iPad Wi-Fi Teardown
Teardown
Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.
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This guide has been found to be exceptionally cool by the iFixit staff.
Check out the iPad Wi-Fi Repair Manual for a full set of repair guides!
We got a sneak peak inside the iPad yesterday, when we were able to un-redact the FCC's test photos. Be warned, however: what you see there is with a pre-production unit, while the photos here are from a unit purchased at retail.
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Our iPad repair manual already has some repair guides in progress for the iPad. We hope you didn't already break your screen, but if so, that's the best place to go.
Also check out the YouTube video slideshow of the teardown!
Update 4/5: We've worked with ChipWorks to dissect the silicon inside the iPad. More photos forthcoming.
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iPad Wi-Fi Teardown
It's here! We got our hands on Apple's newest toy, the iPad, and we can't wait to see what's in it. So we won't— let's do this!
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Before we proceed with our iPad teardown, a quick announcement: On April 22, 2010, iFixit will change repair forever.
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The iPad measures in at 242.8 x 189.7 x 13.4 mm and weighs in at 1.5 lbs.
The significantly improved 9.7 inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen with Multi-touch is perfect for all your movie watching, e-book reading needs.
The iPad's model number is A1219, which doesn't mean much. But the 3G iPad is A1337, which is rather geeky, even for Apple.
Yes, we did turn it on—how could we not? But then we turned it right back off and started figuring out how to pry this beautiful machine apart.
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iPad, meet iPod original.
More like: Flying saucer, meet horse & buggy.
The iPad stacked upon a MacBook Pro, stacked upon a Dell laptop.
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Insert a metal spudger between the display and the rear case to pry the iPad open.
What an environmentally friendly device!
Arsenic-free display glass
BFR-free
Mercury-free LCD display
PVC-free
Recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure
Environment WIN!
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Lift the display assembly away from the rear case.
A first peek under the hood reveals two huge Li-ion Polymer batteries taking up most of the space in this device.
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Aaaand it's off. You have no idea how glad we are that this didn't require a heat gun.
Words from the wise: You might break some tabs getting the display assembly off.
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