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iFixit confirms iPhone 13 Face ID fails after third-party display replacement in comprehensive teardown
By Oliver Haslam published
iFixit has confirmed that iPhone 13 products require an official Apple display in order for Face ID to function.

Watch iFixit take an M1 iMac and Magic Keyboard apart on video
By Oliver Haslam published
Now you can watch iFixit take a poor, unsuspecting iMac apart bit by bit in video form.

A 512GB iPhone 11 Pro Max costs less than $500 in parts
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple sells an iPhone 11 Pro Max in 512GB configuration for $1,449. But it costs less than $400 to build according to one teardown. But is that the whole story?

iFixit iPhone transparent rear panel mod kit review
By Georgia last updated
iFixit's iPhone transparent rear panel mod let's you give your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S an amazingly distinctive look in a world where tens of millions of them are otherwise all but indistinguishable.

iFixit tears down new Mac Mini, confirms soldered RAM
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster last updated

iFixit teardown reveals 2017 iPad is a lot like first-gen iPad Air
By Lory Gil last updated
iFixit opens up the guts of Apple's latest tablet to reveal an all-too familiar sight — the iPad Air.

New iMac teardown reveals lots of adhesive and almost no end user upgrade options
By Allyson Kazmucha last updated

iFixit tears down the new MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch and 15-inch
By Chris Parsons last updated

New Apple Watch teardown reveals it's mostly unchanged from Series 2
By Tory Foulk last updated
iFixit tore apart a new Apple Watch to show you just what's inside your new device.

Apple cancels iFixit's developer account following NDA violation
By John Callaham last updated

iPad mini 3 tear down reveals that it's mostly the same as the iPad mini 2
By Joseph Keller last updated

iFixit goes under the hump in Smart Battery Case for iPhone 6s teardown
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster last updated
The folks at iFixit have taken a deep dive beneath the hump of the Smart Battery Case for iPhone 6s, giving us a peek at what's inside.

iPhone 6 Plus gets torn down, monstrous 2915 mAh battery found inside
By Rene Ritchie last updated
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