iPad Air 13 inch Teardown - T-AIR-able or Rep-AIR-able?
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- Apple’s newest iPad Air is actually two Airs, both with an M2 chip, twice the base storage of the last model, and now available with an extra two inches on the Plus-sized screen.
Which begs the question. What does “Air” mean if not the lightest duty, and lightest weight device in a lineup? The latest Airs clock in thicker and heavier than the equivalently sized iPad Pro.
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00:00 Intro
00:42 Heating and Removing the iPad Air’s display
01:36 Removing the battery on the iPad Air 13”
02:47 iPad Air 13” battery specs and comparison to iPad Pro 13”
02:54 Brackets and connectors hold down the Logic Board
03:18 Isopropyl Alcohol loosens the Logic Board
03:27 iPad Air 13” Chip ID
03:34 A glance at the Apple Pencil area
03:41 Speaker removal
03:56 removal and comparison
04:09 Final thoughts and score
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So much empty space inside. They could fit x1.5 battery and x2 speakers easily. So iPad Air means air inside.
Looks like thees very cheap tables with smartphone motherboards and tiny batteries
Where the empty space are - it's actually not really empty as the logic board for display is being used there which is attached to the display.
It's the same on the pro. It's to keep the weight of the device down.
I don't understand why tables don't have a minimum of 5 usb c ports. 1 is ridiculous. That would be far mor useful.
Air is what's left in your pocket buying this.
My iPad 6th gen has not been through a battery replacement program yet, and it is still holding up quite well around 4-5 hours of general using; surfing the internet, reading pdf etc.
Awesome & Thanks :)
I think the iPad Pro 13“ was missing a bit compared to this excellent teardown. I like that we got a view inside the pencil but there are just some parts missing that are in here for the Air. Nice work!
The diagonal speakers are a major improvement, giving stereo sound in both landscape and portrait orientation.
Stereo speakers on iPads was first introduced in 2012 with the first iPad Mini, with two speakers on the bottom edge (in portrait orientation). This gave stereo sound in the portrait orientation, which was the primary orientation for iPads at the time. The problem was you didn’t get stereo sound in landscape orientation.
In 2015, the first iPad Pro came with quad speakers and an official keyboard. This slowly shifted the primary orientation from portrait to landscape. Of course quad speakers work in both orientations, but all of the others iPads still don’t get quad speakers to this day.
The landscape speakers in the iPad Air 2020 solved one problem but created the other. Both speakers were on the left (portrait) or bottom (landscape) edge, so no stereo sound for portrait orientation.
Stereo sound for both orientations finally come to the iPad Air for this M2 generation.
The iPad Pros in fact have 8 speakers in total since 2018, a tweeter and a woofer at each of the 4 corners. If Apple markets the Pros as having 8 speakers, we should get 4 on the Air.
Finally, I want to see an X-ray for the 11 inch Air, to see if the diagonal speakers has been implemented there as well. (I don’t think Apple would do this. They are lazy as seen in the 10.9 inch screen size of the Air. It is still 10.9 inch according to the fine prints. It’s not 11.0 inch. They most likely would use the same non-diagonal speakers from the previous generation.)
A bit of correction, iPad Pros have always had 4 speakers, but, since 2018, the two bottom speakers act as woofers, and the two top speakers act as tweeters.
No matter the orientation, you’ll always the highs from the top speakers, and you’ll get the mids / low end from the bottom speakers
I love mine!
Is there any way to use I pad pro 13" display panel unit on 13" air replacement?
How is the battery bigger (size) and heavier but still have less wh than the pro?
Different density?
Better chemistry reserved for the pros probably?
Because they've different hardware and the pro hardware consuming more power
Why the sound is so quiet?
charging port can be replaced easily from the looks of it
Hopefully the next gen will be more repAIRable
Ohk
Btw, you made a typo in the title. You wrote "Re-AIR-able" instead of "Rep-AIR-able"
Play on words
Learn to keep up
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu ??? I completely understood the joke. I am just saying that the joke they made had a typo in it since the play on words is "terrible" and "repairable," not "reairable" (which isn't even a word)
Dunno why you're trying to tell me to keep up here mate
Geez, why is it so empty inside?
Well done. I would rather rebuild my 6 speed 2004 Explorer transmission (which I did).
I imagine all the glue is water proofing. My Ultra 2 watch has a "water resistance" rating of 100 meters under ISO standard 22810. I will never go close to that. My 15 Pro Max is rated at 18 meters for 30 minutes. I did test that at Biscayne Bay FL Still works. Never had a doubt on the watch. But yeah - the tear-down is only 1/3 of the job.
That nomenclature is for their impact on our wallets... "Air" is lighter on our wallets than the "Pro", "Mini" has an even smaller impact and The Normal iPad has no impact whatsoever according to Apple!
It's weird that Ipad air has heavier battery but lesser amount of watt 🤔🤔
Begs the question doesn’t mean raises the question.
Destructive this Assembly anyone?
Air mean the product come with more air inside
apple don't repair, they replace.
Hooray for pull tabs which Moto phones still don't use. Sigh, iPads aren't a part of self-service repair
There is so much empty space in this one...
i still dont get why people compare a stylus to the Apple pencil. The First is basically needed to operate the device and the latter is an accessory for drawing, not at all the same.
Old school mobile phones and tablets could be operated by finger or stylus. I don't get why you're insisting it's not a stylus just because it's optional?
I insist that it's not a "pencil", because it's not an encased stick of graphite and you can't write on paper with it like every other "pencil". Perhaps you should check the dictionary definition of "pencil", you may be shocked!
The air being heavier than the pro is such a late-stage Apple move it's almost funny. I remember when every Apple launch felt like Christmas day, now it's just: what old features are they going to pawn off as new and revolutionary this time?
Like imagine releasing a "new" keyboard almost 10x the price of a normal one and the major "update" is that it now has a function button row... you know like every other keyboard ever. And of course it's not backwards compatible because they made a tiny size adjustment to justify it. And don't get me started on the pricing ladder that overcharges for basic memory upgrades to the point of criminality.
God what a sad company it's become. I was an Apple fanboy for so many years, but at some point enough was enough.
Even the basic polycarbonate white macbook 15yrs ago had twice as many ports as a 2024 MBPro with a "pro" spec chip, and they make a song and dance out of giving you one extra port on the right hand side.
They made such a good SoC with the M series and the marketing team's greed managed to ruin it skimping on cheap memory. Later this year they'll raise the M4 chips MBPro to 12GB because it's literally the cheapest memory they can implement now that industry standard is 16GB base, and they'll act like their fanbase should be happy about it 🤦♂
Happy to pay Apple base prices at a premium, just don't rip us off on sub par base specs and upgrades!
Even the basic polycarbonate white macbook 15yrs ago had twice as many ports as a 2024 MBPro with a "pro" spec chip, and they make a song and dance out of giving you one extra port on the right hand side.
They made such a good SoC with the M series and the marketing team's greed managed to ruin it skimping on cheap memory. Later this year they'll raise the M4 chips MBPro to 12GB because it's literally the cheapest memory they can implement now that industry standard is 16GB base, and they'll act like their fanbase should be happy about it.
Happy to pay Apple base prices at a premium, just don't rip us off on sub par base specs and upgrades!
My iPad Air is from 2015 has never been needed to be repaired nor the battery changed.
However battery life is down of course. The usability is going down since it’s only got 128 MB of memory.
Maybe I got lucky that nothing broke or maybe I took good care of my equipment😂
My decision on which is going to be my next iPad is still open. But I’m quite certain it’s going to be an.11 inch 512 MB.
128 GB? I only have 64 GB on mine 😭
@@carvman217 Darn - looking it up reveals 128 GB storage with 32 GB still available.
At least I can update the iPad…. Can’t do same to old brain 1.0 😜
The iPad Air doesn't need to exist anymore when the pro is thinner, more powerful, and more bendable
iPad Air shouldn't be named "Air", but it should exist for people who don't have enough money to buy an iPad Pro.
@@AppleFan-md9spWhile I do agree, I feel like their strategy of having a base model iPad as well as the Air and Pro models is more feasible. That way, if the user wants an iPad, but doesn’t have the money for even an Air, they can get the base model.
@@williamsanborn9195I agree with you, but it shouldn’t be named Air anymore now
@@AppleFan-md9sptbf, if you can’t afford a pro, why not get the regular iPad, they could just give the iPad a better chip and its an iPad air, neither have FaceID or the latest technology. The design is basically the same, as are the cameras and features…
@@AppleFan-md9sp "for people who don't have enough money"
So the reasoning "for people who makes financial reasonable decisions and decided to not spend 1-3 grands on a tablet that is only used for Netflix, TikTok and Facebook" is not even an option any more?
Probably has to do something with headlines like these:
"87 percent of teens in the USA have an iPhone, while 88 percent expect an iPhone to be their next phone according to a survey from investment firm Piper Sandler."
Replaceable storage would be awesome but seeing as how they still charge exorbitant amounts for slow storage on Macs and iPads, not gonna happen.
I’m not sure ipad battery can last only for couple of years. My wifeys 2018 pro 13 is still holding charge ok, my 2021 13in pro also.
iPad batteries have better quality than iPhone batteries
Apple ipad air adding to the ewaste mountain in china
$800 for all of that cheap technological parts i’d never buy that.
pull tabs won't work if the device isn't new.
We’re still making that stylus joke when the iPad’s main input is still touch? Lol
Apple loves e-waste.
Why does it have FaceID hardware if it doesn't have FaceID? 🤔
iPad batteries last 4-7 years before having significant degradation. Even at that point they still last hours on a charge
do you have a reputable source for that?
@@zerozeroone001 If you’ve been on the used iPad market, you would see that even iPads manufactured in 2016 with the original battery have 80% health. I’ve also checked many iPads around my family and even after around 700 battery cycles and 5 years of use the had 85% bh. You can’t find sources for stuff like this, it’s all a matter of empirism
@@zerozeroone001 my ipad pro is 5 years old and battery still has over 80% capacity and no other issues. People love to complain about repairability when most people don't care or will take to a shop to fix. Not to mention most electronics don't break that easily, so devices are usually resold or thrown away before anything even goes wrong.
Your beautiful.
yuck on the title
Same sh1t. New Packaging.
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I find your lack of faith disturbing!!!!!! 🤓🤓🤓
why do people not understand that the apple pencil is not a stylus
Because it is a stylus. Both in the classical sense (a pointed instrument used for writing and drawing) and the modern sense (a control device for computers that mimics the shape and action of a pen or pencil).
Because it is a stylus. It's easier to argue that it's not a pencil, in that you can't write on paper with it like every other pencil...
yet more fruity ewaste
Who doesn't love some hella expensive e-waste
This is much less ewasty than their pencil and airpods. Batteries seem very easy to swap here for a shop.
Someone at @iFixit please add the missing P from the title (Rep-AIR-able). Its ruining the joke 😅
The thing about doing the videos review of Apple products as if they were a joke a couple of times is funny, it’s tired... you lose seriousness 😒
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