we captured the new iPad today it's
going under the alias air I've got it in
the teardown
I mean interrogation to the Batcave
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hi I'm Batman with iFixit and today
we're doing a special Halloween teardown
of the new iPad air this is the first
major redesign of the iPad we've seen
since the iPad 2 back in 2011 the most
notable changes in the iPad air are its
change in dimensions and slimmer bezel
design down 43% from the last generation
the iPad air measures in at one hundred
and sixty nine point five millimeters
wide down sixteen point two millimeters
from the fourth generation iPad two
hundred and forty millimeters long and
is also 20% thinner and comes in at 7.5
millimeters thick the iPad air lives up
to its name losing a considerable amount
of weight coming in at a mere 469 grams
that's down 183 grams Wow getting the
iPad air to open up was difficult but
that was expected so of course we called
upon our master of iPad interrogation
the eye-opener kit with the help of heat
from our eye opener and a bunch of
opening pics we finally got the front
panel to come loose right underneath is
the display it has the same specs as the
previous generation with the resolution
of 2048 by 1536 and a pixel density of
264 pixels per inch
no major upgrade there but just as
pretty as before after a couple of
screws were removed from the display we
got our first look at the battery apple
claims 10 hours of battery life on Wi-Fi
and early reviews have stated that it
has no problem meeting this standard
this is a super slim inefficient 3.7 3
volt 32.9 watt hour battery while
impressive performance wise this thing
was a jerk when I tried to remove it not
only is it thoroughly glued to the rear
case but once we dealt with the adhesive
we found that you have to remove the
logic board to get the thing out
speaking of the logic board this logic
board is home to the new a7 chip this
chip is an upgrade from the a6 chip in
the iPad for giving iPad air users two
times the performance while this is the
same a7 chip from the iPhone 5s it's a
hooked up version running at 1.4
gigahertz that's 100 megahertz faster
than the one in the iPhone right next to
the a7 is the m7 coprocessor this little
guy collects data from all the sensors
on
things like the gyroscope accelerometer
and compass are all working together
with this guy even if your eye pet is
asleep cool and creepy
lastly we'll take a look at one of the
few modular components in the iPad air
the lightning connector while this
little guy was easy to get out you have
to factor in the journey to get to it
getting this far in the iPad is a
daunting task and if it's all for your
lightning connector you're gonna be sad
we've come to the end of our teardown
which means it's time to talk
repairability
and iFixit it's our mission to teach
people how to repair everything so we
give every gadget we tear down a repair
ability score between one and ten ten
being the easiest to repair and one
being the most difficult the iPad air
got a and here's why just like in
previous iPads the front panel is glued
to the rest of the device greatly
increasing the chances of cracking the
glass during repair there is a ton of
adhesive holding everything in place
this is the most difficult battery
removal procedure we've seen on an iPad
the LCD has foam sticky tape adhering it
to the front panel increasing chances of
it being shattered during disassembly
and finally you can't access the front
panels connector until you remove the
LCD iPads have always been a device
that's extremely difficult to repair and
this iPad is no exception while the iPad
air scored a 2 on our repair ability
scale it's just by the skin of its teeth
the redesign of the battery makes
replacing it that much harder and more
involved not only do you have to remove
the logic board to get to the battery
there's a lot more adhesive to deal with
than in previous iPads here's to hoping
that things will change in the future
but we're not holding our breath for it
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