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‣ It depends on who you are : Does it make environmental sense to throw it away?

‣ Manufacturing an iPod Nano emits 68 pounds of CO2

‣ Catch 22 : It’s expensive to fix a VCR because the expertise isn’t common, and there is little demand for parts.

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‣ iPhone 3GS

‣ 5 Year Old Technology

‣ Scrap value of metal is less than $1 USD

‣ Junk resale value is $10-$15

‣ Refurbished phone value is $60 - $150

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who has ever attempted to fix their tablet?

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iPad air Highlights !

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‣ 9.7-inch, in-plane-switching LCD with 2,048 x 1,536 resolution at 264 ppi

‣ Dual-core A7 CPU with 64-bit architecture

‣ M7 motion-tracking coprocessor

‣ 5-megapixel rear iSight camera capable of recording 1080p video; 1.2-megapixel 720p front-facing camera

‣ 802.11n dual-antenna MIMO Wi-Fi

‣ Support for 14 LTE bands, DC-HSPA+, UMTS, GSM/EDGE, CDMA, and EVDO

‣ 16, 32, 64, or 128 GB storage

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Surface Pro 3 Highlights !

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‣ 12" ClearType Full HD Plus IPS LCD with a resolution of 2160 x 1440 pixels

‣ 4th-generation Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 (i5 on our model)

‣ Wi-Fi 802.11ac/802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy

‣ 64 GB/128 GB storage with 4 GB RAM, or 256 GB/512 GB storage with 8GB RAM

‣ 5.0 MP/1080p front and rear-facing cameras

‣ Full-size USB 3.0 port, microSD card reader, and Mini DisplayPort

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‣ As usual, Apple has secured the digitizer glass in place with more than ample amounts of adhesive.

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‣ Despite the new cable dressing up this home button, Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor is nowhere to be found; it remains exclusive to the iPhone 5s…for now.

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‣ Our teardown engineer carefully heated and pried up the glass at the edge of this device, but the cooling adhesive alone was enough to crack the glass on our photo table.

‣ Microsoft went to great lengths to make the Surface Pro 3 super portable, thinning it down from the Pro 2's 0.53" to a mere 0.36" thick—but it seems the thinner glass does not bode well for ruggedness, or repair.

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‣ iFixit Technician, Walter Galan:

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SP3 battery removalthe display

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‣ SK Hynix H27QEGDVEBLR 32 GB NAND Flash (four ICs for 128 GB total)

‣ SK Hynix H5PS2G63JMR 32 MB DDR2 SDRAM

‣ Link A Media LM87800AA SSD Controller ,

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‣ This Surface is packing a 42.2 Wh, 7.6 V, lithium ion battery

‣ TechRadar reported finding they could routinely get the SP3 to perform for 8 hours on a single charge.

SP3 BATTERY STATS

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‣ Apple APL5698 A7 Processor—a slightly different version from the APL0698 in the iPhone 5s

‣ Elpida F8164A1MD 1 GB LPDDR3 SDRAM

‣ Toshiba THGBX2G7B2JLA01 16 GB NAND Flash

‣ NXP LPC18A1 (Apple M7 Motion Co-Processor)

‣ Apple 343S0655-A1—from our friends at Chipworks, this looks to be a Dialog Power Management IC

‣ USI 339S0213 Wi-Fi Module

‣ Apple 338S1116 Cirrus Audio Codec, also found in the iPhone 5c

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‣ Qualcomm M9615M LTE Processor with 1 Gb (128 MB) of DRAM

‣ TriQuint TQF6514 RF Power Amplifier Module—similar to the 6414 in the iPhone 5s

‣ Three Skyworks SKY77-series LTE RF Power Amplifier/Duplexer Modules

‣ Two Avago A79-series LTE RF Power Amplifier/Duplexer Modules

‣ 227 LG—likely a Murata Antenna Switch/Filter Module

‣ Qualcomm WTR1605L LTE/HSPA+/CDMA/EDGE/GPS Transceiver

‣ Qualcomm PM8018 PMIC

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‣ Samsung K4E8E304ED-EGCE 8 Gb (1 GB) LPDDR3 RAM (total of 4 * 1 GB = 4 GB) Two front, two back

‣ Atmel AT24C16 two-wire serial EEPROM

‣ Marvell 88W8897 WLAN + BT4.0 + NFC Combo Chip (with no NFC support on the device)

‣ QIC1832-B98B

‣ Winbond 25X20CL1G 2M-Bit Serial Flash Memory

‣ Winbond 25Q128FVPQ 128M-Bit Serial Flash Memory

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‣ Infineon SLB 9665 TT2.0 Security Cryptocontroller for Trusted Platform Modules

‣ NXP CBTL06GP213 Six-Channel Multiplexer

‣ Realtek RTS5304

‣ Atmel UC256L3U 256KB Flash, 32-bit AVR Microcontroller

‣ ITE IT8528VG

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‣ The second pair of Samsung K4E8E304ED-EGCE LPDDR3 RAM chips

‣ Realtek ALC3264 Audio Codec

‣ Winbond 25X40CL1G 4M-bit Serial Flash

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‣ Microsoft equipped this iteration with a 4th generation Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 processor depending on the model.

‣ Our model features a dual-core, 1.9 GHz Core i5-4300U with Intel HD Graphics 4400.

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‣ The SSD can be replaced, but not without first risking damage to the tablet simply by opening it.

‣ The battery is not soldered to the motherboard, but very strong adhesive makes removal and replacement a hazardous chore.

‣ Non-standard connectors make for tricky display removal.

‣ The display assembly consists of a fused glass panel and LCD, and is extremely difficult to remove and replace.

‣ Tons of adhesive hold everything in place, including the display and battery.

‣ The delicate and arduous opening procedure leaves no room for mistakes: one slip-up, and you'll be out a screen.

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‣ iPad Air Repairability Score: 2 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)

‣ The LCD is easy to remove once the front panel is taken off the iPad.

‣ The battery is not soldered to the logic board. We'll give it that.

‣ Just like in previous iPads, the front panel is glued to the rest of the device, greatly increasing the chances of cracking the glass during a repair.

‣ Gobs, gobs, and goblins of adhesive hold everything in place. This is the most difficult battery removal procedure we've seen in an iPad.

‣ The LCD has foam sticky tape adhering it to the front panel, increasing chances of it being shattered during disassembly.

‣ You can't access the front panel's connector until you remove the LCD.

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