The Science Behind Scratchgate and What It Means for Repairing the iPhone 17 Pro
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But don’t worry, plenty to talk about in this phone when it comes to repair: it has a fascinating screwed-in battery, a vapor chamber for heat dissipation, and Torx Plus screws—three things never before seen in any iPhone. We’ve often applauded Apple’s dual-entry iPhone design, rolled out across the full lineup last year, that enabled repairs from either side of the phone. With day-one repair manuals and the expectation of parts availability on Apple’s Self Service Repair site, Apple still seems to be considering repair in its design.

Two Years After the FineWoven Fiasco, Is TechWoven Better?
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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. A pristine FineWoven case, and a FineWoven case that’s lived with a busy mom for a year. 1 mm coated 200 μm coated 100 μm coated 50 μm coated 1 mm uncoated 200 μm uncoated 100 μm uncoated 50 μm uncoated

Service Center Repair Isn’t Enough
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OEMs that embrace DIY repair can open new revenue streams, strengthen brand loyalty, and lead on sustainability, all while actually making repair services more profitable. Supporting only centralized repair services also lets manufacturers rely on complicated jigs and expensive tools for common repairs. Enabling self-repair means you don’t have to train technicians, set up repair centers, worry about shipping devices to and from service centers, or any of the other headaches that come with centralized repair.

Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Still Stands Up to Repairs
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Apple popped the logic board up above the battery, a large part of how their design got thinner without compromising repair. Apple won’t do USB-C repairs in-house and they don’t sell replacement ports for iPhones. The iPhone Air is slimmer than any iPhone before it, but its layout and design tradeoffs make repairs more approachable, not less.

How Repair Saves the World
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Making devices repairable isn’t just a good look, nor is it simply a consumer demand. As if that’s not enough, comprehensive repair support also ensures manufacturers will comply with existing and forthcoming Right to Repair legislation. Of 599 electrical devices tested at one recycling center, at least 46% were immediately reusable or repairable, with many more able to be repaired with some effort.

When Coding Robots Break, Can You Fix Them?
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Professor Francesco Mondada and his postgraduate robotics students, Alexandre Rafael Aires Viegas and Cyril Monette, together with Mobsya, the non-profit association that produces and distributes the Thymio robot, approached us about building a repairability scorecard for coding robots, the programmable floor robots used in classrooms to teach coding to kids as young as four. Mondada, who had helped develop the Thymio robot at EPFL beginning more than a decade ago, told us: “Our original idea was to have a robot with an open design, aimed at education, but durable and easy to repair. At first, the EPFL team tried using the French Repairability Index or the JRC scoring system for their project, but found them ill-suited for coding robots.

Become a Master of Microsoldering and Board Repair with iFixit and The Repair Academy in Chattanooga!
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Join us at the iFixit headquarters in Chattanooga, TN, where we’re teaming up with The Repair Academy and The Art of Repair to offer a unique and intensive 13-day Microsoldering and Board Repair Course that will set you apart in the industry. Our team includes industry veterans like Alexandre Isaac and David Lecomte, who bring years of experience in repairing, teaching, and managing repair operations. Sign up for the Microsoldering and Board Repair Course today, and be part of a community that’s reshaping the future of repair.

The Words That Fix the World: Meet Our 2025 Translation Challenge Winners
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Across seven languages—French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian, English, and Dutch—these volunteers translated an astonishing 2,411 repair guides. Martin (Dutch): Brought Dutch repair guides to life with thoughtful, high-quality translations that focused on coffee machine fixes. “I enjoy translating iFixit repair guides because it gives people the opportunity to repair their devices and save them from becoming e-waste.”

Oakley x Meta HSTN Smartglasses Teardown: Cool Shades, Tough Fix
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If this isn’t your first iFixit teardown, you know how much we care about battery replacements: Batteries are consumables. Oakley x Meta’s official support page says, “No, it’s not possible to replace the embedded battery inside the glasses or charging case.” But Oakley sealed it inside a shell that can’t be opened without wrecking it, making a simple battery swap nearly impossible.

About That iPhone Air Battery…
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There’s a reason for Apple’s creative framing of the iPhone Air’s battery life: physics. To be fair, it seems to have done a better job than we might have expected, but despite holding the battery life at similar levels to last year’s iPhone 16 Pro, a smaller battery is bad news for other reasons. But now a new battery chemistry tech means that the life of a lithium battery could be extended to 1,000 cycles, or more than double the current life, keeping phones running for a lot longer.

Jeld-Wen Aktie: Absturz ohne Ende?
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Ein Blick hinter die Zahlen zeigt ein Unternehmen im Würgegriff von fallenden Umsätzen und explodierenden Schulden. Noch dramatischer fiel der Rückgang beim bereinigten EBITDA aus, das um 54 Prozent auf nur noch 39 Millionen US-Dollar abstürzte – ein klares Zeichen für massive Margenprobleme im Kerngeschäft. Diese Diskrepanz zwischen analystischer Skepsis und institutionellem Engagement wirft die Frage auf, ob die Profis etwas sehen, was die Zahlen noch nicht hergeben.

FutureFuel Aktie: Absturz mit Ansage
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Noch dramatischer fiel das erste Quartal aus: Der Umsatz brach um 70 Prozent auf 17,5 Millionen Dollar ein, der Verlust belief sich auf 17,6 Millionen Dollar. Die Quartalsdividende von 0,06 Dollar je Aktie wird weiter gezahlt, die nächsten Ausschüttungen sind für September und Dezember 2025 geplant. Die kommenden Quartale werden zeigen, ob die Neuausrichtung in der Spezialchemie die erhoffte Trendwende bringt.