Apple Watch Series 2 Gets Ripped Apart – Reveals Larger Battery and Surprisingly Easy to Repair Components

Perhaps one of the coolest things about technology, especially in today’s curiosity-driven day and age, is that there’s often someone, or even multiple people, brazen enough to defy the odds of conventional wisdom for the sheer sake of exploring unchartered territory — including all of the internal components, sprockets, connections, and contraptions that power our most beloved, handheld hardware.

One of those fearless luminaries in the tech exploration scene is the team over at iFixIt, who’re known, above all else, for their extensive hands on decimations, and subsequent examinations, of the hottest new smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices to hit the market.

Sure enough, iFixIt recently had a chance to sit down and (delicately) pry apart the internal components of Apple’s hot new Watch Series 2 — and what they found, tucked away in the depths thereof, is actually quite astonishing, to say the least.

According to iFixIt’s first tear down of the second-generation Apple Watch, not only is the device slightly more repairable than the original Apple Watch — garnering a repair score of 6/10, compared to the original Watch’s 5/10 — but the device also boasts a significantly reengineered internal component structure.

Sure, from the naked eye, Apple’s Watch Series 2 doesn’t appear even the slightest bit different from the original Watch; however, as you’ll see in the photographs below, the Watch Series 2 is actually quite different, err, significantly reengineered, where it matters most — on the inside.

To be fair, according to CultofMac, the iFixIt tear down revealed that some internal components will still require a reasonable extent of micro soldering during a typical repair. However, most notable among the many changes is that Apple’s powerful new dual-core S2 chip has been repositioned within the casing, and that several components have been reengineered so as to further advance the device’s highly-touted ‘swim proof’ certification.

Yes, in case you haven’t heard, the Watch Series 2 features the highest level of waterproofed certification currently available — being able to withstand water submersion for up to 30 minutes time under 50 meters of water (168 feet).

Apple, earlier this month at the company’s iPhone 7 launch event, touted that the Watch Series 2 would be “swim proofed” — however, as was subsequently confirmed, the device actually boasts IP68 waterproofing certification, featuring a newly reengineered ‘water ejecting’ speaker system to facilitate the discharge of any water that seeps in during your swim. Also aiding in the new, highly advanced waterproofing of the Apple Watch Series 2 is a super-strong new adhesive spread throughout, coupled with gaskets and rings and condensed components that collectively make the device extra water friendly.

Last but not least, contrary to several previous reports, the iFixIt tear down revealed that the battery installed on the Apple Watch Series 2 is approximately 32% larger, capacity wise, than the battery on the original Apple Watch — presumably affording more juice to power the device’s beefed up dual-core processor, brighter display, and the inclusion of a dedicated GPS chip to facilitate the wearable’s advanced fitness tracking capabilities.

Are you planning on picking up an Apple Watch Series 2? Let us know in the comments!