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| [* black] Picking this de-board-ed carcass clean, we pluck the modular fingerprint sensor button from the side of the frame. | |
| - | [* icon_note] Most Surface devices rely on Windows Hello for biometric verification (although fingerprint-reading cases exist). |
| + | [* icon_note] Most Surface devices rely on Windows Hello for biometric verification (although fingerprint-reading cases exist). Our guess is the Hello tech was too big to fit into this hyper-thin form factor. |
| [* black] We twist away tons of teeny Torx screws (say that ten times fast). They secure the spine and hinges—not quite as bad as the [guide|12842|original Surface Pro|stepid=44086|new_window=true]'s ''90'' screws, but still no fun. | |
| [* black] A quick de-boning and the wings are freed from their spiny...spine... | |
| [* black] These shiny spines definitely aren't just for show, though! They likely act as stabilizer bars, providing additional torsional and structural rigidity, and helping the halves open evenly. |