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There is much to say about the newly introduced Nexus 5 Google phone. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat, the latest construction and rich features of the currently available mobile OS. It has a powerful processor and a HD screen sexy. And it is just $ 349 off contract, which makes almost half the price of an off-contract iPhone 5S or Samsung Galaxy S4.
If this is not enough to love, tech repair site iFixit has a piece of good news about the Nexus 5: It is easy to repair. In a newly posted teardown piece by piece, new smartphone from Google got high repairability score of 8 out of 10 from the site. (The iPhone 5S, by comparison, scored only 6 of 10)
Specifically, iFixit raves about the modular design of the phone that "allows independent replacement of several wear parts prone - as the headphone and speaker "also work in favor of the phone is the limited amount of adhesive used -.. a major concern in the repairability of the new iPad Air
If you are inclined to break the screen your phone and be careful with the Nexus 5 -.. iFixit notes glass and LCD is fused to the frame of the screen This makes the replacement of screen incredibly difficult and probably much more expensive than necessary otherwise be There is one of the few flaws of the site found with the phone.
to see a qualified repair team literally reverses the guts of the Nexus 5, visit iFixit.
This Article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Techlicious
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