Repair Stories Hitting the Road for Independent Repair On a crisp Ohio morning in late November, Michael Oberdick climbed into his car and settled in for a long ride. A very long ride. Over the next 12 days,… December 27, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Teardowns The Most (and Least) Repairable Phones We Took Apart in 2016 Every year, we disassemble a lot of new phones at iFixit. In 2016, we took apart everything from the iPhone 7 to the (now recalled) Note7. After every teardown, we… December 22, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Teardowns AirPods Are Disposable and Hard to Recycle Apple AirPods are finally here. Eager to see what’s inside, we ripped them open like expectant children on Christmas morning. The inside is a series of little boards and interconnected… December 20, 2016 by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit
Teardowns 2016 Was the Year of VR This year, iFixit did teardowns of a lot of virtual reality headsets (and accessories). So, how’d the Oculus Rift CV1, the PSVR, and the HTC Vive stack up against each… December 15, 2016 by Taylor Whitney
Fixers Even a Fire Can’t Bring Down This High School Robotics Team It was just after midnight when the fire alarms at San Luis Obispo High School started going off. The school’s computer lab was engulfed in flames. Firefighters smothered the flames,… December 14, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Repair Stories The 20 Best Instagram Repair Photos From 2016 iFixit has shared almost 300 pictures this year on Instagram. Many of them were reposts from other accounts. Some of them were my own. Here’s a few of my favorite… December 13, 2016 by Taylor Whitney
Recycling From Riches to Rags: The Afterlife of Your Old Clothes I've collected a lot of clothes over the years, but I don't wear them all. Recently, I dug the un-wearables out of my closet and decided to take action. But… December 9, 2016 by Kristen Gismondi - iFixit
iFixit For Vaude, Green Is the New Black Making clothes that look good is easy. Making clothes that are durable, eco-friendly, socially responsible, and still look good … now, that’s hard. But it’s also worth it. Just ask… December 7, 2016 by Jasper Fleischhauer - iFixit
Gadgets Oculus Touch Teardown When the Oculus Rift shipped way back in March, it was missing something the competition already had: VR controllers. Well, they’re missing no more—the Oculus Touch controllers are finally here,… December 7, 2016 by Kevin Ferrell
Gadgets Surface Dial Turns Up for a Teardown Tearing down Microsoft’s Surface Studio on Tuesday wasn’t enough. You deserve more. So we pulled out the Surface Dial to see what makes this accessory tick. Or in this case,… December 1, 2016 by Julia Bluff
