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iFixit 16-inch MacBook Pro teardown published, highlights “lid angle sensor” on new notebook

This is pretty nifty. Within iFixit’s full teardown of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, the company located new features such as a new thermal architecture and a new “lid angle sensor” that presumably monitors the opening and closing of the notebook and the precise position of the lid.  The report also noted a magnet embedded […]

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iFixit publishes initial teardown of 16-inch MacBook Pro notebook, highlights changes found within keyboard design

The cool cats at iFixit have completed an initial teardown of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro and discovered an updated scissor mechanism that seems to be a massive improvement over the prior butterfly mechanism.  Over the past few years, Apple has taken hits over the butterfly keyboard mechanism found on its MacBook and MacBook Pro […]

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iFixit releases full teardown of AirPods Pro earbuds

The cool cats at iFixit have performed and documented their teardown of the new $249 AirPods Pro earbuds, noting some amazing stuff in there as well as awarding it the same zero repairability score of both generations of the original AirPods. Despite the replaceable $4-per-pair proprietary silicone tips that provide noise isolation and an improved […]

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iFixit posts Apple Watch Series 5 teardown, highlights new internals, new system-on-chip

Once again, the cool cats at iFixit have torn down the new Apple Watch and posted the report. The new units incorporates Apple’s new S5 system-on-chip, which allows for twice the storage as well as a new compass. Other reported features include the same CPU and GPU as the Apple Watch Series 4, a similar […]

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iFixit posts iPhone 11 teardown, notes double-decker logic board, lack of bilateral wireless charging function, single-cell battery, and other new features

The coolest of cats at iFixit have finished their iPhone 11 teardown to discover evidence of a double-decker logic board, as well as two rear cameras inside a casing that’s pretty similar to the iPhone XR handset. At present, there seems to be little sign of a bilateral wireless charging function. Like its predecessor, the […]