Product Design Why Hardware Makers Are Turning to Off-The-Shelf Parts Some tech companies take “custom hardware” to an absurd extreme, designing and building every part of their products. Others use more readily-available parts, and embedded systems to build their proprietary… November 1, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Repairability An Update on iPhone Repairability Scores The state of iPhone repairability has changed (again), and today we’re updating repairability scores on iFixit accordingly. While the launch of Apple’s Repair Assistant software tool represents a hugely positive… October 9, 2024 by Jeff Suovanen - iFixit
Tech News The End of Parts Pairing? Almost. iOS 18 dropped on Monday, with a brand new feature we’ve been anxiously anticipating: Repair Assistant. Apple is finally delivering on their promise to make their repair software available on-device… September 18, 2024 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Product Design Samsung Copies Everything Apple Does—But What About Repairability? At this year’s Galaxy event, Samsung yet again launched a bunch of Apple knockoffs, some of them more shameless than ever. But while Samsung’s hardware and software don’t usually match… September 16, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Tech News The Pimax Crystal Light Brings Hope of Repairable VR Manufacturers are finally making repair friendly consumer electronics but some device categories are lagging. Today, we take a look at VR headsets. August 20, 2024 by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit
Repairability Why Wires Beat Wireless Every Time Wireless gadgets might seem freeing, but they can be less reliable, way less repairable, and put you at the mercy of software in a way that wires never will. In… August 19, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Tech News HMD Skyline: A New Twist on Repairable Smartphone Design HMD is bringing camshaft technology to smartphones. Yes, you read that right. As recently as a week ago, if you’d told us 2024 will be the year that smartphones finally… July 18, 2024 by Carsten Frauenheim - iFixit
Product Design How Teenage Engineering Designed a Barcelona Factory to Build Its New K.O. II Sampler Teenage Engineering’s new K.O. II sampler is like a grown-up version of its Pocket Operator series, crossed with a 1970s/80s-era calculator. It’s getting musicians so excited that it sold out… January 22, 2024 by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit
Repairability How Does the JRC Approach to Repairability Scoring Differ from iFixit’s? When it comes to repairability scoring, iFixit isn’t the only game in town anymore. In addition to the French Repairability Index, the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) also provides… September 16, 2023 by Beatriz Pozo Arcos - iFixit
Repairability Choose Repairability—Why and How Let’s face it: stuff breaks. Whether from accidental damage, like sharing a drink with your keyboard; or from wear and tear, like a cracked screen or a drained phone battery,… September 15, 2023 by Beatriz Pozo Arcos - iFixit
