Nexus 7 Teardown Reveals Battery Is Easy to Replace

If the battery ever stops working on your new Nexus 7 tablet, you can take heart that it'll be easy to replace. Teardown site iFixit has performed its trademark exploratory surgery on Google's new gadget, and it scored fairly well on repairability.

As with most tablets, the battery is the single largest component inside the Nexus 7, and it's easy to remove. It's not attached with solder, just a "small amount" of adhesive. Its capacity is rated at 4,326 milliamp-hours/16 watt-hours, very close to the Kindle Fire's 4,400mAh/16.28Wh battery.

Although the two batteries have similar capacities, the Nexus 7's is rated at almost 10 hours of battery life, whereas the Kindle Fire is a little le…
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