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iFixit publishes teardown report of EarPods, finds more durable design

It’s the teardowns that tell you what Apple’s really been up to. Per the full report by iFixit, Apple’s newly redesigned Earpod headphones have been taken apart to reveal a more durable design that is more resistant to water and sweat damage. The teardown of Apple’s new EarPods was published on Tuesday and stated that […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro News

iFixit repair guide posits $500 estimate to replace Retina Display MacBook Pro battery

If you want to replace the battery on your brand new 2012 Retina Display MacBook Pro, it’s going to get pricey. Per MacNN, the newly-published iFixit repair guide for the Retina MacBook Pro breaks tasks down by component, such as the logic board, left and right fans, or the SSD. Of special interest though is […]

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Apple TV Hardware News Processors

Third-generation Apple TV A5 processor studied, second core found

This is sort of interesting. An investigation into the custom A5 chip used in Apple TV has found that the new Application Processor uses both a smaller, more efficient 32nm die process and actually incorporates two cores, one of which is simply turned off. Per Chipworks, the custom A5 “APL2498” used in the third generation, […]

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Apple TV Hardware

Teardown reveals new A5 processor, second antenna, additional RAM in new Apple TV unit

It’s the teardowns of new products that make technology interesting. The new Apple TV unit has gone through a full teardown courtesy of XBMC community member “aiciofs” to discover the following components: – A custom-built A5 processor that, unlike the A5 CPU found in the iPhone 4S or iPad 2, features only a single processing […]

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iPhone Pictures

iFixit completes full teardown of iPhone 4S, posts results (updated)

With only one day (uno dia) remaining before the iPhone 4S officially goes on sale in brick and mortar locations, the supremely cool cats at iFixit have performed a full teardown of the long-awaited handset. Beyond the 1GHz A5 dual-core processor and 8 megapixel rear-facing camera, here’s what else they stumbled across: – The iPhone […]