Category: Tech News

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Ask iFixit: What Should I Upgrade First on My Old MacBook Pro?

Buying a used computer and upgrading it can get you most of the power you need at a fraction of the price (and environmental cost) of a new machine. But…

July 29, 2025

by Whitson Gordon

Scandal

Are These Multi-Billion Dollar Companies Ripping Off iFixit?

Companies copying other companies is nothing new. Sometimes it’s trivial, like when Dell copied Apple’s terrible naming scheme. Sometimes it’s annoying, like when Huawei decided it was a great idea…

July 24, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Tech News

If You Don’t Want Your Data Sold, Fairphone 6 Should Be Your Next Phone

The GrapheneOS team has published a response to this article, and /e/OS has responded in their own blog post. See the editorial note at the end of this article for…

July 12, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Teardowns

Fairphone 6 Teardown: Proof Phones Don’t Have to Be Disposable

Remember when you could pop open a phone, swap the battery, and keep going? Fairphone remembers. Their latest release, the Fairphone 6, feels like a nostalgic nod to sanity, with…

July 3, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Brain Candy

Torx Plus: The High-Tech Screw Hiding in Our Gadgets

We previously explored Torx in our 2018 article Bit History: The Torx, as we launched our Manta and Mahi driver kits. It’s hard to keep track of all the different…

June 17, 2025

by Carsten Frauenheim - iFixit

Product Design

HMD Fusion: The Smartphone That Grows with You

The HMD Fusion is a technological chameleon. You can use Smart Outfits to dress it up as a video game console, barcode scanner, or a rugged IP68-rated device. Or, you…

June 16, 2025

by Spencer Pennington - iFixit

Repairability

Apple Finally Admits That The iPad Is A Beast To Repair

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference is going on now. But we’re still reeling from some other recent Apple news: Apple has finally completed its multi-year plan to provide parts and…

June 9, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Teardowns

Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting

Nintendo’s long-awaited Switch 2 finally upgrades the hardware—but not the repair experience. Our full teardown uncovers familiar flaws: hard-to-replace batteries, stubborn adhesive, and a drift-prone joystick design that’s still hanging…

June 6, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Repairability

Why We’re Nerfing the Nintendo Switch’s Repairability Score

When we first tore down the Nintendo Switch in 2017, it earned a solid 8 out of 10 on our repairability scale. That was then. Today, as Nintendo gears up…

June 3, 2025

by Jeff Suovanen - iFixit

Repairability

Tariff Exemptions Are Terrible News for Electronics Repairability

The US trade war is likely to have an unintended casualty: Repairability. Even if you haven’t been closely watching the US tariff rollercoaster, you’ve probably heard about expected price hikes.…

May 22, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit