Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 video teardown reveals poor repairability

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold7 has been a lot more successful than any of its predecessors, at least in some markets. If you're interested in it, don't miss our in-depth review. If you'd like to know how easy to repair the device is, then take a look at the video embedded below.

The self-repair experts at iFixit have torn down a Galaxy Z Fold7 to see how easy it is to repair. Here's the spoiler: the Fold7 falls short in repairability, with a score of 3 out of 10, where 10 would be most repairable and 1 would be least repairable.

So it's clearly not a great situation for the Fold7, with its exceedingly fragile folding screen that can be damaged by dirt particles and even pressure from your fingernail. You shouldn't expect to be able to just replace the screen on this device, it will have to be both the screen and chassis due to the design.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7

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Samsung is also called out for a lack of spare parts for its foldables in general, not just the Fold7. Even the one-year old Z Fold6 is still lacking any spare parts availability. So Samsung is definitely not catering to those inclined to self-repair their tech with this line.