Again from the hands of iFixit comes one of the moments awaited by many users after any product presentation launched by Apple who are thinking of buying the device. And it is that Apple does not usually give details of RAM or similar in their presentations and in this case the guys at iFixit always update us on the internals to the most «geeks»Of the place.
We can also say that an informed opinion can also be obtained in case we have a problem with the equipment and we have to repair it, since in this breakdown they offer us all the details of the components, their manufacturers and also the possibilities of repair in case of accident.
Stuck screen, a little more battery and 3GB of RAM
It can be said that the screens of the iPhone and iPad are improving in the sense of repair, and it is that when you have to change it it may be easier now than a few years ago in the older equipment. Everything and so iFixit complain about the amount of adhesive that is added to the screen of this new iPad Air, despite having easy repair (always by the official service) in case of breakage.
The battery seems to be somewhat larger and the curious image in the exploded view is precisely that the two batteries of this 2019 iPad Air add two 30,8 Wh cells, which are 0,6 Wh higher than what Apple indicates on its official website. This is certainly a minor detail for an iPad Air that has a really good autonomy. On the sound from iFixit they do not mention the quality but it is evident that this loses steam compared to the iPad with four that we have in the Pro range since it only has two. On the RAM, they confirm that it has 3 GB of it, as we saw in the smallest model launched at the same time, the fifth-generation iPad mini.
The points they score in iFixit for this new iPad Air is 2 out of 10, with 10 being, as we all know, the best score in case of having to repair the equipment. This low score is mainly due to the fact that most of the components are glued together and according to iFixit “too close together”. The battery is relatively easy to change, it is a middle and positive point, we can say that most of the internal components are modular so they are easier to change than if they are soldered directly to the board. You have all the parts in the iFixit website.
