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Samsung Galaxy S 4 teardown finds lots of Samsung parts

By Shane McGlaun
on 9 May, 2013

It was inevitable that someone would get their hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S 4 and rip the device to shreds. We all know that when a new high-end device hits the market, the teardowns are coming. The first tear down of the Galaxy S 4 that we've seen comes from IHS.

OUYA teardown shows us the insides of a mini game console

By Cory Gunther
on 8 May, 2013

The OUYA game console has been pretty popular lately, and with the device shipping to thousands of buyers over the next month or so we'll only be hearing more. While reviews have been mixed, the potential for the Android-powered game console are quite high. Today the folks from iFixit are back with another teardown. Showing us the insides of the OUYA.

GALAXY S 4 teardown finds plastic on the inside, too

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Apr, 2013

The Samsung GALAXY S 4 flagship smartphone is now out and in the wild. Arriving on doorsteps and in reviewers hands this phone is finally here. In the usual fashion the folks from iFixit have a nice little teardown like they do with every device, and so far the GALAXY S 4 sounds pretty good. Finding plenty of plastic on the inside - just like the outside - but more importantly it scored high on repairability.

Samsung GALAXY S 4 teardown reveals an easy to repair device

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Apr, 2013

It is never too early for a teardown video of the GALAXY S 4 right? It hasn't even hit the market yet and we already have some detailed pictures and a video showing the device completely tore apart for the sake of repair-ability. While this isn't the first one we've seen, it finally goes into depth about the device and will hold us over until the popular iFixIt get their hands on one.

Xperia Tablet Z teardown video released by Sony

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Mar, 2013

From our limited time with Sony's new and impressive Xperia Tablet Z, we can say it is one sleek and thin tablet. They've managed to pack tons of hardware and a quality device into one svelte package, and now we're getting a look at the inside. Why wait for a third party to do it, when you can yourself. Enjoy the teardown video below provided by Sony.

iSuppli performs a virtual teardown of the Samsung GALAXY S 4

By Shane McGlaun
on 20 Mar, 2013

One of the most anticipated Android smartphones in recent memory is the Samsung GALAXY S 4. While the device isn't available for consumers to purchase yet, IHS iSuppli has performed a virtual tear down of the device to come up with a bill of materials. The virtual teardown shows that the S 4 is significantly more expensive to build than the S 3.

Pebble smartwatch tear down ends with destruction

By Robert Nelson
on 13 Mar, 2013

We should be used to seeing our devices torn apart by the iFixIt crew. After all, we have seen the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and countless other devices torn apart and opened up. This latest however comes a little bit different. The latest is for the Pebble smartwatch and differs in that the watch ends up being destroyed.

Nexus 10 gets its own teardown treatment

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Nov, 2012

This weekend we showed you the usual iFixit teardown of the LG Nexus 4 smartphone, and now we have the Nexus 10 getting the same teardown. This time around however the teardown isn't by iFixit and instead comes from the folks at PowerbookMedic. Just like most teardowns we get a nice breakdown and look at the internals that make these devices tick.

Xperia Tablet S pulled apart, put back together in Sony teardown

By Eric Abent
on 7 Sep, 2012

Normally when we talk about teardowns here on Android Community, they're conducted by a third party organization and are meant to give us not only a better idea of the hardware inside, but also the price of all the parts included in the device. That isn't the case with this teardown of the Xperia Tablet S, as Sony has decided to conduct the teardown itself. As a result, the company won't be telling us the combined price of all of the components, but we still get a close look at the tablet's innards nonetheless.

Nexus 7 costs $152 to manufacture according to teardown report

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Jul, 2012

A new teardown report of ASUS and Google's new Nexus 7 tablet has been released that conflicts with previous reports. After announcing the tablet Google was quoted saying they were making no profit from the tablet, but that wasn't entirely accurate. Last week we reported the tablet cost around $184 to manufacture but new reports today claim it's much less.