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Galaxy Buds Live Teardown: The Most Repairable Earbuds Yet?
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2024
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Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Live (AKA Galaxy Beans) are the newest buds on the block, featuring a new open sound design, active noise cancellation, and up to 6 hours of battery life. Previous Galaxy Buds have been among the most repairable we’ve seen, so we’re curious to see what compromises their engineers may have had to make to bring this new form factor to life. Hopefully these things aren’t just full of glue.
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0:00 Introduction
0:23 Creative Electron X-Rays
0:46 Opening the Buds
1:19 Even Samsung Calls Them Beans
1:28 Top Half of the Bud Examination
1:38 Bottom Half of the Bud Examination
1:43 Disassembly to Motherboard
2:13 Bud Board Chip ID
2:28 Bud Disassembly Continued
2:50 Bud Battery Removal
3:06 Bud Battery Specs
3:25 Driver and Charging Pin Removal
4:24 Case Opening
4:48 Case Bracket Removal
5:25 Case Motherboard Removal
6:16 Charging Coil Removal
6:20 Battery Removal
6:30 Case Battery Specs
6:40 Repairability Score
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A few notes:
1. @0:16 those are Galaxy Buds+, not Buds Pro.
2. After filming, we learned that we have finally found replacement 1254 button-cell batteries to sell in our store! You can find them at the link in the description.
3. The reassembled buds work perfectly, and the sound quality doesn't seem to have been affected by displacing the speaker driver.
You should put the link with second point.
Alot of people don't check the description.
Why 8?
There is no Buds “pro” 👀. But I get it lol
HATE TO SEE YOUR VIDEOS JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR VOICE VARIABLES, WHEN YOU RECORD YOURSELF, THE VOICE IS PERFECT BUT WHEN YOU TALK WHILE TEAR DOWN, FEELS LIKE YOU ARE TALKING INSIDE THE WATER
@@shkbh / I guess he was on a different mic setup, like pin mic?
the engineering effort they put in that tiny piece of tech is mind blowing
It's good to see they're not putting it to waste with a glued in battery :)
Ya, crazy engineering.
Sean Smith as if anyone will change the battery
yup. beautifully done
Ear phone "crazy engineering" wouldn't entail modular components, crazy engineering is making all the IC's integrated. Using lego-style connectors takes up valuable space.
i love how samsung embraces that they're beans
Yesssire and I like how they dont copy
2 TONEDRIP Gaming *laughs in one plus buds*
@@lucasniamien873 huh
@@lucasniamien873 Frowns in terrible touch controls
@@JotaroKujo-gw6ng the touch controls on all 3 generations of the galaxy buds are so damn sensitive, I tend to just turn them off.
Dang, those parts came out so cleanly and easily. They definitely didn't compromise on repairability with the new design.
It could have been a 10, why 8?
@@NaterFernat probably because of ease of getting the parts that you need and nitpicks like that, an 8 repairability score is really high
And for some reason they still make the phones hard to repair lmao. Superglued batteries
@@PokeLoomerTM about the batteries there is a soulution, use some alcohol and the glue will lost its effect,its not that hard
@@PokeLoomerTM they're not the only ones, it's a common problem among manufacturers
This is good. The fact that you can always replace a broken part on this device is a step ahead. Good job 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴
It’s good but I would think that probably 99.99999 percent of people including me would just go buy another pair without trying to fix them and chance scratching the outside or breaking something on the inside or not being able to glue them back good enough to still be water resistant. Or even be able to glue them back at all because of a chance of warping it by using a vise grip.
It’s honestly not worth the time and hassle to fix it.
@Michael Kevin Millet lmao, repair costs they charge so much. And they be like "oh sorry you cant afford? Its ok oay apple care EVERY MONTH so, the 0.1% chance u spoil your item and want to repair, u can have a small discount"
@@molarrr If it breaks in warranty no problem, and I expect like all products, in months it will also become cheaper, like the Galaxy plus buds
Yeah, especially for the price. I hate it when they design electronics as a disposable product.
I was expecting a destructive opening, and I'm really surprised to see it's not and it's actually pretty easy to open
@@AppleReviews the Batterie?
@@AppleReviews batteries. Thoes die fast if you use them daily, last a year or so.
@@AppleReviews most important thing is the battery, the driver and chips are not likely to fail
You did not read the title of the video right ?
@@Luffy61C4 I did not.
High respect to the people engineered that tiny beans
It's pretty ironic when earbuds are becoming more repairable than phones itself lol
There's a difference between IPX2 and IP68
@@ungefeiert Even phones with no IP rating are less repairable than these.
That explanation doesn't even begin to cover it.
@ If you think phones becoming less repairable and less accessible to the user had to do with "complexity" and not widening manufacturer control and reducing the appeal of repairing a device as opposed to buying the new model, I have a bridge to sell you.
Where did the irony come from?...
I was expecting a clean teardown but not THIS clean. These are really small yet modular on the inside.
Pretty much the only buds that look good on the inside as well
This video does not have the view count that it deserves, high quality tear-down and camera work as always.
Thank you for this video! I washed and dried my earbuds in the case by accident. The buds were fine, but when I was charging the case it kept saying 0%. I took the whole case apart down to the battery and just had to reconnect the battery connection piece. Put it all back together and they work just like new!
I'm buying these earbuds now because of this good review
Take heed Samsung! And Crapple? You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Buy me a pair
Am an Apple guy.. But Am pretty damn sure my next earphones gonna be this one... just because of it’s repairability. I have an airpods but the right one battery is facked.. and u know the rest story..
Hopefully they'll make them more repairable in the future if they're touting being environmentally friendly
@@RennieAsh no they won't, if its repairable, its not profitable enough
Most peoplle never need to repair airpods. You are making sure that you will have a worse user expereinnce by sswitching to something that has a feature that you almost certainly wont need
Rafa Waik Who cares if it’s repairable. The software sucks and the integration is trash. iPhone is superior in the actual meaningful cases
Not really...please go on
I've been considering getting a pair of wireless earbuds, these are now my #1 pick, but we'll see how repairable the others are
Best I have had yet! So good I want a second pair
@@DJSH98989 I just bought a second pair after getting my first ones dialed in and proper fitment in my ear. Wow ! They sound good.
I bought these explicitly because they were repairable after watching this video...2 weeks later they went through the washer and dryer! omg. noooooo... they still worked but the case's battery wouldn't charge the beans anymore (case would charge beans via USB-C or wireless charging though). I took the case apart, nothing really to see that looked wrong, multimeter said battery had 3.7v...put case back together and it works now! SCHWING. This video rocks! The case battery is EB-BR800ABU, apparently it's the same battery as the 46mm Samsung Galaxy Watch. It'd have been super easy to change out if it had been cooked... Thanks iFixit
For this Galaxy Buds+ I wasn't expecting this easy teardown, since they came out I thought they were going to be too difficult to get in. It's cool how Samsung combined advanced tech & design with an easy assemble for this high-end product. Since the beginning of the video I was starting to guess the Repairability Score (and I got it right!).
I love that beans in background! I'm surprised it was this easy to open :O
I guess now you could flex on your Samsung galaxy _”beans”_
These are my everyday go to wireless earphones. I love how the ANC on these remove just the annoying noises you get on train, airplanes, bus, etc without drowning out all noises making them a great pair of earphones to wear while travelling and exercising. Plus this design is genius. I loved the original airpods because of how easily they fit in my ear without having to squeeze in a rubber/foam tip that becomes uncomfortable after couple hours in ear. But this design fits even better and is even more comfortable and can wear all day long without ear fatigue.
Most people don't understand the ANC used. I agree with your comments.
From Samsung website
Keep the noise out but let the world in with the first Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) on these open type, true wireless Galaxy Buds Live. ANC reduces background noises without missing what’s important, like voices and announcements, so you hear more of what you want to hear-with just a long press to turn it on.
Kudos to Samsung for giving these a more sustainable design.
1:25 and so the truth is revealed
Thanks man , it helped me deep clean them . Now they sound like new 👍
finally an almost mess-less disassembly, it's good to see a product that is repair/recycle-friendly and not drowned in tons of adhesive for monopoly purpose.
I just LOVE the X-Ray images!
The way Taylor enunciates is like ASMR to me
Was expecting my issue to be unrepairable but seeing how simple this is to disassemble is encouraging
So the battery that is used in the case can also been found in de galaxy watch SM-R800 So the replacement batterij can be found easily.
That should be 10/10 really how much more repairable can you expect? over 100%?
Now we just need Apple to label AirPods components “leeks”
It's Apple. That's reason enough for them to be fun killers
@@mostlymessingabout Hair dryers
Samsung should start making hearing aids.
I agree but I think they need to relearn some stuff definitely because I have a hunch that the tech is way different in the hearing aid compared to the earphones
@@karatewithelian9014 Just upping the volume on ambient sound, there are buds that you can use as hearing aids and for music, but expensive
Not sure if they actually released a commercial hearing aid, but they've been working on helping people hear better for a while (they make medical devices, too). Apparently they made an app for hearing, some prototype hearing aids, and are preparing to get their Harmon brand into OTC hearing aids. Search for Samsung Earcle or Samsung hearing aid.
And call them elderbeans!
A bit nerve racking trying to hold my phones flashlight as a spot light so I could see the tiny spaces and parts better, but I got the right side done and she sounds brand freakin' new! No more fishbowl distortion. 😅 Note to self: get a lighted magnifying lamp so my old tired eyes can see what the heck I'm doing!! 😅😅😅
THanks so much my ear buds were caught in a wash and was unusable, thanks you're a life saver
WOW! Well done Samsung! Keep it up! Woohoo!
Wow they teardown was sooo easy and clean
I took mine apart to clean them out from the inside. Put them back together and they sound pristine.
So glad the battery replacement will be easy when that time comes
Pro tip!, you can used the Eve + battery on the regular galaxy buds onto your galaxy buds live
Come to think of it, a couple decades back, this would've been considered impossible or (limited to the technology at the time)
This video has helped me replace the battery on both beans and the case.
So helpful. Thank you!
Why didn’t they just roll with beans even they admit they look like beans and it sounds cute 😂
Kids will probably eat it
Rick Cruz 2 birds 1 stone lol jk but stupid kids will eat it anyway. Tidepods lol 🤷🏻♂️
seeing him unplug cable (( why he doesn't say like a little lego)??!
oh wrong channel 😂🤦♂️
the fact that they said *bean left/right* on the ribbon is the funniest thing i've seen today
My wife just washed my blue ones with the case.. Tried drying them really good. The case don't charge a the left one wont charge. I'm might too trash them. I probably go to a Ifixit place before I trash them. Man.... love these buds.
I've been waiting for the confirmation of its repairability. Buying one right now.
this must be the most repairable tech out there... id give it a 10/10
this new teardown video style is Cool. waiting for PS5 Teardown next year :)
I'm glad it's as simple as that to take apart. One of these suckers "froze", so I had to peel it apart and disconnect the battery to reset it.
Thank you so much for doing this video. This was the video I was waiting for before deciding in purchasing! Samsung is really putting other brands to shame with how repairable their products are.
Let's just ignore their smartphone batteries
You should give at least 9 though the video is amazing...great job.
Hi, you teardown this buds live are awesome and clearly to understand. Thanks for making great video. You are so genius.
It's so satisfying to watch a smooth teardown.
To go the extra mile, know that the inside of the lid pops as easily as the bottom part. It's extremely handy as a fall can send the magnet responsible to hold the clam shut on the two magnets holding the buds in place. The tape fixing the aforementioned magnet in place is weaker than the magnetic fields of the two magnets. I am so relieved to have been able to fix the thing myself without breaking the case. HUGE KUDOS to Samsung on this one !
what a great review. you guys are really helpful and explains how to disassembly in a detailed way. loved it !
although, it would be nice if you guys mentioned where or if we can find the battery replacement for the case.
there's so many tws on the market right now, and they never mentioned about repairability. I follow your teardowns on wireless earbuds and it was an eye-opening to see how most of them designed it to be disposable within 2-3 years.
so thanks for this breakdown.
Good point
My GSD chew one of the beans.
He basically pop out the covering of it and chew top of the cover whereas bottom part of bud looks pretty intact.
It's starting charging but doesn't connect to any device.
When he say spugger I have a bad flashback of the verges pc build guild 😂
they are way too slippery for my liking. they sound great. I did find myself adjusting them frequently and I'm not entirely sure why.
I got some silicone sleeves that make them fit a tiny bit better and doesn't effect charging. my buds plus once I twisted them into
place and I never had to adjust them. the live do sound noticeably better. the ANC is impressive to me. a very novice audiophile. (lowers case a.)
do to insomnia I sleep in a bed tent. exactly how it sounds. a low profile tent the exact size as the mattress. anyway, I use a small 18650
rechargeable fan in the tent for circulation. when I activate ANC I can clearly hear the difference. I can usually hear the the hum of the
motor and sound of air movement. ANC seems to completely cancel out the hum. its really cool. overall I'm glad I got them. I lost my
(R) bud+ a few months back and finally decided to just buy a whole new pair. these in black were on sale for $139 so I grabbed them.
nice vid. thanks.
I bought a pair within a few months of this video being posted. Just wanted to say they are still working well.
Watching this with my buds live
Apple: It's impossible to make wireless earbuds easy to repair, what with them being so small and made of such delicate and fragile parts!
Samsung: hold my beans
also Apple internally: "making it repairable will sunken our profit, fk it, fk the environment, profit is the way to go
@@anhnguyenduy6861 ironically apple is more eco friendly than most tech company's out there
@@keonxd8918 where got? Do you know that many people died from Foxconn? Because of poor working conditions and dangerous chemical?
@@anhnguyenduy6861 as if foxconn is the only factory that has such cases, even Samsung factories have cases of such things. You say fk the environment while apple is planning to use 100% recyclable materials by 2030. The aluminum they use in their products are already 100% recycled aluminum
@@keonxd8918 yea and make unrepairable earpod :) eNvIRonmENT
The batteries are smaller than i expected
@2:22 "One the other side we can see a bunch of chips." Wow, that was very useful. I remember when iFixit used to color and identify each and every chip in a device. Can we go back to that, please. On the plus side, I appreciated seeing the charger teardown.
I would love to see the pixel buds teardown.
This is why i love samsung products. Way ahead of its time
I washed by mistake my xiaomi airdots....in the washing machine...and now the are dead ...but one of them gives blinks.....is there anyway to fix it????
Can't wait for your Surface Duo teardown! 😉
This teardown answers my questions of how this thing didnt broke from the inside even tho i accidentally dropped it multiple times now.. also the inside looks like a mini phone parts
If you have the earshape for them like I do they will be with you forever.
Mmmm, 8 of 10... after seen this video, what's needed then to get the 10?
I'm impressed by how samsung organized the tech inside making it easier to fix while having an Iprating aswell
Did Kelsea and KK quit ?
The beans 😂 are actually very compact though.
There must be some humorous story behind this Mr Bean idea.
I actually made a meme with Mr. Bean, but I called him "Mr. Galaxy Bean" you can see it here ➡️instagram.com/p/CDgfZRsjTaM/?igshid=119tuk9nhqk1k
so far this is the most satisfying teardown I have ever seen
You saved me! i had a problem with my right bud, after viewing this video i opened my bud and fix it, thank you so much
Nice to see decent repairability in something so tiny!
I lost volume in mine. Sent them back to SAMSUNG. They returned to me, saying I needed to clean them. Clean then. But it still happens. So now I'll pull apart to see if dirty inside. Cheers
I took them apart on my own I do wanna throw a warning be very careful with the motherboards if you have any problems with the case it is very very easy to get into and fix I love it even the hinge is easy to replace
I love how Samsung didn’t even manage to glue these things shut and everybody acts like it’s a good thing. Let’s wait until they fall apart inside people ears.
thank you for sharing the bud tear down, the reason I watched your video as I forgot mine inside my jeans pocket then washed it, I was so desperate so I watched this video, after following the teardown and tried to dry my buds, they are working normally, THANKS, big-time guys!!! (I'm not a repairman) just a normal guy that wants to fix my buds.
But do they scratch at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7?
Great. Now go make a teardown video of the WF1000xm3
Il be honest i was surprised with how good the buds live sound. Sure my sony ones are better but for the size and price these do a great job. I got them for free as well as a redemption for buying the note 20 ultra.
Impressively engineered. Not bad Samsung. Thought they were funky looking at first but I am enjoying them very much.
"bean" written on the inside and it being pink... Definitely seems like that color was chosen for a reason 😂 (flicking the bean)
Thank you!!
If I ever need to repair these I'll just grab my vice.
I love my Galaxy Buds Live...its been about a week now and I am super pleased!
Just what I've bean waiting for!
*sorry...*
Btw. could you also teardown the new Galaxy Tab S7+ and the Galaxy Tab Active?
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I have the Google Pixel Buds 2nd Gen. Looking forward to seeing a teardown. The Samsung Galaxy Buds Live (Beans) look kinda goofy. I want someone to model them in there ears to see if they really stay in your ears.
I'm hoping i can successfully take them apart to clean beneath the speaker grill
aaaah dang it... my motherboard from the case is done. Hope they sell the part.
Thanks for the video
I guess the working name was indeed called Bean, just sounded too funky for a product name.
Galaxy Beans Live
Galaxy Buds Beans
Could you do a teardown of the panasonic true wireless earbuds? :D
I've tried and tried but I cannot seperate the two halves, sadly I don't have access to a vice lol
Jeez, how much easier than that do you want? I wonder what's needed to have a perfect score. The battery must eject replace itself, right!?
Haha the bean cans on the back
Thanks to this guide i fixed my liquid damaged Galaxy beans live thanks.
How did you resolve your issue? My buds live got accidentally washed and the left one won't charge or connect to my phone. The right bud is fine and plays sound no problem. Thanks
@liamk1966 mine only damaged the case I was able to clean it with alcohol and it worked.
@@Denvermorgan2000 Many thanks for your reply, very much appreciated 👍🏻😎
when the kidneys you sold to Apple end up with Samsung
You even have a metal thread insert in the eaebud housing for these.
Oh, I didn't know beans are repairable.
I washed mine sadly. The little circuit board on the battery seems to have a fuse of some kind. Everything is dead and won't charge but the battery has 3.8 volts. Whata bummer 😮💨
Just took mine apart since the right one wasnt as loud as it should be, tried pulling up the bottom bracket and my screwdriver slipped and pulled the speaker up, snapped the ribbon cable connecting the speaker to the rest😭