iFixit took aside Samsung’s Galaxy Ring, scrutinized its elements and wrote its findings, which might make you suppose twice about shopping for the gadget. It warned that the Galaxy Ring is “100% disposable” which is to say: as soon as the battery died, the entire thing turns into junk. It “isn’t designed to final greater than two years,” iFixit warned.
To be truthful the web site did say that “all sensible rings prefer it” are disposable, as a result of they cannot be non-destructively opened. It defined that lithium ion batteries “have a shelf life,” and whereas they could possibly be changed on different gadgets, it isn’t doable to dismantle a sensible ring to try this with out wrecking the gadget fully. If the battery dies within the ring, you may must throw it away.
The web site additionally put the Galaxy Ring by a CT scanner discovered that Samsung used a press connector to connect the battery to a circuit board. A press connector, as its title implies, connects elements inside a tool with out solder. iFixit mentioned it usually loves press connectors, as a result of they make changing particular person elements simpler. Nevertheless, the one contained in the Galaxy Ring is seemingly sealed and does not make the gadget repairable. It mentioned that the corporate probably used a connector as an alternative of soldering the elements for its personal profit, as a result of the elements got here from totally different manufacturing amenities.
We gave the Galaxy Ring a rating of 80 in our overview; we discovered it fundamental and costly at $400 — $100 greater than its competitor, the Oura Ring. That mentioned, Oura prices $6 a month to make use of its software program, which does add up over time.
