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Logitech Partners With iFixit To Provide Right To Repair Options
E-waste is a growing issue with the Global E-Waste Monitor 2020 report projecting the problem to grow to over 75 million metric tons by 2030. Logitech has decided to make sure that they are doing their part in reducing these numbers by partnering up with iFixit to improve the repairability…
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iFixit Lowers Battery Replacement Price to Match Apple’s
iFixit, known for their product tear-down videos and provider of DIY repair tools is lowering the prices for their battery replacement kits. This is due to the recent move by Apple to provide a $50 discount for all off-warranty replacements. It is a “mea culpa” of sorts, after coming to…
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Apple iPhone 8 Teardown Shows Smaller Battery
The teardown experts at iFixIt are at it again with their latest deep dive into the new Apple iPhone 8. As the name suggests, the iPhone 8 may be a newer model but often times you don’t know what lurks inside until you actually pry it open. That is exactly…
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iFixIt Reveals New iPad is Basically Just 1st Gen iPad Air with Minor Updates
The latest iPad from Apple, currently in its 5th generation update has been released recently although according to the findings by teardown experts at iFixIt, aside from some minor updates, the new tablet is infact very nearly identical to the 1st generation iPad Air which came out in 2013. Many…
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Nintendo Switch More DIY-Repair Friendly Than Other Consoles
The freshly released Nintendo Switch has proven to be quite popular and has immediately sold out in most places after release. While many continue to enjoy it, some have experienced issues already after several hours of playing but luckily as the iFixit Nintendo Switch teardown video shows, the console appears…
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The New 13-Inch MacBook Pro’s Speaker Grilles Are Only Cosmetic
The latest 13-inch MacBook Pro received a fairly lukewarm response due to the average specification and Touch Bar with an integrated Touch ID sensor. Despite being a product aimed at the professional market, the Touch Bar was demoed showing Emojis which replaces the traditional ESC key. While Apple may consider…
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iFixit Teardown the New iMac
The new iMac is an interesting machine, with a 21.5-inch and a 27-inch model on offer, a 4K panel and sleek aesthetics and a hefty price tag that starts around $1500. Apple love building closed systems for their consumers, but that hasn’t stopped the folks at iFixit from ripping the…
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Latest iPhone 6 Fault Revealed
Update your list, iPhone 6 users: there’s a new fault to be concerned about. A number of online threads, originating from sources such as Reddit, MacRumors, and iFixit, have been flooded with user comments complaining about the front-facing camera suffering alignment issues. If you’re a fan of the selfie, you…
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Apple’s “Refreshed” iPod Touch Is Identical To Previous-Gen, Less Storage
Yesterday Apple unveiled its refreshed 16GB iPod Touch device. There has a been a lot of media hype about the “new” device but according to an iFixIt teardown the device is actually not new at all. It is of course worth mentioning Apple did not claim to be releasing anything…
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 Turns Out To Be Far From Repair & Upgrade Friendly
iFixit, a site dedicated to tearing mobiles, tablets, notebooks and other bits of hardware to bits in order to provide users with repair guides has wasted no time in getting their hands on the latest Surface Pro 3 from Microsoft. During the teardown, or breakdown as the case may…
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iFixit Tear Down The 1984 128K Macintosh
It is crazy to think that the Apple Mac is now over 30 years old, sure it came out the year I was born, so I wasn’t exactly capable of enjoying it at the time, but its certainly amazing to see just how far computer technology has come along in…
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iFixit Opens Up the Xbox One To See What It’s Really Made Of
When you look inside the Xbox One, you cannot help but think that it is an all too familiar sight. We all know that the consoles coming out this month are using standard PC hardware to power them, but the stuff inside is even more standard that most people were…
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HTC One Gets Worst Possible Repairability Score From iFixit
iFixit are a company that take modern consumer gadgets such as mobile phones and tablets, then attempt to disassemble them and put them back together. They are experts in their field and in doing these “fixability” tests they are able to determine how easily a consumer might be able to…
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