While most people would be happy to have a new HTC One (M8) to play with, our friends at iFixit
aren't "most people," and they're back doing what they do best:
reducing gadgets to component confetti. Having said the necessary
prayers and got to work, iFixit was delighted to find screws holding the
main body together -- an omen of repairability, perhaps? The situation
quickly "turned ugly," as a mass of tape and copper shielding had to be
removed, only to expose a glue-fixed motherboard. Other components and
the battery were found to be glued just as liberally, and having finally
reached the display, iFixit accidentally cut the digitizer cable,
essentially breaking it. It'll probably be of no surprise, given the
narrative, that the new HTC One scored a measly two out of ten on the
repairability scale, due to teardown difficulty and risk of damage. It's
an improvement, at least, over the old HTC One's score -- iFixit didn't have the super-secret tool, mind -- but it's probably best you keep your M8 out of trouble all the same.