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After prying it up from the chassis and unlocking the ZIF socket, the display data interconnect cable can be removed from the front panel assembly.

Unfortunately, a fair amount of heat is required to remove the front panel.

After a few blasts with a heat gun and some nervous prying, the front panel can be separated from the chassis.

The digitizer element was produced by Atmel and is bonded to a Corning Gorilla Glass front panel.

Apparently, the Galaxy Tab can also double as body armor.

The screen on the Galaxy Tab is a Super TFT LCD, allowing for better image quality and viewing angle than a typical LCD.

Although the resolution of the Galaxy Tab's screen (1024x600) is less than the resolution of the iPad (1024 x 768), the Galaxy Tab has a more pixels-per-inch (169 for Galaxy Tab vs 132 for the iPad).

169 ppi is nice, but nowhere near dense enough for us. We vastly prefer the iPhone 4's 326 ppi retina display.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Repairability: 6 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)

• All of the components are accessible without soldering.
• The battery is user-replaceable.
• Tri-wing screws were used to deter would-be repairers, but can be easily thwarted with one of iFixit's bit driver kits.
• A heat gun is required to access the LCD.
• Getting the Galaxy Tab open is quite a chore; plastic opening tools alone are not enough to do the trick.

Much like its competitor, the iPad 3G, the Samsung Galaxy Tab didn't stand a chance against iFixit's crafty handywork.

That's it! Thanks again to Richard Lai @ Engadget for getting us the hardware.