Maximum PC: If you're at all concerned about a part going bad in Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 tablet, you may want to consider an extended warranty. The alternative is to try and fix or replace a faulty component yourself, but unlike a traditional laptop, Microsoft's laptop replacement isn't all that easy to service. Straight to the point, the Surface Pro 3 scored a miserable 1 out of 10 in iFixIt's teardown analysis.
During its annual iPhone teardown, the repair experts at iFixit discovered the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro handsets' common interior.
iFixit, a site that does teardowns on many popular tech products, recently removed its Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown at the request of the company.
Apple launched their affordable iPad with Pencil support. The folks over at iFixit took a look at the internals and rate the new 2018 iPad out of 10 for repairability.
It's a shame they couldn't design the mSATA slot to be accessible via a flap under the kickstand. Storage prices are falling drastically. On a device like a Surface, I need tons of storage, and not so much anything else.
So with an easily-accessible mSATA slot, you could really have gotten a Core i3, 4GB, 1TB model for $1270.
For a tablet sized and weight computer I will take not being able to fix it myself once or twice in its lifetime to get the thin, light weight and powerful features I want.
For a desktop workstation I have to be able to upgrade and fix but for a tablet? not that important at all.
My DIY gaming P C cost more than five of these to build.
I do think however that any portable device should allow for the user to install a new battery easily and that goes for Surface, Galaxy and all the i-Toys.