Every time a new device hits the market, the guys at iFixit have taken a unit to disassemble it and check both the components used and the repair possibilities it offers us. A couple of weeks ago, Apple renewed the iPad range, eliminating the iPad Air 2 from its catalog and launching the iPad to dry, a device that according to first impressions is very similar to the first generation iPad Air, not the second, since the screen glass is not glued and can be replaced independently, something that does not happen if we break the screen of the iPad Air 2.
The note that iFixit offers to this new iPad is a 2 out of 1o, a score that implies that the chances of replacing most of its components are nil, since most of them are glued, a practice widely used lately by manufacturers in order to minimize their interior space. The battery, one of the components most susceptible to replacement over time, it has a very difficult access without breaking any of the competent ones that are glued to it.
As for the components, the guys at iFixit show us how the Touch ID is still the first generation, but it is not the only component that Apple has used to reduce the price to the maximum of this new iPad that remains as a product access to the 9,7-inch iPad range. The iPad in its 32GB version is priced at $ 399, a price very similar to the previous model, the iPad Air 2.
With each new generation of iPad, Apple is stopping selling older models, models that fell in price and were much more affordable We do not know the reason but seeing the band in sales that tablets are emerging, it seems a very bad idea not to continue selling older models, models like the iPad Air 2, which despite They have been in the market for 2 years or so, they work like a charm with iOS 10.