it is finally here the iPad or the new
iPad or the iPad 3 whatever it is that
you want to call it it has finally
arrived in like every hot new gadget we
were very eager to get our greedy little
hands on it as soon as humanly possible
hi I'm MJ with iFixit and our fearless
co-founder Luke Souls flew 17 hours into
the future Australia to attempt to be
the very first human being on planet
earth to get his hands on the brand-new
iPad
of course this just means he got to fly
to Australia which is just great for him
I'm here in the office in California not
flying to Australia to buy the brand new
iPad not that I'm complaining anyways we
did secure 4G LTE iPad and I'm going to
show you what we discovered inside this
fancy new version and thanks to the kind
folks at maxixe at Australia we have a
legitimate facility to perform our
teardown so what do we know about this
new iPad structurally the new iPad is
pretty much the same as the previous
generation just one millimeter thicker a
slightly more tapered rear panel and a
whopping one point eight additional
ounces is the grand total of the major
exterior changes so in other words
unless you're looking really closely
you're going to have a difficult time
telling the difference between the new
iPad and the iPad 2 and you all can
Wikipedia this for me but even though
the changes are minor I'm pretty sure
this is the first time in history that
Apple has increased both the size and
weight of one of its iOS devices and I
find that kind of interesting but enough
about the exterior as they say true
beauty comes from within so let's take a
look at what the inside of the new iPad
has to offer with a liberal amount of
heat some strategically placed iFixit
brand entire fix and the help of a
plastic opening tool we set to work
removing the front panel those of you
who have replaced the front panel on an
iPad 2 will be familiar with just how
tricky this is but with a considerable
amount of patience and some careful
prying the front panel lifted right off
underneath the front panel is a familiar
sight where oh where have I seen this
before
oh that's right it was
while weeks ago when we filmed our
preview video of it like I said all the
way back then this is the new iPad
Retina display with crazy-good 2048 by
1536 resolution and boasting a
mind-boggling three million one hundred
and forty five thousand seven hundred
and twenty eight pixels Wow and even
though that is really impressive it only
takes a few turns as the screwdriver to
get that LCD up and out of the case
using a handy spudger to disconnect the
data display cable we're able to confirm
that this new Retina display will not
work in your iPad 2 with incompatible
connector sizes it's just not going to
happen and I'm sure this is going to
disappoint some people next up
connectors connectors connectors and a
few more twists of the screwdriver frees
up the logic board a few EMI shields I'm
not going to stand in our way from
getting a look at the good stuff and
then suddenly there she is the new a 5x
system-on-a-chip processor the a5x chip
has a new quad-core graphics processor
which Apple promises would deliver up to
four times the graphics processing power
and surprisingly a 1 gigahertz CPU the
same as the iPad 2 outlined in yellow
you'll see the 2 512 megabyte Ram
modules totalling one gigabyte of RAM
which if you're counting is twice the
RAM that's in the iPad 2 on to the
battery which let's face it makes up
most of the iPads mass adding 4G LTE
capability could have been a total drain
on the battery if Apple hadn't
redesigned it so kudos to them for
maintaining one of the best features of
the iPad
it's impressive battery life this new
battery has been ramped up to the tune
of forty two and a half watt hours which
is significant especially when compared
with the iPad 2's 25 watt hour battery
aside from the a5x processor and the new
beefy battery probably the next most
noticeable update is the new 5 mega
pixel HD iSight camera with its 5
element lens IR filter auto exposure and
ability to shoot 1080p video the new
iPad camera has it all though I'm still
not sold on the idea of shooting
anything with my iPad but regardless it
is a huge step up especially when
compared to the iPad 2's paltry one
megapixel rear camera all things
considered I think it's more suiting to
call this new iPad the iPad 2's but
I guess that'd just be too predictable
with the tear down behind us we can get
to the crux of the issue just how
repairable is this new iPad while the
new iPads design is essentially the same
as the iPad 2 which we gave a
repairability score for we've learned a
lot about the design since then we've
spent the past year trying to repair the
iPad 2 with mixed success
so we're awarding the new iPad or a pair
ability score of 2 and retro actively
downgrading the repairability score of
the iPad 2 to 2 as well which i think is
a first and iFixit history the thing
about it is that things that should be
so easy like replacing the battery are a
monumental task and that's something
I'll take a little more time to talk
about in the near future big thanks to
the amazing Luke Souls for braving this
teardown all on his own in a foreign
country halfway across the globe and for
not inviting me to Australia with him I
didn't want to go anyway if you want
more details and high-resolution images
of the teardown you can see the new iPad
teardown on ifixit.com
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