Galaxy Z Flip teardown reveals fine dust can still get into its hinge

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is Samsung’s second foldable phone, and the company has learned a lot over the past year and
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and
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. iFixit has now published a video teardown of the Galaxy Z Flip, giving us a detailed look at the phone’s internals.

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, it said that the new hinge in the Galaxy Z Flip has a fiber shield that is intended to stop dust from getting inside. The teardown video shows that the phone does really have brushes on the hinge, but they might not be able to stop much fine dust from getting inside the phone.

The folded Galaxy Z Flip was dropped into a bag filled with purple-colored fine dust, and the dust was visible when the device was opened. It was most visible inside the hinge and near the loudspeaker grill. Although the phone isn’t rated for dust and water resistance, it was revealed that Samsung has coated the PCBs with a water-resistant layer, which should stop the phone from getting damaged from water splashes.


The video clearly mentions that the test with purple dust might not be indicative of general day-to-day usage. Samsung might have designed the hinge brushes to keep pocket lint and thicker particles of dust away from the hinge rather than the fine dust that was used in the test.

It is evident that Samsung did some marvelous engineering for both the
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and the Galaxy Z Flip, becoming the only brand in the world to be able to launch two foldable phones within a span of a year. While there is scope for improvement, hundreds of thousands of users are pretty happy with their foldable Samsung phones.

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