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Pixel 4 XL Teardown Reveals Samsung Display, Almost Decent Repairability Score

Tim October 24, 2019

The good people at iFixit published their Pixel 4 XL teardown this week, detailing the innards of Google's latest flagship phone. As you'd expect, they found micro chips, adhesive, plus a whole assortment of odds and ends that when compiled, create something...

iFixit: Plastic Pixel is Pretty Fixable, Receives 6/10 Repairability Score

Tim May 9, 2019

According to the good folks at iFixit, Google's latest entry into the Pixel line, the Pixel 3a XL, is a lot easier to self repair than other devices currently on the market. For all of you #RightToRepair people, this is good. Apparently, opening up the Pixel...

Galaxy Fold Gets a Teardown, an Accident Waiting to Happen

Tim April 24, 2019

Samsung's Galaxy Fold is a testament to mobile hardware design. Somehow, the company's engineers were able to create a phone that folds, incorporates two separate Li-ion batteries, utilizes a spine consisting of well-designed clasps and hinges, and it isn't...

iFixit Tears Down the Galaxy S10 Lineup, Finds Self Repairability to be a Nightmare

Tim March 6, 2019

We have another teardown from the great folks at iFixit, this time of the Galaxy S10 lineup. While the overall process and end result is mostly the same, Samsung did bake in a couple of new things that we're curious about in the S10 and S10+, most notably the...

Galaxy Note 9 Innards Detailed in Teardown From iFixIt

Tim August 27, 2018

The good folks at iFixIt posted a new teardown this week, all about the Galaxy Note 9 from Samsung. In these teardowns, owners can get an idea of just how difficult self repairing one of these phones can be and non-owners can just take pleasure in watching...

Huawei P20 Pro With Triple Leica Camera Setup Gets Torn Down

Tim April 9, 2018 6

Remember Huawei? They were cool. These days, unfortunately, living in the US means we aren't able to easily go out and buy Huawei's latest devices, such as the P20 Pro, but thanks to the good folks at iFixIt, we can still get a look at what makes this dope...

iFixit Tears Down the Pixel 2 XL to Find Its Squeezy Tech, Pixel Visual Core Chip

Kellen October 19, 2017 18

The folks at iFixit did their thing to the Google Pixel 2 XL today. They didn't find a solution for blue-tilting in displays or how to turn off sRGB mode, but they did find the rest of the goodies buried in this latest smartphone from Google. Thanks to this...

Probably Shouldn’t Try to Repair the Essential Phone Yourself

Kellen September 5, 2017 36

Most of us won't ever attempt to fix a broken phone, one that we might have cracked after dropping or that has died from water damage after being dunked in a pool. Fixing these things isn't easy, requires special sets of tools and adhesives, and can be nearly...