10 out of 10 on the repair rate: iFixit Fairphone 2 modular phone rating

The iFixit team continues to disassemble phones, tablets and computers. This time, the guys decided to study the Fairphone 2 modular phone. Judging by the iFixit materials, modern smartphones are quite difficult to repair, and the time has long passed when a device of this kind could be dismantled with a few screwdrivers - usually a bunch of auxiliary tools are required. Plus, the circuits are also filled with a special compound that protects the parts, but because of which it becomes more and more difficult to disassemble the devices.

But all this is not said about Fairphone 2. iFixit was able to disassemble the phone using only hands and a Phillips standard screwdriver. After that, of course, giving the phone a lower rating is simply impossible. The battery and display are two elements that in the usual case are very difficult to separate from the case, in the case of Fairphone 2 they are separated without any tools at all. The same can be done with the modules of the camera, microphone and audio jack. At iFixit, a rating of 10 out of 10 has not yet been awarded a single smartphone, and this says a lot.



Technical characteristics of the device

True, there is a fly in the ointment in a barrel of honey. The fact is that the front glass and LCD panel of the phone are a single whole. So, if something happens with the screen or glass, you have to replace everything all at once. But this is the only unpleasant moment in this whole story.

Plus, the creators of Fairphone plan to release a publicly available instruction for repairing the device.



































iFixit was able to find out that Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB and Samsung K3QF2F20EM 2 GB LPDDR4 chips are installed on the board. In addition, Samsung KLMBG4WEBC flash memory, Qualcomm WCN3680B, Qualcomm QFE1100 and other elements were also found there.

Also here is installed ST Microelectronics LSM330DLC 6-axis gyroscope and accelerometer.



Qualcomm WTR1625L RF Receiver, RF Micro Device RF7389EU, Qualcomm QFE1100, Qualcomm PM8841 PMIC and Qualcomm WCD9320 Audio Codec.


Well isn't that great?


A well-deserved mark, what do you think?