Apple recently released its all-new line of iPad Pro tablets featuring a tandem OLED display and the company’s new M4 chip. Apple products have typically been lamented by the self-repair industry, and the repair experts of iFixit have published their teardown of the new iPad Pro to see if that still holds true with Apple’s latest tablet release.
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iFixit’s Shahram Mokhtari reveals that while the all-new OLED panels aren’t the most difficult to remove, it is a precarious task, and that removing the panels from a worn-in device is going to be a bit risky. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to get to the internal components of the new iPad Pro without removing the screen first, which opens up the possibility of damaging or even breaking the Ultra Retina panel. There is some good news, though, in that the new iPad Pro tablets feature a battery that is easy to remove and replace once the screen is out of the way (an improvement over every previous iPad Pro). Still, Apple’s practice of using copious amounts of glue on their internal components does not make for an easily self-repairable device. The latest iPad Pro is thinner than ever before, and some repair sacrifices needed to be made to accomplish this feat.
Watch the video above for iFixit’s full teardown of the new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil Pro and see exactly what has gone into creating these new devices.
