of
1 out of 10 as for the dreadful surface
laptop we didn't spot too many
differences between this year's and last
year's model including the weirdly fuzzy
Alcantara and the fact that you had to
destroy the computer to get inside
Microsoft has some work to do on their
laptop to avoid getting another 0 out of
10 next year
now for the Macs the Mac Mini proved to
be the most repairable apple device of
the year we gave it a 6 out of 10 and
already started offering parts for Rhema
grades and last but certainly not least
smart home stuff while the hoja delivers
some serious bass it fought hard to keep
us from opening it up the home pod was
not designed to be opened or repaired
which is why it scored a 1 out of 10
meanwhile the Samson Connect fared
better on our teardown table it's
repairable design earned it an 8 out of
10 so that was just a couple of the tear
downs that we did this year but we
actually tore down a whole lot more
stuff than that way more and we're about
to do it all over again so be sure to
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things that we tear down in 2019
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