10 years of Cracking Open the Apple iPhone
A decade ago, Bill Detwiler cracked open the original iPhone. As Apple celebrates the phone's 10th anniversary, he celebrates 10 years of taking them apart.
View ArticlePS5 Teardown reaction - Everything we learned
Sony's PS5 teardown gave us a rare glimpse inside the console ahead of its November release. Host of CNET and TechRepublic's Cracking Open, Bill Detwiler, watches the PS5 disassembly and shares his...
View ArticleXbox Series S teardown live at CES 2021
CNET's Jason Hiner and TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler crack open an Xbox Series S, Microsoft's next-gen game console, live during CES 2021 to show you the hardware inside.
View ArticleCracking Open a phone after 2 months in the ocean
This week, Bill Detwiler explores the insides of a Samsung Galaxy S6 that was submerged in salt water for two months. Erin Carson joins him to tell the story of how the phone was lost and then found...
View ArticleCracking open the Amazon Fire TV Cube
How does the Amazon Fire TV Cube communicate with all your electronics? TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler and Jason Hiner crack one open to find out.
View ArticleWe cracked open the Galaxy Note 9
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is one of the more difficult phones to get into. See how TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler and co-host Jason Hiner accomplished that task -- with an unfortunate casualty along the...
View ArticleWhat's inside the all-weather Nest Hello video doorbell?
The Nest Hello video doorbell is an all-weather high-quality video camera with tons of tech packed into a small device. Watch TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler and Jason Hiner tear one down to see what's...
View ArticleDissecting the Google Home Hub and Amazon Echo Show 2
How are smart displays engineered and what's inside of them? TechRepublic's Cracking Open experts Bill Detwiler and Jason Hiner take apart the Google Home Hub and the Amazon Echo Show 2 at CES 2019 to...
View ArticleWhat's inside Tile Bluetooth trackers
Tile's latest Bluetooth trackers have longer range and better battery life. But how does Tile fit all that tech into such a small device? Bill Detwiler and Jason Hiner tear down four types of Tile...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S10 Plus teardown: What's inside?
TechRepublic's teardown experts Bill Detwiler and Jason Hiner dissect the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus to find out where Samsung moved all the new tech components.
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