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Amazon boosts Kindle Fire production amid risky loss-lead strategy

, Nov 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

Amazon has ramped up Kindle Fire tablet production to in excess of 5m units before the year is out, supply chain sources have revealed, amid continued strong pre-order demand for the 7-inch ereader slate. Original production estimates were around 3.5m units in 2011, DigiTimes highlights, with that figure already being bumped once, mid-Q3, to 4m. However the loss-leading risk of the ebook retailer's advertising and media-sales supported model has been highlighted by a new teardown of the $79 Kindle that suggests Amazon loses more than $5 on every sale. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4S component cost is $188; Samsung edged out

, Oct 20th 2011 Discuss [7]

We've already seen what's inside the iPhone 4S thanks to the traditional post-launch teardown, but how much exactly do all those shiny parts cost? iSuppli has crunched the numbers and reckons a fifth-gen iPhone costs Apple as little as $188 in components; they've also spotted a selection of new supplier parts, some of which occupy space previously held by Samsung. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4S suffers teardown treatment

, Oct 13th 2011 Discuss [8]

Having your circuits exposed, RAM revealed and baseband boggled at is a rite of passage for any smartphone worth its salt, and so it was clear the iPhone 4S would have to suffer the teardown treatment. Apple's new dualcore smartphone has been vigorously hazed by the screwdriver-toting engineers at iFixit, revealing a larger battery among other things. Read The Full Story

iPod nano 7th gen teardown reveals supplier swap

, Oct 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple's new iPod nano has undergone the teardown treatment, with the updated 7th generation PMP now revealed as having a quiet change in component suppliers. After stripping down the new media player to its component parts, iFixit discovered Apple has shifted from Toshiba to SanDisk flash memory as well as making more obvious software changes. Read The Full Story

Samsung Epic 4G Touch Teardown

, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [2]

As it does come to pass with all amazing and fantastic devices, so too must it happen with the Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch - a teardown, one that will leave this device in bits for the whole world to see. The folks at ifixit have torn apart this first Galaxy S II to hit the shores of the USA piece by piece for you and I, and with their perfectly accurate lighting situations and cameras with HD resolution output, we'll be looking rather deeply and in full detail at this lovely amalgamation. Read The Full Story

iFixit guts the Motorola Droid Bionic in latest teardown

, Sep 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

The big smartphone release of this month was certainly the Droid Bionic by Motorola. You can pick the smartphone up right now with the device officially on sale as of yesterday in Verizon stores and on Amazon. iFixit is apt to get their hands on the latest deices just long enough to tear them up and this time is no different. The gang has ripped up its Droid Bionic for us to check out. Read The Full Story

VAIO Z Series Teardown by Sony Engineer [Video]

, Aug 22nd 2011 Discuss [9]

We got our first official glimpse of the Sony VAIO Z Series back on June 28th, a look that revealed this to be Sony's lightest and most portable effort to date. This 13.1-inch 1600 x 900 notebook runs up to a Core i7-2620M 2.7GHz and weighs just under 1.2kg, all of this available for around $2,286 on pre-order, this magnificent laptop will be hitting doorsteps starting this week! What Sony has for us now is no less than a VAIO Z series laptop torn down and put back together before our eyes by an official Sony engineer! Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 Gets “Hypothetical” Cost Breakdown By Bloomberg

, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [3]

The iPhone 5 will land with much fanfare come this September or October when plenty of eager fans will line the streets to fork over some serious cash for this next-gen device. But what will they likely be getting in terms of specs? To answer that question, take a look at this "hypothetical" bill of materials. Read The Full Story

iFixit guts new Mac Mini in latest teardown

, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Yesterday we posted up the iFixit teardown of the MacBook Air that launched this week. The teardown was cool and let us see inside the notebook without having to risk killing ours. iFixit also took the time to rip open the new Mac Mini as well. I am always impressed by how small the Mini is and how packed in the parts are inside the rig. Read The Full Story

Nokia N9 clears FCC with teardown gallery and user guide

, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [4]

Nokia's N9 has crossed the FCC and, as is traditional, splayed its guts for all to see. Unsurprisingly, Nokia has had to do a lot of work to get everything to fit inside its narrow polocarbonate casing, though the N9 still gets pentaband WCDMA connectivity when rivals are still bumbling along with support for a mere two or three bands. Read The Full Story

MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid-2011) Teardown Reveals Replaceable SSDs

, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [8]

The revamped MacBook Air with OS X Lion, Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge chip, Thunderbolt connector port, backlit keyboard, and boosted RAM and SSD, debuted just yesterday. And now, the iFixit team has already completed its teardown of the 13-inch Core i5 model, revealing an internal design with a replaceable SSD.

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Motorola Droid 3 Teardown Reveals Same 3G Chip As iPhone 4

, Jul 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

The recently launched Motorola Droid 3 is touted by Verizon as the thinnest smartphone to pack a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard and some mighty powerful specs. The iFixit team has managed to do a teardown of the Droid 3, revealing all the internal components and a compact build that made for a difficult disassembly. Read The Full Story
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