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Hardware iPad iPad Pro News

iFixit posts 9.7-inch iPad Pro teardown

The cool cats at iFixit have just torn down the 9.7-inch iPad Pro and found the typical mix of components from Samsung, Bosch Sensortec, NXP Semiconductors, and others, plus a whole lot of battery. Cutting to the chase, iFixit rates the smaller iPad Pro’s repairability at a low 2 out of 10, which is the […]

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iFixit completes teardown of iPad Air, posts findings

Without question or delay, the coolest of felines over at iFixit tore the new iPad Pro down and posted the results. And there’s some pretty cool stuff in there. The teardown process found the following components within the unit: – A 38.8 watt-hour battery split into two cells. – Four self-balancing speakers with accompanying enclosures.

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Hardware iPad Pictures Rumor

Rumor: Leaked photo shows possible 2GB of RAM for next-gen iPad Air

The next-gen iPad Air component images are leaking at a fairly steady rate and revealing some interesting stuff. Per MacRumors, a fairly clear image has been published by Apple.club.tw of what is said to be the logic board for the second-generation iPad Air suggests that the device will indeed come with an A8X chip, as […]

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Hardware iPhone News

Repair firms perform first teardowns of iPhone 6, 6 Plus handsets, report initial findings

As per usual, the cool cats at iFixit performed a full teardown of Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus handsets only hours after getting their hands on them at the first launches around the world. Over in another corner of the woods, Japanese blog Mac Otakara performed its own teardown of the smaller 4.7-inch iPhone 6 handset. […]

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Hardware iPad mini News

iFixit completes iPad mini teardown, finds Samsung LCD, similar design elements found in iPhone 5

There’s some cool stuff inside the iPad mini and the coolest-of-cats over at iFixit performed their usual teardown magic to find what said cool stuff was. Per the teardown, iFixit found the device has a large metal plate behind its screen held in place by 16 screws. Similar plates were found in the iPhone 5, […]