Google has announced its Chromebook repair program, publishing documentation about how to do basic repairs yourself. It has encouraged schools to adopt it and wants it as an elective for students too.
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Following a shareholder resolution filed against the company in July, Microsoft has reportedly agreed to increase repairability options for customers and facilitate local repair options.
Fairphone has announced its latest smartphone, the Fairphone 4. This iteration is noticeably more stylish than the predecessors; this is because the company wants the device to be more mainstream.
A new report published by UK MPs has suggested how the government could tackle the issue of electronic waste. It criticised online retailers like Amazon for not offering to collect e-waste.
The Surface Go scored 1 out of 10 in iFixit's repairability test, given the lengths required to remove the display, battery, and motherboard in order to perform manual repairs of the device.
It doesn't come as a complete surprise, but the new Surface Book 2 isn't an easy product to repair. The laptop was broken down to expose its internals, garnering a score of just one out of ten.
We knew that Apple was going to have to add the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X to its price guide, but we weren't expecting the price of screen repairs and other damage to jump on the older models as well.
When a computer is svelte and offers a unique design, chances are that its repairability will be quite difficult due to custom parts. The Surface Pro and Surface Laptop look to fall in that category.
The folks over at iFixit tore down Microsoft's Surface Book, awarding it an abysmal 1 out of 10 repairability score, which means that it is nearly impossible to fix.
iFixit has long established a tradition of tearing down newly released devices. The Apple Watch is no exception, as the team has posted an in-depth teardown of Apple's first wearable.
The iFixit team is at it again, tearing down those expensive devices so you don't have to. This time around it's the 2014 Mac Mini which was unveiled last week, but how did it fare overall?
Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 has received iFixit's teardown treatment, with the website giving the tablet a 1 out of 10 "repairability" rating, the same score as the Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2.
