OnePlus One torn down by iFixit: the interior is as beatuiful as the exterior

After an unpleasant bug-related delay, the high-specced, yet extremely affordable OnePlus One finally began shipping to those lucky enough to have an invitation. Meanwhile, the invitations went out, however, you can still lay your hands on a OnePlus One, but for a significantly higher price. Either way, you get a lot of phone for your money. The silicon inside the device is pretty potent - a quad-core Snapdragon 801 8974-AC, clocked at 2.5GHz, 3GB of RAM, and a 3,100mAh juicer at the back. As you probably know, the 16GB version of the performer retails for $299, while the 64GB one costs no more or less than $349 (provided that you have an invitation, that is).

Today, iFixit released its own teardown of the "flagship killer". According to iFixit, the OnePlus One is not the easiest smartphone to repair - with a repairability score of 5/10, it is on par with the Samsung Galaxy S5 (which also got a 5/10) and a whole lot better than the HTC One (M8), which was awarded with a repairability score of 2/10. The battery of the OnePlus One is one of its components that drags the score down, as it can't be easily replaced. Still, the device is being lauded for coming with "fairly modular components", which should keep the repair price down.

Without further ado, let's see the insides of the OnePlus One.




source: iFixit via Reddit