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It’s Time to Stop Making Excuses for Amazon’s Disposable Tech

Update December 2, 2024 (originally published Jan. 13, 2020): On this cyber Monday, we’re republishing this expose of Amazon’s terrible disposable tech. Since 2020, things haven’t gotten any better—and in…

December 2, 2024

by Kevin Purdy

Video

M4 MacBook Pro Teardown: What’s Inside and What’s Fixable?

Despite the modular ports and day-one availability of repair guides, Apple Silicon MacBook Pros suffer from a huge repairability fail and it’s probably unintentional.

November 22, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Teardowns

MacBook Pro M4 Pro Teardown: New Model, Same Repair Situation

Despite the modular ports and day-one availability of repair guides, Apple Silicon MacBook Pros suffer from a huge repairability fail, and it's probably unintentional.

November 22, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Tech News

The Indie Smartwatch That’s Doing Everything Right

Update: We recently tried to reach out to Pocuter to see what progress they’ve made in bringing Spectra to market. We did not receive a response. As of June 2025,…

November 22, 2024

by Carsten Frauenheim - iFixit

Opinion

Our Desire for New Is Killing the Planet—and Us

Ever found yourself scrolling through the latest deals, convincing yourself that you need the upgrade? “It’s faster, shinier, better,” the ad promises. Even though your current gadget works just fine,…

November 19, 2024

by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit

Teardowns

PS5 Pro Teardown: Is a Battery Hatch This Year’s Hottest Repair Trend?

Sony’s PS5 Pro is widely being billed as a generational upgrade to the pandemic era PS5 and its progenitor, the PS5 Slim. According to tech reviewers, the new custom made…

November 15, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Product Design

Why Hardware Makers Are Turning to Off-The-Shelf Parts

Some tech companies take “custom hardware” to an absurd extreme, designing and building every part of their products. Others use more readily-available parts, and embedded systems to build their proprietary…

November 1, 2024

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Right to Repair

Introducing the Circular Electronics Design Guide

Designing electronics for a circular economy is a challenge—but one worth embracing. Building a circular model requires both the vision and the infrastructure to support it. While there’s no single…

October 23, 2024

by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit

Teardowns

Meta’s Quest 3S Is Just a Revamped Quest 2, and It’s the Better for It

The Quest 3S is a curious device. I think we were all expecting a budget version of the Quest 3, but that’s not quite what this headset is. Yes, it…

October 19, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Tech News

We Are Shipping FixHub Preorders

Today is a big day for us here at iFixit—and for you. After years of development, testing, and invaluable feedback from the repair community, our FixHub Portable Soldering Station, Smart…

October 15, 2024

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit