HIGHLIGHTS
- The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra sports a quad camera system on the back.
- Both phones have received new stainless steel chambers.
- The bottom speakers have linear vibrators built in.
According to an iFixit video, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Galaxy S22 smartphones are tough to fix due to the use of a very strong adhesive and their not-so-DIY-friendly design. According to the gadget-repair website, the Samsung Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Ultra both receive a 3 out of 10 on its repairability assessment. The Samsung Galaxy 22 series, like the Galaxy Note series, was released in February featuring premium features such as a 108-megapixel main camera and an incorporated S Pen.
According to iFixit's disassembly video of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Galaxy S22 smartphones, dismantling the Galaxy S Line hasn't altered much. It emphasises that the sole advantage of these cellphones is the use of ordinary Phillips screws, which allows one to remove the components for a quick disassembly.
According to iFixit, the use of a very strong glue makes battery replacement and screen repairs harder because they demand more force to get these things out of the phones' casing. The phones, according to iFixt, are also not DIY-friendly because Samsung has not issued a free public service manual for either handset (at the time of shoting the video).
The existence of an additional connection for the S Pen and "an extraordinarily heavy extra camera" on the Galaxy S22 Ultra are two key findings from the deconstruction video. The phone comes with a 108-megapixel main sensor with an f/1.8 lens, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide shooter, a 10-megapixel telephoto shooter with 3x optical zoom, and another 10-megapixel telephoto shooter with 10x optical zoom. The vanilla Galaxy S22's triple back camera arrangement did not appear to be a major impediment in the dismantling process.
The Galaxy S22 series phones also contain a linear vibrator incorporated into the speakers on the bottom of the phones. According to iFixt, Samsung is racing Apple in terms of offering powerful Taptic-Engine-like feedback without sacrificing much space. The Samsung phones also include a lot of graphite and a strong glue behind the display. A new 0.4mm stainless steel vapour chamber cooling system is also included to transport and dissipate heat from the SoCs. According to iFixit, a few millimetres thicker phone might aid with heat dissipation.
