Teardowns Framework Let Us in for an Early Teardown of the Refreshingly Open Framework Desktop We got to see the new Framework Desktop at the Framework 2nd Gen event in San Francisco. They invited us back to HQ to get our hands on it, and… February 26, 2025 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repairability Why a Refurbished iPhone Might be Better (and Cheaper) Than a Brand New iPhone 16e Apple’s iPhone 16e is a weird one. It’s Apple’s “budget” model, but it’s 40% more expensive than the iPhone SE it replaces. It’s an iPhone 16 in name, but many… February 20, 2025 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Women in Repair How Repairability Gives Computers a New Life In Senegalese Schools Every year, Clara Gregori gathers up old, discarded laptops from friends, family, and local businesses, stuffs them into a suitcase, and flies from her home in Catalonia Spain to a… February 3, 2025 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
E-Waste What Happens To Your Gifts After You Return Them? One of the best parts of online shopping is the returns. No more justifying yourself to a prickly in-store clerk who insists on asking questions despite the store’s no-questions-asked returns… January 28, 2025 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Repairability How to Give Repairable Gifts Originally published November 22, 2023, updated for November 2024. As the end-of-year holidays approach, it’s a good time to reflect on the things that really matter: Enjoying lots of quality… December 1, 2024 by Matt Zieminski - iFixit
Product Design Why Hardware Makers Are Turning to Off-The-Shelf Parts Some tech companies take “custom hardware” to an absurd extreme, designing and building every part of their products. Others use more readily-available parts, and embedded systems to build their proprietary… November 1, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Repairability An Update on iPhone Repairability Scores The state of iPhone repairability has changed (again), and today we’re updating repairability scores on iFixit accordingly. While the launch of Apple’s Repair Assistant software tool represents a hugely positive… October 9, 2024 by Jeff Suovanen - iFixit
Tech News The End of Parts Pairing? Almost. iOS 18 dropped on Monday, with a brand new feature we’ve been anxiously anticipating: Repair Assistant. Apple is finally delivering on their promise to make their repair software available on-device… September 18, 2024 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Product Design Samsung Copies Everything Apple Does—But What About Repairability? At this year’s Galaxy event, Samsung yet again launched a bunch of Apple knockoffs, some of them more shameless than ever. But while Samsung’s hardware and software don’t usually match… September 16, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Tech News The Pimax Crystal Light Brings Hope of Repairable VR Manufacturers are finally making repair friendly consumer electronics but some device categories are lagging. Today, we take a look at VR headsets. August 20, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
