2019 13inch MacBook Pro teardown reveals soldereddown SSD slightly larger battery modular ports 9to5Mac

IFixit has gotten its palms at the 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro that become released this week, giving a detailed study the changes underneath the hood. The base thirteen-inch Pro has a slightly larger battery, modular ports, however now has a soldered-down SSD. The teardown additionally tests out the notebook’s keyboard and extra.

IFixit found a few positive aspects with the base 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro because it compared and contrasted the notebook to its predecessor, the non Touch Bar2019 MacBook Pro.

The good

Apple is using modular elements for the Thunderbolt and headphone ports, with the headphone jack module also consisting of the microphone and Touch ID connector. Keeping these additives modular method upkeep gained’t require a complete common sense board replacement in case of failure.

The teardown additionally found out that the battery on this present day 13-inch MacBook Pro is slightly large with a 58.2Wh capacity in comparison to the 54.5Wh inside the2019 non Touch Bar model.

That difference can be defined by means of the extra juice wished for the Touch Bar and T2 chip improvements because the battery is still rated for 10 hours of use, just like the different Pro fashions. However, even the more effective thirteen-inch Pro fashions have a 58.0Wh battery potential, so there’s a hazard the bottom model with upgraded battery could offer longer use than expected.

The bad

One of IFixit’s major disappointments from this teardown is that Apple is now soldering down the SSD. Previously it was a proprietary SSD chip, so users couldn’t really do upgrades, but it wasn’t fixed in place. That SSD change joins the soldered-down RAM.

Another problem become a discounted warmness pipe:

To make room for the Touch ID sensor alongside the Touch Bar, Apple seems to have trimmed a touch mass off the warmth pipe, left of the exhaust. Compare the2019 “Function keys” model (top of photo) to this 12 months’s model (backside).

IFixit highlights that the maximum amount of heat output is still the same but now with the reduced heat pipe.

Meanwhile, the teardown also notes that the speaker was notably reduced, with IFixit curious how Apple could retain sound quality.

Apple’s audio engineers are basically wizards, but we’re skeptical that even wizards could keep the equal sound quality in a speaker this tons smaller.

The stagnant

As expected after Apple introduced the thirteen-inch 2019 MacBook Pros to its Keyboard Service Program, IFixit confirmed the new machine is using the same revised third-gen butterfly keyboard that launched with the updated 15-inch MacBook Pro back in May. Users may have the same troubles, but at least they’ll be covered.

Conclusion

Overall, the base 2019 MacBook Pro received a 2/10 repairability score from IFixit, which is the same as the non Touch Bar version earned from2019.

On the intense facet, in early performance checks, the base 2019 thirteen-inch MacBook Pro has fared pretty well, even coming near the results of the extra pricey 13-inch Pro fashions with upgraded processors.

Check out the full teardown here.

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