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Apple made enormous strides in the direction of enhancing repairability with the iPhone 16. Sadly, regardless of getting an enormous inner redesign, the Apple Watch Sequence 10 just isn’t as repair-friendly as the brand new iPhones.
A teardown from iFixit particulars the wearable’s innards and all of the modifications Apple made to slim down its design.
Apple’s newest smartwatch packs massive inner modifications
The Apple Watch Sequence 10 is the corporate’s slimmest and lightest smartwatch but. Apple claims its latest wearable is 10% thinner and lighter regardless of retaining the identical performance as earlier than. Extra importantly, it packs a fair higher show, which can be brighter than earlier than.
Internally, the dimensions discount means even tighter tolerances for Apple to pack all the pieces. iFixit teardown notes there’s solely a spot of 0.176mm between the Apple Watch’s cowl glass and steel casing. This additionally helps enhance the watch’s water resistance to 50ATM.
Not like the iPhone 16 sequence, getting contained in the Apple Watch Sequence 10 just isn’t straightforward. It requires utilizing lots of warmth and prying across the edges. Eradicating the show reveals the large 1.266Wh battery and the large Taptic Engine, which take up virtually all the inner area.
Apple just isn’t utilizing its new electrically conductive glue, as seen on the iPhone 16 Professional, to carry the Apple Watch Sequence 10’s battery in place. As a substitute, a beneficiant quantity of adhesive holds it in place, which fortunately permits for simple removing when wanted.
Apple Watch Sequence 10 just isn’t straightforward to restore
Curiously, Apple claims the Apple Watch Sequence 10’s show will seem 40% brighter when seen at an angle. Nonetheless, the iFixit staff’s microscopic have a look at the show revealed virtually no modifications in comparison with the Sequence 9’s show.
Given the tight tolerances and restricted inner area, it isn’t stunning that the Apple Watch Sequence 10 doesn’t rating excessive in iFixit’s repairability rating. The staff gave the watch a repairability rating of three out of 10, highlighting how tough it’s to entry the watch’s innards and perform repairs.