MEMORIES:

One of those who wondered if Apple would opt for the more recent Qualcomm modem, which relies on a 28-nanometer process, was Brian Klug, at AnandTech.com. A day after the new iPad's unveiling, he did some code sleuthing and that Apple was sticking with the 45-nm 9600. "This part still contains UE Category 3 LTE, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev.A (and B), GSM/EDGE, and WCDMA/HSPA+ all the way through DC-HSPA+ 42 Mbps," Klug noted. "It's a 45nm 13x13mm part we've seen in numerous other 4G LTE devices thus far.

The newest iFixit teardown showed, yet again, that Apple doesn't have the do-it-yourself market in mind. "Getting inside the iPad is as tricky as we expected, knowing how tough it was to get into the iPad 2. The front panel is glued to the frame," iFixit notes. "We carefully used a heat gun to loosen the adhesive, worked to budge the panel with some guitar picks and plastic opening tools, and finally gently lifted it off with some heavy duty suction cups."

One of the most obvious new additions: the "gigantic" new battery. "Next to the logic board is a gigantic battery, which takes most of the space inside the iPad. While the iPad 2 housed a formidable 25 watt-hour Li-ion battery, the iPad 3 has upped the ante to the tune of 42.5 watt-hours." The added 17.5 watt-hours are put "to good use powering the greatly improved CPU and GPU. The additional capacity was accomplished by increasing the physical size, not with new battery technology."

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