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iFixit's teardown of Apple's iPhone Duo awarded it a 5 out of 10 repairability score, the highest the site has given any foldable phone, thanks to an electrically releasable battery and a flat internal layout.
iFixit's iPhone Duo teardown found an easy-to-remove battery and outer screen, earning a repair score of 5 out of 10, but pointed to a stressed hinge junction as the likely source of reported screen cracks.
Apple equipped the iPhone 18 Pro with a variable aperture lens, reviving a delicate camera mechanism that Android manufacturers abandoned after finding the moving parts prone to damage and difficult to repair.
Apple Watch Series 12 managed a slight repairability bump to 4 out of 10 in teardowns, but glued screens and missing parts continue to frustrate fixers.
iFixit's teardown of the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 found slightly easier battery swaps but unchanged screen repairability, with both watches scoring 4 out of 10, well behind the Pixel Watch 5's 9.