iPad Air Teardown: Glorious Guts, But So Much Glue

iPad Air Teardown: Glorious Guts, But So Much Glue

We know it’s light, fast and beautiful already, but we still haven’t seen inside Apple’s new iPad Air. Fortunately, iFixit has had the good grace to rip the thing apart.

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13- and 15-Inch MacBook Pro Teardown: Wild Guts, Pray They Never Fail

13- and 15-Inch MacBook Pro Teardown: Wild Guts, Pray They Never Fail

It may only be a few days since Apple announced its new 13- and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros, but iFixit has already torn the suckers apart. And while the insides are storming, taking them apart is a whole different matter.

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Anki Drive Connected Toy Car Teardown Reveals Predictably Adorable Guts

Anki Drive Connected Toy Car Teardown Reveals Predictably Adorable Guts

Back at WWDC, Apple invited the robotics company Anki on to the stage to show off its connected toy car game, Drive, in which physical toy cars sail around a track while you control them with your iOS device. It was seriously impressive. iFixit got their hands on an Anki Drive set, and like spoiled children, set about dismantling their new toys.

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Surface Pro 2 Teardown: New Guts, But Still a Nightmare to Repair

Surface Pro 2 Teardown: New Guts, But Still a Nightmare to Repair

Microsoft’s second attempt at the Surface Pro has brought plenty of improvements, even if is still on shaky ground. But tearing the thing apart reveals that its shortcomings still extend to its engineering, too.

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Kindle Fire HDX Teardown: Blazing Guts (Just Pray It Doesn’t Break)

Kindle Fire HDX Teardown: Blazing Guts (Just Pray It Doesn't Break)

We’re big fans of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HDX, but we’ve been waiting to see exactly what lurks within its sleek frame for a while. Fortunately, iFixit has now stripped it bare, and it’s thumbs up all round—unless you wanna try and repair it.

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iPhone 5C Teardown: An iPhone 5 Wrapped in Plastic

iPhone 5C Teardown: An iPhone 5 Wrapped in Plastic

The ace team at iFixit has already gutted Apple’s new iPhone 5S, and now they’ve taken a look inside the 5C, too. So what, exactly, lurks beneath that colorful plastic shell?

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Access Thousands of Repair Guides (And Add Your Own) With iFixit’s Android App

Access Thousands of Repair Guides (And Add Your Own) With iFixit’s Android App

When it comes to teardowns and repairs, iFixit is one of our favorite go-to sources. The site contains thousands of useful guides, and with the launch of its rebuilt Android app today, you can now start adding your own to …

    



Moto X Teardown: So This Is What Made in the USA Looks Like

Moto X Teardown: So This Is What Made in the USA Looks Like

If you’re curious as to what the lovely Moto X looks like on the inside, the surgical team at iFixit has exposed its designed and assembled in the USA innards for all to see. Apparently, you can see right through the woven black case on the Moto X. iFixit also found some other unique choices inside the Moto X too: the camera flash is its own assembly, the vibrator motor is soldered onto the motherboard and what they call the most modular headphone jack iFixit has ever seen. Oh and there’s a whole glob of glue too.

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Holy Crap Look How Fast This Nikon Pro Can Teardown a $6000 D4

Holy Crap Look How Fast This Nikon Pro Can Teardown a $6000 D4

Well just call this guy Mr. Magic Hands because he makes dissembling and repairing one of the best cameras in the world look so easy that it must be sleight of hand. I know this is real, but I still can’t believe it.

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Google Chromecast Has a Clever Sci-Fi Easter Egg

Google Chromecast Has a Clever Sci-Fi Easter Egg

During their routine teardown procedure of Google’s new Chromecast, iFixit noticed what appears to be a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy easter egg that’s hiding in plain sight.

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