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Retina MacBook 2016 Teardown

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  • The battery's form factor seems 100% identical to the multi-lobed cell we found in the 2015 Macbook.

  • And yet somehow, Apple managed to squeeze in a 4% capacity increase from the 7.55 V, 39.71 Wh battery in last year's model. Apple claims this new 7.56 V, 41.41 Wh Li-ion power source should provide up to 11 hours of iTunes movie playback.

  • We're guessing this capacity increase is owed to improved battery chemistry (though it's also possible that Apple's engineers have shaved away just enough material from the lower case to allow for a thicker battery).

  • Unfortunately, they did not squeeze in any of those nifty adhesive pull tabs we've seen in Apple's iDevices.

  • Regardless, our tests indicate this beefier battery is compatible with last year's MacBook. Nice!

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