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Phone Repair Guru finds Phillips screws inside the OLED iPad mini

The speaker mystery leads into a teardown with pull-out battery adhesive and an unexpectedly upbeat verdict on repairability.

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Phone Repair Guru Story of November 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

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What Happened To The Speakers? OLED iPad Mini Teardown

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0:43The host tests the Acoustic Display audio system and notes vibrations at maximum volume.
2:20With the chassis open, he examines the display and tests audio with the screen detached.
3:00He disconnects the battery and finds standard Phillips screws used extensively inside.
4:26The battery's adhesive strips pull free, allowing him to remove it easily.
6:33He removes the motherboard and warns that computing power differs between storage configurations.
7:53He discusses official repair pricing, reassembles the tablet and shows it powering back on.

The missing speaker holes are the first curiosity. The ordinary screws turn out to be another surprise.

In "What Happened To The Speakers? OLED iPad Mini Teardown", Phone Repair Guru opens Apple's compact tablet to investigate its Acoustic Display audio system, then finds a device he considers unusually straightforward to take apart. The upload has drawn about 164,000 views in its first twenty hours.

Before reaching for tools, he tests the sound and notes vibrations at maximum volume. Once the chassis is open, he tries the audio with the screen detached, later removing and inspecting the tweeters and speakers. The video also includes a screen-protector promotional segment.

But the repair work supplies the clearest discoveries. "Pretty much every single screw in here is a Phillips screw," he says. The battery's adhesive strips pull free, allowing it to lift out without a struggle. By the time he reaches the motherboard, his verdict is enthusiastic: "Literally everything on this device is modular, and I'm really impressed with Apple."

There is a purchasing detail amid the disassembly, too: he warns that different storage configurations come with different computing power. At the end, he discusses Apple's repair pricing and puts the tablet back together, showing it switching on again.

Viewers have their own design question. Several focus on the apparent empty space inside, asking whether it could accommodate a larger battery or a headphone jack. Another suggests acoustics might explain it, a possibility raised in the comments rather than an answer established by the teardown.

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