Removing the ear cups is actually not that hard. iFixit Here are the logic boards—one for each ear. iFixit These are the sorts of screws you’ll have to unscrew to service this product—and there are a lot of them. iFixit This time, iFixit partnered with Creative Electron to get an extra-high-quality X-ray view. iFixit As […]
Opening up the iPhone 12 mini. Samuel Axon Here’s the battery. Samuel Axon And the logic board. Samuel Axon The full teardown. Samuel Axon iFixit has posted its teardown of the iPhone 12 mini, and it found inside what seems clear from the outside: a smaller version of the iPhone 12, with no missing features […]
Fairphone 3 is a 5.65-inch phone, running Android 9 on a Snapdragon 632 with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Fairphone Here are the front and back. Fairphone Fairphone demonstrates a disassembled Fairphone 3. Notably not pictured: hot glue gun of any kind. Fairphone Dutch company Fairphone believes smartphones can and should be completely […]
Samsung apparently doesn’t take kindly to iFixit’s disassembly of an unreleased smartphone. iFixit iFixit pointed out design flaws, like the exposed screen edge around the hinge. iFixit This thin plastic bezel is the only thing keeping the display on, but it stops around the hinge area. iFixit The hinge also contained a ton of ingress […]
The OG AirPods and the new ones side by side. The latch is different, and Apple moved the sync button. iFixit The earbud, disassembled. Marked in yellow: probably a low-power stereo audio codec, according to iFixit. The red: “Apple 343S00289 (likely Apple’s new H1 chip).” iFixit Here’s the logic board inside the case. Marked in […]
Did you miss Apple’s $ 29 iPhone battery replacement deal? iFixit has your back. The company on Wednesday announced it will sell its DIY iPhone battery replacement kits for the discounted price of $ 30 through “at least” the end of 2019. The kits include all the tools you need to open up your Apple […]
You can easily unscrew and remove the fan after opening the enclosure, revealing the innards. iFixit The RAM is enclosed in a metal cage, but this is removable after dealing with four screws. iFixit The RAM can be removed and replaced. iFixit The logic board of the Mac mini. iFixit On schedule as always, iFixit […]
The Pixel 3 XL, in all its disassembled glory. This looks a lot like the previous model. iFixit The Pixel 3 XL’s vibration motor, which is super tiny compared to Apple’s taptic engine. iFixit The Pixel 3 XL is out, but even after the usual slate of announcements and reviews, there are still a few […]
Every time a new, expensive gadget becomes commercially available, you can expect the glue-and-screw crew at iFixit to quickly pounce. This month’s Magic Leap One headset, now available for a cool $ 2,299, is no exception, and iFixit has now posted a treasure trove of photos and thoughts on the “mixed reality” device’s tech, performance, […]