See What’s Inside Apple’s iPad Pro

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The iPad Pro is Apple’s largest tablet to date. It comes with a 12.9-inch screen, noticeably larger than the 9.7-inch display on the iPad Air 2.

But size isn’t the only upgrade here. Apple says the new A9X chip that powers the iPad Pro is nearly twice as fast as the processor inside previous iPads. The iPad Pro is also the only tablet that works with the Apple Pencil, the company’s new pressure-sensitive stylus.

Above, see exactly what’s inside Apple’s giant iPad, thanks to our friends at iFixit.

Two of the iPad Pro's four speakers are located at the bottom of the device near the Lightning connector. iFixit
Now let's take a look under the iPad Pro's hood. The tablet's display cables connect in the middle of the device, unlike those of the iPad Air 2 which were located near the lower edge.iFixit
The speaker enclosures in the iPad Pro take up a significant amount of space inside the body. iFixit
This is the logic board, which houses the iPad Pro's A9X chip, memory, flash storage, gyroscope, and other crucial components. iFixit
These tiny components are the iPad's speaker drivers. The iPad Pro will always send higher frequencies towards the top speakers, writes iFixit, which keeps the sound balanced. iFixit
Here's a look at the iPad Pro's battery, which is 10,307 mAh according to iFixit.iFixit
The iPad Pro is tough to repair. The iFixit team gave it a three out of 10 repairability score, since the adhesive holding everything in place makes it hard to fix. iFixit

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