We're pleased to see that Apple continues to use the battery from the iPad 5 here—model number A1484 with a 32.9 Wh capacity.

We're not as pleased that they also brought over the same repair-impeding adhesive from the iPad 5.

Apple gave us a hopeful glimpse of easy iPad battery removal once before, but we haven't seen anything like it since.

The good news is that you can already get a replacement battery—and if you're a large organization servicing a lot of iPads, you only need to stock one part covering several models. (That is, if you can ever get the original batteries out in the first place.)