You’ll find a rather familiar set of bits inside the iPad mini with Retina display this week from the likes of iFixit. The folks notoriously attached to the term “teardown” have found this machine to work with a repairability rating of 2 out of 10 – not so fantastic – but the whole organization of […]
While the majority of the insides of the Google Nexus 5 are, today in iFixit‘s teardown session, not appearing as big surprises, there are quite a few points of interest to be seen. Inside this beast of a smartphone you’ll find – to every repair shop’s glee – plastic clips holding the back of the […]
The folks at iFixit got their hands on Google’s new Nexus 5
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This week the folks at iFixit have taken their spudgers to the iPad Air, pulling it apart to reveal all the little bits and pieces that together make the smallest of the larger-end of iPad units on the market today. This device is indeed just hitting the market today, appearing at Apple Stores and 3rd-party […]
Don’t purchase a MacBook Pro this late 2013 season expecting to be able to repait it on your own any time in the near future – at least not by the judgement of the team at iFixit. They’ve made with the teardown of both the MacBook Pro 13-inch and 15-inch units from this most recent […]
The industrious folks at iFixit have taken to tearing into Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2, putting it through the same dismantling process the Kindle Fire HDX, iMac 2013, and other devices have recently undergone. Unfortunately, those who grab the Microsoft slate are going to have quite a battle if they ever elect to go the DIY […]
The gadget-opening geeks over at iFixit have laid hands on the new Kindle Fire HDX seven-inch tablet and proceeded to tear open the device. The teardown uses a look at what the hardware inside the tablet looks like. To get inside its juicy insides required several tools designed specifically for opening plastic cases and removing Torx screws on the inside.
The Kindle Fire HDX has a seven-inch screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1200, a quad-core 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, integrated Wi-Fi, a front 720p resolution front-facing camera, and up to 64 GB of storage.
However, the company always gives products a repairability score based on how difficult it is to open them up and get at the components. On a scale of 10 with 10 being the easiest repair, the Kindle fire HDX seven-inch tablet scored very poorly, with a final score of three.
Some of the things most negatively affecting the score are a battery that’s glued firmly in place and an LCD that is fused to the front glass requiring the entire LCD unit to be replaced if you break the glass. Eesh.
[via iFixit]
Don’t purchase the Kindle Fire HDX 7 expecting to be able to repair its inner bits on your own – that’s what iFixit is suggesting this morning as they make with the relatively low 3 of 10 score for repairability on this machine. The Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch display up front, it was discovered, was […]
The teardown team at iFixit has taken the time to give a full run-down to the iMac reboot series appearing this week from Apple. What you’ll find is a build quite similar to last year’s collection of iMac devices, with a few exceptions – beyond that of the obvious upgrades. These models work with new […]
As is its custom, iFixit has torn down the new Haswell-based iMacs to gauge their repairability — and the company has found a few surprises despite the iterative design. In addition to new processors, graphics and WiFi, the updated all-in-ones now have unoccupied PCI Express slots in their base configurations. DIY enthusiasts willing to pry open their systems can add PCIe-based SSD if they like, iFixit says. Not every change is good news, however. The 21.5-inch iMac’s processor is now soldered to the motherboard; while earlier models weren’t all that upgradable, the move prevents even determined hobbyists from using their own CPUs. Whether or not you plan to tinker with Apple’s desktops, you’ll find quite a lot to explore at the source links.
Via: Cult of Mac
Source: iFixit (1), (2)
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