teardowns
Mobile

Droid 3 Teardown Reveals Surprise Comeback Of SIM Card

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.

July 1, 2011
Computing

HP Touchpad Exposes Its Innards For All To See

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).

June 30, 2011
Computing

Maybe Apple’s Thunderbolt Cable Is Worth $55 After All

It doesn’t take long, does it? The same day Apple’s new Thunderbolt cable hit retail shelves, iSuppli took it apart to see what makes it tick.

May 18, 2011
Mobile

Secret Behind iPhone 4 Noise Cancelling Revealed

The iPhone 4 has fantastic noise cancellation. But how it pulled that off had been a mystery, as teardowns couldn’t find an audio processor. Turns out, it’s a familiar piece of hardware we’ve seen before.

May 10, 2011
Gadgets

Here’s What That FBI Tracker Looks Like When You Tear It Apart

Teardowns – pure geek porn! And usually reserved for consoles and laptops and whatnot – but what about the gear the government uses to spy on you? Even juicier. iFixit got its hands on the FBI’s GPS stalking stick. Behold the guts.

May 4, 2011
Computing

Gory Photos Of The iMac Teardown Reveal Little Has Changed

Sure, the new iMacs have a couple of Thunderbolt ports and more grunt between them, but other than that has much else changed? To answer that question, we’ll defer to the iFixit guys, who’ve already torn the 21.5-inch iMac apart.

May 2, 2011
Cameras

Size Isn’t Everything: White iPhone 4 Has Modified Innards, Too

So the white iPhone 4 is a bit bigger in the trunk than its black-encased brother. No big deal, really, unless you’re trying to swap cases between the two. Inside, however, we’re learning there’s even more to this peculiar story.

April 27, 2011
Cameras

Nikon D5100 Teardown Reveals ‘Billions’ Of Screws, Shock Hazard

The intrepid crew at iFixit tackled something a little tougher than the iPad 2 Smart Cover, masterfully dissecting Nikon’s new D5100 DSLR. And it proved to be just the challenge they were looking for – screws, screws and more screws.

April 20, 2011
Computing

A Look Inside Blackberry’s Playbook

In typical form, iFixit just went and kaboomed the Blackberry Playbook. IT HAS A BATTERY. YOU SEE THAT THING?! (If you want to replace it, you’ll have to remove the glued-in motherboard). [iFixit via CrunchGear]

March 15, 2011
Computing

The iPad 2 Smart Cover Reveals Its Magneto Powers

In a silly ‘teardown’ of sorts, the iFixit guys opened up the iPad 2′s Smart Cover to see how it works. The secret behind the Smart Cover’s magic? 31 magnets. Thirty-one. And apparently they’re all very strong too (when taking these pictures, the magnets jumped around and fused together). [iFixit]

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