Samsung and iFixit now have parts for the Galaxy S22, Galaxy laptops
Enlarge / iFixit sells bundles of the part and all the tools you need. (credit: iFixit)
Samsung and iFixit launched an official repair program last August, and it's now getting support for a few more devices. Samsung says its self-repair program now includes the Galaxy S22 family and some laptops: the Galaxy Book Pro 15 and Galaxy Book Pro 360 15.
Like we said at the launch, this repair program isn't really blowing us away. The Galaxy S22 is the first time the program has featured a current Samsung phone, but it's only going to be current for about two more weeks. People drop brand-new phones just as frequently as old phones, so it would be nice to see modern parts hit the store faster. The program is also woefully incomplete when it comes to device selection, only supporting the last three years of Samsung flagships, when Samsung releases about 40 phone models a year. There's nothing for Samsung's foldables line (which still break all the time!), and nothing for the cheaper phones, which are often Samsung's highest sellers.
The parts selection is very incomplete, with each member of the Galaxy S22 family only featuring the charging port, back glass, and a bundle of the screen battery and frame together. Why would anyone, ever, want to buy the screen and battery at the same time? How do you even break both of those components at once? Did the phone stop a bullet? It's also missing a ton of parts, like cameras, speakers, buttons, a million delicate ribbon cables you could easily break when attempting a repair, antennas, the charging coil, rumble motor, fingerprint sensor, cooling pads, the sim tray, screws, and the motherboard.