Nexus 6P teardown proves Android users will feel the iPain

The 5.7 inch screen is easy to handle by anyone because it’s easy to grip, and its distinctive aluminium design renders a highly sleek look.

The Nexus 6P is available to pre-order from Google Store as well as from the official U.S. website of Huawei, which is manufacturing the new Nexus smartphone for the first time, though the Chinese handset maker has clarified that it will be able to begin shipping the handset only by late November.

IFixit said: “The display assembly can not be replaced without tunneling through the entire phone”. Last week the Nexus 5X scored an impressive 7 out of 10 for repairability from the teardown pros at iFixit, but how does the bigger Nexus 6P compare? For that reason and numerous others, iFixit gave it a repairability score of just two. But according to them, the unibody design of the phone “makes every component extremely hard to replace”. It seems that the Nexus 6P has nothing to do with the yellow tint issue so LG might be to blame for this since they’re the manufacturers responsible for putting together the Nexus 5X.

If, however, you cut into the glass that covers the display up front, then crack that glass, then scrape the metal at the back of the device, then put a flame to the device, then bend the device with all your might – THEN you might find a few bending going on.

The ‘bendgate’ issue surfaced previous year when it came to public knowledge that the iPhone 6 Plus could easily be bent out of shape when a little pressure is applied to its body. It also found that the main camera is soldered in to place.

The external construction of the Nexus 6P is solid and helped improve durability of the device.

“The circular profile of this fingerprint reader is exclusively due to the round hole in the 6P’s rear case”, iFixit notes, speculating Huawei may be planning to use the same reader in another model.