4 years in the past, iFixit did a teardown of Apple’s first sensible speaker, the HomePod. The reviewer discovered it an excruciating expertise, and have been ready for an equally, if no more taxing teardown with Apple’s Second Era HomePod 2. The reviewer even had an ultrasonic cutter on standby, anticipating one other restore nightmare.
Apple has corrected the repairability problems with its unique HomePod (proven in picture) with its HomePod2, in line with an iFixit teardown video.
For reference, right here is iFixit’s teardown of the unique HomePod.
Because it turned out, the iFixit reviewers acquired a pleasing shock with the Apple HomePod2. The reviewer discovered it a lot simpler to open up the speaker, as Apple has eradicated the mass of adhesive anchoring the highest of the HomePod2 to the remainder of the speaker. The highest portion of the pod holds the logic board and is linked to the remainder of the pod by way of a single flex cable. No mess this time round.
The Apple HomePod2’s bassy woofer lifts proper out of the underside of the meeting, although is connected by a cable to the amplifier board deep down contained in the Pod. Utilizing a screwdriver, the reviewer was in a position to fastidiously and safely disassemble the remainder of the Apple HomePod 2, with out a lot fuss and with out having to make use of the ultrasonic cutter.
Apple has had a combined expertise with repairability in its client merchandise, together with its iPhone 14 Professional and 14 Professional Max, however this time the corporate nailed it proper with Apple HomePod2.
You may view the teardown of HomePod2 within the video beneath.
