Early teardown of the iPhone 11 Pro Max reveals larger battery and more
A quick teardown of the upcoming iPhone 11 Pro Max reveals a few key changes, including the bigger, L-shaped battery.
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2019 13-inch MacBook Pro teardown reveals larger battery, updated keyboard material, and more
Apple recently announced a brand new, refreshed 13-inch MacBook Pro. And now the new notebook has received the teardown treatment, revealing the intricacies under the hood.
2019 MacBook Pro teardown finds a tweaked material in the butterfly keyboard mechanism
iFixit tore apart Apple’s recently-refreshed MacBook Pro. Aside from the usual stuff, its experts found a mysterious new keyboard material that might improve typing reliability.
Samsung forces iFixit to take down its unflattering Galaxy Fold teardown that revealed baffling design incompetencies
Samsung understandably doesn’t want to have a teardown out there for a device it isn’t ever going to ship, but issuing a takedown request is the worst move its PR department could make as part of damage control.
iFixit says Galaxy Fold screen failures are caused by a major design flaw
iFixit has found many entry points for dust and other foreign matter on this phone, which means that there are “so many different ways for the screen to break.”
The new iPad mini teardown finds a reworked iPad mini 4 with some fresh silicon for 2019
Despite many components being modular, repairs continue to be unnecessarily complicated due to gobs of adhesive holding parts and cables in place.
Despite improved build quality, AirPods 2 are just as impossible to repair as the originals
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds proved that wireless earbuds can be repairable, which cannot be said for the new AirPods whose repairability score is unimproved after two years.
First iPhone XR teardown arrives as iFixit gets to work on its own
The first iPhone XR teardown video has arrived online. It was published just hours after the device launched in 50 countries and territories.
Apple Watch Series 4 teardown: stronger battery, doable screen replacements & more
Having pried open and disassembled their Series 4 watch, repair experts over at iFixit have also concluded that, once you’re inside, screen replacements are doable while battery replacements are pretty straightforward.
Weirdly-shaped iPhone XS battery maximizes every millimeter of space inside the chassis
Apple went creative with battery geometry for the new iPhones, with the XS borrowing some of the terraced battery designs that first debuted with the 12-inch Retina MacBook.
First iPhone XS teardown shows one noticeable change
The first iPhone XS teardown confirms the 5.8-inch looks very similar to the iPhone X on the inside. One important component has changed, however.
iFixit finds larger battery, T2 chip, more in 2018 MacBook Pro
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.
