How Tech Works One Major Way Smartphone Batteries Can Catch Fire—and How to Prevent It Lithium-ion polymer batteries, also known as lithium-polymer, or li-po for short, are awesome little pouches of energy that power our beloved smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Any portable gadget that requires… November 17, 2022 by Arthur Shi - iFixit
How To What is ESD? Silent Killer or Mythical Boogeyman? The world of tech is chock-full of strong opinions: iPhone vs Android; AMD vs Intel; Xbox vs PlayStation. These squabbles are nothing compared to the fiery debates about the impact… September 2, 2022 by Connor Bassolino - iFixit
Tech News Nothing’s Phone (1) Isn’t So Transparent After All With its Phone (1), London-based Nothing Technology has certainly made an impression. The company’s first phone stands out from the competition by being a flashing, glowing rectangle in a sea of… August 30, 2022 by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit
Skills Here Are the Three Repairs You’ll Need to Know in College You’re off to school, and maybe you’re leaving home for the first time. If you’re lucky, your parents have loaded you up with the tech you’ll need to get through… August 25, 2022 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
How To How to Pick a Laptop That Will Last as Long as Possible There are two ways to pick a laptop if you want it to last as long as possible. One is to buy a super-reliable model with a reputation for durability.… August 19, 2022 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Tech News Framework Laptop—A Framework For A Repairable Future The text below comes from a shooting script for the video above; it may not perfectly reflect the dialogue of that video. Introduction It’s finally here. Framework has delivered on their… August 4, 2022 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Product Design How Valve is Changing Game Console Design Valve is as good as their word—we can now offer you parts and repair guides for the Steam Deck, and also parts for the Index VR headset. Update 5/23/2022: Many… May 23, 2022 by Jeff Suovanen - 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 - iFixit
Repair Guides Expanding our Samsung Galaxy guides At the beginning of March we took apart the new Samsung Galaxy S22 to see what’s sweating in the latest models and compare them to their predecessors. We then immediately… March 31, 2022 by Tobias Isakeit - iFixit
Brain Candy Five Strategies for Finding Out-of-Stock Parts Try as we might, iFixit can’t sell every part for every device that needs fixing, whether due to price, demand, logistics, or some mix of all three. So we sometimes… February 8, 2022 by Kevin Purdy