iFixit breaks up the new iPad, but it is a nightmare for the do-it-yourself repairs

The new iPad came only a few hours in the store (except by us in Italy), but the courageous and capable hands of iFixit have already put to work on a copy which as usual was crushed and cut in every component in the name of science.

It 's always interesting to see what lurks inside the hi-tech devices, but it is particularly interesting for each creation by Apple because inside there is always some detail that the Cupertino PR preferred to keep hidden.

Such as the chip dedicated to Qualcomm LTE connectivity, or the dual-channel memory (2 × 32-bit) LP-DDR2 800MHz, composed of two chips Eplida 512MB. Also interesting are the pictures direct the "day" of the system-on-chip A5X: making the necessary relationships with adjacent components is shown to have a dimension of 10.8 × 10.8mm and according to AnandTech involves a process of manufacturing 28/32nm. The article continues after the break.

The judgment of repairability by iFixit has given unequivocal: 2 out of 10, which translates into a real headache for anyone who wants to open it and repair it outside the official channels of assistance, but it is nothing new to Apple products.

The new iPad debuted this morning at 8 (local time) in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Singapore and Switzerland. The Italian launch instead materializes exactly one week later, namely on March 23.