Tag: repair
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Planned Obsolescence Vs Right To Repair
In a move against planned obsolescence, the E.U. aim to give consumers the right to repair their own items. Sounds reasonable right? Electronic devices should be robust and easily repairable. Also, laws should encourage or enforce this, members of the European Parliament said this Tuesday. Since at least the invention of the lightbulb, or, possibly, Nylon, […]
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Sugru – Magical glue
For the kids at heart everywhere, you will love this. As I was browsing through the web today I came across something pretty cool, actually, more than just pretty cool, this stuff is awesome! So, if you are the kind of person who enjoys tinkering around and home-hacking devices etc then this will be right […]
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Apple Offering Free Repairs on iPhone 6 Camera
Apple have officially admitted that some models of their iPhone 6 Plus may have a potential faulty camera. This issue has been plaguing not only buyers but also retail outlets who, without official confirmation of the fault from Apple, have in many circumstances been treating the issue as “non-manufacturing” which essentially means it’s been accidentally […]
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Apple Watch May Be Very Hard To Repair
The Apple Watch’s internals have been a hot topic recently. Components like the battery life, the storage and the screen have all been much talked about around the device’s launch. However, not much has been said about repairs, or, to put it more bluntly, whether you’ll be able to get your Apple Watch repaired if […]
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Apple offering replacements for some iPhone 5S with battery issues
Apple blames manufacturing issue for slow charging, fast draining iPhone 5S models, will replace all affected devices…
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Google Nexus 7 Gets the iFixit Teardown Treatment, Deemed Very Repairable
Wanna see exactly what makes up Google’s impressive Nexus 7 tablet? iFixit have torn it apart to show you the insides…