Review

A repairable phone that does not feel like a compromise

We replaced the screen, battery and USB port with a single driver, then measured what that modularity cost.

Rania Saab

Published 24 July 2026
9 min read
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8.8 Verdict score

Every device runs the same instrumented suite: sustained load, thermal logging, power draw at the wall, and a two-week daily-use period before a score is assigned.

Repairability usually shows up as thickness, water ingress or a worse screen. This one costs 1.4 mm and nothing else we could measure.

The three repairs that matter

Screen: eleven minutes. Battery: under four. Charging port: nine, and it is a discrete module rather than something soldered to the mainboard. All three used the included driver.

Ingress protection survived our spray and dust chambers, which is the objection that killed earlier modular designs.