it's got all the features of the twelve
point nine inch iPad pro but it's
smaller it's the nine point seven inch
iPad pro we've got it and we're tearing
it down
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and before
we even got the new iPad pro out of the
box our eye openers were already hot
we've taken plenty of iPads apart before
and know the drill
apply heat gentle prying and off comes
the display we never know where to
expect to find cables in a new iPad so
every edge takes some care and patience
to make sure we don't damage any of the
delicate cables of course if Apple
publish repair manuals we wouldn't have
to worry about it but in this case
they're in the bottom right corner this
display is a fully laminated nine point
seven inch LED backlit oxide TFT true
tone display and like its Big Brother
supports the Apple pixel after removing
the exceptionally large EMI shield that
is similar to the one we saw in the
twelve point nine inch iPad pro and
isolating the battery to prevent any
accidental discharge we got to work on
the speakers just like the twelve point
nine inch version this iPad pro has four
speakers the upper ones were fiercely
glued and screwed in place and connect
to the logic board via spring contacts
this iPad pro has a nice new camera and
a big old bump to go with it this is the
same 12 megapixel 4k capable optically
stabilized camera that we saw in the
iPhone 6s plus and a substantial upgrade
from the larger iPad pro we tore down in
November the logic board came out next
and unfortunately it looks like the
Lightning connector and audio and
front-facing camera cables are both
soldered on the iPad pro comes with
Apple's top-of-the-line 64-bit a 9 X
processor and two gigabytes of RAM if
you're looking to see more about all the
chips we've identified you can find it
on the teardown at ifixit.com lastly we
turn our attention to the battery and
we're hoping to find those nifty pull
tabs we found in the 12 point 9 inch
iPad pro but no such luck what the
battery does have is a rating of three
point eight two volt twenty seven point
nine one watt hour and 7306 milliamp
power amounting to a 10 hour battery
life claim we've come to the end of our
teardown and now we turn our thoughts
towards repairability how did the nine
point seven inch iPad pro score it got a
two out of
and here's why while not soldered in
place the battery is very solidly
adhered no more pull tabs like we saw in
the larger iPad pro twelve point nine
inch the smart connector port is
virtually impossible to replace but
incorporates no moving parts and is
unlikely to fail the LCD and front panel
glass are fused together this slightly
simplifies the opening procedure but on
the downside the fused front panel
increases the cost of screen repair and
the risk of damaging the LCD when
opening and finally gobs of adhesive
hold everything in place making all
repairs more difficult and that's our
teardown for the complete teardown
including tons of beautiful high quality
images including some awesome x-rays
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