Air iPad 2 undressed 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 made 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 information on the performance of pisaliśmy you yesterday ;
• 2 GB of RAM. iFixit confirms the presence of 2 GB of RAM in the iPad Air 2. These 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 of 128 GB (or 16 GB), which is derived from SK Hynix;
• Fingerprint Scanner. Touch ID button on the tablet was prepared by NXP Semiconductors;
• Module NFC. Yes, the same one that is in the iPhone 6. However, without the antenna, and so we can not make payments tablet terminals. Here it is only the security feature for feature Apple Pay;
• Low battery. Here it is worth stopping for longer. Air iPad 2 has a housing with a thickness of only 6.1 mm. This unfortunately led to that used batteries of smaller capacity than the first-generation tablet, and it is a battery with a capacity of 7340 mAh. The iPad Air last year was a battery with a capacity of 8827 mAh. The first tablet tests that appear in 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 plus mentions in principle, only the battery unattached to the motherboard, which makes it easy to exchange. The LCD screen is integrated with the 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 many droplets of glue in various places, which significantly impedes the exchange of individual components.

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

_{source, photo .: iFixit}

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