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Motorola Razr teardown reveals the hinge’s secrets
If you haven’t had your fill of fold tests and teardowns of this year’s most expensive and most fragile phones, YouTube channel JerryRigEverything is only →
Teardown shows the Galaxy Z Flip’s limitations
Given that most conventionally designed phones and laptops struggle to get a good repairability rating from iFixIt, you probably didn’t have high hopes for a →
Galaxy Z Flip iFixit dust test could raise more durability concerns
Foldable phones are fragile and expensive pieces of electronics but that only seems to tempt people more to find out just how much torture they →
Motorola Razr teardown is full of red flags
Motorola’s Razr foldable launched a little over a week ago, and you know what that means: it’s time for iFixit to tear it down. Attempting →
Xiaomi How It Works: Mi Watch teardown suggests Apple Watch will be cheaper to repair
The Xiaomi Mi Watch is shaping up to be a compelling (read: cheaper) alternative to the Apple Watch Series 5, but if this iFixit teardown →
The Apple Mac Pro is surprisingly easy to repair
If you routinely check the iFixIt site to scope out the repairability of upcoming products, you may prepare yourself for the worst when you click →
iFixit Mac Pro teardown is a surprising win for DIYers
The new Mac Pro has arrived, and with Apple touting the modular capabilities of this machine, there’s a lot of curiosity surrounding just how DIY-friendly →
Nikon’s about to make it way harder to repair your camera
Nikon is axing it’s third party repair program, so anyone with one of its camera will have to send it to one of the two →
iFixit PlayStation 1 teardown is a blast from the past
It isn’t too often that we see iFixit tearing down legacy hardware, but today is a special occasion. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the →
iPhone 11 Smart Battery Case camera button secrets revealed by iFixit X-Ray
When Apple unveiled its smart battery cases back in 2015 for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s, it was ridiculed for the massive bump that →
Teardown: Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro fails repairability test
It scored a 1 out of 10 When Apple unveiled the new 16-inch MacBook Pro last week, the company touted its hefty power, slightly larger →
16-inch MacBook Pro still extremely difficult to repair reveals iFixit
Apple’s mythical 16-inch MacBook Pro almost remained just that, late and elusive. But when it did finally debut, it checked almost every item on the →
Huawei Mate 30 Pro repair is moderately easy as shown by iFixit teardown
If you strip away the uncertainty around it, the Huawei Mate 30 Pro is arguably one of this year’s top Android smartphones. For those in →
MacBook Pro 16-inch keyboard first look video shows Magic scissors
The favorite website of anyone attempting to fix their own broken gadgets, iFixit, has published a new video of its 16-inch MacBook Pro ‘Magic’ keyboard →
Surface Pro 7 is extremely difficult to repair based on iFixit teardown
Microsoft unveiled quite a number of notable Surface devices last month but there is always an odd one out. The Surface Pro 7 seems to →
The Surface Pro X is more repairable than most
IFixIt has taken its collection of tools to Microsoft’s brand new Surface Pro X and unlike nearly every other tablet on the market it comes →
Surface Pro X iFixit teardown brings unexpectedly good news
Historically speaking, the Surface Pro line has not been kind to the DIYers of the world. It seems that every time a new Surface Pro →
Surface Laptop 3 iFixit teardown tests the promise of easy repairs
At its Surface event, Microsoft’s Panos Panay made a huge claim that it would be easy to open up the third-gen Surface Laptop. While that →
iFixit iPad 7 teardown is a blast from the past
It’s been a big week for iFixit teardowns. First, we saw the company teardown the iPhone 11 after last week’s look inside the iPhone 11 →
iFixit Switch Lite teardown shows little hope for Joy-Con drift
Most major device launches are followed by an iFixit teardown, and things are no different in the case of the Switch Lite. As iFixit puts →
iFixit iPhone 11 teardown reveals a mystery among the familiar
The iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max might be getting a lot of attention, but today, iFixit turned its focus to the standard iPhone 11. →
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G is not easy to repair
The tech tinkerers at iFixit have done it again, taking apart another modern smartphone and finding out just how hard it is for consumers to →
Xiaomi Mi A3 official teardown suggests repairs will be easy
Almost every high-profile phone gets one form of teardown or another. Sometimes it’s for the sake of discovering what’s inside. Others, like iFixit and JerryRigEverything, →
Broken Moto G screen? iFixit’s just made it way easier to fix
Motorola’s expanded its partnership with repair shop iFixit to sell official screen repair kits for its phones in Europe. The deal means you’ll be able to pick →
New 13-inch MacBook Pro teardown finds improved battery and non-upgradable SSD
Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro has been given the teardown treatment over at iFixit, with some interesting revelations concerning the battery, keyboard, SSD and more. →
MacBook Pro 13-inch 2019 teardown reveals one bright spot
There’s a new MacBook Pro in town, and the first teardown has some not-so-great news for those looking to repair or update hardware on their →
Apple improved the 2019 MacBook Pro keyboards after all, iFixit uncovers
Apple didn’t just improve the processors within its existing MacBook Pro models, but apparently the company has also improved the keyboards that these refreshed laptops →
Pixel 3a and 3a XL iFixit teardown bodes well for repairs
The Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL were everything we expected them to be from leaks. That said, there were also some disappointing details we →
Samsung asks iFixit to take down Galaxy Fold teardown
It has barely been three years since the Galaxy Note 7 started catching fire and here is Samsung again trying to fend off one of →
Samsung Galaxy Fold iFixit teardown exposes fragile phone’s big problem
Many of you have probably figured this out by now, but the Galaxy Fold is a delicate device. After a number of reviewers reported problems →