iFixit carried out a teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Ring and the conclusion is obvious – if the $399/€449 good ring ever will get broken or its battery dies it will likely be good for nothing. There’s no method to change the battery on the Galaxy Ring with out destroying the complete system and the remainder of the parts are soldered on so good luck with any repairs. Taking the Galaxy Ring aside includes melting the epoxy resin coating on the within and chipping it away with a choose.
Samsung Galaxy Ring teardown
iFixit additionally shared a computed tomography (CT) scan of the Galaxy Ring which provides us our greatest take a look at the innards of the system.
Becoming the multitude of parts contained in the Galaxy Ring’s slender body is a real engineering marvel however that’s additionally its downfall as every thing is sealed and made so that you simply can not carry out any repairs.
Galaxy Ring options the Nordic Semiconductor nRF5340 system on a chip which gives 2x Arm Cortex-M33 cores with 512 KB RAM, 1 MB storage in addition to Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. There’s additionally a tiny wi-fi charging coil and a battery pack subsequent to it and an NFC tag in addition to an antenna for transferring sign between the ring and your paired smartphone.
Galaxy Ring teardown process
The attention-grabbing bit is that the charging coil on the Galaxy Ring just isn’t soldered to the printed circuit board (PCB) like on different good rings and as an alternative opts for a repair-friendly press connector. The irony is that the PCB is sealed into the Galaxy Ring’s body so there’s no method to change the part with out breaking the ring.
Galaxy Ring teardown process pt.2
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