{"id":256486,"date":"2024-08-23T08:37:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T08:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/samsung-galaxy-ring-is-non-repairable\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:53","slug":"samsung-galaxy-ring-is-non-repairable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/samsung-galaxy-ring-is-non-repairable\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Ring is non-repairable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"review-body\">\n<p>iFixit performed a teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Ring and the conclusion is clear \u2013 if the $399\/\u20ac449 smart ring ever gets damaged or its battery dies it will be good for nothing. There\u2019s no way to replace the battery on the Galaxy Ring without destroying the entire device and the rest of the components are soldered on so good luck with any repairs. Taking the Galaxy Ring apart involves melting the epoxy resin coating on the inside and chipping it away with a pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_001.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Ring teardown\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/-660\/gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><span><strong>Samsung Galaxy Ring teardown<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>iFixit also shared a computed tomography (CT) scan of the Galaxy Ring which gives us our best look at the innards of the device.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/-1200\/gsmarena_000.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Ring is non-repairable \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fitting the multitude of components inside the Galaxy Ring\u2019s slender frame is a true engineering marvel but that\u2019s also its downfall as everything is sealed and made so that you cannot perform any repairs. <\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Ring features the Nordic Semiconductor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nordicsemi.com\/Products\/nRF5340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nRF5340<\/a> system on a chip which provides 2x Arm Cortex-M33 cores with 512 KB RAM, 1 MB storage as well as Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. There\u2019s also a tiny wireless charging coil and a battery pack next to it and an NFC tag as well as an antenna for transferring signal between the ring and your paired smartphone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_002.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Galaxy Ring teardown procedure\" width=\"265\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/inline\/-x171\/gsmarena_002.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_003.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Galaxy Ring teardown procedure\" width=\"364\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/inline\/-x171\/gsmarena_003.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><span><strong>Galaxy Ring teardown procedure<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The interesting bit is that the charging coil on the Galaxy Ring is not soldered to the printed circuit board (PCB) like on other smart rings and instead opts for a repair-friendly press connector. The irony is that the PCB is sealed into the Galaxy Ring\u2019s frame so there\u2019s no way to replace the component without breaking the ring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_004.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Galaxy Ring teardown procedure pt.2\" width=\"344\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/inline\/-x160\/gsmarena_004.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_005.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Galaxy Ring teardown procedure pt.2\" width=\"291\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/samsung-galaxy-ring-non-repairable\/inline\/-x160\/gsmarena_005.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><span><strong>Galaxy Ring teardown procedure pt.2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifixit.com\/News\/98423\/samsungs-galaxy-ring-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_ring_is_nonrepairable_-news-64253.php\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] iFixit performed a teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Ring and the conclusion is clear \u2013 if the $399\/\u20ac449 smart ring ever gets damaged or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}