hey guys I'm Gwendolyn gay and this is
the iFixit rundown where I give you all
the news that happened this month and I
fix it spring has sprung and what better
way to celebrate them with a pre-release
Chromebook Asus was excited for us to
see just how serviceable and durable
their new Chromebook is so they sent us
one early and our teardown engineers
were not disappointed the C 202 scored
points for incorporating a whole lot of
easily replaceable hardware the trackpad
motherboard battery and power jack are
all a cinch to replace so our engineers
awarded the new Chromebook a high score
of nine out of 10 on our repairability
scale we tore down the galaxy this month
the galaxy s7 and s7 edge that is since
the galaxy s4 our teardown engineers
have been increasingly more disappointed
by the repair ability of these devices
less than a year ago we saw the galaxy
s6 score a low four out of ten on a
repairability scale we were hoping that
that would be rock-bottom for the S line
but alas it was not the case we found a
few cool things of note inside however
like a serious boost in battery power
and the rubber seals that give the s7
its ip68 water-resistant rating to see
the s7 and s7 edges scores head on over
to ifixit.com we've seen two previous
versions of the oculus rift both of them
development units but now the highly
anticipated first consumer version of
the oculus rift is finally here
the new version of the rift has many
updated features including improved head
tracking IR LEDs around the front of the
headset and the back of the headband
leave no blind spots and no interruption
and immersion we found a ton of very
cool stuff inside the oculus including
two OLEDs displays and some pretty
incredible lenses this teardown has so
many goodies you don't want to miss it
in case that's not enough tear downs for
you here's one more we also tore down
the iPhone se
it's basically an iPhone 5s with a lot
of cool upgrades like the 12 megapixel
camera and the a9 processor but the
coolest thing about it is the display
vibrator speaker SIM card and SIM tray
are all cross compatible with the 5s
that means replacement parts and guides
are already available you can check out
the complete teardown at exit
we've updated our universal bit kit to
include 128 steel bits that span from
the harder to find like tri wing and
game bits to the more common flathead
and Phillips we've also updated our
handles and made our wood case even
nicer than it already was at Apple's
iPhone se event Phil Schiller made a
comment about how sad it is that people
are still rocking technology older than
five years one of our lead tech writers
Sam wrote a poignant letter to Phil that
I think we can all relate to even if
you're a first in line for that shiny
new upgraded tech check out Sam's letter
over at our blog this Earth Day we're
partnering with those cool cats at
cuttlefish to challenge you to turn your
e-waste into something extraordinary so
grab those old USB cables busted mp3
players and dusty printers then channel
your inner MacGyver and upcycle away you
could have a shot at winning an all-new
Pro Tech tool kit a 64 bit driver kit
iFixit t-shirts or a gift card from
cuddlefish get all the details about
this challenge on our blog at I fix it
or we recently went to the Palo Alto
repair cafe and spend some time with its
founder Peter Skinner back in 2012 peter
read an article in The New York Times
about repair cafes in the Netherlands
there is nothing similar in the United
States at the time and Peter was
interested in starting a grassroots
organization that addressed the global
problem of waste if you want to be
inspired watch the Palo Alto repair
cafes story on our channel our last
giveaway had a bit of a theme since
February was the month of love I asked
you to tweet what you love about repair
using the hashtag I love repair I got
some amazing responses like this one
from my friend Levi Le'Veon who tweeted
the puzzle of disassembly and reassembly
gives you a sense of freedom and
ownership you don't get from the Buy or
this great tweet from at Jed hashtag I
love repair because it feels like giving
life to things that would be trashed to
other people otherwise but there can
only be one winner and after our very
technical procedure of picking names
randomly out of a coffee mug I'm happy
to announce the winner of the protec
screwdriver set and the stuttgart tea is
at five five l paul who tweeted at
gwyndolin gay I love repair because I
love a challenge
Congrats I can't wait to see what you
repair next
and that's your March iFixit rundown
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