How To What to Do With a Swollen iPhone Battery Learn everything you need to know about replacing your iPhone battery yourself at iFixit.org/blog! September 20, 2023 by Elise Barsch
Product Design Pick a Repairable Laptop for School, Not a Chromebook When you buy a new laptop for school, you’ve got a lot of things to worry about: Will it let you do all your schoolwork? Does it fit in your… August 25, 2023 by Elizabeth Chamberlain
Roundups Parts Pairing Powers Planned Obsolescence, French Complaint Argues Every week there are too many developments in the world of repair for any mere mortal to keep track of. Fortunately, Jack Monahan and Paul Roberts, authors of the Fight to… January 14, 2023 by Jack Monahan - iFixit
Events The Right to Repair Movement is Everywhere Happy International Repair Day! This year’s theme is “Repair Is Everywhere,” which we know deeply at iFixit. Every day, we hear from people around the world about how they’re able… October 15, 2022 by Elizabeth Chamberlain
Recycling Apple’s New AirPods Are Telling Users to Replace the Batteries Already. Too Bad That’s Impossible Just a week after the launch of Apple’s AirPod Pro 2, new owners started receiving an unusual alert: It was, apparently, time to replace their batteries soon. This is unusual,… October 5, 2022 by Sam Goldheart
E-Waste Why Electronics Rely on Glue—and Why They Shouldn’t Glue can fix a lot of everyday problems. It’ll stick a broken vase back together, help you make a sweet collage, and it often keeps your electronics in one piece.… August 10, 2022 by Lauren Greenlee - iFixit
Consumer Rights If You Don’t Own It, You Can’t Fix It Bloomberg reported earlier this year that Apple is working on a subscription service model for iPhones: For a monthly fee, customers will be able to lease a phone instead of… June 23, 2022 by Elizabeth Chamberlain
Roundups EU Standardizes Charging Cords: Repair Round Up Week of June 6 The days of digging through drawers for a charging cord that matches your device are coming to a close now that the EU Parliament has declared that USB Type-C chargers… June 11, 2022 by Paul Roberts - iFixit
Roundups Microsoft Finds Repair Reduces Carbon Emissions: Repair Roundup, Week of May 2 Each week, we will bring you the top repair news from around the world, curated for iFixit by the folks over at the Fight to Repair blog. The Big News:… May 6, 2022 by Paul Roberts - iFixit
Product Design Apple can upgrade individual iPhone SE parts, can you? Apple is upgrading specs without wasting money on a whole new phone, why should you? Cameras get better, batteries get more efficient, and processors get speedier, and the only way… May 4, 2022 by Sam Goldheart