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The Science Behind Scratchgate and What It Means for Repairing the iPhone 17 Pro

The anodized aluminum finish on the brand new iPhone 17 Pro is gorgeous, right up until it meets your keys or a stray coin bouncing around in your pocket. And…

September 23, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Still Stands Up to Repairs

To be honest, we were holding our breath for the iPhone Air. Thinner usually means flimsier, harder to fix, and more glued-down parts. But the iPhone Air proves otherwise. Apple…

September 20, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Teardowns

Two Years After the FineWoven Fiasco, Is TechWoven Better?

When I smushed a greasy thumb into Apple’s FineWoven case two years ago, I thought that was the last time I’d need to deal with a tech-textile case. I was…

September 20, 2025

by Arthur Shi - iFixit

Repairability

When Coding Robots Break, Can You Fix Them?

If you’ve ever watched a classroom full of 8-year-olds try to reprogram a robot that’s just faceplanted into a wall, you know two things: (1) kids are fearless experimenters, and…

September 19, 2025

by Jeff Suovanen - iFixit

Repairability

About That iPhone Air Battery…

Apple’s new iPhone Air is full of compromises, but surprisingly for such a thin device, the battery isn’t quite as bad as we’d feared. This could be down to a…

September 16, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Tech News

Become a Master of Microsoldering and Board Repair with iFixit and The Repair Academy in Chattanooga!

UPDATE (originally published April 29, 2025): The July 2025 session sold out and was a success! You can join us for the second session on October 13-25, 2025. Are you…

August 28, 2025

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Teardowns

Oakley x Meta HSTN Smartglasses Teardown: Cool Shades, Tough Fix

What do you get when Oakley teams up with Meta? A $500 pair of smartglasses that can record 3K video, call on AI, and look right at home on a…

August 21, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Right to Repair

Service Center Repair Isn’t Enough

Many OEMs fall into a trap: Thinking that making their products repairable by service providers is enough. But restricting fixes to costly, specialized service centers excludes many users and misses…

August 21, 2025

by Spencer Pennington - iFixit

E-Waste

How Repair Saves the World

Many top electronics manufacturers are embracing repairable design, and for good reason. From mining to end-of-life disposal, our devices carry a huge environmental impact that can’t be completely remedied with…

August 19, 2025

by Spencer Pennington - iFixit

Contests

The Words That Fix the World: Meet Our 2025 Translation Challenge Winners

From June 9 to July 31, 82 incredible community members joined forces to make repair more accessible around the world. Across seven languages—French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian, English, and Dutch—these…

August 8, 2025

by Sandra Hiller - iFixit

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