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Tag: teardown

Teardown video reveals Apple AirTag innards

Friday, April 30, 2021 2:00 pmFriday, April 30, 2021No Comments

AirTags began arriving to the first customers ahead of schedule this week and, predictably, the first teardown of Apple’s newest product…

Watch iFixit teardown of Apple’s new iPhone 12

Friday, October 23, 2020 3:17 pmNo Comments

Today iFixit streamed their first teardown of the iPhone 12. Kay Kay Clapp, iFixit’s Director of Things, Taylor Dixon, iFixit Teardown Eng…

Teardown of Apple’s new 5th-gen. iPad mini

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:00 pmFriday, April 19, 2019No Comments

This year Apple revisited their smallest tablet, bucking industry trends by keeping…

iFixit’s iPad Pro and Apple Pencil teardown raises tantalizing possibility

Monday, November 12, 2018 9:57 amMonday, November 12, 20184 Comments

The new iPad Pro 11-inch sports narrower bezels, curvy LCD corners, and cutting edge silicon…

iFixit teardown awards Apple’s new Mac mini 6/10 for repairability

Friday, November 9, 2018 10:29 amFriday, November 9, 20182 Comments

The fan unscrews with zero fuss…

Teardown reveals iPhone Xr secrets

Friday, October 26, 2018 4:15 pmFriday, October 26, 20184 Comments

Don’t want to spend $1,000 on a smartphone? This year Apple brings top-tier specs to the iPhone Xr…

iMac Pro, MacBook Pro third-party repairs still possible, confirms iFixit

Saturday, October 6, 2018 11:20 am6 Comments

Whether it’s the need to protect their products’ security and integrity…

Apple Watch Series 4 teardown reveals radical rethink

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 3:03 pmTuesday, September 25, 20183 Comments

This year’s iteration of the Apple Watch can be your trainer, doctor, guardian, and now…

iPhone Xs/Max teardowns reveal reveal Intel, Micron, Toshiba parts

Friday, September 21, 2018 5:00 pmFriday, September 21, 20183 Comments

Apple Inc’s latest iPhones use components made by Intel Corp, Micron Technology, and Toshiba…

Teardown reveals iPhone Xs and Xs Max have a new power chip designed by Apple, extra antenna band

Friday, September 21, 2018 1:02 pmFriday, September 21, 20181 Comment

Last year’s iPhone X had a weird name and the most advanced internals we’d ever seen in a teardown…

Teardown: Apple HomePod smart speaker

Thursday, April 26, 2018 2:59 pmThursday, April 26, 20184 Comments

Apple is seeking to reward buyers with an array of innovative features. Most target audiophiles…

Apple Watch Series 2 teardown: Same on the outside, rather different on the inside

Friday, September 16, 2016 4:27 pmFriday, September 16, 20162 Comments

Last time we had an Apple Watch on our teardown table, we encountered the tiniest tri-point screw…

Teardown: Apple’s new 12-inch MacBook with Retina display

Monday, April 25, 2016 10:28 amMonday, April 25, 20163 Comments

A year after release, Apple just announced its first update to the 12″ MacBook with Retina Display…

iFixit 9.7-inch iPad Pro teardown: Apple didn’t skimp on the specs

Monday, April 4, 2016 3:58 pmMonday, April 4, 20166 Comments

Apple may have let all the Air out of the iPad line, but they didn’t skimp on the 9.7-inch iPad Pro’s specs…

Apple confirms: iPad Pro has USB 3.0-compatible Lightning port

Friday, November 13, 2015 11:31 pmFriday, November 13, 201514 Comments

Apple has confirmed that the new iPad Pro does support USB 3.0 transfer speeds over its Lightning port…

iPad Pro teardown reveals foam-filled speaker exclosures

Friday, November 13, 2015 4:43 pm6 Comments

The iPad Pro packs nearly twice the performance of the iPad Air 2, at less than twice the price…

Ars Technica reviews Apple’s new iPod touch: ‘Surprisingly impressive’

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:26 amWednesday, July 22, 20153 Comments

The iPod touch was long overdue for a refresh…

Teardown of Apple’s new iPod touch reveals double the RAM as previous model

Friday, July 17, 2015 3:25 pmFriday, July 17, 20157 Comments

The best iPod touch yet, stripped bare…

Macintosh 128K teardown

Friday, January 24, 2014 12:57 pm16 Comments

January 24th, 1984 marks the date the original Macintosh computer went on sale…

Teardown shows iPhone 5s costs Apple at least $199 to build, minimum of $173 for iPhone 5c

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 3:43 pmTuesday, September 24, 20138 Comments

As is often the case with Apple-designed products, looks can be deceiving…

iPad mini teardown reveals Samsung display; stereo speakers

Thursday, November 1, 2012 9:45 am36 Comments

What do you get when you cram an iPad into a smaller and lighter frame?

Apple’s iPhone 5 teardown reveals components from Qualcomm, Avago, Skyworks, and more

Friday, September 21, 2012 9:30 amFriday, September 21, 20127 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 5 uses chips from Qualcomm Inc, Avago Technologies Ltd and Skyworks…

Why Apple’s sealed, non-user-serviceable MacBook Pro with Retina display is a very good thing

Friday, June 22, 2012 5:37 pm94 Comments

To meet the demands of today’s consumer, modern manufacturing basically requires…

Teardown of MacBook Pro’s Retina display shows off ‘engineering marvel’

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:38 pm10 Comments

A disassembly of the new MacBook Pro’s Retina display has revealed Apple’s impressive design…

Teardown of MacBook Pro with Retina Display reveals soldered RAM, glued-in battery

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 9:25 am56 Comments

Proprietary pentalobe screws prevent you from gaining access to anything inside…

Apple iPhone 4S teardown reveals parts from Qualcomm, Skyworks, Toshiba, TriQuint, and more

Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:21 pmThursday, October 13, 201112 Comments

Apple Inc’s fifth-generation iPhone uses a wireless chipset from Qualcomm Inc…

Teardown of iPad 2 WiFi shows recently-minted Apple A5 SoC, 512 MB RAM

Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:47 amSunday, March 13, 201124 Comments

The Apple A5 processor has manufacture dates of late January and mid-February 2011…

iFixit teardown of Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Pro reveals Thunderbolt, other details

Friday, February 25, 2011 8:49 am13 Comments

We got our hands on Apple’s newest 15-inch MacBook Pro…

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