Pint-sized tech means pint-sized specs! Inside the iPad Mini 3, we expect to find:

7.9-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology

A7 chip with 64‑bit architecture + M7 motion coprocessor

5 MP iSight camera + 1.2 MP FaceTime HD camera

Wi‑Fi (802.11a/​b/​g/​n) with dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and MIMO support + Bluetooth 4.0

23.8 Wh rechargeable lithium-polymer battery

Three-axis gyro + accelerometer + ambient light sensor

The iPad Mini 3 now supports Touch ID, to be used in conjunction with  Pay.

Gold. So much gold. Gold everywhere.

Continuing the trend set by the iPad Air 2, the iPad Mini 3 sports the model number A1599.

iOpener彻底改变了我们打开iPad的方式。

我们将iOpener放置在iPad Mini 3的周边，并开始使用我们的开口镐将前面板与后壳分开。

经过一番努力和耐心，我们实现了目标。

As is often the case with updates that don't really change anything, nothing has really changed yet.

Unlike in the new iPad Air 2, the front panel glass and LCD are still separate components, individually replaceable.

With the LCD out, we find our first and only change in construction: Some absolutely terrific home button cabling. Wow. That wasn't last-minute at all.

Is that hot glue?

Yes—that is hot glue, holding the home button bracket to the front panel. Good luck transferring that to your replacement glass. (Which you're going to have to do, to keep the Touch ID functionality after a cracked screen repair.)

Looks like the cable is a bit of a nightmare all by itself.

No surprises here: Touch ID in the Mini is powered by an NXP Semiconductors 8416A1 Touch ID Sensor.

Logic board! Let's just get to it, shall we? Anything new?

Apple A7 APL0698 SoC

Within the A7 package we find SK Hynix H9CKNNN8KTARKR 1 GB LPDDR3 DRAM

SK Hynix H2JTDG8UD1BMR 16 GB NAND Flash

Universal Scientific Industrial 339S0213 Wi-Fi Module

Apple 343S00004-A1

NXP Semiconductors 65V10 NFC Controller

NXP Semiconductors LPC18A1 (Apple M7 Motion Co-Processor)

Apple (Cirrus Logic) 338S1213 Audio Codec

Apple 338S1199—likely a pair of audio amplifiers, similar to the Apple 338S1077 found in the previous iPad mini

Fairchild Semiconductor FDMC6676BZ and FDCM6683 MOSFETs

NXP 1610A1 Display Interface IC

iPad Mini 3 Repairability: 2 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair).

The LCD and glass are not fused together and can be replaced independently.

The battery is not soldered to the logic board or other components.

Copious amounts of adhesive hold many components in place—front glass, battery, front camera, back camera, ribbon cables—making repair extremely difficult.

The Lightning connector is soldered to the logic board, so don't bend its pins.

Removing the home button is now a much more difficult job. If you want to keep Touch ID functionality after a screen replacement, you'll have to transfer the home button to the new front panel.