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iFixit's Teardown of New iPad Pro With M5 Chip Reveals 'Repair Paradox'

Electronics repair website iFixit (https://www.ifixit.com/) today shared a teardown video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOldOvlzjr0) for the iPad Pro with the M5 chip (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/15/apple-debuts-new-ipad-pro-with-m5/), revealing a "repair paradox."



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Specifically, iFixit said the iPad Pro remains one of Apple's least-repairable devices, yet the company did start offering self-service repair parts and manuals for iPads (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/28/apple-launches-self-service-repair-for-ipad/) earlier this year. As a result of the self-service expansion, iFixit gave the latest iPad Pro a provisional repairability score of 5/10, which is higher than previous models.



Given the iPad Pro only received a spec-bump with the M5 chip, the teardown video does not reveal any notable internal changes.



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The new iPad Pro launched last week, and Apple should release self-service parts for this particular model in the coming months.



iFixit shared a teardown video for the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 chip (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/24/ifixit-tears-down-m5-macbook-pro/) last week.<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: iPad Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/)</div><div class="linkback">Tags: iFixit (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ifixit/), Teardown (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/teardown/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: iPad Pro (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPad-Pro)</div>
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