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Right on time, the LG Watch Urbane gets the teardown treatment

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The iFixit team is back with their latest teardown in which they took some time to figure out how easy it may be to repair an LG Watch Urbane. The LG Watch Urbane has been described as the closest a smart watch has come to being similar to a traditional watch and in many respects, the iFixit teardown seems to bear this out. Unfortunately, replacing a cracked screen will be a bit of a challenge, although the device managed to score a very respectable 7 out of 10 on the iFixit team’s scale where 10 is the easiest to repair.

As the iFixit team started on their teardown, they immediately noted that the LG Watch Urbane uses typical watchbands and spring bars, so removal is quite easy. Unlike previous LG smartwatch devices, the Watch Urbane takes some heat to pop off the back cover as it is sealed with glue. Once inside though, users will find several of the screws are typical “normal” watch screws, which is to say typically Philips head and very tiny. The iFixit crew also noted that it seems adhesives are being used more frequently in smaller devices like smartwatches and they praise LG for finding a balance between something strong enough to keep things together yet not so strong as to prevent intentional separation for the purpose of repairs.

One area where the Watch Urbane suffers though is with the screen. LG used several layers like the display, the digitizer, a polarizing film and the glass, all of which are held together to each other with some optically clear adhesive. While the parts can be separated, this means the special glue will be needed to glue everything back together if a cracked lens has to be replaced.

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source: iFixit

 

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