We know the Moto X is easy to customize, but is it easy to repair?
iFixit took the Moto X apart to find out. The Moto X earned a 7 out of 10 on the repairability score (10 being the easiest), putting it in line with the iPhone 5 and slightly below the Galaxy S4.
The iFixit team liked that the Moto X used a single kind of screw (which means you don't have to go rooting for multiple driver heads), but was less thrilled with the hard-to-access battery.
The Moto X continues the trend of fusing the digitizer to the display. This is relatively standard at this point, as it reduces the weight and thickness of a phone. Unfortunately, this also means that to repair a cracked screen, a user must also replace the digitizer, which could increase the cost of repair. Still, in 2013, this is the norm.
The only real negative about tearing down the Moto X was getting it open, according to iFixit. Motorola applied an adhesive under the back cover that made actually opening the phone a slow process.
Although the components weren't a surprise, the iFixit team did praise the internal design of the device.
Remember the so-called Moto Magic Glass that's supposedly part of the display assembly? The "magic" part may have been overstated because the iFixit team didn't see anything special in the display glass that made it any different from the standard Gorilla Glass stuff. Bummer.
You can check out the full Moto X teardown on iFixit.
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