iPad Mini

• Held together with “lots of adhesive”
• Glass not fused to the front display – makes for easy repairability
• Same metal plate protecting internals, like with newest iPod Touch
• Confusion as to batteries real specs (information on the battery varies versus spec information released by Apple). Regardless, ifixit seems curious as to whether battery will last 10 hours – as reported – as the mini battery has about 50% of the power of an iPad 2.
• Dock connector sodered to the logic board – means connector replacement has to include a new board.