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

The is de facto, actually skinny. That’s inevitably going to make sure elements of repairing the system much more tough, which confirmed in a teardown revealed this weekend. Nevertheless it does shine in a single space — in the case of changing the battery, Apple made some severely useful modifications.

“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 put up. Mokhtari notes that “instantly is relative,” as there are nonetheless some screws and brackets to take away earlier than the battery will be taken out, and the video documenting the method reveals 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 may take away the battery with out having to take away each main element inside this system continues to be an enormous win for repairability,” Mokhtari says within the video. “It’s an enormous enchancment over the earlier era.” Every part else, however, goes to be fairly tough to restore with out inflicting injury. “From the daughterboard to the audio system and coax cables, we discovered a complete bunch of stuff that’s glued down as a result of there simply isn’t sufficient house for screws,” Mokhtari wrote.

And, the teardown reveals the brand new Apple Pencil Professional is a repairability nightmare. Mokhtari — who received lower by the Pencil whereas making an attempt to get to its insides — known as it “a disposable piece of crap as soon as the battery dies.”