David Hanak Yesterday we had the opportunity to look at a detailed breakdown of the new iPad Mini, today a description of the fully disassembled iPad Air appeared on the iFixit server. Apple decided to renew this series after several years, but this year's iPad Air is quite different from its original predecessor. It has far more in common with the first generation 10,5″ iPad Pro that Apple introduced in 2017.
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The new iPad Air is almost identical to the 10,5″ iPad Pro from 2017. Both models have the same dimensions and thickness, the new Air is only a few grams lighter. At first glance, however, it hardly differs from the original iPad Pro. The only identifying sign is the new Space Gray color, the absence of a raised lens, the new model designation on the back and the presence of only two speakers instead of four on the Pro model.
Looking under the hood, other differences appear, but again minor. The overall layout of the components and the motherboard is more or less the same, the integrated battery with a capacity of 30,8 Wh is slightly larger (compared to the iPad Air 2 by more than 10%). The motherboard houses the latest A12 Bionic processor, which is paired with 3GB of RAM.
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Most of the internal components are the same as the Pro model, but it lacks a display with support for ProMotion technology, which is just a marketing designation for variable refresh rate. This feature is currently only available for current iPad Pros. The presence of a Bluetooth 5.0 module is a matter of course.
Compared to the 2017 Pro model, the new Air is much more difficult to repair because Apple, as in the case of the iPad Mini, uses a significantly larger amount of glue. Removing the display is thus very difficult, as are some other components that are also strongly glued to the chassis of the device. As for repairs, they will be very difficult for the new product.
Source: iFixit
Sound from only one side? => unusable