When it comes to repairing smartphones, not everyone has the stomach for it. Gone are the days when mobile phones were easy to take apart – you had to find a particular lever or plastic bit at the back of the phone’s case, press it down, remove the back case, take out the battery, SIM card, memory card, and start to unscrew the rest of the device. Gone are the good old days, as a unibody design idea takes over the smartphone world, and it seems that HTC intends to make it extremely tough for DIY enthusiasts to check out what is underneath the hood of their flagship HTC One without marring the finish.
It seems that force is the only way you are able to prying the components of the HTC One apart, so you virtually have no use for the screwdriver unless you want to stab the HTC One out of sheer frustration. The circuitry itself will come covered in copper shielding, making it virtually impossible to get into what is underneath the entire shebang, helping the HTC One score the lowest repairability figures to date on iFixit – a paltry 1 out of 10.
