Google Pixel 3's OLED panel is LG-made, teardown reveals
After the Google Pixel 3 XL teardown from iFixit, here comes the Pixel 3 disassembly. The smaller brother appears to be built similarly to the XL, but there are some key differences such as the LG OLED screen. The repairability score is the same 4/10, suggesting you'll probably need to resort to a specialist if it comes to repairs.
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For now, there's only a video showing the disassembly steps and the components found inside so we will have to wait for the full article to come out.
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Once again, there's plenty of adhesive, which is still repair-friendly and you'd need only a T3 Torx screwdriver for the whole process. However, the display repairs are much more difficult compared to the previous generation and you will have to deal with gluing and un-gluing the panel. Also, the glass back makes the phone more prone to breaking if dropped. Those are the main reasons why iFixit gave the phone 4/10.
Teardown Update: After finding a Samsung-made OLED display in the larger #Pixel3XL, we dissected the display in our vanilla #Pixel3. Surprise—it's from LG Display! https://t.co/E832d27nsk pic.twitter.com/kbi341ryKc
— iFixit (@iFixit) October 17, 2018
Speaking of the display, unlike the Pixel 3 XL's Samsung display, the smaller Pixel adopts an LG-made OLED panel. Last year's Pixels were the other way around as the bigger Pixel had LG's P-OLED display while the smaller one relied on Samsung's AMOLED screens. We hope the LG display will be on par with the Pixel 3 XL's excellent Samsung OLED.
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- AnonD-773569
- 21 Oct 2018
- nI9
Google are working on a fix/update to show videos in the center
- gohelvishalp
- 20 Oct 2018
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- 20 Oct 2018
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