Arquivos de Tag: Batteries

Early Teardown of the iPhone Duo Reveals Dual Batteries and a Glossy Crease Beneath the Matte Film

Kingmi Mobile managed to pull an iPhone Duo completely apart on camera before the first customer units even leave the warehouse tomorrow. Their video, along with a separate clip that peels the protective layer clean off the inner screen, gives the clearest look yet at how Apple built its first foldable phone and why some […]

Fairbuds 2 Earn iFixit Perfect Score With Batteries That Swap in Under a Minute

Most earbuds end up in a drawer once their batteries start fading after a year or two of daily use, forcing owners to buy a whole new pair. Fairphone designed the Fairbuds 2 so that worn batteries never have to end the product’s life. iFixit’s teardown video confirms the approach works exactly as claimed: the […]

Alibaba’s New Qwen N1 Glasses Let Wearers Pay by Gaze With Swappable Temple Batteries

Photo credit: AlibabaAlibaba began selling its Qwen N1 and N1 Pro smart glasses in China on October 13 after a Hangzhou event, with pre-orders open since late September. Standard packages start near 2,899 RMB ($433) for the N1 and 3,399 RMB ($508) for the Pro, though subsidies and launch offers can bring the lower model […]

SEGA Game Gear Turns 36 With a Color Screen That Drank Batteries

SEGA shipped its first handheld in Japan on October 6, 1990, priced at ¥19,800 ($320 today) and built under the internal name Project Mercury. Hayao Nakayama had pushed the company to answer the Game Boy, which Nintendo had put on shelves the year before. Engineers reused the Master System’s Zilog Z80 running at about 3.5 […]

iFixit Finally Pulls Batteries From AirPods 5 Using Only a Hair Dryer

iFixit scored the AirPods 5 a 2 out of 10, a number that only looks small next to the perfect zeros every earlier pair earned, including the AirPods Pro 3. For ten years the buds left the factory sealed so completely that a dead cell meant a new pair. Apple moves something like 80 million […]