Inside iPhone 12 mini: fragile glass, tiny battery, and 6 out of 10 repair capacity

Following iPhone 12 и IPhone 12 Pro iFixit specialists finally arrived the most compact «Apple» this year’s flagship – iPhone 12 mini. As usual, it was disassembled, carefully evaluated «Filling» Y gave points for maintainability.

What’s inside

By compared to iPhone 12, many parts of the iPhone 12 mini have changed. From features – two shield cables instead of three, a differently shaped taptic engine and smaller and redesigned panel with speaker, Face ID Y sensors«explosion»), the trimmed sides of the MagSafe circle, and модем Qualcomm SDX55M 5G.

It also hides a fairly small battery inside – Y by capacity, and by Size. Its capacity is 8.57 Wh. but nevertheless less is still more than iPhone SE second generation.

Maintainability

IN Overall, the two most common types of smartphone repair – screen and battery – To who priority and most of the parts are modular, making them lighter repair me replacement. Special screws make repairs difficult, but still preferable to excessive use of glue. In addition, many repair jobs are complicated by measures to waterproofing, but they protect against (extremely difficult) water-based repair. Y big minus – fragile glass covering the back of the case. It is quite difficult to replace it, and it is excluded that in as a result, it will be necessary to change the whole body.

IN result for maintainability iPhone 12 mini obtained 6 of 10. Tales same result for Older iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro.

Source: iFixit

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