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Tech News

The Right to Repair Movement Is Poised to Explode in 2021 – VICE

February 1, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

If You Absolutely Have to Buy an M1 Mac, Buy the Mac Mini

Ed. note: This post by an iFixit contributor does not necessarily represent the views of iFixit. Put another way, Charlie dares to suggest that, despite their woeful repairability and lack…

January 28, 2021

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Tech News

The New “Important” iPhone Camera Message Is Another Bad Omen

It’s not as bad as we thought, but it’s far from good. Apple shipped an iOS update that adds an “Important Camera Message” (read: warning) to an iPhone 12 repaired…

January 27, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

The Best Way to Get iMessage on Any Device Could Be an Old iPhone

iMessage is the best of messaging apps, it is the worst of messaging apps. It is two-way encrypted and works on cellular or Wi-Fi, but it is only available on…

January 21, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Worst in Show Awards for CES 2021 – Repair.org

January 15, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Which Smartphone, Laptop and Tablet Brands Break Down the Most? 3,000 Canadians Respond – CBC

January 14, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Teardowns

Top 5 Most Repairable Devices We Tore Down in 2020

We tore down a lot of devices throughout 2020, even if it feels like we did them all in the last two months. Some of them turned out to be…

January 7, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Fixing Flagship Android Phones Might Get More Practical

Until recently, if you wanted to buy an Android phone that would get OS and security updates for any reasonable amount of time, you had to buy Google’s own Pixel…

December 17, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Sonos Upgrade Program Offers Up to 30 Percent Off New Devices Without Junking Your Old Ones – CNET

November 20, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Teardowns

M1 MacBook Teardowns: Something Old, Something New

Like Craig Federighi before us, today we’re opening up the new M1 MacBooks and seeing the light. Except… we opened them from the other side. Oops. We’ll spill all the…

November 19, 2020

by Sam Goldheart - iFixit