A new dissection of Apple's latest tablet shows an iPad mini-like construction and several parts shared with the iPhone 5s. Repair experts iFixit found a new two-cell design design for the iPad Air's 32.9 watt-hour battery, a change from the fourth-generation iPad's three-cell, 43 watt-hour configuration. The iPad Air maintains its impressive battery life despite the lower charge capacity thanks to efficiency improvements in iOS and the new A7 processor, according to Apple. Also going on a diet, the device's 9.7-inch LG-manufactured Retina display has reportedly lost 20 percent of its thickness. Unlike the newest iPhones, the iPad Air's display is not laminated to the cover glass. As they dove deeper, iFixit noted the similarities in construction between the iPad mini and iPad Air, saying that it "seems like Apple took an iPad Mini and transmogrified it to a regular iPad's size." In addition to the similar construction, the iPad Air also gains a mini-like stereo speaker arrangement. The speakers contain no manufacturers identification, making it likely that they are a custom part. The iPad Air gains the nano SIM introduced with the iPhone 5, and swaps out the formerly Murata-made Wi-Fi module for a USI part, likely thanks to the tablet's new use of MIMO technology. Lastly, the iPad Air carries a slightly different model of Apple's A7 processor than the one found in the iPhone 5s. Benchmarks have shown that the iPad's variant of the chip has a minimally increased clock speed --聽about 100 megahertz --聽from the version found in Apple's handset. A full list of silicon found soldered to the iPad Air's logic board: Apple A7Elpida F8164A1MD LPDDR3 SDRAMToshiba THGBX2G7B2JLA01 16 GB NAND FlashApple M7Apple Dialog Power Management ICUSI 339S0213 Wi-Fi ModuleApple 338S1116 Cirrus Audio CodecBroadcom BCM5976C1KUB6G Touch Screen ControllerQualcomm M9616M Baseband ProcessorTriQuint TQF6514 RF Power Amplifier ModuleThree Skyworks SKY77-series LTE RF Power Amplifier/Duplexer ModulesTwo Avago A79-series LTE RF Power Amplifier/Duplexer ModulesMurata Antenna Switch/Filter ModuleWTR1605L Transceiver ModuleQualcomm PM8018 PMIC
