I love the fit and finish of Apple hardware. Some of it is better than others, but all of it is better than this soulless design.

iFixit has gotten quite good at stepping us through their teardown process. The commentary is smart and fun to read, and the pictures are top notch. This iPad Pro teardown is no exception.

Pay particular attention to the speaker disassembly in steps 12 and 13:

Although these speakers share a common design, their function changes depending on the tablet’s orientation. Whether in portrait or landscape mode, the Pro always sends higher frequencies to the topmost speakers to produce a more balanced sound.

And:

The speakers are nice, but what makes them really sing are the fancy back volume chambers, machined directly into the unibody enclosure. Apple claims that this new design provides up to three times more output than previous iPad models.

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