iPad Pro iPad Pro M4 teardown

[EugW]

The M4 chip is right behind the Apple logo, which has a thin layer of copper plus graphite paper sandwiched in between.

 

[Rafterman]

These breakdown videos are painful to watch.

 

[EugW]

These breakdown videos are painful to watch.

I think they're interesting, and a lot less painful than the breakage test ones.

Anyhow, MacRumors has now posted this teardown video:

New iPad Pro Teardown Reveals Internal Design Changes, Including Apple Logo With Copper

YouTube channel Phone Repair Guru has shared a teardown video for the new 13-inch iPad Pro with the M4 chip, providing a first look at the...

www.macrumors.com

 

[ProbablyDylan]

This video is a great response to all the people saying the batteries are smaller to make it thinner. Look it all the unused space to the left and right of the batteries. They could've made the batteries bigger and made the whole thing thinner. They probably didn't to save weight.

 

[ZombiePete]

This video is a great response to all the people saying the batteries are smaller to make it thinner. Look it all the unused space to the left and right of the batteries. They could've made the batteries bigger and made the whole thing thinner. They probably didn't to save weight.

The battery under the “top/right” of the iPad is next to the Face ID array and front-facing camera/Pencil connector assembly. I don’t think there’s room there for more battery.

Not sure what is on the other side next to the other battery; that might have been some area they could have used for battery, but maybe they wanted to use the same sized batteries for calibration purposes or something. Pure, uneducated guessing there.

 

[klasma]

These breakdown videos are painful to watch.

The iPad was shut down before incision, it can’t feel any pain.

 

[klasma]

Not sure what is on the other side next to the other battery; that might have been some area they could have used for battery, but maybe they wanted to use the same sized batteries for calibration purposes or something. Pure, uneducated guessing there.

That space is taken up by the display controller, as shown in the video.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

maybe they wanted to use the same sized batteries for calibration purposes or something

It's cheaper to buy in bulk. Just buy double of 1 battery sku instead of ordering 2 different ones.

 

[EugW]

The battery under the “top/right” of the iPad is next to the Face ID array and front-facing camera/Pencil connector assembly. I don’t think there’s room there for more battery.

Not sure what is on the other side next to the other battery; that might have been some area they could have used for battery, but maybe they wanted to use the same sized batteries for calibration purposes or something. Pure, uneducated guessing there.

On the left is I believe the controller board for the screen.

EDIT:

@klasma beat me to it.

 

[ZombiePete]

That space is taken up by the display controller, as shown in the video.

Ah; I’m at work so I didn’t watch the video, just looked at the pics. Thanks!

 

[EugW]

iFixit:

 

[TheRealAlex]

These breakdown videos are painful to watch.

The painful thing is they have AppleCare+ and take it back to Apple and claim they accidentally ran over it with their car. And Apple gives them a new one. That’s why the “drop” test or tear down videos are so popular.

 

[dumastudetto]

The painful thing is they have AppleCare+ and take it back to Apple and claim they accidentally ran over it with their car. And Apple gives them a new one. That’s why the “drop” test or tear down videos are so popular.

It’s insurance fraud doing that. Not a great idea if you are publishing videos showing what really happened.