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What’s in my bag: Martin’s keyboard isn’t a crowd-pleaser
by Martin Jud
Teardown focus week: nerds, upgrades and fails
20.1.2020
Translation: Eva Francis
Our second focus week is all about teardowns. We’re taking a closer look at products and their inner workings: we’re disassembling new products, attempting to upgrade or rebuild bestsellers and explaining technologies with the help of components.
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New articles will constantly appear throughout the week. You can find all previously published articles here:
Clicky or linear: two words, two very different lifestyles. The Qpad MK-95 allows Kevin to experience both within fractions of a second by flipping a lever. Now he’s in front of the keyboard, screwdriver in hand, saying his quiet goodbyes to this graceful interface. He’s about to take it apart and he doesn't know if it's gonna survive. He’s grown fond of this thing over the last few weeks, working with it every day. His heart is bleeding.
Although Nintendo's competition appeared to offer better hardware, the Game Boy and Game Boy Color sold over 118 million units in the 1990s – more than any other mobile console. But the devices lack an illuminated display. Luckily, in 2020, help is at hand.
Sertronics offers various services such as repairs of almost everything that can break down, home services, workshops, various technical services and refurbishments. The company works together with digitec for warranty cases. In the spacious Sertronics hall, the most striking thing I notice are the many televisions lined up in boxes. Damiano Randazzo, Sales and Marketing Director of Sertronics, tells me they actually repair more cameras than televisions.
If Phil had remembered in time that the PlayStation 1 is celebrating its 25th Birthday in December, he could have had the easiest teardown ever. But instead, he decided to expand the internal storage of a Nintendo Switch. Sure, he could just buy a large microSD card, but it would be much slower in reading and writing than the built-in eMMC chip. That's why he set my mind on replacing it with a 256 GB chip.
Take a deep breath and get to it: we're willing to go the extra mile to give you insights into how TV backlighting works. If necessary, we'll just rip a TV open. Luca takes apart a FALD TV and talks about what he discovers – in a video, as its far more complicated and less exciting to write about the inner workings of a TV. When do you ever have the opportunity to see into an expensive electronic device and learn something about it?
Raphael Knecht
Senior Editor
raphael.knecht@digitecgalaxus.chWhen I'm not stuffing my face with sweets, you'll catch me running around in the gym hall. I’m a passionate floorball player and coach. On rainy days, I tinker with my homebuilt PCs, robots or other gadgets. Music is always my trusted companion. I also enjoy tackling hilly terrain on my road bike and criss-crossing the country on my cross-country skis.
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