Join us as we disassemble the new, shaved-down iPad Air 2, and see whether Apple’s thinnest device is still its least-repairable.
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Apple iPad Air 2 Teardown
In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble Apple iPad Air 2 to remove the battery, screen assembly, rear camera, front camera, volume button, headphone jack, speaker, microphone and motherboard. Refer to this guide, you can repair your iPad Air 2. Once the metal shield was removed, you can find the LCD cable.
After the screen assembly was removed, you can access the internal components, including battery, speaker, motherboard, camera and more.
On the back of the screen, there is a small board, covered with a fiber tape, mainly plays the role of the insulation as well as dust-proof, under the fiber tape is touchscreen chips. You can see the touch screen chip – Parade DP675 LCD Driver. The home button is fixed with a black metal shell, and the metal shell is welded to the front panel directly, so it cannot be disassembled. Apple iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi module Apple iPad Air 2 rear camera.
iPad Air 2 power button and microphone
Since the battery fixed by glues, so we need heating the back of the body.
iPad Air 2 teardown reveals the ‘magic’ of Apple’s thinnest tablet: A smaller battery
The Lightning connector is still soldered to the logic board, too, meaning it can’t be easily or cheaply replaced — and yes, removing the battery and its oodles of adhesive glue goo still requires a lot of fiddly elbow grease. Apple maintains that the iPad Air 2 is still capable of the same “10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‑Fi, watching video or listening to music,” but some reviews have found that there is indeed a battery life hit. Apple was obviously hoping to compensate for the smaller battery with the new A8X SoC — and no doubt some other small system-wide power savings elsewhere — but seemingly didn’t quite pull it off.
It’s worth pointing out that the iPad Air 2’s 10-hour battery life is still comparable to other flagship tablets on the market — but it is somewhat ironic that it’s beaten by last year’s model.
iPad Air 2 teardown reveals new hardware, more RAM and easier-to-open case
With a new processor, Touch ID Home button and thinner profile, the iPad Air 2 is a solid upgrade to last year’s model. It has better FaceTime and iSight cameras, 802.11ac Wi-Fi and finally a Touch ID-enabled Home button. For more information on the iPad Air 2, including complete hardware specifications, real-world tests and pricing, check out Scott Stein’s full CNET review. As with last year’s iPad Air, I used a heat gun to loosen the adhesive that holds the front panel to the aluminum case. To see more teardown photos, check out my full iPad Air 2 Cracking Open gallery on CNET’s sister site Techrepublic.com. As with last year’s Air, the battery is on the left, the motherboard is on the right, the cameras and antennas are along the top and speakers and the Lightning connection are at the bottom. Our test unit was a Wi-Fi-only model, so it lacked some of the components present in the cellular version. Forcing them loose could damage them, and I wanted to put this unit back together in working order — not destroy it.
iPad Air 2 teardown reveals new hardware, more RAM, and easier-to-open case
With a new processor, Touch ID Home button and thinner profile, the iPad Air 2 is a solid upgrade to last year’s model. For more information on the iPad Air 2, including complete hardware specifications, real-world tests and pricing, check out Scott Stein’s full CNET review. As with last year’s iPad Air, I used a heat gun to loosen the adhesive that holds the front panel to the aluminum case. Then, starting from the lower-left corner, I used a series of thin tools to gently pry the panel off.
As with last year’s Air, the battery is on the left, the motherboard is on the right, the cameras and antennas are along the top and speakers and the Lightning connection are at the bottom. Our test unit was a Wi-Fi-only model, so it lacked some of the components present in the cellular version.
Now unfortunately, the battery and most of the other components (including the motherboard) and their connector cables are glued to the metal case. Forcing them loose could damage them, and I wanted to put this unit back together in working order — not destroy it.
iPad Air 2 teardown reveals lower capacity battery, internal layout tweaks
A teardown of the recently released iPad Air 2 on Wednesday revealed a slew of iterative changes made to Apple’s flagship tablet model, including sized-down components and a smaller battery. Repair firm iFixit has started its traditional disassembly of Apple’s latest iOS device, revealing a few new components designed to fit within the tight constraints of a 6.1mm-thick chassis.
iFixit Begins Surgical Teardown of New iPad Air 2 [PICS] • iPhone in Canada Blog
The ongoing teardown reveals the new Touch ID sensor, which has a cable that unsurprisingly looks like the one found in the latest iPhone 6 models. As for the logic board, you can check it out below (expect Chipworks to soon analyze internals via electron microscope soon):
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