Following the teardown of the new iPhone 17 Pro, the iPhone Air, and its MagSafe Battery, iFixit has now published the teardown of the new AirPods Pro 3. Here’s what they found. Let’s get this out of the way: as with previous AirPods models, the new AirPods Pro 3 are all but unrepairable. Or as they put it: AirPods are …
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Apple’s AirPods have long been criticized for being some of the most unrepairable gadgets you can buy, and the new AirPods Pro 3 sadly keep that reputation alive. Like every portable electronic device, Apple’s earbuds also rely on lithium batteries that degrade after a couple of years, but the problem is that the company still insists on gluing them inside, …
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Video Owners of Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max have been reporting that the shell of their pricey handsets is getting scratched up already, and the reason appears to be a shift to aluminum. The two handsets introduced at Apple’s annual iPhone marketing event in September featured an anodized aluminum shell, rather than the titanium frame Apple has used …
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Here are some pictures showing just what those scratches look like under a digital microscope: iFixit talked to David Niebuhr, an engineer and professor of mechanical engineering, who has an explanation for why scratches around the iPhone 17 Pro’s camera plateau stick out so much with spalling damage that didn’t appear in tests of other areas. According to Niebuhr, the …
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As is now a long-standing custom, iFixit performed a full teardown of the latest iPhone—this time, the newly launched iPhone Air. These teardowns got pretty routine for a while, as Apple settled into a fairly consistent design for iPhones, but the new design of the iPhone Air offered an opportunity for compelling observations. Many of the important components—including the entire …
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Repair site iFixit today did one of its traditional teardowns on the iPhone Air, which is Apple’s thinnest iPhone to date and the first major redesign we’ve seen in the iPhone line in several years. To fit all of the necessary components in a 5.6mm frame, Apple designed a camera “plateau.” The iPhone Air‘s logic board is partially inside of …
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YouTuber and tech expert iFixit has given a rather damning review of the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller, calling it “piss poor” due to how difficult it is to repair and its high cost. Ever since the Nintendo Switch 2 was first announced, it’s fair to say that many fans didn’t think much of the new console. There were worries …
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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube827k Repair firm iFixit has performed a full teardown of the Switch 2’s Pro Controller, delivering a scathing review of the repairability and potential durability of the accessory. Ultimately, it calls the Pro Controller a “p**s-poor excuse for a controller”. But why? Well, watching the video reveals just how tricky it is …
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