iPhone 16 teardown reveals off a brand new method to connect a cellphone battery

No sooner has the Cellphone 16 lineup arrived than the parents at iFixit begin taking them aside, a course of made simpler this time round by the day-one launch of restore manuals from Apple. The disassembly course of reveals the Digital camera management is an actual button that strikes, together with a flex cable that seemingly measures power, and the warmth sink that seems positioned to maintain the A18 chip’s Neural Engine cool whereas it handles AI workloads.

After disconnecting the battery from the board, you apply electrical present from an influence supply (a 9-volt battery for 90 seconds will do it), and the beforehand glued-in battery slips out simply sufficient that gravity alone can do the job. Then to make the adhesive stick for the brand new battery, it simply wants stress.

Apple notes that over time, the time to launch may get longer, however on these brand-new telephones, iFixit discovered that utilizing 20V present was sufficient to undo the bond in 5 seconds, and Apple says you should utilize as much as 30V. iFixit additionally introduced in some microscopic close-ups of the body that holds the battery and the machined ridges it has to provide the battery one thing to stay to.