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See the iPhone 16’s game-changing battery removal process in new iFixit teardown

A teardown by iFixit now shows the new battery removal process in action, and it looks easier than ever.

Doing away with the usual pull tabs, Apple is using an adhesive that debonds in response to a low electrical current. It only takes about a minute and a half for it to come unstuck, per Apple’s repair guide. iFixit tech Shahram Mokhtari said, “I’m not sure we’ve ever had a battery removal process go so cleanly and smoothly.”

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