The iPhone Air is a highly-repairable smartphone despite being so thin, the annual teardown of Apple’s latest models reveals.
A fully-disassembled iPhone Air – Image Credit: iFixit
Shortly after Apple releases a new product, there’s a rush by repair outfits to take apart the latest hardware to check out how its made. For the iPhone Air, the teardown from iFixit reveals more about how Apple rearranged the structure of its smartphone design to match such a thin profile.
An initial Lumafield CT scan before disassembly confirms a big design change to move the important components into the new wide camera bump. The section, which Apple refers to as a “plateau,” is occupied by the logic board and other elements, freeing up the rest of the space for the battery and display.
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