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Anything involving how a product was built to serve a certain need. This could include ways manufacturers make their products more feature-rich, more/less repairable, or how they make stupid decisions that cause the product to break more often.

Product Design

iPhone 5: An Evolution in Repair

When we started our teardown of the iPhone 5 last Wednesday, we expected it to follow the trend of devices being less durable and less repairable. But Apple surprised us.…

September 25, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Product Design

Will the iPhone 5 Be Repairable?

Apple just announced the brand new iPhone 5, which will be released September 21st. As we expected, the thinner-and-lighter trend has continued: It’s 18% thinner and 20% lighter than the…

September 12, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Product Design

Finally, An Infographic We Can Endorse: Design for Product Lifetime

Sometimes we feel like a broken record, calling for repairable design. Electronics should be made with modular parts. Screws, not glues. Quality, durable materials. Service documentation should be clear and…

July 16, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Product Design

Welcome Back: Apple Rejoins EPEAT

Congratulations, Apple, and thank you for reaffirming your environmental commitment. Last week, we reported that Apple had dropped out of the EPA green consumer electronics standard, the Electronic Product Environmental…

July 13, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Product Design

Unfixable Computers Are Leading Humanity Down a Perilous Path

I dream of a sustainable technology industry that makes life-changing innovations like the iPad available to everyone on the planet. But I have a message for Jonathan Ive. I think…

June 22, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Product Design

MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Why Repairability Matters

TUAW's Richard Gaywood followed up last week's post with a detailed consideration of many counterarguments: "the MacBook Pro with Retina display isn't just harder for you to fix; it's harder…

June 19, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Product Design

The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable

We have consistently voted for hardware that’s thinner rather than upgradeable. But our purchasing decisions are telling Apple that we’re happy to buy computers and watch them die on schedule.…

June 14, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Product Design

Why is Anyone Surprised that Kindles Are Too Breakable for Children?

In five African schools, a non-profit organization is giving a Kindle to every student, to make textbooks cheaper. But the devices keep breaking.

May 9, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Product Design

Space Shuttle Discovery Still Inspires

The Space Shuttle Discovery travelled 148 million miles before being retired last year—the equivalent of flying all the way to the sun and more than halfway back. I saw it…

May 8, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Product Design

What Bamboo Can Do For You

In a low, canary yellow warehouse in Kumasi, Ghana, eleven men command a mass of tools—a band saw, grinder, and drill press—to clean and prepare a pile of bamboo. They're…

May 2, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit