Teardowns

Cameras

Lytro Teardown Reveals Wi-Fi And Bluetooth Capabilities

2:30AM Yesterday | Jamie Condliffe

The focus-free Lytro camera is so good that Steve Jobs reportedly wanted to roll the technology into the iPhone. Though it’s not quite ready for sale yet, a teardown has revealed that the camera is capable of communicating via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. More »


Mobile

iFixit’s Galaxy Nexus Teardown Reveals Dirty NFC Secret

9:56AM November 30, 2011 | Brent Rose

The axe-wielding maniacs over at iFixit are tearing Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus limb from limb! O, the humanity! If you’ve been eager to see what makes Google’s new flagship beast tick, here’s your photographic anatomy lesson. More »


Computing

Nook Tablet Teardown: A Kindle Fire By Any Other Name?

2:00AM November 22, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

A new ebook reader, another teardown by iFixit. But what did they find lurking beneath that oddly shaped plastic case of the Nook Tablet, and just how different is it to the Fire? More »


Computing

See The Kindle Fire’s Guts Dissected

9:35AM November 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The mad dismantlers at iFixit have their prying hands on the Kindle Fire, which means it’s time to rip that thing apart. If the silicon sadist inside you enjoys such things, read on — lots of pretty tablet innards await. More »


Gadgets

Sony’s Tablet S Laid Bare

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11:20AM September 23, 2011 | Alex Kidman

The Tablet S is a nice looking and feeling tablet on the outside, but is beauty only skin deep? There’s only one way to find out — tear one apart. More »


Computing

Sony’s Vaio Z Torn Apart By A Wild Pack Of Sony Engineers

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10:00AM August 24, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Usually product teardown videos are done by third parties interested in the engineering that goes into new gadgets. Now Sony’s getting into the game, tearing apart own of its own shiny new Vaio Z laptops. At four grand a pop, I’m glad it’s them and not me. More »


Computing

New Mac Mini Is Roomy Enough For A Second Hard Drive

9:05AM July 22, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

The new Mac Mini is a roomy little bugger. Inside its aluminium body, there’s an extra SATA connector and room for a second hard drive. You’ll need to find a SATA cable, but iFixit is one the hunt for one. More »


Computing

New Macbook Air Teardown Shows SSDs Not Bolted Down Just Yet

6:40AM July 22, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Hey, this is good news: iFixit’s teardown of the new Macbook Airs, which were released yesterday, shows that the SSDs aren’t soldered to the motherboard, making them user-replaceable. More »


Mobile

Droid 3 Teardown Reveals Surprise Comeback Of SIM Card

3:17AM July 19, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

The Droid 3′s been out for a month in China, but we’re just now getting our obligatory look under the hood via an iFixit teardown. The big surprise is that Motorola’s new handset is packing a SIM card. More »


Computing

HP Touchpad Exposes Its Innards For All To See

12:10AM July 1, 2011 | Adrian Covert

TechRepublic took a new HP Touchpad and ripped it to shreds out of curiosity. What’d they find? For starters, it’s built more like a computer, which is to say that most of the components are user replaceable (including the battery). More »