The first teardown of Pixel 7 Pro reveals some critical issues for the repair

Last week Google has finally lifted the veil (so to speak, given the numerous videos published before the event) on the new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro and, waiting for ours review coming soonlet’s start enjoying the first teardown.

The Youtube channel specialized PBKreviews has in fact taken apart the top of the range Pixel 7 Pro in front of the camera, revealing some interesting information especially with regard to the repairability, topic to which Google she seems to have gotten quite sensitive.

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Disassembly starts from front screenwhich is fixed with adhesive And clip as usual (no innovation à la Apple here), so they must be used hair dryer And plectrum. Once disconnected, the back of the screen reveals the sensor from Fingerprints below, whose connection cable looks different than the one in Pixel 6a and Pixel 6 Pro.

Light differences also with regard to the cutout for the proximity sensornow more to the right of the front camera than his predecessor.

Disassembly continues, showing the vibration motorwhich is related to the bottom of the central frame, and the battery, which is fixed not only with screws but also with adhesive, so much so that the author of the video had to resort toisopropyl alcohol to remove it.

Next, the video shows us the rear camera lockthe front camera and the motherboardwith the processor Tensor G2 protected by copper adhesive for the heat dispersion.

Here further emerge critical issues for those who want to contact the do-it-yourself for disassembly. The door USB-C it is in fact soldered to the motherboard, so it will be impossible to replace it in case of breakage. In addition, the author of the video reveals that he was unable to disassemble the rear windowwhich is glued to the frame and therefore impossible to replace individually.

For these reasons, PBKreviews gives gods rather low scores (iFixt-style) for the battery replacement and others set off.

We leave you at video belowwhich continues with the reassembly and the re-ignition of the telephone, which survived unscathed process.