Category: Gadgets

From smartphones to smart home devices, we crack open the gadgets that power your life and show you what makes them tick. Whether you’re curious about how the latest tech works or want to explore hidden features, we’ve got all the insights to satisfy your tech curiosity—and maybe inspire your next repair.

Teardowns

Unitree Go2 Is A Relatively Affordable Robot Dog. But Is It Repairable?

What if you could own a Boston Dynamics-style robot dog for a fraction of the price? The Unitree Go2 is an advanced, agile, and surprisingly affordable robotic companion, designed for…

March 28, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

M4 MacBook Air Teardown: Apple, When Will MacBooks Finally Get Repair Upgrades?

Spring has sprung and new MacBook Airs are blooming on our teardown table. This year’s refresh brings Apple’s M4 silicon to the iconic laptop, along with some welcome spec upgrades…

March 14, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

Happy Mario Day! iFixit + Adafruit Explore What Makes the Nintendo Alarm Clock Tick

March 10th is Mario Day, a time to celebrate everyone’s favorite plumber. And what better way to honor him than with a teardown of the Nintendo Alarmo clock? Alarmo launched…

March 10, 2025

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Teardowns

iPhone 16e Teardown: Never Before Has Skipping the Upgrade Made More Sense

Apple’s budget model iPhone just got a new entry in the lineup: the iPhone 16e. We’re excited to see that repairability upgrades from other entries in the iPhone 16 lineup…

March 3, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

Framework Let Us in for an Early Teardown of the Refreshingly Open Framework Desktop

We got to see the new Framework Desktop at the Framework 2nd Gen event in San Francisco. They invited us back to HQ to get our hands on it, and…

February 26, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

DJI Neo Teardown: This Year’s Most Giftable Drone Has an Unfixable Camera

Would you feel good gifting a $200 drone that can’t be fully fixed by its owner? We think a crash shouldn’t ground your holiday joy.

December 6, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Video

M4 MacBook Pro Teardown: What’s Inside and What’s Fixable?

Despite the modular ports and day-one availability of repair guides, Apple Silicon MacBook Pros suffer from a huge repairability fail and it’s probably unintentional.

November 22, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Teardowns

PS5 Pro Teardown: Is a Battery Hatch This Year’s Hottest Repair Trend?

Sony’s PS5 Pro is widely being billed as a generational upgrade to the pandemic era PS5 and its progenitor, the PS5 Slim. According to tech reviewers, the new custom made…

November 15, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Video

Fairbuds Teardown: Our Highest Scoring Earbuds Ever!

April 16, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Video

Inside the Vision Pro: Behind the Complex and Creepy Tech

February 5, 2024

by Sam Goldheart - iFixit