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iFixit is ending its self-repair collaboration withSamsung, just a few months shy of theirpartnerships second anniversary.
iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens toldTheVergethe collab ends on June 17th.
On that date, iFixit will no longer be an official third-party parts and tools distributor for Galaxy devices.
iFixit says itll indicate whether something is an original or aftermarket component on product listings.
The end of the partnership comes with additional changes as well.
However, community members are invited to share what they know about repairing Galaxy hardware.
As TheVerge points out though, this could mean manuals become less detailed as a result.
High costs
So what happened between them?
Well, Kyle Wiens blames Samsung for a variety of reasons.
The blog post even refers to their behavior as miserly.
Lets say, for example, you want to replace your smartphones battery.
Samsung doesnt do this, though.
As a result, its expensive.
replacing the battery on a Galaxy S22requires you to pay almost $170.
Installing an APK is not straightforward, speaking from experience.
It is a multi-step process that takes a while to complete.
Additionally, they couldnt get official components for new models like theGalaxy S23.
All that support went towards Encompass.
We’ve reached out to Samsung for comment and well update this story if we hear back.
