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Early drop tests indicate iPhone 15 Pro’s rounded titanium band may be less durable than the iPhone 14 Pro’s design

The new iPhones have begun to emerge, as have efforts to damage and/or destroy them to see just how durable the new hardware is. Flying to Australia, AppleTrack’s Sam Kohl submitted the first iPhone 15 drop tests via YouTube. Based on the video, it appears that Apple’s nifty new rounded titanium edges are not better […]

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Apple expands Self Service Repair Program to support more devices across additional countries

If you’re a fan of Apple’s Self Service Repair Program, you’re going to like this. Apple has announced that the company is updating its software tools so repairers don’t have to call to register parts. Apple has stated that “over the past three years,” it has “nearly doubled the number of service locations with access […]

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iFixit publishes 15-inch MacBook Air teardown, highlights upgraded speaker system, larger battery

Apple put some interesting stuff in its new 15-inch MacBook Air notebook. According to the cool cats at iFixit, who completed their usual reardown of the new hardware and posted video of the process, the 15-inch MacBook Air has a similar internal design as the 13-inch model, with the only notable difference being two extra […]

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ChargerLAB posts teardown video of Apple’s new 70W GaN USB-C charger

Alongside its new 15-inch MacBook Air, Apple has released a slightly more powerful and more compact power adapter with its slim and powerful notebook. As such, the cool cats at ChargerLAB have released a teardown video of the new power adapter, wherein they looked to check out the inside and also compare the dimensions against […]

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Apple repeats NAND SSD slowdown issue with 256GB drive aboard the $1,299 15-inch MacBook Air

Apple may have made the same snafu with its base model SSD with its new 15-inch MacBook Air that it made with the 13-inch version of the notebook. The SSD, which features a single 256GB NAND chip, offers slower SSD read and write speeds when compared to the other models with more storage available. The […]