Teardowns

A Physical Galaxy Tab Teardown

What’s inside Samsung’s Galaxy Tab? Gorilla Glass, check. Two cameras, check. ARM A8 processor, check. A little man borking your browser on Flash-heavy pages? Can’t seen to find him anywhere. https://gizmodo.com/the-galaxy-tab-meets-its-air-pistol-executioner-5686491 There’s something special about the way iFixit tears down a gadget. A healthy reminder of how many moving parts go into making these machines…

Gadgets Brian Barrett Nov 12

Microsoft Kinect Gutted: Four Microphones, Two Cameras, And One Very Important Fan

Oh my! When the folks at iFixit tore down a Microsoft Kinect they found a strong little fan among the many, many sensors. They suspect that Microsoft’s a bit paranoid about heat dissipation after the Xbox 360’s red-ring-of death problems. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-kinect-review-its-a-brand-new-console-5680205 If you’re curious about what’s inside this sleek little gadget, here’s a summary courtesy…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 4

Apple Really Doesn’t Want You To Tear Apart A MacBook Air

The folks at iFixIt rushed to tear down the new MacBook Air, but they discovered that Apple apparently really doesn’t want you to poke around the gadget. It’s full of proprietary parts—right down to the screws. Here are the highlights of the teardown according to iFixIt: * The flip-open port door has been scrapped and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 21

Apple TV’s Guts Contain 8 GB Of Flash Storage

As usual, the folks at iFixIt have torn down the latest Apple gadget. They were happy to find that the Apple TV was ridiculously easy to disassemble and contains the same 8GB NAND flash chip that we’ve seen in iPads. According to iFixIt, this is what you should know about the teardown: * The Apple…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Sep 29

PlayStation Move Controller is a Cheap Cellphone, Minus Calling Capabilities

On one hand, the Move controller is a very pricey gaming controller. On the other paw, iFixit’s tear-down revealed “it’s quite the bang for the buck,” with a processor, accelerometer, gyroscope, Bluetooth, vibrating motor and MEMS compass tucked inside. https://gizmodo.com/sony-move-review-dont-be-wii-2-0-5640908 iFixit’s rip-apart didn’t reveal much that we didn’t already know about the spec, but apparently…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Sep 20

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Gets Torn Apart

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy was among the first game consoles to display “true 3D graphics” and a cherished part of many childhoods. It’s also the “coolest device” the iFixIt crew has ever taken apart and it’s easy to see why. For those unfamiliar with the Virtual Boy, here are some of the highlights courtesy of iFixIt:…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Sep 4

The Nintendo Famicom All Pulled Apart

Before there was the NES, there was the Nintendo Family Computer AKA Famicom, an early version of the ultra-popular console sold in Asian markets starting in 1983. So, wanna see what the guts of a video game revolution look like? These shots from iFixit and Wired show the inside of what Wired deems “the spiritual…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Sep 2

Dell Streak Spills Its Guts

The Dell Streak is a strange little beast: part phone, part tablet, all sass. But does it keep its swagger even after the obligatory iFixIt teardown? As is most often the case, there’s nothing truly out of the ordinary here, but it does make for good gadget pr0n. One note, uncovered in iFixIt’s new Repairability…

Tech News Brian Barrett Aug 18

Droid 2 Gets Its Guts Ripped Apart

Ever since we read someone’s first impressions of the Droid 2, I’ve been itching to see the device torn apart and spread out. As usual, the folks at iFixIt satisfied that craving for gadget gore porn. https://gizmodo.com/droid-2-first-impressions-5566654 In case you’re curious about the most exciting stuff aside from the pictures, here are the teardown highlights…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 12

Apple’s New Unibody Mac Mini Gets Torn Apart

Looks like the folks at iFixit have already torn apart Apple’s new Mac Mini right down to its pretty little ports. Oh, what lovely gadget gore porn! According to iFixit, these are the highlights of the teardown: * Departing from previous generations, the Mini’s unibody top enclosure is machined from a single block of aluminum.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jun 16

Deconstructing the iPad’s A4 Chip: It’s Still a Giant iPhone

Tear down the iPad, and you see that the internals are quite similar to the iPhone’s, albeit nested behind a giant battery.Tear down Apple’s new A4 processor, though, and you see just how deep the similarities run. iFixit partnered with semiconductor reverse engineering firm Chipworks to crack into Apple’s semi-mysterious A4 chip, which is the…

Tech News John Herrman Apr 5

Splayed, Splendid

Photographer Adam Vorhees has a new hobby he’d like to share with everybody! It involves dismantling everyday objects and spreading them apart into lovely dioramas. Everyday objects like miniature Etch a Sketches, semiautomatic handguns, rotary telephones, and plasticized dead frogs. Disregarding the bizarre item choice, which looks like the inventory of backpack of the Last…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 17

Magic Mouse Torn Apart, Nothing Magical Found Inside

What a bait-and-switch, Apple. You charge a boatload for this fancy new mouse and call it “Magic,” yet iFixit‘s teardown reveals nothing even close to magical—just boatloads of capacitive sensors. https://gizmodo.com/apple-magic-mouse-review-5386202 Major findings (and we use the word major so loosely we might as well not have bothered): The Magic Mouse uses the Broadcom BCM2042…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Oct 21

When Memes Collide: A Will It Blend Teardown

So what happens when two marketing execs from the undisputed leaders in elaborate, roundabout publicity stunts get shitfaced, together, the night before ad pitches are due? Nobody knows for sure, but I bet it would look something like this. Yes, people, this is the iFixit teardown of a Blendtec Total blender—the one from those Will…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 13

The Mac Mini’s Power Adapter Costs Apple More Than Its RAM

It’s by no means the most timely report, but apparently Apple actually has a less profitable margin on the Mac Mini than much of their other hardware, according to iSuppli, as the base Mac Mini ($599) costs $387.14 to build. https://gizmodo.com/new-shuffle-costs-apple-21-77-to-build-5209850 Major Component Breakdown: 2GHz Core 2 Duo Processor $118.35 GeForce 9400M $65.16 120GB Hard…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 26

Hot Hot Hot: iPhone 3GS Shamelessly Stripped Naked

Those deconstructionists over at Rapid Repair have taken their tiny screwdrivers or whatever to the iPhone 3GS and disassembled the poor baby. And so soon after its birth! Rapid Repair went out to France to snag the iPhone 3GS at its first site of release, the Orange Boutique in France. The teardown is pretty basic…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 19

This DSi Can Take Itself Apart, Thank You Very Much

New rule: All teardowns must be recorded in seamless stop motion, synchronized with music and give the impression that the gadget is actually dancing itself into pieces. See above for further guidance. TechRestore has used this technique before, and we’ve already glanced the DSi’s innards, but the combination of a gratuitous teardown with 1304 frames…

Tech News John Herrman Apr 16

iPod Shuffle Teardown Confirms It’s Tiny on the Inside, Too

Every time a gadget of note comes out, one unlucky unit is indifferently plucked from the lineup, sent to iFixit and vivisected, piece by piece, for the world to gawk at. Your turn, new Shuffle! This teardown is a little different than most, mainly because of just how simple this device is; once it was…

Tech News John Herrman Mar 13

Canon Lens Completely Disassembled (Result: A Lot of Rings)

Zoom lenses are by no means a rarity, but it’s not often that someone chooses to sacrifice one to the internet. FredMiranda forum member sbv20 found himself with a useless Canon 17-85mm lens after the aperture became stuck, so he did what any good gadget freak would: he tore it apart. He documented the process…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 6

A Physical Galaxy Tab Teardown

Microsoft Kinect Gutted: Four Microphones, Two Cameras, And One Very Important Fan

Apple Really Doesn’t Want You To Tear Apart A MacBook Air

Apple TV’s Guts Contain 8 GB Of Flash Storage

PlayStation Move Controller is a Cheap Cellphone, Minus Calling Capabilities

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Gets Torn Apart

The Nintendo Famicom All Pulled Apart

Dell Streak Spills Its Guts

Droid 2 Gets Its Guts Ripped Apart

Apple’s New Unibody Mac Mini Gets Torn Apart

Deconstructing the iPad’s A4 Chip: It’s Still a Giant iPhone

Splayed, Splendid

Magic Mouse Torn Apart, Nothing Magical Found Inside

When Memes Collide: A Will It Blend Teardown

The Mac Mini’s Power Adapter Costs Apple More Than Its RAM

Hot Hot Hot: iPhone 3GS Shamelessly Stripped Naked

This DSi Can Take Itself Apart, Thank You Very Much

iPod Shuffle Teardown Confirms It’s Tiny on the Inside, Too

Canon Lens Completely Disassembled (Result: A Lot of Rings)

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