Over the weekend, well-known restore web site iFixit shared an iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus teardown video, and an accompanying weblog submit. Notably, the video reveals Apple’s new electrical battery removing course of in motion on the usual iPhone 16.
iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus batteries have an revolutionary sort of adhesive that may be simply loosened with low-voltage electrical present, equivalent to from a 9V battery. The steps concerned embody attaching alligator clips to a 9V battery, connecting the crimson/constructive clip to the silver tab on the iPhone’s battery, and connecting the black/damaging clip to the lower-right grounding screw on the iPhone’s backside speaker module. After as much as 90 seconds, the adhesive ought to debond and the battery can then be simply taken out of the iPhone.
iFixit described this new course of as “revolutionary,” and defined the way it works:
Think about an Oreo cookie with a thick layer of double-stuf creme. You discovered that should you dip simply the underside cookie in some milk and twist the cookie aside, the filling will all the time persist with the highest cookie.
Equally, after we zap the adhesive, the present oxidizes the damaging/anode mating floor and loosens the adhesive from it. The adhesive “filling” between the battery and the body will then persist with whichever floor that’s related to the constructive terminal.
In an e-mail, iFixit mentioned the iPhone 16 is “the most-repairable iPhone but”:
We’re giving the telephone a laudable 7 out of 10 repairability rating (provisional, pending Apple’s launch of components). It is not the Fairphone, however Apple’s made some essential strides in bettering {hardware} repairability, and ending components pairing restrictions for harvested OEM components is a large boon for the restore neighborhood.
Solely the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus use this new course of. iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max batteries nonetheless have stretch-release adhesive pull tabs.
iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, and iPhone 16 Professional Max batteries nonetheless have a black foil enclosure, whereas the iPhone 16 Professional battery has moved to a steel enclosure, which will increase restore security and certain contributes to improved warmth dissipation.
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