Google announced the Pixel 10 family last month, and now the vanilla Pixel 10 model has been subjected to a teardown on camera by iFixit. The teardown reveals that the battery is removed via pull tabs, and while it’s not the easiest battery to take off, it’s also not the worst in this area.
Google Pixel 10 5G
At the bottom, there’s a modular and easily replaceable charging port, but the mainboard is a bit harder to get to because of the camera assembly. The board of course houses the Tensor G5 SoC.
The display isn’t very easy to remove, being glued very tightly. Pixelsnap uses magnets just like Apple’s MagSafe, which you can see in the video, and it’s one of the main new things about the Pixel 10 range.
In the end, the Pixel 10 earned a provisional 6 out of 10 repairability score, where 10 would be the most repairable and 0 would be the least. It’s praised for the back glass coming off easily, the internal layout being clean and featuring fewer screws than most flagship phones, and all screws being the same T3 Torx Plus model. The modular USB-C board is a big plus, however, the battery is still glued in firmly, as is the screen.