Tech website VentureBeat reported about a teardown of Apple Inc's brand-new iPad Air. The iPad Air is Apple's slimmest and lightest tablet to date at 7.55 millimeters thick and weighed a pound. As part of its ongoing feature of do-it-yourself (DIY) repair jobs on gadgets, repair manual site iFixit gave the new iPad tablet a rate of 2/10.

iFixit's teardown revealed the power efficiency of the iPad Air. Comparing to last year's iPad 43 WHr battery, Air has a 32.9 WHr battery. Apple claimed that both have the same battery life despite the 25% battery size reduction.

iFixit also pointed out that Air's glass screen would be the most sensitive part of the tablet should a DIY repair would be conducted. Air's front panel had been glued to the device like the previous tablets. Moreover, a foam sticky tape used to stick the LCD to the tablet's front panel would increase the likelihood of the glass screen to break should a DIY repair would be made.

According to a MarketWatch report, Apple is known to charge astronomical prices in repairing its mobile devices. A broken screen replacement for an iPhone 5 would cost an owner USD229. A user could go to a Select Apple store to have a broken screen repaired for USD 49. Owners who paid AppleCare insurance worth USD99 could get their broken screens fixed for USD49. Since the iPhone was released in 2007, owners had spent a combined USD6 billion in repairs alone.