Adding a thin layer of silicone membrane around each pad on the 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard doesn't completely protect it from dust and other particles. Newly released results from a series of tests by iFixit show that particles can still get in and cause a keypad on the device to malfunction.
After teasing it over the weekend, iFixit is out with the results of its full teardown of the recently introduced 2018 MacBook Pro. The new laptop is noted for its larger battery, all-new custom T2 chip, and more.
The folks over at iFixit have determined that the keys found on the recently released 2018 MacBook Pro are surrounded by a "thin, silicone barrier." This discovery suggests Apple's third-generation "butterfly switch" keyboard wasn't necessarily designed to be "quieter," like Apple has claimed. Instead, it could have been designed to make it less prone to exposure to dust and other small particles.
“School is a brutal place for electronics—they need to be long-lived and fixable on the cheap for most education budgets,” iFixit told me in an email Tuesday.
When a new iPhone launches, iFixit goes to work performing its ritual teardown dance so all of us can marvel at Apple's latest technology and peek at it from the inside.
iFixit used knives and a hacksaw to pry open their HomePod so you don't have to.
With their usual degree of pomp and circumstance, iFixit has performed a teardown of the new iMac Pro. Based on their results, it now appears that the iMac Pro will be at least somewhat upgradable.
In the wake of all the iPhone throttling drama, iFixit has announced that it is dropping the price on all of its DIY iPhone battery fix kits to $29 or less. The news follows Apple's own announcement yesterday that it is going to be discounting out-of-warranty battery replacements to $29 in 2018.
iFixit today shared some wallpapers designed for that edge-to-edge OLED display on iPhone X.
What if you drop your brand spanking new iPhone X and its glass backing shatters to pieces?
Your iPhone X has a “mystery chip” under its hood, according to repair experts at iFixit.
iPhone X went on sale around the world today and iFixit this morning published their teardown analysis of the handset, revealing the internal design radically different from prior models.