Apple Watch Series 10 teardown shows progress in everything except repairability
After a decade of iteration, Apple Watch Series 10 is a testament to Apple's miniaturization and display technology, but a teardown shows that it's still terribly difficult to repair.
Apple Watch Series 10
As is tradition, iFixit is working its way through all of Apple's latest gadgets, this time the Apple Watch Series 10. The enclosed case keeps all the components watertight, and the sensor housing can't be removed easily.
Apple Watch Series 10 is yet another iterative product with a bigger display and faster chipset. It isn't surprising that a teardown didn't find much difference overall.
In iFixit's style, the Apple Watch came apart with seemingly little effort, but glue, lack of pull tabs, and no display cable for removing the display leave a lot to be desired. It rated the Apple Watch a 3 out of 10 on the repairability scale.
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It definitely wouldn't be five times the size and could be repairable for certain elements like the battery and screen. It just wasn't designed for that.
Depending on your interpretation of the EU batteries directive, the Apple Watch might just find itself exempt from a user replaceable battery. If it isn't, that particular side of things will change in 2027.