iFixit analyzed the two new smartwatches of the South Korean company, the Samsung Gear 2 and the bracelet Gear Fit. The results were relatively positive, as it was possible to indicate that they could be repaired with some ease. However, there is a vital problem, and that is that although it is easy, it is an expensive task, which will make us have to spend a considerable amount of money.
And, the fact that a Ferrari can be easily disassembled does not indicate that changing the engine is something cheap. Something like this has happened in this case. Those responsible for iFixit They are only limited to assessing the ease with which the devices can be repaired. A smartwatch that cannot be repaired will be a smartwatch that will have directly died when it was hit, or stopped working. However, this is not the case with Samsung Gear 2 y Gear Fit. They are easy to repair. That's true.
But it is also true that the repair will be something simple when only one weld has been damaged. If what has happened to the watch is more serious, such as a screen break, or a battery that no longer works, then that is when we are going to find the problem, since these components have a relatively high price. The cost of repairing a Samsung Gear Fit bracelet with damaging components is estimated to be $ 240. It costs even more than repairing the Samsung Gear 2, which would cost $ 170.
They are expensive components because they are almost unique components. Bear in mind that a screen the size of the Samsung Gear Fit bracelet is not mass-produced. And the same goes for the curved battery that the bracelet has. We could almost say that at the level of technological complexity, this bracelet is at a higher level than many smartphones and other smart watches. Of course, it must be taken into account that if it is a problem in which there is no failure of a component, the cost of the repair will be cheaper. On the other hand, knowing that it can be easily repaired, at least we can be certain that in the event of a blow we can repair it, and we will not have lost it definitively.
