iPad iFixit iPad Air 2 Teardown Underway

[cletus-cassidy]

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Air+2+Teardown/30592

 

[macduke]

I think the repairability score might go up one point. Seems like the display is a little more rigid and the cables are out of the way. But it's still pretty tricky to repair.

 

[Lucifer666]

Geesh these guys don't waste any time.

Seems almost manic

 

[NJHitmen]

Geesh these guys don't waste any time.

Seems almost manic

well...it's what they do, you know?

 

[Squilly]

Elpida (Micron Technology) F8164A3MD



2gb RAM confirmed.

 

[pcfarrar]

It appears the Air 2 has NFC also...

 

[Lucifer666]

It appears the Air 2 has NFC also...

what's that?

 

[ryanmcv]

what's that?

The chip that enables Apple Pay at in-store credit card terminals. I wonder if Apple will enable this in the future. Although it would be pretty awkward to hold an iPad up to a credit card terminal.

 

[ipadlvr]

Elpida (Micron Technology) F8164A3MD



2gb RAM confirmed.

No it didn't. It didn't confirm anything. It told you the part number and that there are 2 of them. Then you can infer that it means 2 GB, but you can't find that part number anywhere to officially confirm these are 1GB each.

The only thing we go by are the benchmarks that say it is 2GB. Nothing iFixit said confirms it.

 

[RadioFr33Europe]

No it didn't. It didn't confirm anything. It told you the part number and that there are 2 of them. Then you can infer that it means 2 GB, but you can't find that part number anywhere to officially confirm these are 1GB each.

The only thing we go by are the benchmarks that say it is 2GB. Nothing iFixit said confirms it.

Besides this.

1 EditStep 1 — iPad Air 2 Teardown
Just add air? That would be too easy. Apple has packaged all kinds of revised hardware into its thinnest tablet yet:
Fully laminated, 9.7" IPS Multi-Touch LCD with a 2,048 x 1,536 resolution at 264 ppi and antireflective coating
A8X 64-bit CPU (rumored to be a triple-core, 1.5 GHz SoC) paired with 2 GB RAM and M8 motion coprocessor

 

[awests]

No it didn't. It didn't confirm anything. It told you the part number and that there are 2 of them. Then you can infer that it means 2 GB, but you can't find that part number anywhere to officially confirm these are 1GB each.

The only thing we go by are the benchmarks that say it is 2GB. Nothing iFixit said confirms it.

There have been multiple postings from geek bench and other diagnostic apps that have shown 2GB of RAM.

 

[ZBoater]

It appears the Air 2 has NFC also...

That's what she said. Interesting.

 

[ipadlvr]

That's what she said. Interesting.

It doesn't have NFC. It has an NFC controller chip.