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Nintendo 3DS, Gone but Not Forgotten (or Unfixable)

We come today to praise the Nintendo 3DS, not to bury it. For while Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS and labeled all of its 2D and 3D siblings as “out…

September 18, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Here’s What to Do Before Recycling or Donating Your Gadgets – Review Geek

September 16, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Fairphone 3+: What comes after a 10/10 score?

By now you know the consumer cycle: another year, another phone, right? But Fairphone isn’t one to follow the crowd. Their newest offering, the Fairphone 3+, is an upgraded version…

September 4, 2020

by Dorothea Kessler

Tech News

Admire the Note 20’s Internals with These Teardown Wallpapers

What started out as a pretty routine teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra took a wild turn when we pulled out the motherboards. We expected…

September 3, 2020

by Olivia Webb

Tech News

Why Samsung Built Competing Cooling Systems Inside the Note 20 (and Why It’s Probably Fine)

The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra runs a little hot. Hot Samsung products raise eyebrows, due to the company’s combustive history. So when we revealed in our Galaxy Note 20 teardown…

August 26, 2020

by Jeff Suovanen - iFixit

Tech News

Ask iFixit: Do I Need to Cover my Webcam, or Is That Just Paranoid?

On and off for two weeks, spurred by quirky stories about cracked MacBook screens, I tried to answer a simple question: Should everyone cover their webcam when it’s not in…

August 17, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Teardowns

Apple Endangers Our Business Model, Gets a Repairability Point for It

In the simpler age of March 2019, Apple released 21.5-inch and 27-inch “spec bumped” iMacs, predictable component upgrades to its established line of desktop computers. We took them apart, but…

August 6, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Wireless Charging Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen – OneZero

August 5, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

How to Buy Tech That Lasts and Lasts – New York Times

August 3, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Apple Strangely in Agreement with Us About Repair

With everything happening in the world right now, you may have missed Apple’s 99-page environmental progress report. And who could blame you? It’s hard to keep abreast, due not only…

July 31, 2020

by Sam Goldheart - iFixit