The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 plus are extremely fragile phones however are also comparatively reasonable to repair, several specialists recently interviewed by Motherboard claim. because of the fact that the South Korean shopper electronics manufacturer opted to almost fully eliminate the bezels on its latest pair of flagships while simultaneously covering the duo with glass, the Samsung S8 lineup is far from being immune to drops, however the look of the handsets permits for a comparatively simple process of screen replacement, according to a number of freelance repair shops.
A simple screen replacement procedure directly results in lower repair prices, which is why replacement the display on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 plus is already cheaper than doing a similar on the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Wholesale retailers from China are presently providing replacement screens for approximately $200, which is up to $100 cheaper than what replacement display panels for the Galaxy S7 lineup were going for when the devices launched in early 2016. Given however the Galaxy S8 family starts at around $750, its screen replacements already appear cost-effective and costs of replacement elements haven’t even started dropping yet, some trade watchers say. From the different side of things, 3rd party repair retailers are presently waiting for the screen replacing value to drop below $200, i.e. the average value of phone insurance deductibles, which would ensure extra business as smartphone insurance services wouldn’t be able to compete with them.
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Repair prices aside, a number of unrelated repair maestro recently conducted a thorough analysis of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 + and concluded that Samsung’s latest pair of high-end android smartphones is technically strait to be repaired. while replacement the front and back display panels of the handsets is a comparatively easy task, repairing internal parts of the devices without cracking their screens borders on not possible, a recent tear-down of the smartphones revealed. Overall, the repair-ability issue of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 + is unlikely to affect the industrial performance of Samsung’s new flagships that are presently projected to outsell all of their Android-powered competitors release this year.
