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| [* black] mmWave goodbye, high 5Gs all around! This teardown is a wrap. | |
| [* black] It’s shaping up to be a 5G world, and Apple’s living in it. It seems like they had to make some serious design compromises to make way for shiny new 5G components. Case in point: gone are the logic board and battery gains of yore. They will be missed. | |
| [* black] The new battery is gaunt, no longer an elegant L. The Taptic Engine is smaller, and the speakers are a new shape—maybe not diminished, but different. | |
| [* black] Taken as a whole, it’s not quite a “death by a thousand cuts,” but it is odd to see such concessions to this nascent technology. Of all the possible Apple innovations, this feels the least inventive. | |
| [* black] But! At least the new 5G digs didn't mess with Apple's tried-and-true screen and battery repair procedures. | |
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| + | [* black] Before we score it though, there's one more thing. |