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| [* black] iPad 3 Repairability Score: ***2 out of 10*** (10 is easiest to repair) | |
| - | [* green] The LCD is |
| + | [* green] The LCD is easy to remove once the front panel is gone. |
| [* green] The battery is not soldered to the logic board, making the replacement process a tad less difficult. | |
| [* red] Just like the iPad 2, the front panel is glued to the rest of the device, greatly increasing the chances of cracking the glass when trying to remove it. | |
| [* red] Gobs, gobs, and gobs of adhesive hold down everything in place, including the prone-to-start-a-fire-if-punctured battery. | |
| [* red] The LCD has foam sticky tape adhering it to the front panel, increasing chances of it being shattered during disassembly | |
| [* red] You can't access the front panel's connector until you remove the LCD. |