Whenever a new product s released to the market, iFixit is quick to unscrew, de-glue, and unhinge every part of it to reveal more about the device. The teardown of the new iPad Mini with retina display confirms suspicions about the device’s battery and a few other things.
As you can see it the teardown below, the second generation iPad Mini has a bigger battery 6,471 mAh battery (24wh). That’s a bump from the 16.3Wh found in the original iPad Mini, but the change won’t translate to any noticeable benefits in power. The addition of a retina display and the new A7 processor use up more energy. As a result, the iPad Mini with retina display retains its 10-hours of promised battery life, the same as its predecessor.
Here’s a video showing the rest of iFixit’s findings.
