So you’ve pre-ordered your new iPad. But have you considered what happens when the battery finally goes south? No? Well according to Expert Reviews, you’ll need to drop about $107 into the mail with the iPad…for a replacement. That’s right, it’s like the insanity behind replacing the battery on the iPhone all over again!

The article goes on to remind potential iPad users that they’ll want to make sure to back-up all of their data before sending their units in for replacement as Apple sure isn’t going to do it for you. Because rather than taking the sane approach to allowing users to replace their own batteries, Apple is likely hoping you’ll just upgrade to iPad 2.0 come the death of the ever-important unit battery.