"As is now a long-standing custom, iFixit performed a full teardown of the latest iPhone-this time, the newly launched iPhone Air. These teardowns got pretty routine for a while, as Apple settled into a fairly consistent design for iPhones, but the new design of the iPhone Air offered an opportunity for compelling observations. Many of the important components-including the entire logic board-are clustered up at the top of the phone, while the majority of its middle and body house a battery."
"iFixit found that this battery is identical to the one included in Apple's iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack-you can even swap the batteries between the pack and the phone with no problems. Having the battery occupy roughly two-thirds of the device also helps mitigate the problems we saw with " Bendgate" in earlier, thin iPhones a few years ago. Bendgate occurred in part because the logic board was getting damaged under pressure in the middle of the device."
A full teardown reveals that most important components, including the entire logic board, are clustered at the top of the iPhone Air while the middle and lower body primarily contain a battery. The battery fills roughly two-thirds of the device and is identical to the battery used in Apple's iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack, allowing direct swapping between the pack and the phone. Placing the logic board at the top reduces the risk of bending damage seen in earlier thin iPhones because the battery is more resilient and the critical circuitry is away from mid-device pressure points.
Read at Ars Technica
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