Apple launched iPad 10 in mid-October, focusing on a premium design, bright colors and a particularly aggressive price tag. But what’s under the body of iPad 10? To reveal it to us is the usual iFixit teardown, which also explains to us how much the device is repairable by users.
The iFixit teardown video is available at YouTube or at the top of this news, and allows us to take a look at the internal components of the tablet and, above all, understand because Apple Pencil charging support is missing wirelessly, which for the moment is the only weak point of the entry-level tablet from Cupertino.
The teardown, for example, allows us to take a look at the iPad 10 dual cell battery, which is confirmed to have a capacity of 7,606 mAh. Furthermore, we can see the A14 Bionic chip and the Logic Board of the device, which however do not seem to bring with them great innovations compared to the ninth generation iPad.
The real change, on the hardware side, lies in the horizontal positioning of the camera, which is now on the long side of the tablet, and no longer on the short one. Precisely this position, due to the hardware size of the device’s internal camera, made it impossible for Apple to implement the wireless charging of the Apple Pencil, having to resort to using the system based on cable and adapter.
On the other hand, the good news is that the iPad 10 batteries are easily removable, exactly like those of iPad Air 5 and iPad Air 6, thus making it much easier for users and third-party repairers to replace any defective or underperforming cells due to prolonged use. Less appreciated was the choice to solder the USB-C connector directly to the Logic Board, which makes the repair of what is one of the most fragile parts of the device extremely complex.
