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Hardware iPad News

iFixit tears down fourth-gen iPad, finds similar design, updated processor, components

The fourth-gen iPad is faster with a better camera and a Lightning connector, but it’s apparently still the same beast as the third-gen iPad. The cool cats at iFixit have completed a teardown of Apple’s new tablet and found that the tablet’s internal design has remained essentially untouched when compared to the previous iteration. Hours […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro News

iFixit teardown of 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro finds reconfigured battery layout, Samsung flash drive and soldered RAM

The long-awaited, mucho-lusted-after 13-inch MacBook Pro has arrived. And dissected by the cool cats at iFixit. During its investigation, the company found that Apple redesigned the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro’s battery to “cleverly” hide the solid-state drive underneath the device’s trackpad assembly, iFixit discovered in its disassembly of the new notebook. There’s even an empty […]

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Hardware News

Samsung may end LCD display contract with Apple in 2013

Maybe it’s time to see other people. An article in the Korea Times suggests Samsung will sever its contract with Apple and will no longer supply LCD panels to the Cupertino company, starting in 2013. An unnamed senior source within Samsung told the newspaper that the company is not making enough money off the panels […]

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Hardware Rumor

Rumor: Apple looking to sever ties, move mobile chip production away from Samsung

For some reason, assorted lawsuits between two large tech companies don’t do anything to improve the relationship… According to the Korea Times, Apple may be doing all it can to cut ties between itself and Samsung. Though Apple still relies on Samsung for production of its mobile processors, the iPhone maker has apparently made it […]

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Hardware iPhone News

iFixit, iLab Factory post initial iPhone 5 teardown reports

Once again, the lunatics over at iFixit got their mitts on the new iPhone, got to work dissecting it and posted the results faster than anyone could believe it. And, once again, they found some really cool stuff inside Apple’s newest handset. Per iFixit’s full teardown report, the repair firm managed to snag a “black […]