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Apple made large strides in direction of bettering repairability with the iPhone 16. Sadly, regardless of getting an enormous inner redesign, the Apple Watch Collection 10 shouldn’t be as repair-friendly as the brand new iPhones.
A teardown from iFixit particulars the wearable’s innards and all of the adjustments Apple made to slim down its design.
Apple’s newest smartwatch packs massive inner adjustments
The Apple Watch Collection 10 is the corporate’s slimmest and lightest smartwatch but. Apple claims its latest wearable is 10% thinner and lighter regardless of retaining the identical performance as earlier than. Extra importantly, it packs a fair higher show, which can be brighter than earlier than.
Internally, the scale discount means even tighter tolerances for Apple to pack every thing. iFixit teardown notes there’s solely a niche of 0.176mm between the Apple Watch’s cowl glass and steel casing. This additionally helps enhance the watch’s water resistance to 50ATM.
Not like the iPhone 16 collection, getting contained in the Apple Watch Collection 10 shouldn’t be simple. It requires utilizing lots of warmth and prying across the edges. Eradicating the show reveals the large 1.266Wh battery and the large Taptic Engine, which take up nearly all the interior house.
Apple shouldn’t be utilizing its new electrically conductive glue, as seen on the iPhone 16 Professional, to carry the Apple Watch Collection 10’s battery in place. As a substitute, a beneficiant quantity of adhesive holds it in place, which fortunately permits for simple elimination when wanted.
Apple Watch Collection 10 shouldn’t be simple to restore
Curiously, Apple claims the Apple Watch Collection 10’s show will seem 40% brighter when considered at an angle. Nonetheless, the iFixit crew’s microscopic take a look at the show revealed nearly no adjustments in comparison with the Collection 9’s show.
Given the tight tolerances and restricted inner house, it’s not stunning that the Apple Watch Collection 10 doesn’t rating excessive in iFixit’s repairability rating. The crew gave the watch a repairability rating of three out of 10, highlighting how troublesome it’s to entry the watch’s innards and perform repairs.
