The well-known electronic product repair website iFixit today released a disassembly video of the new M5 chip iPad Pro, pointing out that the product has a so-called "repair paradox." Although Apple began providing self-service repair parts and official repair manuals for the iPad earlier this year, the iPad Pro remains one of Apple's most difficult-to-repair devices. Affected by the expansion of the self-service repair policy, iFixit gave the latest iPad Pro a tentative repair score of 5 points (out of 10 points), which is higher than previous models.
This disassembly shows that apart from the upgrade to the M5 chip, the latest generation iPad Pro has no significant changes in its internal structure. iFixit emphasized that although parts and repair instructions can be purchased through official channels, the complexity of the actual disassembly process has not been reduced, especially battery replacement is still very cumbersome.
The new iPad Pro was officially launched last week, and Apple is expected to release self-service repair parts for the model in the coming months. iFixit also released a disassembly video of the M5 chip version of the 14-inch MacBook Pro last week. Both have similar conditions in terms of repair difficulty.
Industry analysts believe that Apple's self-service repair policy has made a certain contribution to improving the convenience of device repair, but highly integrated devices like the iPad Pro still face huge challenges in completely improving the repair experience.