Samsung’s $1,900 Z Fold 8 is still vulnerable to pocket lint

iFixit has provisionally fixed Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 a repairability people of 4 retired of 10, which mostly hinged on… well, the hinge. In its teardown of the device, iFixit recovered that due to the fact that it carries an IP48 ingress standing - meaning it isn't protected against particles nether 1 millimeter - particulate and soil could marque its mode into the hinge mechanism, a constituent that's hard to repair oregon replace.

"After moving the Fold 8 unfastened and closed, the hinge started making genuinely atrocious crunching and grinding noises, and the telephone stopped opening normally," iFixit said. "Samsung has antecedently treated the hinge and interior show arsenic 1 replacemen …

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