You can read our review of the 13-inch iPad Pro (2024) to find out how impressed we are with Apple's latest premium tablet, and a recently released teardown video reveals some of the design changes under the hood on this model. .
If you recall the launch of the device, Apple mentioned incorporating graphite sheets into its main casing and using copper in the Apple logo to improve thermal performance over the previous 2022 model by almost 20%.
Phone Repair Guru's new teardown video (via MacRumors) includes a close-up look at those alterations, as well as showing the internal changes needed to position the front camera and Face ID components toward the right side (as you look at the screen). iPad Pro in portrait mode).
We also see changes to the range of magnets built into the tablet – they've moved quite a bit to add support for the new Apple Pencil Pro and new Magic Keyboard that launched at the same time as the new iPad Pros.
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The video lasts almost nine minutes and we get a close-up look at the display cables, four stereo speakers, front and rear camera modules, and the M4 chip responsible for running it all (complete with Apple logo).
There's also a look at the 10,209 mAh battery, which is split into two sections, and the Apple logo on the back of the tablet, with its added copper; This essentially acts as a heat sink for the M4 chip, ensuring it stays cool enough.
In the video, the tablet is described as having “pretty serviceable” innards, acknowledging the “cool” way Apple has packaged everything here. Remember, this is the thinnest iPad ever made, at just 5.1mm.
We will no doubt see more teardowns like this appear as time goes on, but we have yet to see the same treatment given to the 13-inch iPad Air (2024). You'll see that these two new models have jumped straight into our guide to the best iPads.
