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M3 Macbook Air - same old, same old
Published in News
Thursday, 14 March 2024 11:36

M3 Macbook Air - same old, same old


About as fixable as the Middle East

The iFixit team have voided the latest M3 MacBook Air warranty to see how repairable it is and discovered that there is not much difference under the bonnet from the last model.

Google Pixel 8 parts are now on sale
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 03 January 2024 11:17

Google Pixel 8 parts are now on sale


But they'll cost you a bomb


Google Pixel 8 parts are now up for grabs on iFixit's Pixel parts shop.

Fairphone 5 gets perfect score from iFixit
Published in Mobiles
Saturday, 09 December 2023 10:25

Fairphone 5 gets perfect score from iFixit


Could last ten years 

The iFixit team pulled apart the newest Fairphone 5 smartphone and awarded its highest score for repairability: 10 out of 10.

Microsoft flogs replacement components for Surface
Published in PC Hardware


Displays, batteries, SSDs you name it

Microsoft is starting to sell replacement components for its Surface devices. The software giant now supplies replacement parts in the Microsoft Store, allowing Surface owners to replace their displays, batteries and SSDs.

Logitech partners with  DIY repair specialists iFixit
Published in PC Hardware


Help fix your sick mouse 

Logitech and DIY repair specialists iFixit are working together to help you fix your gear so that you don't have to buy something new when your old hardware just needs to be fixed.

Nokia allows people to fix their own phone
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 27 February 2023 10:44

Nokia allows people to fix their own phone


New easy-to-fix handset released

Nokia has released a handset that users can fix themselves, making it possible to keep phones in service longer.

iFixit rubbishes Apple's repair scheme
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 25 August 2022 12:01

iFixit rubbishes Apple's repair scheme


Expensive, pricey and not fit for the purpose -- Apple's repair programme is rubbish too

iFixit has rubbished Apple's latest "improvements" to its DIY repair programme so that it can heal borked MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops equipped with M1 chips (including the Pro and Max).  The problem is that Apple has managed to make its gear even less repairable than ever before.

Apple’s “self-repair programme” is pants
Published in Mobiles


iFixit rubbishes the whole operation


While the Tame Apple Press has been telling the world+dog how wonderful their favourite company is for allowing fanboys to repair phones that they have paid a fortune for, those who know about repairing kits say the scheme is rubbish.

iFixit slams Apple, Samsung and Microsoft
Published in Mobiles


Design manipulation

iFixit co-founder and CEO Kyle Wiens has exposed how companies including Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft manipulate the design of their products and the supply chain to prevent consumers and third-party repairers from accessing necessary tools and parts to repair products such as smartphones and laptops.

Google Pixel 3a series is quite easy to repair
Published in Mobiles


iFixit gives them a good repairability score

Now that Google's affordable Pixel 3a smartphones are released, it was just a matter of time before they get a teardown by iFixit, giving them a good repairability score.