Apple IPad 2012 Teardown: Bigger Battery, Better GPU, More RAM

Takeaway: The 2012 Apple iPad is a solid incremental upgrade that offers a brilliant display, bigger battery, better GPU, and more RAM. Apple's third-generation iPad is similar in overall design and construction to the iPad 2. But, Apple's third-generation tablet packs some significant hardware upgrades. In this week's episode of Cracking Open, I take a look inside the Wi-Fi version the 2012 Apple iPad. Editor's note: The Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 4G iPads have similar hardware. Therefore, some of the material in this Cracking Open analysis came from my earlier article, "Apple iPad 2012 Teardown: Amazing display, difficult to repair." Our 2012 Apple iPad (Wi-

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