Teardowns iPhone 5s Teardown Completed Thanks to a little time zone hacking, we managed to get our iPhone 5s before the official release day in the States (a big thank you to everyone on the… September 20, 2013 by Miro Djuric
Tech News iPhone 5 Is Dead. Long Live iPhone(s 5s and 5c)! With the fervor, the fanfare, and the hoopla surrounding the release of the new iPhones, you may find that your iPhone 4S or your iPhone 5 looks just a little… September 19, 2013 by Julia Bluff
iFixit Whole New Android App Experience on iFixit Thousands of people have contributed repair guides to iFixit, but the process is time consuming—take photos, then copy them to your computer, upload to iFixit and make the guide. Lots… September 18, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Repair Stories 17 Reasons Why the Reno Air Races Are Awesome What do you get when you combine planes, pilots, and aerobatics? The Reno Air Races! This weekend I took a road-trip up to Reno, Nevada. I brought along 3 friends,… September 17, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Repair Stories One Simple Thing: GungGung’s Repair Legacy It’s likely you’ve seen today’s fashionistas sporting bright, chunky watches—with shimmer and diamonds. Watches that proudly show off classy brand names like Michael, Kate, or Marc. And while I do enjoy… September 12, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Repair Stories Let Boys Be Boys: Confessions of a Female Fixoholic Alright, so I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. But you gotta promise you won’t tell my fellow iFixiters. I’m not a fixer. I don’t fix my computer… September 3, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Fixers Down in the Bamboo Bike Belt… We love bikes. Better yet, we love cool looking, locally-sourced, job producing bikes. Apparently bamboo bikes are the answer. The Semester Bicycle, a Kickstarter project in the "Black Belt" of Alabama, is creating a… August 30, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Repair Stories Confessions from the Classroom: What I Learned About Students I’m a technical writer, a solar physicist, a masseuse. But I never thought I’d be a teacher until I came to iFixit. I direct iFixit’s technical writing service learning project.… August 27, 2013 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit
Teardowns Moto X Teardown: Tons of New Innovations After being acquired by Google, Motorola took a fresh look at smartphone design — from the inside. Among the usual suspects (cameras, chips, display) in the Moto X are some… August 26, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Repair Stories Repair to the Rescue: An iPhone 3GS Screen Repair Nine-year-old Whitney has a rare genetic disorder, 1p36 deletion syndrome, which makes hearing and speaking difficult. She relies on her iPhone 3GS to communicate both at home and at school.… August 21, 2013 by Julia Bluff