Apple Watch Series 5 has been considered to be no different from the previous generation, the famous disassembly website iFixit This week, the new watch was unloaded, and the dismantling results confirmed people’s opinions.

Only from the outside, it’s really hard to distinguish between Apple Watch Series 5 and Series 4, and the disassembly process is the same: soften the adhesive by heating, and then separate the screen from the case with a precision knife.

▲ Left is Series 5, right is Series 4

The exposed internal structure shows that the 40mm size of the Series 5 battery has a significant change compared to the Series 4, which is a 10% increase, but the 44mm Series 5 has only increased by 1.4%, which is not enough for the user to experience. There is obvious perception in the middle, especially when combined with the screen with increased constant brightness characteristics, it is difficult to bring the improvement of battery life.

▲ Left is Series 5 battery, right is Series 4 battery

The Series 5 does use the new S5 chip and compass, and the storage capacity has doubled compared to the previous generation, but the GPU and CPU are consistent with the Series 4, and the overall performance is no different.

In general, the internal structure of the Series 5 and Series 4 is very similar, but the haptic feedback engine, screen and battery connectors have been redesigned so that many parts cannot be replaced individually.

The screen is always the biggest update of the Apple Watch Series 5, according to Apple, this feature is in low temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) OLED display, ultra low power display driver and new ambient light sensor The technology works together, but iFixit says these improvements “have been integrated into the display technology that is invisible to the naked eye.”

For Apple’s claim that the Series 5 case is made of “100% recycled aluminum”, iFixit believes that there is a suspicion of stealing: “It’s great to use recycled materials, but in fact, most of the world’s aluminum It’s all about recycling aluminum, which is much cheaper than the newly mined aluminum. The real question is whether Apple uses recycled aluminum that would otherwise not be recycled. After analyzing Apple’s statement on the matter, the answer seems to be no. .”

The title map and the map are from iFixit