The is absolutely, actually skinny. That’s inevitably going to make sure facets of repairing the system much more tough, which confirmed in a teardown revealed this weekend. Nevertheless it does shine in a single space — relating to changing the battery, Apple made some critically useful modifications.
“For the primary time in an iPad Professional, we’re in a position to take away the battery instantly after eradicating the display screen,” Teardown Tech Shahram Mokhtari wrote in a weblog put up. Mokhtari notes that “instantly is relative,” as there are nonetheless some screws and brackets to take away earlier than the battery might be taken out, and the video documenting the method reveals it takes a bit of labor to get to the pull tabs beneath the batteries, however the brand new setup nonetheless shaves hours off the method in comparison with earlier fashions.
“The truth that you possibly can take away the battery with out having to take away each main part inside this system continues to be an enormous win for repairability,” Mokhtari says within the video. “It’s a large enchancment over the earlier technology.” Every little thing else, however, goes to be fairly difficult to restore with out inflicting harm. “From the daughterboard to the audio system and coax cables, we discovered a complete bunch of stuff that’s glued down as a result of there simply isn’t sufficient house for screws,” Mokhtari wrote.
And, the teardown reveals the brand new Apple Pencil Professional is a repairability nightmare. Mokhtari — who acquired reduce by the Pencil whereas making an attempt to get to its insides — known as it “a disposable piece of crap as soon as the battery dies.”