We can’t afford new right now. New stuff, new sales—it all needs to be put on hold. We’re holding on by an economic thread here. And like our pocketbooks, new stuff is straining the planet to a breaking point. This is becoming increasingly clear as …
Lees meerWe’ve all had to learn a lot of new skills lately. Some of us have become unpaid IT consultants, with multiple (sometimes fussy) clients, a hodgepodge of devices and systems, and a huge list of tickets. Even if there was someone else to ask for help…
Lees meerDear Apple, Go ahead and skip the premium iPhone launch this year. The iPhone 11 is still in great shape. More importantly, you already launched the iPhone SE to great success. We really like ours. It’s fast! It takes perfectly good photos. You’ve m…
Lees meerOur svelte fixed-blade Marlin Drivers get their name from the sword-nosed Blue Marlin, but do you know where that billfish got its name? The marlin’s pointed bill—used to stun fish when hunting—shares a marked resemblance to a sailor’s marlinspike, …
Lees meerPixel phones are an odd duck in the smartphone world. They’re not just one phone, but a series of devices, made by different manufacturers, at least until Google bought HTC’s phone design team. There are some common traits, but lots of individual qu…
Lees meerOld DSLRs are an utter bargain. I picked up a Nikon D700, first debuted in 2008 for around £2000 GBP (or $3,600 USD at the time), for under €300 last month (~$350 U.S.). It’s a pro-level machine that is in some ways better than today’s cameras. It’s…
Lees meerIt’s easy to forget, because they’re a lot of fun. But the major reason we do teardowns at iFixit is to see how things comes apart. After we’ve braved the glass, cables, and battery glue of a Galaxy Note 20, we tear one down more methodically (somet…
Lees meerWe were more than a little impressed when we opened up the Galaxy Z Fold 2 last week. While our repair-minded souls felt the presence of all that adhesive, and the effort needed to get the battery and screen out, we could still appreciate how much m…
Lees meerSamsung’s first Galaxy Fold was a mess. It was an extremely fragile OLED screen, seated on an over-engineered but fragile hinge. It was difficult to use and painful to repair. In addressing our short-lived early teardown, we called the Fold an “ambi…
Lees meerIt is a truth universally acknowledged—by manufacturers—that an analog consumer product must be in want of electronics. Yes, even if you pee on that product. Pregnancy tests are dead simple. Every manufacturer uses pretty much the same simple system…
Lees meerBy now you know the consumer cycle: another year, another phone, right? But Fairphone isn’t one to follow the crowd. Their newest offering, the Fairphone 3+, is an upgraded version of the 3—one of only two phones to earn a 10/10 repairability score …
Lees meerWhat started out as a pretty routine teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra took a wild turn when we pulled out the motherboards. We expected to find a vapor chamber cooling system but instead we found…a graphite thermal pad? The m…
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