Teardown Archive

  • Open ye 27-inch iMacs while ye may

    Open ye 27-inch iMacs while ye may

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    iFixit has torn up the new iMac to reveal the delicate inner workings of both the machine and its attendant Magic Mouse. Obviously the biggest issue here is removing the massive piece of glass on the front, a process that requires a spunger, suction cups, and a sense that life is futile and electronics [...]

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  • iFixit shows the inner workings of a Nikon Coolpix S1000pj camera

    iFixit shows the inner workings of a Nikon Coolpix S1000pj camera

    Posted on October 6, 2009 | No Comments
    I could care less about iPod teardowns. I mean, who the hell cares anymore. It's an iPod. But I looked at nearly every picture of iFixit's teardown of the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj. After all, this little pocket camera sports a front-facing projector. Of course I wanna see the little gnomes that make the magic happen. Video teardown after the jump.

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  • You’re worth it: How the “premium” perception is changing the way we buy gadgets

    You’re worth it: How the “premium” perception is changing the way we buy gadgets

    Posted on September 28, 2009 | No Comments
    This guy was asking the quality question way before the PSP Go The PSP Go just launched and the blogworld is in a tizzy about the price – $249 – and the apparent chintziness of this new PSP replacement. You see, the device doesn’t support Sony’s exciting UMD optical standard and is generally reported as “feeling” [...]

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  • Of course the Zune HD has been torn apart and photographed

    Of course the Zune HD has been torn apart and photographed

    Posted on September 15, 2009 | No Comments
    It’s a tradition around these parts to photograph a dissected gadget. This time around it’s the new Zune HD which looks just as good on the inside as it does on the outside. Hit up anythingbutipod for the complete gallery of the teardown.

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  • A peek under the hood of a netbook

    A peek under the hood of a netbook

    Posted on August 19, 2009 | No Comments
    netbook teardownOne might think that netbooks and similar ultracompact laptops have all manner of specialized, custom made pieces and parts in order to cram all that functionality into such a small frame. One would be wrong: netbooks are chock full of a surprising number of fairly generic components. For a nice visual breakdown of what, exactly, goes into a generic netbook, take a gander at this netbook teardown over at Shanzai.com.

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  • BlackBerry Storm Gets a Price Cut

    BlackBerry Storm Gets a Price Cut

    Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Verizon and some cellphone retailers have cut the price of the BlackBerry Storm by more than half in a move that could signal an updated version of the touchscreen device is on its way. Verizon is now offering the Storm for $100 through its website, while Amazon Wireless has it even cheaper at $50.  At Wirefly.com, [...]

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  • Slow Chip Stifles iPhone 3GS Upload Speeds

    Slow Chip Stifles iPhone 3GS Upload Speeds

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
    The “S” in iPhone 3GS stands for “speed,” but it could very well stand for “slow” if you look at the dated chip it uses for uploading data. At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the company proudly boasted that the new iPhone 3GS supports 7.2Mbps High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) — a faster, next-generation network standard that [...]

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  • Gallery: iPhone 3GS Teardowns Reveal Underclocked CPU, More

    Gallery: iPhone 3GS Teardowns Reveal Underclocked CPU, More

    Posted on June 19, 2009 | No Comments
    If you love something, take it apart and see what’s inside. That’s the geek mantra that some zealous gadgeteers are applying to the iPhone 3GS today. Their biggest discovery: a CPU that’s running at just 72% of its capacity. Both iFixit and Rapid Repair, companies that specialize in repairing broken gadgets, have got their hands on [...]

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  • IPhone Teardown Reveals Underclocked 833MHz CPU

    IPhone Teardown Reveals Underclocked 833MHz CPU

    Posted on June 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Rapid Repair has, as expected, descended on the new iPhone 3G S, bristling with sharp tools like some sci-fi torture-bot, and splayed its remains on the cold slab of the teardown lab. It’s not an easy job — you’ll need a heat gun to remove some parts, other sections can be taken apart but not [...]

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  • Kindle DX Teardown Reveals Inner Beauty

    Kindle DX Teardown Reveals Inner Beauty

    Posted on June 11, 2009 | No Comments
    A teardown of the newly introduced Amazon Kindle DX shows an e-book reader with many replaceable parts that make it service-friendly for its users. Amazon launched the Kindle DX, a large size e-reader with a 9.7-inch screen and features such as auto rotate from portrait to landscape mode a few weeks ago. Priced at $489, the [...]

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  • MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals Battery is User Replaceable

    MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals Battery is User Replaceable

    Posted on June 11, 2009 | No Comments
    You’ll need a screwdriver to do it, but the sealed batteries in the new MacBook Pros announced last Monday are as user replaceable as those of the MacBook before it. IFixit has already carried out its customary explorations inside the body of the new notebook, and found that, apart from the rearrangement of ports and [...]

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  • MacBook Pro 13-inch teardown AS IT HAPPENS

    MacBook Pro 13-inch teardown AS IT HAPPENS

    Posted on June 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Our buddies at iFixIt are tearing down a 13-inch MacBook Pro as we speak, adding images throughout the day as they tear out her delicate innards.

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