With a significant global launch event scheduled for February 26th at MWC 2023, Honor’s new Magic Vs foldable was sent to famed smartphone mangler, JerryRigEverything, to teardown. Naturally, he obliged by taking the Magic Vs apart one component at a time, revealing the presence of a new four-part hinge that allows the foldable phone to […]
Come comment on this article: Teardown of Honor’s Magic Vs foldable reveals a new ‘no-gap’ hinge design
One of Wear OS’s biggest issues is the lack of a proper backup feature which means every time you get a new smartwatch or phone you have to set everything up from scratch. Every single time. Reset the watch or phone? Reconnect from scratch. You get the picture. But it seems that Google is on […]
Come comment on this article: Wear OS teardown reveals that watch face, tile, and app data backups are on the horizon
The Apple Watch Series 7 teardown by iFixit revealed some changes under the hood, including new display tech and bigger battery.
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iFixit has pulled apart a Microsoft Surface Duo, giving us a look at what’s inside the dual-screen device. One of the team’s most notable findings is that the Duo has a “refreshingly simple hinge design” compared to the ones found in foldable devices…
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The new iPhone SE shares more with the iPhone 8 than a few common parts. An iFixit teardown of the SE has revealed that its internal design is highly similar to its 2017 ancestor, including the camera. Despite some hopes that the SE might be using th…
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The last major phone teardown that made the news was Samsung’s poorly designed Galaxy Fold. It didn’t last very long, either, since Samsung contacted iFixit and asked them to remove it, stirring up even more bad press. The good news for Google is that their Pixel 3a looks (relatively) easy to take apart and repair, […]
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A few days ago iFixit posted a teardown of Samsung’s currently unreleased Galaxy Fold, and they were pretty direct in pointing out some of the design flaws of the phone. Apparently, though, Samsung isn’t very happy with the situation, and they’ve pressured iFixit to pull the teardown guide from their site. There’s no better way […]
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By popular request, Ben is tearing down the retro Sega Saturn games console. Back in the day, the Saturn was Sega's attempt to compete against Sony's PlayStation, even though it already had a CD-based console add-on for the Genesis / Mega Drive i…
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A new beta version of the Google app is rolling out to users and a teardown shows several new features that will either be included in the next version or possibly a subsequent version. The improvements and features cover both the Google Assistant and will presumably be available for all users as well as some […]
Come comment on this article: Google app teardown points the way to new Google Assistant features, Pixel squeeze feature