Following its teardown of the iPhone XS and XS Max, iFixit has now taken its blades and tri-point screwdrivers to the Apple Watch Series 4 – and was impressed by what it found.
The company said that the internals reveal a major design leap, living up to Steve Jobs’ oft-told story about painting the back of the fence even though no-one will ever see it …
There was more good news when it came to repairability.
The slimmer case didn’t require Apple to make any compromises on the battery – indeed, says iFixit, there’s a modest 4% boost in battery capacity to 1.113Wh.
Other notable findings – the Taptic Engine which provides haptic feedback, now needed on the Digital Crown as well as screen, is thinner but longer. Also, Apple seems to have managed to hide the barometic sensor inside the speaker grille, making for a neater installation.
Check out the full teardown here.
