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When it comes to teardowns , iFixit is probably the best out there , the online teardown website which has a  tradition of getting devices before everyone else and tearing them to the bone made no exception when it came to the Apple iPhone 6 and 6+ at its sales day . Impressively , both devices seem to hold up very well in some drop tests and fail in others . If you are like this guy who dropped the very first iPhone 6 early in the morning,then this DIY repair tutorial will surely be beneficial to you . The new iPhone 6 has and the iPhone 6+ are both identical in design , and according to iFixit , the new models are much easier to repair thanks to its well thought out design and minimal hassle when it comes to removing parts like the battery and display , the Apple A8 1011 and the staple 1GB ram chips are present on both devices . Unlike the previous models , the new iPhone 6 and 6+ features branded hardware parts from many vendors like Elpida , SK Hynix ,Qualcomm , Texas inst...

If you were looking for the HTC One to be a device you were easily able to take apart for inner-bits replacement, you might not be all that pleased with the report appearing today. On the other hand, if you love it when iFixit gives a big shout out to the device you’re looking to buy for its immense durability, the HTC One might be the phone for you. It’s not going to be a device you’ll be popping open on accident, that’s for sure. With the release of the HTC One, the manufacturer has bet a whole lot on the hardware as a proving point in their history. With this release, the company known as HTC says that they’ve done the best they’re able at the moment – this is the HTC One, and it’s named that for a reason. According to iFixit, this device is just about the most difficult smartphone to tear apart they’ve come across – but that’s not all bad news for you if you’re a general consumer. The HTC One does not have a removable battery, nor is it able to take a microSD card. It’s got...