iFixit’s teardown of the new M4 iPad Pro reveals an easier-to-replace battery

The new 13-inch M4 iPad Pro is de facto, actually skinny. That’s inevitably going to make sure elements of repairing the system much more troublesome, which iFixit confirmed in a teardown printed this weekend. Nevertheless it does shine in a single space — in the case of changing the battery, Apple made some significantly useful adjustments.

“For the primary time in an iPad Professional, we’re in a position to take away the battery instantly after eradicating the display,” Teardown Tech Shahram Mokhtari wrote in a weblog publish. Mokhtari notes that “instantly is relative,” as there are nonetheless some screws and brackets to take away earlier than the battery could be taken out, and the video documenting the method exhibits it takes a bit of labor to get to the pull tabs beneath the batteries, however the brand new setup nonetheless shaves hours off the method in comparison with earlier fashions.

“The truth that you possibly can take away the battery with out having to take away each main part inside this system remains to be an enormous win for repairability,” Mokhtari says within the video. “It’s a large enchancment over the earlier era.” Every thing else, then again, goes to be fairly tough to restore with out inflicting harm. “From the daughterboard to the audio system and coax cables, we discovered an entire bunch of stuff that’s glued down as a result of there simply isn’t sufficient house for screws.”

And, the teardown exhibits the brand new Apple Pencil Professional is a repairability nightmare. Mokhtari — who obtained lower by the Pencil whereas attempting to get to its insides — referred to as it “a disposable piece of crap as soon as the battery dies.”

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