Teardowns Taking Apart the New 2014 MacBook Air Hey, so guess what? We took apart the new-for-2014, $100-cheaper MacBook Airs, and found almost nothing new inside. Our spudgers get misty anytime a new device ends up on the… April 29, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Activism Smartphone Repairs You Can Do on Earth Day Repair is better than recycling. This Earth Day, add “repair” back into your sustainability checklist. To help get you started, we’ve compiled a few smartphone repairs you can do at… April 22, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Activism Our Open Letter to Senator Monning about SB994 We support your bill, SB 994, which will give consumers the right to access and share the information from their cars. Who owns our vehicles? The answer used to be… April 21, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Gadgets Prototype of Google’s Project Tango Goes Under the Knife Hey, great news! We didn't have to steal a Project Tango unit from a developer, or have someone "accidentally leave it" in a bar. The folks at Google's Advanced Technology… April 16, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Recycling Recycling Industry Verifies iFixit’s Repairability Findings Dell’s products have consistently impressed us with their modularity and repairability. Time and time again, Dell’s products have scored well on our teardown table. The Dell XPS 10 even tops… April 12, 2014 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Samsung Gear Fit: Another Wearable Hits the Teardown Table Today we focus on taking apart the Gear Fit. This little gus has quite the unique construction, given its round shape. The motherboard is split into three separate pieces, and… April 11, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Teardowns Galaxy S5 Earns Lowest Repair Score for a Samsung Phone Yet Following the fixable Gear 2, the S5 is a bit of a disappointment. Samsung made things harder to fix. The S III and S4 featured internal components on the back… April 10, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Gadgets Can a Device Be Wearable and Repairable? Equipped with screws and a snap-off rear case, the Gear 2 is a sturdy device you won’t need to baby, or feel guilty about buying. When the battery fails, you… April 9, 2014 by Andrew Goldheart
Gadgets Amazon TV Fire Earns Mid-Pack Repair Score Two days ago Amazon announced a tiny black box that supposedly does everything better than all of the other tiny black boxes. Always excited to investigate such claims, we ordered… April 4, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Product Design I Don’t Want a Smartphone, I Want a Fairphone I admit it. I’m one of millions of Americans sporting a slick, wafer-thin cell phone. And, like so many others, I’m rarely (if ever) without it. But if we all… April 3, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
