Air iPad 2 torn down by iFixit. What’s inside? – Computer World (press release)

iFixit is known that the “chosen” to all the new and interesting gadgets and then dismantles them into small pieces. In order to evaluate the qualities primarily equipment for maintainability. Not otherwise been done with the new iPad Air, which underwent a standard procedure.

To begin with, what is most interesting, and so the components found under the casing of the tablet. Demolition iFixit confirmed the presence of the following elements:

• Processor Apple A8X. We know that the heart of the new iPad is trzyrdzeniowy ARMv8 system clocked at 1.5 GHz. More on his performance pisaliśmy you yesterday
• 2 GB of RAM. iFixit confirms the presence of 2 GB of RAM in the iPad Air 2 are the bones of Elpida / Micron size 8 GB (8 GB = 1 GB)
• Memory on data from SK Hynix. In the middle of the tablet also found eMMC memory data size 128 GB (or 16 GB), which is derived from SK Hynix
• Fingerprint Scanner. Touch ID button on the tablet was prepared by NXP Semiconductors
• Low battery. Here we stay on longer. Air iPad 2 has a housing with a thickness of only 6.1 mm. This unfortunately resulted in the used battery with a smaller capacity than the first-generation tablet, and it is the battery capacity of 7340 mAh. The iPad Air last year was a battery with a capacity of 8827 mAh. The first tests tablet that appear on the network prove that the new iPad Air offers up to 20% (depending on use) shorter working time.

while the iPad Air 2 falls for maintainability? Unfortunately, the bad, as indeed is the domain iPads. The new Apple tablet received the same amount of points as older models, so 2 out of 10. iFixit on the plus lists basically just a battery unattached to the motherboard, which makes it easy to exchange. The LCD screen is merged with glass coating, which facilitates its removal. However, it also means more expensive replacement costs in the event of damage. As minus iFixit lists glued the front panel, and a lot of glue droplets at different locations, which significantly hinders the replacement of individual components.

If you want to trace the process of demolition of the new iPad, step by step, it Pretend to the this address , where you will find lots of pictures and descriptions of video. Of course … you should not do it themselves at home.

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