Ngalo lonke ixesha i-smartphone entsha ifika kwintengiso, abafana base-iFixit babamba iyunithi kwaye baqala ukuyidibanisa ukuze babone ukuba indleko yokulungisa inokuba yeyiphi xa kunokuchaphazeleka isixhobo. Amanqaku e-iFixit ukusuka kwi-1 ukuya kwi-10, nge-10 ingawona manqaku aphezulu kwaye abonisa ukuba kulula ukulungiswa. Iimodeli zeSamsung, ikakhulu Ngenxa yescreen esigobile, basinika inqaku eliphantsi kakhulu.
I-Apple iPhones, kwelinye icala, ifumene amanqaku aphakathi kwe-8 kwali-10, kuba lula kakhulu ukuyilungisa, nangona ukulungiswa kungabizi kakhulu. I-smartphone yamva nje eza nezandla ze-iFixit ibalulekile ngu-Andy Rubin, Enye yeefowuni ezilindelekileyo kwiminyaka yakutshanje.
Emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa zokulibaziseka, i-Essential ekugqibeleni iyafumaneka kuluntu, i-smartphone etsala ingqalelo ekhethekileyo izakhelo zincinci kakhulu. Esi sigxina sifumene inqaku eli-1 kwali-10, lelinye lawona manqaku amabi anokufunyanwa sisiphelo xa sidlula ezandleni ze-iFixit. Isizathu sale nqaku iphantsi, ubuncinci eyona iphambili, ifunyenwe ekwenzeni kube nzima ukususa iscreen ngaphandle kokuyaphula, ngenxa yemali enkulu yeglue esetyenzisiweyo kwimveliso yayo.
Elinye lamanqaku amabi afunyenwe ngabafana be-iFixit kwaye ngamanye amaxesha abangela ukutshaja iingxaki, yile izibuko le-USB-C, elithengiswa ebhodini, ke ukuba sinika ukutsala okanye asihoyanga xa usikhulula, sinomngcipheko wokophula ipleyiti. Zonke ezinye izinto ngaphakathi kwi-smartphone aziboneleli, ubuncinci ekuqaleni, kuyo nayiphi na ingxaki yokulungisa, ke ukuba ekugqibeleni sifumana enye yezi terminals, kufuneka siyikhathalele kangangoko kunokwenzeka, kuba ukutshintsha iscreen akunakuphela kubiza ingalo nomlenze, kodwa ke nexabiso lezabasebenzi linokusinika ukoyikisa okuhle.