iPod touch teardown: cheaper display assembly, weaker home button, low repairability score

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By Christian ZibregOct 11, 2012, 7:10 am346 pts
Apple’s fifth-generation iPod touch, which debuted alongside the iPhone 5 during the September 12 keynote, is on sale now, first reviews are great and already the wizards at iFixit have done what they do best: they tore apart the device to peek under the hood and analyze its innards. Unlike the iPhone 5 that…

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