Nearly 6 months after the initial launch, Samsung is expanding its self-repair program to include 5 new repairable devices.
Joining the Galaxy S20 and Tab S7 Plus are the 22-inch Galaxy Book Pro notebook, the 22-inch Galaxy Book Pro 22-inch notebook, and the Galaxy SXNUMX lineup that includes the base model, the SXNUMX Plus, and the SXNUMX Ultra.
Samsung continues to work with iFixit to manage repair kits, which are currently available for purchase, though cost is unknown at the time of writing. If nothing else, we can at least look at the costs of the older Self-Repair Program kits to get an idea of what users can expect. For example, replacing the charging port on a phone from the S20 or S21 line costs €66.99. Speculations aside, the costs of the new additions are going to be free once the respective repair kit pages are published.
Point-by-point how-to guides will be available on the iFixit site.
Repair kit content
Kit content differs between smartphones and laptops, with the latter receiving more spare parts. Galaxy Book Pro owners will be able to replace the front and back covers, battery, display, touchpad, power key, including fingerprint reader, and rubber feet under the Galaxy Book Pro device. For S22 phones, the repair kits are similar to those for S20 and S21. They have a replacement for the display assembly, rear glass, and charging ports, but not the battery, which is strange when you consider that it could on older phones.
In addition to replacing the missing battery, there are two other glaring omissions in the updated program: it can't repair the 6-inch models of the Galaxy Book Pro or Pro 360; At the time of writing this, anyway. We reached out to Samsung regarding the larger Galaxy Book models and asked multiple other questions, such as whether users can replace the battery on an S22 phone or if it's part of a future update.
And a return label? The older kits came with a free return label so you could send the old parts back to Samsung for proper disposal. This story will be updated if we hear back on any remaining information.
You may also be interested to know that Apple recently updated its self-repair program to now include Mac computers with the M1 chip and Studio Display. Just keep in mind that the costs can make you cry. Replacing just the Studio Display will cost you close to $1,000.