Our ingenious friends at Creative Electron sent us a sneak peek at the Pro 9.7's internals, X-ray style.

We immediately note that where the larger iPad Pro's interior volume was dominated by four huge speaker enclosures, this little guy uses a more conventional setup: the battery hogs most of the space, with the logic board on the side and the speakers squeezed in at the margins.

What's that weird strip of PCB running through the middle, though?

Time for a closer look. Let's open it up!