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 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 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.”
Despite many components being modular, repairs continue to be unnecessarily complicated due to gobs of adhesive holding parts and cables in place.
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.
The first iPhone XR teardown video has arrived online. It was published just hours after the device launched in 50 countries and territories.
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.
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.
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.
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 famed repair wizards have found Apple’s new education iPad to be a case of won’t—not can’t—so they graded it accordingly at two out of ten on their repairability scale.
“Hey Siri, what’s it going to take to get inside this thing?” Probably something sharp. Following HomePod’s launch in the US, UK and Australia last Friday, repair experts over at iFixit have taken apart their Siri-powered accessory to offer an interesting look at its innards.