Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/15/ifixit_ipad_3_teardown_reveals_monster_battery/
Apple iPad 3 packs LAPTOP battery
12,000mAh power pack, anyone?
Posted in Tablets, 15th March 2012 17:04 GMT
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The iPad 3 contains an 11,560mAh battery, the first take-apart of the third-generation Apple tablet has revealed.
Indeed, the new gagdet is packed with power storage behind its - Samsung-made, seemingly [1] - 2048 x 1536 "retina display".
Source: iFixit.com
The autopsy, conducted by iFixit [2], shows a mere sliver of a motherboard up above the monster battery.
That mAh rating amounts to 43Wh - almost double the 25Wh battery capacity built into the iPad 2, and bigger than the 35Wh battery used in the latest 11in MacBook Air notebook computer.
Source: iFixit.com
Yet the iPad 3 runs for only as long as its predecessor, a fact that shows just how much juice the LTE 4G radio and that big screen can swallow. ®