Teardown

It's a rite of passage for new smartphones — inevitably, iFixit will take it apart as much as possible, and now the teardown experts have gotten their hands on Samsung's Galaxy S4. As with most modern smartphones, we wouldn't recommend you get your hands dirty and crack into it yourself, but the...

We’ve already seen a couple of teardowns of Samsung’s new GALAXY S 4, but that didn’t stop the folks at iFixit from dissecting the phone either. What they find on the inside isn’t too surprising: some plastic, some silicon, and a bit of electronics. However, the teardown reveals that Samsung made...

Samsung barely tweaked the exterior design of the Galaxy S4. It might not be much to look at, but as iFixit's teardown reveals, that's precisely why you can replace much of its guts without any hassle. More »

What's in a Galaxy S4 ? A whole lot of easily repairable parts, it turns out. The fine folks at iFixit recently got their hands on Samsung's smartphone flagship and wasted no time in tearing it asunder. Scoring an eight out of ten on the repairability scale, the GS4 puts up little defense to...

Chances are if you've bought a $250 thermostat you aren't going to immediately rip it apart to see what makes it tick. Thankfully, there's folks like iFixit that does these sorts of things for us, and they've now finally done the honors with Nest's second-generation unit . As with the original...

Back in May of 2012, we reported on a rumor that Google could be looking to launch a gaming service of their own which would be akin to Apple’s Game Center for iOS. This alleged service is expected to come with similar features to Game Center, such as providing leaderboards, gaming lobbies,...

A teardown of the Google Glass companion app, MyGlass, has revealed a comprehensive Google Games feature list today, including multiplayer services comparable to Xbox Live and Game Center. However, the functionality may have less to do with Google Glass and more to do with the Android platform in...

When it comes to repairing the smartphone you own right this minute, chances are you’ve got such a difficult task at hand that you’ll be better off handing the job over to a professional. When it comes to the Samsung GALAXY S 4 , a teardown video (read: taking the device apart piece-by-piece) shown...

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is launching soon across the globe and analysts are already saying sales in the first month could reach a whopping 10 million units...

All the bits and pieces that go into a pair of virtual reality goggles. iFixit iFixit posted a teardown of the Oculus Rift headset Wednesday to see what, exactly, the virtual reality headset is made of. The teardown reveals the types of screens and controllers the Oculus Rift uses, and though the...