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divdiv class=postBody txtWrap section=txt readability=27div class=cnet-image-div image-REGULAR float-none readability=1img class=cnet-image src=http://asset1.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/11/05/ipad-air-disassembly-isuppli-small.jpg alt=The iPad Air disassembled: Slashing the number of backlights has a big impact on thickness. width=600 height=450/p class=image-captionThe iPad Air disassembled: Slashing the number of backlights has a big impact on thickness. /pspan class=image-credit(Credit:IHS iSuppli)/span/divpThe number of LEDs has been slashed in the iPad Air, allowing Apple to build a sleeker tablet, according to a new report. /ppMore has been revealed about thea href=http://reviews.cnet.com/apple-ipad-air/ section=luke_topic iPad Air/a's internals, revealing a revamped backlight assembly that helped Apple to slash the battery capacity by 23 percent, according to a teardown report released Tuesday by IHS iSuppli. /ppThe iPad Air uses only 36 light-emitting diodes (LED) to illuminate the LCD, down from 84 in the earlier-generation iPad, according to iSuppli. /pp[That's a] big difference [and] has a big impact on the power requirements for the device, Andrew Rassweiler, Sr., director of Cost Benchmarking Servicesat IHS, said in response to an e-mail query. /ppIn part because there are fewer backlight lamps, the battery now has reduced capacity, he said. /ppAs iFixit a title=How the iPad Air got thinner, lighter -- Friday, Nov 1, 2013 href=/8301-13579_3-57610460-37/how-the-ipad-air-got-thinner-lighter/demonstrated on Friday/a, the Air's 33 WHr, two-cell battery is decidedly less monstrous than the previous iPad's 43 WHr, three-cell power plant. /ppApple didn't stop there, though. The thickness of the display and touch-screen subsystems has been trimmed too. /ppThe Air's display is 1.8 millimeters thick, compared with about 2.23 millimeters for the older-generation iPad. Meanwhile, the touch screen is also thinner with its use of an expensive cyclo olephin polymer (COP) film sensor versus the thicker and cheaper glass sensor used in the previous models, iSuppli said in its report. /pdiv class=cnet-image-div image-REGULAR float-none readability=0img class=cnet-image src=http://asset3.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/11/05/ipad-air-flat-apple-fd-small.jpg alt=iPad Air width=603 height=75/p class=image-captioniPad Air/pspan class=image-credit(Credit:Apple)/span/div/div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center