Repair specialistsiFixIt.comhas managed to guarantee an iPad miniskirt a daylight before its launch , and has had fun tearing it down and revealed its interior components .
Despite the continuing effectual fracas , Apple is still using a Samsung W1235 S6TNMR1X01Display DriverLCD . Apple is said to be move away from Samsung as a component provider , and may be swear on multiple supplier for a single component .
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iFixit also sustain that the iPad mini sports stereo loudspeaker system , which Amazon call wrong on its vane advert compare the iPad miniskirt to the Amazon Kindle Fire HD . iFixit.com take down “ The reduction of connection size of it ( 30 - stick to Lightning ) has leave behind just enough blank space to pressure a second speaker unit into the gimmick , countenance for sound quality that is anything but mini . ”
The iPad mini sports 512 MB of RAM , like the iPad 2 and iPod touch and is all held together with “ copious amounts of mucilage ” and hidden nookie .
iFixit.com gave the iPad miniskirt a dispirited “ 2 out of 10 ” for repairability with the following notes :
– The LCD and glass are not fused together and can be put back severally .
– The stamp battery is not soldered to the logical system board or other element .
– Teeny - tiny screws can be easily mislay if you ’re not careful . Do n’t sneeze too hard while taking them off .
– Copious amounts of adhesive hold many components in position — front glass , logic plug-in , battery , front television camera , back camera , palm cables – making resort extremely difficult .
– The Lightning connector is soldered to the logical system plank , so do n’t bend its pin .
– hide out screw mean you ’ll need to be very persevering when render to remove intimate constituent .
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