Fakultät für Technik

-Technische Informatik-

„Repair-ability“ of
smartphones

Leonard Kleppe, 3. Semester

structure
1. General statisitics about smartphones
2. Defects that occur most often
3. Options of procedure when a defekt occurs
4. Definition repair-ability
5. Modularity
6. Spare part suppliers
7. Phones with a high repair-ability
8. Repair instructions
9. Possibilities for preventing damage
10. Things to consider before buying a new phone
11. conclusion
12. Bibliography
general statistics about smartphones

[1] Sales and turnover of smartphones in Germany

 Global E-Waste Monitor 2017:

• In germany most smartphones only get

used for 18 month
• 2016 the worlds population produced
44,7 million tons of electronic waste
• 2017 20 percent of the waste got
officially collected and recyled

[2] Reassons for buying an new phone

defects that occur most often

1. Defective display

2. Water damage

3. Weak battery

4. Defective charging socket [3] Iphone with broken display

5. Defective buttons, speaker, camera etc.

options of procedure when a defekt occurs
1. Sell broken phone, for example on ebay
2. Online repair service
3. Local repair service
4. Bring it to a Telekom shop for recycling
5. Repair it
definition repair-ability

• modularity
• Easy to take apart
• available spare parts
• no or little soldering required
• no exessive adhesive
• no special tools
modularity

[4] Example: Modularity Iphone 6s Plus

spare part suppliers every tool needed to rapair most smartphones

• Ebay
smartphones with a high repair-ability

Apple, Huawei, LG and little other

companys are known for producing
quite repairable phones
IPhone spare part pricelist
In Euro Iphone 5 Iphone 5s Iphone 6 Iphone 7 Plus Iphone 8 Iphone X
display 16 16 22 40 30 150
battery 16,50 16,50 16,50 16,50 16,50 40
Frame 15 16 20 33 70 120
camera 5 8 15 75 55 75
proximity sensor 4 5 6 6 15 40
charging port 5 5 6 7 6,50 6

According to actual ebay pricings

Huawei, LG, Wiko, and Google Pixel also have high rapairability and spare parts are affordable
repair instructions
Youtube
possibilities for preventing damage
1. Use a case
2. Use a screenprotector
3. Dont let the phone charge the whole night
4. Consider repair-ability when buying a phone
5. Dont use the phone more than necessary
things to consider before
-buying a new phone
• Is the old phone really broken or outdated?
• Is your old phone fixable?
• Does the new phone have a high repairability
• Is the new model really an improvement to the old one?
conclusion

cons pros
• Spare parts are often made by • Financial blessing
other companys • Independency
• Its easy to buy bad quality parts • Saving raw materials
• It affords time • Preventing electric waste
• Risk of completely damaging the • Possibility of doing some
phone modifications
Bibliography
[1] https://www.notebookcheck.com/Smartphones-Rund-24-Millionen-werden-2017-in-Deutschland-verkauft.240004.0.html
[2] https://xn--handykhler-feb.de/durchschnittliche-lebensdauer-eines-smartphones/
[3] https://thumm-it.com/privatkunden/smartphone-reparaturen-reparaturwerkstatt/
[4] https://news.ihsmarkit.com/press-release/technology/upgraded-components-iphone-6s-plus-costs-apple-extra-16-device