Galaxy Buds Live Teardown: The Most Repairable Earbuds Yet?

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Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Live (AKA Galaxy Beans) are the newest buds on the block, featuring a new open sound design, active noise cancellation, and up to 6 hours of battery life. Previous Galaxy Buds have been among the most repairable we’ve seen, so we’re curious to see what compromises their engineers may have had to make to bring this new form factor to life. Hopefully these things aren’t just full of glue.

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0:00 Introduction
0:23 Creative Electron X-Rays
0:46 Opening the Buds
1:19 Even Samsung Calls Them Beans
1:28 Top Half of the Bud Examination
1:38 Bottom Half of the Bud Examination
1:43 Disassembly to Motherboard
2:13 Bud Board Chip ID
2:28 Bud Disassembly Continued
2:50 Bud Battery Removal
3:06 Bud Battery Specs
3:25 Driver and Charging Pin Removal
4:24 Case Opening
4:48 Case Bracket Removal
5:25 Case Motherboard Removal
6:16 Charging Coil Removal
6:20 Battery Removal
6:30 Case Battery Specs
6:40 Repairability Score

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