Apple Watch Series 10 teardown shows progress in everything except repairability

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in Apple Watch edited October 7

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 on a table
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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    XedXed Posts: 2,823member
    Good luck on that shapable battery. I mean it, good luck, but I don't see how the engineering could reasonably allow for that in the next decade.
    edited October 7
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