‘iFixIt’ tears down Apple’s new EarPods

“iFixIt” has torn down Apple’s new EarPods. You can find the teardown at http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple-EarPods-Teardown/10501/1 .

“We didn’t assign a repairability score for the EarPods. Unfortunately, products like these earbuds are still of the throw-away kind,” says the “iFixIt” gang. “Repair is infeasible because sourcing parts is next to impossible, and it would be a tough sell to convince someone to take apart their EarPods — they’re glued together, and will never be the same once taken apart.”

Here’s some highlights of what they found:

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