iFixit has took it upon themselves to teardown, probably one of the most popular smart watches that has just begun shipping to consumers — Pebble. The results? Well, iFixit wasn’t able to take apart Pebble without destroying it unfortunately. This is because the Pebble smart watch is glued shut to avoid any issues with water. [...]

With Apple’s addiction to putting all of its products on a diet, comes one consequence – repairability. When trying to slim a product out it requires some serious engineering to condense everything into the smallest package possible. This is indeed the case with the new line of iMacs, at just 5mm thin at the edges, [...]

Apple’s new 21.5-inch iMac is now available for purchase through the Apple online or retail stores in the United States. Customers in Australia and other countries have already managed to get their new iMacs. The new 2012 iMac has a new design, is super slim at the edges (5mm) and is lighter and faster than [...]

Apple’s iPad Mini and iPad 4th generation are going on sale later today. The new iPad 4th generation gets upgraded internals, such as a brand new A6X processor, Lightning connector, FaceTime HD camera and more. Yesterday we told you about iFixit’s amazing teardown journey with the iPad Mini. Today iFixit decided to tear apart the new iPad [...]

iFixit got their hands on the Apple iPad’s smaller brother, the iPad Mini, and tore it apart. The iPad Mini was announced last month at a special event and will finally go on sale tomorrow. It sports a 7.9- inch IPS display, A5 processor, 512MB of RAM, iSight 5 megapixel camera, FaceTime HD camera, Lightning connector, slimmer/lighter [...]

The new Surface tablet from Microsoft has been unleashed upon the world. It’s now out in the wild, available for consumers to buy…and you know what that means. iFixit has gotten their hands on the Windows RT slate and torn it apart, so they can let us know what components it contains, and how repairable [...]

A new Apple product has just been released, and you know what that means: a new iFixit teardown report! This time around they’ve gotten their hands on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro that was announced alongside the iPad Mini. Going to work on the new laptop, they’ve provided plenty of photos of the internals, as well [...]

You know the drill: Apple releases a new product, it gets bought, unboxed, and some yahoo takes it apart with, screwdrivers, spudgers and sometimes even a heat gun. Despite the spectacle product tear downs actually provide useful information, especially for Apple products, which can cost a hefty premium over the cost of parts to repair or [...]

Chipworks, a company that professionally analyzes and reverse engineers components, has posted a breakdown of the Lightning cable, “the first secure cable [Chipworks] have seen.” The cable actually contains 4 chips. According to Chipworks’ inspection, two of the chips are very simple and only contain a few transistors, another is the mysterious NXP NX20P3 chip [...]

As has become customary in recent years, the release of a new gadget is shortly followed by the release of a teardown thereof. The teardown experts over at iFixit are usually first on the job, and they have been once again in the case of the 7th-generation iPod Nano. They’ve got a lovely, detailed teardown [...]