Tech News How to Find Out Exactly What Laptop Model You Have When it comes time to repair your laptop—whether you’re simply tossing in a new battery or replacing the entire keyboard—it’s very important you know exactly what model you have, so… August 13, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
iFixit Get Quick Access to Guides for Devices You Own Using iFixit’s Workbench Have you ever browsed iFixit and felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of guides? After all, you only own a few devices, and you search for them all the time.… August 12, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Scandal Cisco Is Making It More Difficult to Use Pre-Owned Hardware [Updated] Without telling their customers, networking hardware manufacturer Cisco has drastically changed the way it sells products. Update: A previous version of this article stated that units with Smart Licensing would… August 9, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
Tools Get an iPhone X Screen or Battery Replacement Out-of-Warranty with Our Newest Fix Kits Apple’s iPhone X contained a number of firsts for an iPhone, but also new problems for the humans who buy them. The X, released in November 2017, boasted the first… August 8, 2019 by Olivia Webb
Video Fix Your iPhone X with Our Video Repair Guides Does your iPhone X or Xs have a dying battery or cracked screen? Our new iPhone X and Xs Fix Kits have everything you need to do the repair yourself. August 8, 2019 by Michael Degnan
Scandal Apple Is Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair By activating a dormant software lock on their newest iPhones, Apple is effectively announcing a drastic new policy: only Apple batteries can go in iPhones, and only they can install… August 7, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Tech News Smartphone Sales Are in Freefall, and That’s Totally Okay Smartphone sales will drop 2.5% worldwide by the end of 2019, according to research firm Gartner. In North America, the drop is 4.4% from 2018 levels. Phone owners, according to… August 7, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Teardowns ZSA’s ErgoDox EZ Keyboard Merges Ergonomics with Environmental Responsibility Once upon a time, keyboards used durable, long-lasting mechanical switches rather than the cheap rubber membranes you see today. Mechanical keyboards have come back into fashion, with many hobbyist models… August 6, 2019 by Whitson Gordon
iFixit Repair Radio Is Back! — Repair Radio Episode 10 After taking a brief hiatus a couple months back, Repair Radio is back with an all-new, audio-only format! Every two weeks we’ll be discussing the latest tech news, repair stories,… August 5, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
Wallpapers Samsung Galaxy Note8 Teardown Wallpapers The Galaxy Note 10 may not have a headphone jack. But who needs the Note 10 when the Galaxy Note8 is still a capable device? If you’re rocking the Note8,… August 2, 2019 by Craig Lloyd - iFixit
