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The brand new 13-inch M4 iPad Professional is basically, actually skinny. That is inevitably going to make sure points of repairing the gadget much more tough, which iFixit confirmed in a teardown printed this weekend. But it surely does shine in a single space — in terms of changing the battery, Apple made some significantly useful adjustments.
“For the primary time in an iPad Professional, we’re capable of take away the battery instantly after eradicating the display,” Teardown Tech Shahram Mokhtari wrote in a weblog submit. Mokhtari notes that “instantly is relative,” as there are nonetheless some screws and brackets to take away earlier than the battery could 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 element inside this gadget continues to be an enormous win for repairability,” Mokhtari says within the video. “It is a large enchancment over the earlier technology.” Every thing else, then again, goes to be fairly tough to restore with out inflicting injury. “From the daughterboard to the audio system and coax cables, we discovered a complete bunch of stuff that is glued down as a result of there simply is not sufficient area for screws.”
And, the teardown reveals the brand new Apple Pencil Professional is a repairability nightmare. Mokhtari — who bought minimize by the Pencil whereas attempting to get to its insides — known as it “a disposable piece of crap as soon as the battery dies.”
iFixit’s teardown of the brand new M4 iPad Professional reveals an easier-to-replace battery
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