12.9” iPad Pro 2020 Teardown: What does the LiDAR scanner look like?

[@kaytee7607]

Replaced my battery on my iPhone and headphone jack on my iPad this year, all thanks to fixit’s guides and community. Hoping you guys get through to the government and thank you for all the help!

[@chaddhaji1407]

Why what happened?

[@eXoguti094]

keeping water resistance on newer phones is enough reason for me to not want to do any jobs myself. I've stopped taking apart iphones since the 7. 3rd party authorized service providers with access to everything would be nice though

[@shiskeyoffles]

@@eXoguti094 I agree. If you follow Louis Rossmann's channel, he's doing great work to to help pass the right to repair bill

[@foxsux6000]

Every product Apple releases 3M stocks go up with all that glue...

[@Raja995mh33]

well at least Apple needs this amount of glue only for huge devices like the 12.9" iPad compared to even more glue on a typical Samsung phone 😂

[@compunerd]

@@Raja995mh33 The faster you stop being a fanboy the quicker you can be a more educated individual.

[@springbok4015]

I think 3M are too busy making masks and other protective gear.

[@joe070907080706]

Sean Wilson lol what 😂 it’s true, samsungs have so much glue and are much harder to work on

[@lol-td3qr]

A random Human being Remember that you are talking to a person with a Windows logo on their profile

[@pierregabory8772]

2:00 that's a chonker

[@yesyeswe]

Chonker is so full that he isn't even intrested in eating a treat

[@jbk0]

C H O N K

[@xNiqueish]

this cat is C H O N K Y

[@josh29472]

That cat is obese. No way around it.

[@mr.haricot]

Came here looking for this comment

[@MattiaFumagalli]

It was like hearing plane captain giving information about flights duration. Loved it

[@andyabajo]

2:30 Thay cat is hesitant eating his treat. "Hooman! Have you washed your hands?!"

[@krzysztofjuszczak906]

2:02?

[@RahulKumar-qv3km]

I thought my playback speed is 1.5x

[@Vino1337]

He was mumbling so hard

[@LoLStaticX]

Same here! Had a hard time trying to understand the speech.

[@matusdeluxe]

0,75x is much better

[@CF542]

Did seem a bit rushed. Maybe he had dinner in the oven and was in a hurry.

[@Ruby_Mochii]

I'm watching it at 1.5x 😐 I usually watch at 2.0x on pc and iPhone and 1.75x on android.

[@fouzaialaa7962]

i just cant stop imagining the cat reading the voiceover for this video

[@xawnia]

This was a very smooth an soothing voice over, paired with the music it was great! Also the cat action with the Lidar was a nice addition! =)

[@bobdobgames]

This is the most difficult Zelda dungeon.

[@StormBurnX]

Y'all didn't bother mentioning that the iPhone uses a structured light system which HAS to be dense to work (by comparing each dot to the ones around it), whereas the iPad uses time-of-flight (each dot is being measured individually) so it has very little need for a dense grid of dots. Two vastly different techs, and you just described them as if they were the same thing because they both use IR...

[@fish9468]

They said that!

[@iFixitYourself]

It’s not that we didn’t bother! That’s just a lot to explain in a quick video. We weren’t trying to completely conflate the two technologies-you’re absolutely right, they’re very different!

[@marcelcce]

It’s just me, or it looks like that Apple it’s no cramming the maximum (headphone jack, larger batteries, etc) in these new products. Just like the previous iPad Pro, its looks to me that they have a considerable amount of unused space inside.

[@chrispy.critter]

Marcel Felipe but still it eats Other brand tablets. I think Apple have Done great job with the iPad lineup.

[@karandeep811]

they could’ve add reinforcement to its chassis as the previous ones were easily bendable

[@hu5um]

@@karandeep811 then you would have to pay more :)

[@marcelcce]

Michael Kevin Millet, it wouldn’t hurt to get a bigger battery.

[@TheJosiahTurner]

@@karandeep811 then just dont bend it its not hard

[@WarriorsPhoto]

If SLO county is affected as well than this is more serious than I thought. Glad you all are posting. Find a way is what I say. Thank you.

[@LeungMac]

When will the be a tear down for the new Magic Keyboard with trackpad? It’s gonna be great to see the hinge design of the product.

[@UNVIRUSLETALE]

Those speakers are huge for a tablet

[@michelbruns]

Imagine they would use the space on the one side to put some more Aluminium into the iPad. The battery pack a bit more on that side and you have space in the middle but a bit of metal there and it will be more durable

[@qifry5367]

apple monopoly tab market

[@Windows98R]

The scanner is cool, so is the camera...except...I don’t really use my iPad to take pictures.... Especially when the thing is 12.9 inches...

[@galvordxnl1870]

Face ID lights OMG that next level portrait photo

[@GeneralChrisGaming]

1:11 You missed an opportunity to play the complete puzzle jingle noooooooooo

[@rosesred5390]

As much as I am in love with my iPad Pro...this hurt my heart! LOL

[@Her_Vajesty]

Did they change the chassis or is it still as bendable as the 2018 Pros?

[@diedrino]

Vaj Ibay still as bendable, check out everything apple pro video about that

[@jasonyau4725]

Just as bendable and fragile.

[@klaidasrunele]

@mikes gt I don't think a case would really save such a big item from bending

[@davidjacobs6244]

People who bend them are idiots and don’t deserve one.

[@edoardo201]

It's seems they have made it a little stiffer watching Everything Apple Pro video but i'm not sure

[@MohitJouhari]

QUARANTINE #Day4 i am 100 percent confident in my ability that i won't ever be able to buy any of apple products in my life but still, I am watching its teardown. now i know how to open every phone without having any of those expensive phones and tech.

[@soorajj9207]

Those speakers are huge

[@cadenchurchill4296]

Curious to see how things have changed on the new 2021 M1 iPad Pro! Expecting it to be bascially the same thing for the 11” at least. Perhaps with the Mini LED display we’ll see something at least slightly different? Better not get my hopes up 😂

[@stefangherman8408]

Finnaly Ifixit use a hair dryer in a video.

[@w0lfy340]

1:51 « objects like tables or fat cats » 😂

[@PankajDoharey]

Please do a full tear down of the latest 2021 iPad Pro.

[@CheeksFR]

im still happy with my iPad 5th gen and its still has a headphone jack

[@maarirs12894]

So lidar is not something sensational. Hmmm.... 2018 iPad is hard to beat indeed. What a product!

[@sayrith]

That's cool but can you put it back together?

[@TheChameleon2008]

we need to wait for corona 2.0 to give him some more time

[@jasonyau4725]

I do use the camera a lot, but the LiDAR sensor... only a few times since I got it... I don’t really need it, but it’s nice to have it.

[@norusmondus]

Please do a teardown to the new macbook air and see if they change anything about thermal solution if they still not connecting the CPU to the fan.

[@iFixitYourself]

We did do a teardown of the new MacBook Air! You can find it here: www.ifixit.com/News/36480/theres-something-new-in-the-macbook-air

[@norusmondus]

@@iFixitYourself ok thank you, seems like still there's no pipes or anything that connecting the CPU heatsink to the fan lol.

[@rishabjain6549]

Simple and brilliant engineering inside

[@ARamirez150]

I really wish Apple fixed the iPad Pro's most fatal flaw, which was how easily it bent

[@Trekeyus]

Was thinking the same thing that doesn't look any better as far as structural integrity.

[@ARamirez150]

@@Trekeyus it's not. I watched the bend tests. It's slightly better, but if the 2018 iPad Pro was a thin sheet of glass, then the 2020 iPad Pro is that same sheet of glass, but 3mm thicker with a band-aid in the center. Not much has changed, and Apple needs to realize in order to have rigidity, they have to sacrifice the weight and/or thickness of the iPad Pro. Either that or just make an entirely new metal, which is the most "Apple" thing to do in this scenario.

[@MahiEurope]

Best detailed teardown video of ifixit.com👍

[@edoardo201]

Why the empty space along the left border isn't use for larger battery?

[@stephen_l1474]

I think there is logic on the display assembly that uses this space. Probably the controller for the display.

[@edoardo201]

Stephen _L It makes sense, I didn’t think about it . Thanks

[@MidnightBloomDev]

So next year they can say they improved the battery

[@lasarith2]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) battery capacity increases 5% a year .

[@edoardo201]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) As they did with the GPU of this processor 😂

[@rshnthms]

Thanks for doing these videos

[@lasarith2]

I wonder if the glue has some sort of heat dissipation, but knowing Apple they’d rather prevent repairs - so 100% just goes to the waste bin.

[@ThibautMahringer]

Great time to buy the 2018 iPad Pro. As this one barely add things.

[@keithwhisman]

I wish you guys would do a review of the different speaker technology from the gen 1 to gen 4 12.9 iPad Pro. My wife and kids all enjoy my older iPad pros as I upgrade with every new release my old devices get passed down to the kids. Having recently repaired my old gen 3 to give to my daughter I noticed how drastically different the speakers are from the gen 1 and gen 2 as the gen 3 and gen 4 actually have round speaker drivers that actually look like speakers compared to the square things in the gen 1 and gen 2 though the gen 1 and 2 have huge resonance chambers that were carved out of the back of the iPad capped with a sheet of plastic the gen 3 and 4 round drivers sit in the middle of a rectangle shaped plastic enclosure perhaps a style of all in one smaller resonance chamber? Regardless I love the way iPad pros sound and wish I could find tear down video comparing the different speaker technology strategies

[@jd2086]

I see that this iPad has less circuits compared to the 2018 model, also speakers specially woofers are smaller at the top portion

[@asbinojha]

8.1 mm is manageable . Apple should release 8.1 mm thick iPad with more durability, repairablity(like iPhone), beautiful miniLED display, A14X, 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM, more battery, and final cut pro. Hoping for this to happen soon.

[@MeowThingy]

I would have given it a 1. That convoluted garbage you have to go through just to access the display ribbon connectors is inexcusable, as is gluing the logic board on top of the battery connectors. It's sabatoge.

[@4Y4ZATA]

Last years 1tb model came with 6gb aswell

[@user-zu0w88v]

*Can you update the Teardown Wallpaper for the 2020 iPad Pro 12.9" as soon as possible?*

[@MidnightBloomDev]

The world is ending but it won't stop us from tearing this new MacBook

[@ghost-4230]

What about the speakers? Are they removable? Y’all keep going less in depth as time goes on.🥺 before you’d at least tell us if they’re removable or not

[@bolttracks]

Anyone notice how the A12 Z has the exact same footprint as the M1???

[@travelworld2738]

are you using guitar picks as pry tools?

[@rohitrikhi]

Made me rethink if razr was a hard one !!

[@nutzeeer]

I wonder how many 100s tools we will need in 10 years to open this

[@rachelwhitakeer7197]

the lightblade lamp from lumiy is really so bright. can't wait to use it with my #ipad #pro

[@sprakful]

where is mac air 2020 repair video?

[@22vah]

Wow! Thanks so much for the video! Repair-ability score should be N/A imo lol

[@123jo321be123]

The display on the 2018 and 2020 iPads are the same then

[@TygerByte]

But does it bend? Did they improve the strength of the frame?

[@5T4YM4D]

2:17 but, I notice something when I bought iPad Pro M2. FaceID not the same as on iPhones, FaceID on the iPad sensor is shorter than the iPhone to recognize my face 2:58 another thing bothering me, there's little space on the left they could have just add bigger battery but they don't

[@helios8626]

I think that cat is underweight

[@royescue4127]

Yes, I’ve been wondering I have looked around and around for replacement screen, digitizer kits, and a lot of them do not have that upper cable that zigzags across and connects to near the top of the logic board. What does a cable do? Because a lot of the replacements other than what I’ve seen in the picture you show at your website. Includes that zigzag cable at the top but most others do not. Could you help me out and let me know if I need to suspect that these others that don’t have the zigzag cable is not compatible? By the way, I forgot to mention that I have a 20 2012.9 inch With one terabyte of ram, but I really need to replace my screen now. Your website shows that it’s still backordered and I’m also looking to see if you might have an ETA for when they are due in and yes I have put my email into the reminder list to update me when it supposedly gets into stock.

[@2009captainpaul]

iFixit challenge... To attempt to speak at a speed that is eligible, use punctuation and leave gaps, any gaps, between sentences 😉.

[@alyx6427]

Can you bring back Gwendolyn?

[@dlisboa]

as good as any iFixit teardown video!

[@MisterRorschach90]

A lidar sounds like a truth radar.

[@seymourbaldauf8212]

Disappointed they missed the microphone disconnect system. Would have been nice to see the set up.

[@oliverschmidt4487]

Unfortunately my iPad got Bent, like a lot of other i Pad Pros too. The bending is about 1mm. Do you think it might damage the hardware like the battery or may the iPad easy endure this damage? The bending Starts at the usb c port and goes through to the other side. Thank you :)

[@derek320]

Any changes on the bendability?

[@ladare19]

Looks like the internals could be from returned, replaced or refurbished iPads. Very good cost cutting.

[@abercrombiez123]

What are the four round and black things that we see at the end?

[@hexusmexus6971]

Just opened my iPad and found a 50 pound note kid you not

[@limjoverttan]

Please teardown the magic KB

[@thefatmoop]

Generally lidar doesn't have such a defined grid. Flash lidar doesnt have a grid. I dont think this is lidar but a trigonometric depth camera

[@_ranituran3161]

I hate that IPad Pro are over price but still the best tablet on market. Gonna work reaaaaally hard to have this product, I guess :'(

[@msp5138]

Yet another reason why iPads' tablet market share has dropped from 80% to 34% over the past decade...lol

[@cerberus_uwu]

What are the screwdrivers you need to remove the shield and screws for the screen to logic board connectors?

[@xvii_exe]

My only problem with it is that it’s still not water resistant and it doesn’t have a much bigger battery.

[@terermate]

Great work

[@borngymrat]

DUDES PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUICKLY IS COVERING ONLY SOME OF THE SPEAKER HOLES IS HARMFUL FOR IPAD PRO 11? MY TYPE C HUB COVERS SOME OF THEM AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS A BAD THING

[@fatih6447]

how many milliampere-hours (mAh) per battery

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

Has the frame been beefed up at all? I know there was issues with bending in previous models.

[@wyattb3138]

scotty miller no

[@HarnaiDigital]

Like a Little Lego

[@shinnoke8]

Mind to ask. is ipad pro 11" 2020 and 2018 have the same connector port and pin? thanks

[@SirSwed]

Is the screen the same as the 2018 model?

[@TechDove]

Have they improved the strength of the metal body or no?

[@qifry5367]

lol did you see how thin that chasis is

[@GioDOMEL]

Are screen replacements available ? I am unfortunate to break unit provided by new job I’ve recently started ...

[@nodachiaki1]

Do the fat cat teardown please

[@hanhphamthi6041]

It have fan??

[@klaidasrunele]

What where those fan looking things in each corner are they the speakers?

[@michaelbaldwin5953]

So when will they be getting to the tear down of that I-Moggie ?

[@ug7397]

Really great

[@seyestim]

Hi Just came across your video,. Do you think it is possible to remove the camera/lidar module (either in the IPAD pro or Iphone) and wire it up so that it can be used remotely from the device so that it could be used to access 'hard to reach' places by mounting the camera/lidar module in a new custom housing with the cable in some sort of conduit?

[@zycane]

I'm curious to see how sturdy it is compared to the 2018 model, or even 2017 models. Is it still easily bendable, or have they somehow introduced structure strengthening into it?

[@ardiansyahnugraha9688]

zycane same old fragile like a tin can.

[@Goofiest_Goobster]

yo the A12X and A12Z have about the same power Single and multi core score performance the only difference is no more than 15

[@qifry5367]

if you read the article a12x n z r the same its just that 1 core is disable in a12x

[@abaundwal]

I think they will release more iPads alongside the iPhones in September.

[@ThibautMahringer]

The only difference is one more core for the GPU.

[@MelvinGundlach]

Also the sustained power of the processor is much better than in the 2018 models (by about 2-3 times!)

[@Goofiest_Goobster]

What about fixing a bend.... 😳😳😳

[@paranoidowl3085]

Ipad speakers are so huge

[@Ruby_Mochii]

I'm curious as on the left side of the device there's empty space??? 🤔 They could've made the battery bigger with that amount of space. Can someone explain?

[@ItsAkile]

Where do I het adhesive this good, all the "3M tape" I bought worked like trash

[@keuj517]

kelsea i miss ya

[@e-dizzy]

Are the 2020 iPad Pro speakers louder than the 2018 iPad Pro?

[@ashish9501]

My iPad pro 11" ich screen got cracked due to overheat how to get it replaced or repaired ??? Please need some info about apple display quality ?????

[@andyko0727]

Can we plz get some more cat video its so cute

[@dusanskrbic90]

So its a project tango in a ipad. Google did this 5 years ago in lenovo phab 2 pro.