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-[* black] Our Opening Kit ought to offer oodles of optimism to fearless fixers; [product|IF145-198-2|iOpeners] impart inroads into iPads.
- [* black] Translation: We've never opened a iPad Mini with Retina Display before, but we're confident this kit is up to the challenge (and who doesn't love a little alliteration).
+[* black] Our Opening Kit ought to offer oodles of optimism to fearless fixers; [product|IF145-198-2|iOpeners] impart inroads into iPads. (Who doesn't love a little alliteration?)
+ [* black] We've never opened a iPad Mini with Retina Display before, but we're confident this kit is up to the challenge.
[* black] In this teardown staredown, the Mini blinks first: after offering up the usual gluey resistance, it succumbs and releases its front panel.
[* black] The ridiculous amount of glue holding iPads together is no longer any surprise—but that doesn't make it okay. Glue inhibits repair, and that is bad. [http://ifixit.org/2806/unfixable-computers-are-leading-humanity-down-a-perilous-path/|Really bad].