Last week was presented to the tablet Apple iPad Air . The device has become noticeably thinner and lighter than its predecessor. Today, the first day of sales, iFixit specialists get their hands on one of the tablet .
The first step was the separation of the display case. Here it should be noted that the display panel itself, and cover glass elements are separate so it is first separated from the faceplate glass. The display itself is made by LG.
Below the display is a battery capacity of 32.9 V • h (3.73 V).
Printed circuit board occupies very little space that has become customary for the top-end devices market leaders. Thus in this case, the components are on only one side. Here are located the processor Apple A7, chip RAM Elpida F8164A1MD 1 GB, 16 GB of flash memory Toshiba THGBX2G7B2JLA01, chip NXP LPC18A1, better known as the co-processor Apple M7, modem LTE Qualcomm M9616M and other electronic components.
The remaining elements are the antenna Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, FaceTime camera and speakers.
In general, because of the large amount of glue, a high probability of damaging the front glass and the need to remove the display for any repair procedures, specialists iFixit gives the device two points out of ten.