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Apple Ifixit Macbook Air Teardown Tech

MacBook Air teardown: What a difference three years make

sudshr47 November 9, 2018

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Now that Apple’s new MacBook Air has hit the stores, repair specialists iFixit have immediately cracked it open to see what’s inside. 

And frankly, if you’ve seen some of the teardowns of recent MacBooks, you won’t see too many surprises here. The new Air is a tightly packed machine that requires lots of specialized tools and patience to open and repair. 

But if we compare apples to apples — that is, the new MacBook Air with the last version of MacBook Air, which launched in 2015 — the differences are substantial. Check them out below: The new Air is on the left.  Read more…

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Gadgets Ifixit Motorola TC

Motorola is partnering with iFixit to sell official DIY phone repair kits

sudshr47 October 23, 2018

Repairing a phone is harder than it needs to be. With phone manufacturers spending the last decade chasing device slimness and building devices meant to last however long a phone contract lasts, user repairability just doesn’t seem to be something they care much about. Need a repair part? Good luck on eBay, friendo! In what […]

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Apple Watch Ifixit Teardown Tech watch

Apple Watch Series 4 teardown reveals big changes on the inside

sudshr47 September 24, 2018

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Apple’s iPhone XS, as good as it is, isn’t all that different from its predecessor, the iPhone X — even on the inside. 

But the company’s Apple Watch Series 4 is a major update compared to Series 3, and it’s all the more apparent when you tear it down to bits. 

We already knew that the Watch 4 is slimmer compared to Watch 3, with a bigger screen and new heart-rate sensor. In this detailed teardown, conducted by iFixit, we see just how different the two devices are; just look at the x-ray photo, below. 

Talk about radical changes. Apple Watch Series 4 on the left, Series 3 on the right.

Talk about radical changes. Apple Watch Series 4 on the left, Series 3 on the right.

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Ifixit iPhone XS Iphone Xs Max Teardown Tech

Teardown of iPhone XS reveals new, L-shaped battery

sudshr47 September 21, 2018

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Now that Apple’s iPhone XS and XS Max are available for purchase, they’ve already been dropped, drowned, and of course — torn down. 

The teardown experts at iFixit have disassembled the iPhone XS and its bigger sibling, the iPhone XS Max, in one go. And though the phones’ internals are similar to the guts of last year’s iPhone X, the teardown does reveal a few interesting new details.

Remember that odd, L-shaped, two-part battery from the iPhone X? In the iPhone XS, it’s still L-shaped, but it’s now a single, unbroken part. This didn’t help capacity much, as the iPhone XS’ battery capacity lags behind the iPhone X by a few milliamp-hours (mAh), and the teardown reveals why: The single-part battery has a notch of sorts, which — according to this 2016 Apple patent — serves as a “relief zone” that reduces stress on the battery. In any case, it’s much cooler-looking and will hopefully enable Apple to do even more complex, space-saving battery designs in the future.  Read more…

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Augmented Reality Headset Ifixit Magic Leap Tech

iFixit cracks open the $2,295 Magic Leap One to inspect its guts

sudshr47 August 23, 2018

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The folks at iFixit have finally got their hands on Magic Leap’s long-awaited augmented reality headset. And as usual they’re taking it apart to check out what powers this device, except this time they’re saving you a hefty $2,295 in the process.

Magic Leap was founded in 2010 and has raised more than a billion dollars from some heavy-hitters in the tech industry like Google, Qualcomm, and Alibaba. But it wasn’t until just this month that the company started shipping its first product, the Magic Leap One Creator Edition. 

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Apple Ifixit imac pro Teardown Tech

The iMac Pro has vastly improved cooling, teardown reveals

sudshr47 January 3, 2018

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Apple’s iMac Pro is the most powerful desktop computer Apple has ever created — well, at least until the launch of the all-new Mac Pro later this year.

And even though it looks like any other new iMac (save for that sweet Space Gray color), a  teardown from iFixit reveals that it’s quite different on the inside. 

The first thing that stands out is cooling. The new iMac Pro has a very large, dual-fan cooler and a rear ventilator which iFixit claims offers an 80% increase in cooling capacity. On top of this, a large heatsink helps cool the GPU and the CPU. Given that the iMac Pro has top-notch components crammed in a tight space, the cooling improvements are very welcome, especially for professionals who’ll throw hard tasks at this machine for extended periods of time.  Read more…

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Apple Battery Hardware Ifixit Iphone Mobile

iFixit drops its iPhone battery replacement to $29, matching Apple’s apology price

sudshr47 December 29, 2017

 iFixit has never been particularly fond of Apple’s repair policies. The company’s gadgets regularly rack up poor repairability scores on the site. The site’s taking another jab at the tech giant today, dropping the price of its battery replacement kits to $29 — matching the cost of out-of-warranty battery replacements being offered up as consolation for its iPhone… Read More

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Apple Ifixit Iphone Iphone X Teardown

On the inside, iPhone X is totally different from all other iPhones

sudshr47 November 3, 2017

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With the iPhone X, Apple is charting new territory, and we’re not only talking about the phone’s looks and lack of buttons. 

When you open it up, as the folks from iFixit have (already!) done, the iPhone X is very, very different from any previous iPhone. 

Being a much smaller device than the iPhone 8 Plus, but packing a screen of roughly the same size, and nearly identical specs, the iPhone X’s components are packed incredibly densely. For the first time, Apple has divided the battery in two separate parts — yes, the iPhone X technically has two batteries. Also, the phone’s logic board is folded in half to save space (interestingly, Apple had used a similar technique on the original iPhone).  Read more…

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