teardown

Computer programmer Ken Shirriff has compared a counterfeit iPad power adapter to a genuine Apple adapter.

The folks over at iFixit have published their teardown of the new 2013 iMacs.

Some lucky folks in Australia have already got their hands on the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C smartphones, and have also published a teardown on the web.

iFixit teardown shows 2013 MacBook Air 11" packs a smaller SSD module and a slightly tweaked design to accommodate a larger battery.

The Panic blog has made an interesting discovery behind Apple's Lightning digital AV adapter. After noticing the adapter did not display a clean 1080p signal to their TV, they decided to do a teardown. To their surprise, and the rest of the world, here's what they found: Your eyes don’t deceive you — that tiny chip...

Yesterday, we saw the very first unboxing and teardown video of the 21.5? iMac (2012), followed by performance benchmark scores for the device by Primate Labs. Today, teardown experts at iFixit have opened up the new iMac, unveiling the super slim 21.5" iMac's internals. The 2012 iMac (EMC 2455) features a super thin chassis and a quad-core Intel i5...

Apple's new iMacs were made available for ordering tonight in Canada and the USA, but our friends down under in Australia and Japan got early dibs on the new redesigned iMac. The first unboxing, teardown and Geekbench scores have now hit the web. Over at BrandonHitTech (via MacRumors), they have unboxed the new 21.5" iMac....

Popular teardown analysis website iSuppli has just completed its report regarding the Apple iPad Mini teardown and according to them, the base model for Apple's smaller tablet i.e a Wi-Fi-only 16 gigabyte iPad Mini that retails for $329, costs at least $188 to build (via AllThingsD). The reports claims that 32GB or 64GB additional memory adds only incremental cost i.e $31...

iFixit and Chipworks have performed teardowns of the latest 4th generation iPad (model A1458), with the latter promising a closer look at the A6X chip die markings in the morning. Here's a close up look at the A6X by Chipworks: iFixit's teardown reveals not a lot has changed internally in the new iPad 4, aside...

Apple's newest iPad Mini is currently getting the teardown treatment from iFixit, initial findings of which reveal a lot of design similarities with the iPhone 5. Furthermore, the dissection reveals that the LCD panel has been built by Samsung along with further confirmation of stereo speakers. The teardown shows that the device features a large metal plate similar to...

Frank Donghi of Toxic Cables has obtained a fully functional knock-off Lightning to USB cable from China for $3.50, a teardown of which reveals lack of proper shielding when compared to Apple's official cables, though the cable works perfectly for charging and syncing (via Apple Insider). The sources points out that the knock-off Lightning to USB cable...

Folks over at iFixit have taken apart Microsoft's newly launched Surface tablet and have given it a better repairability score than the iPad. The iPad received merely 2 out of a possible 10 while the Surface ended up with a repairability score of 4. The famous gadget repair site found it rather difficult to remove the rear panel...