E-Waste Why Electronics Rely on Glue—and Why They Shouldn’t Glue can fix a lot of everyday problems. It’ll stick a broken vase back together, help you make a sweet collage, and it often keeps your electronics in one piece.… August 10, 2022 by Lauren Greenlee - iFixit
Consumer Rights If You Don’t Own It, You Can’t Fix It Bloomberg reported earlier this year that Apple is working on a subscription service model for iPhones: For a monthly fee, customers will be able to lease a phone instead of… June 23, 2022 by Elizabeth Chamberlain
Roundups EU Standardizes Charging Cords: Repair Round Up Week of June 6 The days of digging through drawers for a charging cord that matches your device are coming to a close now that the EU Parliament has declared that USB Type-C chargers… June 11, 2022 by Paul Roberts - iFixit
Roundups Microsoft Finds Repair Reduces Carbon Emissions: Repair Roundup, Week of May 2 Each week, we will bring you the top repair news from around the world, curated for iFixit by the folks over at the Fight to Repair blog. The Big News:… May 6, 2022 by Paul Roberts - iFixit
Product Design Apple can upgrade individual iPhone SE parts, can you? Apple is upgrading specs without wasting money on a whole new phone, why should you? Cameras get better, batteries get more efficient, and processors get speedier, and the only way… May 4, 2022 by Sam Goldheart
Roundups Advocates Sour On Apple’s Repair Program: Repair Roundup Week of April 25 Apple pulled the covers off its Self-Service Repair program. It’s a big win for consumers...and also a reminder of why we need a legal right to repair our stuff. April 29, 2022 by Paul Roberts - iFixit
E-Waste Happy Earth Day! The Greenest Phone Is the One You’ve Got What's the most environmentally friendly phone? The answer is simpler than you might think: It's the one you've already got. April 22, 2022 by Elizabeth Chamberlain
Tech News RIP CloudReady, but Chrome OS Flex Can Still Save Older Computers It’s a little disconcerting when a megacorp buys something you love. Especially if that megacorp is Google, a company with infinite resources but finite patience for yesterday’s projects. That’s why… February 18, 2022 by Kevin Purdy
Activism A Collection of Amazing Repair Organizations Around the World Global supply-chain shortages significantly impacted markets in 2021, and while it wasn’t easy, several amazing organizations from around the world managed to keep fixers fixing. This incredible feat allowed people… February 4, 2022 by Kris Rodriguez
Video iFixit’s Most Interesting Teardown Finds of 2021 Note: The text below is based on a pre-shooting script for our video, iFixit’s Most Interesting Teardown Finds of 2021. The text may not perfectly match the dialogue in the… December 15, 2021 by Michael Degnan