iFixit’s teardown of the iPhone Air shows Apple managed a super-thin phone (about 5.6 mm) without wrecking repairability.

The inside is mostly battery: Apple moved the logic board above it, so parts sit side-by-side instead of stacked. That flatter layout makes common repairs less risky.

The headline discovery : the Air’s 12.26 Wh battery is the exact same cell (down to the markings) used in Apple’s MagSafe battery pack, which iFixit previously suspected . Swap the cells and the phone boots normally. In other words, yes—the MagSafe pack’s battery works inside the iPhone Air.

The Air’s pack is metal-encased (more bend-resistant) and mounted with electrically debonding adhesive: apply ~12 V for about a minute and the strips release, so the battery lifts out with no prying. Despite being s

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