LG G5 - iFixit Review

[gendo667]

They make it sound like a pretty well built device. Easy to repair, save for the LCD panel.

LG G5 pays a visit to the iFixit offices for a 'friendly' teardown | Android Central

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

It's definitely an impressive feat given its unibody design.

And yes, it also means that if you cracked the screen or it suffers any hardware issue, repairing it is a cinch. You can even do it yourself. Certainly something very few phones can boast.

 

[Tadrift]

Yep, LG set out to build a module phone and this is the result of it. Unfortunately, it has some build quality concerns and hopefully those can be resolved in production.

I applaud LG for going this route, but I think doing it with the G5 may have been a mistake. It is going to take some time to get it right and why shoot yourself in the foot with your flagship model. They could have come out with a modular design specific model, got the bugs worked out then incorporated what they learned into the G6.

They have accomplished something here and I think it will be copied by others, especially the removable battery design. Metal body with a removable battery that doesn't compromise the structural integrity of the uni-body metal frame. Unfortunately, they will never get credit for it.