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In article <uebss9hlo32nfgira7rh8be449vscjivhs@4ax.com>, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>wrote:

Eric Stevens
Power supplies are glued into iPads: didn't you know?

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no they aren't. where did you get that insane idea? plus, what's in that picture is not an ipad power supply anyway nor is there any evidence of it being glued to an ipad.

an ipad power supply is *external* and connects via the lightning port (or dock connector on older ipads). it is not glued. it would have been nice if it was magnetic, though. apple includes one but third parties also make them.

the batteries inside an ipad, however, are glued (and not in all of them) for many reasons.

battery != power supply.

Eric Stevens
Isn't it?

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no, it isn't.

Eric Stevens
You surprise me. From where does my iPad get the power to run when I turn it on?

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from the battery, unless it's connected to a power supply which is plugged into the wall, in which case, it gets power from that and the battery is recharged.