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unless it's a VERY cheap android it will be able to just be swapped.
only phones I see that need soldering for this kind of thing are vortex and blu phones.
edit: oh, and pixels. fuck pixels, absolutely my least favorite devices to work on.
That's actually very surprising, I've kinda assumed everything in a tight form factor like a phone, tablet etc would not use connectors to save space
it definitely used to be like that. these days it seems most things use connectors, my guess it they're cheap enough to manufacturer that it outweighs the trouble of manufacturing one solid component (with screen soldered to board, port soldered to other side of board, etc).
I don't really know enough to say 100% but I would guess that connectors make the manufacturing logistics wayyyy easier, with the added benefit of making it more repairable.
some phones still have soldered parts tho, pixels for example tend to need microsoldering for port replacements. iPads as well, so it definitely varies on more niche or purpose dependent devices, particularly when manufacturers think no one will ever open it up to fix it.