14 DAY TRIAL // You might recall that, before the Samsung Gear Fit and Gear 2 smartwatch were made available to customers around the world, the devices were given the teardown treatment.
The guys over at iFixit being curious as they are took the devices apart and gave a pretty decent repairability score to the Gear 2, with 8 points out of 10. The Gear Fit didn't fare out so well, with only six points out of ten, but bottom line is that both wearables seemed pretty reparable.
But now a report coming from ZDNet Korea (via BGR) seems to claim the contrary. According to them, in case you break your Gear, it would cost the same to repair it, as it would to get a new one altogether.
The Korean report claims reparability is a property rendered useless if the user doesn't have where to buy the spare parts for the device. Furthermore, replacing the wearables’ screen could prove to be quite difficult, because the display is actually glued to the body of the device.
So in case the smartwatch/fitness band is damaged, users will have to replace it. In Korea, the exchange fee is as high as $240 / €174, which is a lot considering the fact a brand new Gear 2 costs $347 / €251. For the Gear Fit, the exchange fee is set as high as $170 / €123, while a new one sells for $238 / €172.