Category: Teardowns

If you can’t open it, you don’t own it. Gadgets are just as cool inside as they are on the outside—so let’s crack them open. We’re on a mission to show the world how stuff works.

Teardowns

Teardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Pro

Is the Trump phone actually made in America? Our deep-dive teardown reveals the Trump Mobile T1 is basically a gold-painted, rebranded HTC U24 Pro.

June 10, 2026

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Teardowns

AirPods Max 2 Teardown: Same Design, No Fixes

April 6, 2026

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra Has a Brilliant Display with a Brutal Repair

Note: Samsung updated the information for the parts we linked to after we published the teardown. There are two kinds of phone privacy: One keeps hackers from reading your messages.…

March 24, 2026

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

iPhone 17e Teardown Reveals an Upgrade 16e Owners Can Actually Use

The best thing about the iPhone 17e is not the chip bump, the modem update, or the extra storage. It is the ring of magnets Apple should have included last…

March 17, 2026

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

MacBook Neo Is the Most Repairable MacBook in 14 Years

Is Apple’s most affordable laptop ever also one of its most repairable? For years, opening a MacBook has usually meant fighting your way through glue and buried parts. But the…

March 13, 2026

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

Galaxy XR Teardown: Is This the $1800 Vision Pro Killer?

Apple’s Vision Pro is the kind of gadget you demo at a party, then put back in its case like it belongs in a climate-controlled museum. Samsung’s Galaxy XR is…

December 19, 2025

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

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RedMagic 11 Pro: A Heat-Dumping Franken-Phone Teardown

December 11, 2025

by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit

Teardowns

Pixel Buds 2a Teardown: Great Case. Now Do the Buds

Google's Pixel Buds 2a wrap a great, fixable case around buds that still fight repair. We tear them down to see where Google is leading the repairability charge—and where they…

November 14, 2025

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Teardowns

Apple Wants You to Follow a Crazy Procedure for Battery Replacement on the M5 MacBook Pro

Update: In December 2025, Apple published an updated battery removal procedure featuring more direct access to the battery itself. Apple’s new M5-equipped MacBook Pro looks, feels, and performs almost exactly…

October 24, 2025

by Carsten Frauenheim - iFixit

Teardowns

The Pixel Watch 4 Is the Most Repairable Smartwatch on the Market

Hot news from the teardown table: The most repairable smartwatch on the market isn’t from Fairphone or Framework. It’s from Google. The Pixel Watch 4 looks nearly identical to last…

October 10, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit