iPad deconstructed

Luke Soules, co-founder of iFixit.com, is the first to walk out of the Apple store in Richmond, Virginia, with a pre-ordered iPad
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Soules's boxed iPad. Contents: iPad, dock, connector to USB cable, 10W USB power adaptor, documentation
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The iPad and a first-generation iPod. The iPad measures 242.8mm x 189.7mm x 13.4mm, and weighs 1.5lbs (0.68kg)
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Insert a metal spudger between the display and the rear case to pry the iPad open. It has arsenic-free display glass, a mercury-free LCD display and a recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure
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Lift the display assembly away from the rear case. Inside, two huge Li-ion batteries take up most of the space
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The display comes away without the use of a heat gun, but some tabs may be broken in the process
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The display assembly and rear case assembly are each 350g. The empty void in the upper right corner is where the cellular communications board will go in the 3G iPad
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The display has a marking referencing Honeywell patent #5280371
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The 3.75V, 24.8-watt-hour battery powers an advertised 10 hours of use. By contrast, the iPhone 3GS has a 4.51-watt-hour battery, and the MacBook Air a 40-watt-hour battery. The USB power supply had to be enhanced specifically for the iPad
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Disconnecting the display data cable
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Disconnecting the volume, power, and screen rotation lock buttons connector
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The main board is secured to the back panel by T3 Torx screws. We have never seen Apple use screws with a bit this small before
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Top and bottom of the logic board with the EMI shield on. It looks like this board was made by AT&S. We haven't seen Apple's PCB manufacturers brand their boards before
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A shot of the logic board minus the steel EMI shield
The manufacturer of the memory has switched from Toshiba on the FCC teardown to Samsung on this device
64Gbit MLC NAND flash
We love how much easier Samsung's chip numbers are to interpret
Broadcom BCM5973
The Apple A4 is marked up much nicer than the part in the FCC photos from Friday # Texas Instruments CD3240A1
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The ambient light sensor lives in a compartment that a camera would love to call home
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The display seems to be glued around its perimeter but can still be removed from the plastic framework
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The display assembly weighs 153g for the LCD and 193g for the front glass, which seem quite thick (~1.18mm) – not a huge surprise considering the size of the iPad. Compare that to about 1.02mm for the iPhone
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