The Rabbit R1 & Humane AI Pin Teardowns - Worst Devices Ever?

We’ve got an AI teardown double whammy at iFixit HQ as both the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI Pin arrive at our office AT THE SAME TIME!!! Reviews aside, these are two very interesting devices both from a design perspective and as a potential peak at how we may be using AI daily in the near future.

Which one is more deserving of your hard earned cash? That’s for you to decide. What we want to know is what the hardware looks like and whether it’s repairable. Let’s dive in.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction - Rabbit R1 and Humane AI Pin teardown
00:45 Rabbit R1 Teardown - How do we open this device?
01:10 A Little Steampunk - A first look inside the Rabbit R1
01:16 Rabbit R1 Battery Removal and Specs
01:27 Rabbit R1 Camera Assembly Removal
01:34 Rabbit R1 Speaker and Haptic Motor Removal
01:47 Rabbit R1 Input Wheel Removal
01:58 Rabbit R1 Mainboard Removal
02:08 Humane AI Pin Teardown - How do we open this device (Remix ft. Humane)?
02:21 First Look Inside Humane’s AI Pin - Is this an Apple Watch?!
02:30 Humane AI Pin Internal Battery Removal
02:49 Humane AI Pin Wireless Coil Removal - This is why it overheats
02:58 Humane AI Pin Speaker and Microphone Assembly Removal
03:05 Humane AI Pin Camera, Light Sensor, and Laser Projector Removal
03:13 Humane AI Pin Mainboard Removal
03:25 Humane AI Pin External Battery Pack Teardown
03:47 Repairability - What’s the verdict?Subscribe to our channel for all our latest teardown and repair videos!

[Jushwa]

if it was an app on your phone, then they couldn't sell you $30 of hardware for 200 bucks. I'm assuming this is how they pay for whatever cloud service they are offering... for now. As with any purpose built device like this, if Rabbit dies, this thing becomes a fully unusable brick as all of it's functionality is reliant on the cloud.

[subrezon]

"Could this have been an app on your phone?"
It is in fact just an app. Rabbit R1 runs Android, and the interface is, in fact, just an Android app. People have already ripped the APK from it and installed it on a phone.

[superNova]

Fun fact regarding the “this could’ve been an app” someone just got rabbitOS working on a a pixel phone it literally is an app

[jschudel]

Turns out the rabbit actually is just an app running on Android... But apps don't sell (has nothing to do with system restrictions).
More unnecessary e-waste.

[grim.reaper]

It’s not “poorly reviewed” it’s rather “poorly executed product”

[SpaghettiniFiveMillion]

"Get your useless E-waste device for as low as $699!"

[peterthepanda]

Pretty much a device whose functions can be done by an App on your smartphone.

Perfect way to fleece gullible people by selling these devices to them.

[FaultBat]

Both devices are just junk, but at least they were fun to look inside. Thanks for that!

[Dandandandandandandandandanda]

Rabbit R1 is just a very low specs Android phone that only runs 1 app.

[jleetj]

Ease of battery replacement and repairability will be irrelevant on these devices which will be chucked out long before any issues arise.

[reluttr]

There really needs to be a design shift in the industry toward something like the Zune HD, where screws are a part of the design aesthetic itself.

[daleglass]

You didn't look at the laser projector? That seemed like the most interesting part.

[bloocheez]

How did anyone ever think these were anything but a scam?

[Drinkyoghurt]

"Could this have been just an app on your phone?" Is the best way to describe all these things. It's made for techbros with more money than sense or knowledge.

[definitelynotnev]

I come for the teardowns, but I stay for the humor. Y'all are too funny 🤣

[Enjoymentboy]

I'm more concerned about the people who would honestly believe something like these would positively change their lives than the companies scamming them.

[pantherent.]

"Could they have just been an app"
That was cold 🥶

[MrPatonMarshall]

I was thinking halfway through this is like the saying “should have been an email” and you went for the same thing. Fantastic.

[ayaanharyani]

The humane ai pin from inside seems like Apple designed it.

[PuckUranus]

I thought about buying the humane AI and AIBI and attaching them together.
The thing is, I don’t know how to do that. I’m not as quirky as you. Could you make a video building such Frankenstein monster ?