iFixit’s teardown shows the iPhone Air doesn’t sacrifice repairability for thinness

Apple manages to carry onto its current repairability document with the newest iPhone Air, which maintains a provisional 7 out of 10 in iFixit’s teardown. As seen within the teardown, the iPhone Air can simply swap batteries, has a modular USB-C port and presents day-one restore guides. Regardless that the iPhone Air represents Apple’s thinnest iPhone ever at 5.6mm, iFixit mentioned the slim design makes repairs “extra approachable, not much less.”

Apple saved the identical battery design that was launched with the iPhone 16 lineup, which switched to an electrically launched battery adhesive for extra constant replacements. Equally, you do not have to ever threat damaging the OLED show when swapping an iPhone Air battery, since there’s nonetheless that dual-entry entry permitting you to entry it from the again glass.

Being a smartphone that emphasizes thinness, Apple needed to sacrifice some battery life with the iPhone Air. Nevertheless, in our review, we discovered that the iPhone Air was corresponding to different fashions within the iPhone 17 lineup and lasted practically a whole day in real-world testing. iFixit additionally found that the battery is identical precise one discovered within the accompanying MagSafe Battery accent that goes for $99, which iFixit likened to a “spare tire.” On prime of that, the included battery is encased in metallic, making it simpler to switch and providing some safety towards bending.