The latest iFixit teardown revealed a dual entry design and a clever “pull jacket” battery system that makes swapping the most failure prone part of a phone a quick job. No more prising open the front panel or wrestling with adhesives until your fingers blister. A neat green pull tab slices through the glue, leaving the battery ready to pop out.

iFixit found other thoughtful changes as well. The Pixel 10 has fewer screws than its rivals, and every one of them uses the same T3 Torx Plus head. That means no stupid collection of tools just to open the thing, a problem Job’s Mob seems to design on purpose.

Inside, the Pixel 10 carries Google’s Tensor G5 chip and a new Pixelsnap magnetic ring for Qi2 wireless charging. The internal layout is stripped back but logical, letting even non professionals tackle simple jobs. It is not fully modular, with cameras and USB C ports still fiddly, but at least it is progress.

The real standout here is Google’s shift in attitude. For years, while PC makers have made repairs easier, smartphones were deliberately glued shut to force costly service centre visits. Now, the Pixel 10 shows that easy repairs mean longer device lifespans, and that is exactly what consumers want.

Job’s Mob recently cobbled together its own battery removal trick using low voltage discharges, but the Pixel’s 6 out of 10 repairability score suggests Google might finally be taking user experience seriously rather than treating customers as cash cows.