Samsung Galaxy S25: why changing the screen risks costing you candy
More AI, more pixels, more gigahertz… but still no more effort on sustainability. This is essentially the sad observation that one could make when looking at the repairability index brand new Samsung Galaxy S25.
It would indeed seem that Samsung took the recipe of the S24 right down to the construction of the telephonessince the rating of its phones has not changed one iota compared to last year's models.
Dismantability still lagging behind
We therefore find phones all rated 8.5/10 on the French index, exactly like the mobiles of 2024. This goes even further since, according to the detailed calculation grid, the sub-ratings are all exactly the same than on last year's models, to the nearest decimal point.
In absolute terms, 8.5/10 is quite a good score, but the analysis of the sub-scores tells a more nuanced story. If the score of the S25 (and therefore the 24) is largely increased by criteria such as the availability or price of spare parts, Samsung does not seem to want to build phones that are easier to disassemble. Indeed, the criterion “dismantling, access, tools, fixing» inherits a meager 10.3 out of 20.
This basically means that even if you manage to get hold of parts, disassembling and reassembling the S25 may be a chore. A detrimental choice for Sunday handymen who will have difficulty changing their battery, but also for Mr. and Mrs. Toulmonde who will end up paying very dearly for labor in the event of a malfunction or breakage.
A screen that is difficult to change
Given the aesthetic similarity of these S25s with the 24 and the identical repairability rating, it is a safe bet that the two generations of mobiles are built in the same way. A hardly encouraging observation, since it means once again that you will have to remove all the components one by one if you want to replace your phone screen. Phone screen which, let us remember, is one of the parts that concentrates the most breakdowns.
