
Samsung Galaxy S25 series deliveries have started after being announced at the Galaxy Unpacked event late last month. The lineup ships with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset worldwide, which is a jump from the Exynos SoC on the predecessors (except for S24 Ultra). Following every year’s tradition, the teardown video of the mid-variant, the Galaxy 25+ is here and this suggests that repairs will be slightly easy. Here are the details.
Samsung Galaxy S25+ teardown
The Samsung Galaxy S25+ teardown, as published by PBKReviews, starts off by removing the SIM tray, which has a grey rubber gasket around the opening for better water protection. The back glass panel can be opened by applying heat through a heat gun or hair dryer to loosen up the adhesive and then a pry tool is used to get access to the internals. The camera lenses on the back cover can be replaced by applying heat and using a pry tool to remove them.
The video notes the internal design of the Galaxy S25+ looks familiar and that there are 21 Philips screws covering the internal components. We see a Qi wireless charging coil in a black envelope above the battery unit. Three ribbon cables connect the mainboard to the sub-board.
The video then proceeds to remove the bottom back plate, which gives access to the phone’s loudspeaker and the linear haptic motor. The loudspeaker is also sealed with a rubber gasket.
Sitting in the middle is the 4,900mAh battery. PBKReviews teardown notes the battery pull pouch is said to have been improved over previous models, which will make it slightly easier to remove the battery. Beneath the battery module is a large copper vapour chamber, which is said to be bigger than the Galaxy S24+.
The top earpiece speaker assembly has the earpiece microphone and an antenna on the corner. The video then takes apart the main motherboard which houses the triple camera sensors, two of which have OIS support. There is also a secondary noise-cancellation microphone and an LED flash.
The other side of the board has proximity and ambient light sensors, another microphone and camera connectors. There is also a graphite sheet on the back of the motherboard to transfer heat. Peeling this sheet showcases the thermal pad, with the processor below it.
Furthermore, two philips screws are holding the sub-board. Removing them gives access to the primary microphone, a USB Type-C port with a rubber gasket, and the SIM card slot on the other side.
The video notes that putting the phone back together again is also quite easy by applying adhesive and fixing back the screws. Lastly, PBKReviews gives the Samsung Galaxy S25+ a repairability score of 9/10. This is similar to the Galaxy S24+ repairability score. In comparison, the iPhone 16 Plus scored a 7.5/10 for its repairability.