Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho kufika i-smartphone entsha emakethe, abafana abaku-iFixit babamba iyunithi bese beqala ukuyiqaqa ukuze babone ukuthi izindleko zokukhanda zingaba yini uma ngabe le divayisi izothinteka. Izikolo ze-iFixit kusuka ku-1 kuye ku-10, kuthi i-10 ibe yisikolo esiphakeme kakhulu futhi ikhombisa ukusebenziseka kalula. Izinhlobo ze-Samsung, ikakhulukazi Ngenxa yesikrini esigobile, basinika amaphuzu aphansi kakhulu.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ama-Apple iPhones, athole amaphuzu alinganiselwa kwangu-8 kwayishumi, okuba lula kakhulu ukuwalungisa, yize ukulungiswa kwawo kungabizi kakhulu. I-smartphone yakamuva eza ngezandla ze-iFixit yi-Essential ka-Andy Rubin, enye yama-smartphone abhekwe kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zokubambezeleka, i-Essential ekugcineni itholakala emphakathini, i-smartphone eheha ukunakwa okukhethekile amafreyimu amancane kakhulu. Lesi sikhumulo sithole amaphuzu ayi-1 kwayishumi, okungenye yezimpawu ezimbi kakhulu ezingatholwa yisiginali lapho sidlula ezandleni ze-iFixit. Isizathu sale nothi ephansi, okungenani eyinhloko, sitholakala ekwenzeni kube nzima ukususa isikrini ngaphandle kokuphuka, ngenxa yenani elikhulu leglue elisetshenzisiwe lapho lisenziwa.
Elinye iphuzu elingalungile abafana be-iFixit abalitholile futhi kwesinye isikhathi elibangela izinkinga zokushaja, yi imbobo ye-USB-C, edayiselwa ibhodi, ngakho-ke uma sidonsa noma singanakile lapho siyinqamula sibeka engcupheni yokwephula ipuleti. Zonke ezinye izingxenye ezingaphakathi kwe-smartphone azinikeli, okungenani ngeso lenyama, noma iyiphi inkinga yokulungisa, ngakho-ke uma ekugcineni sithola eyodwa yalamatheminali, kufanele siyinakekele ngangokunokwenzeka, ngoba ukuguqula isikrini ngeke kubiza ingalo nomlenze kuphela, kepha futhi nentengo yabasebenzi nayo ingasinika ukwethuka okuhle.