Before we put this one under the knife, let's review what we exspec to find:

13.3" LED-backlit IPS Retina display with True Tone, 2560 x 1600 resolution (227 dpi), P3 wide color gamut

2.3 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 3.8 GHz) with integrated Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Apple T2 custom coprocessor

8 GB of 2133 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM

256 GB PCIe-based SSD

802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0

Four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports supporting charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, USB 3.1 Gen 2

Spoiler alert! As always, we like to start off with a superhero's-eye-view of our victim's internals.

These X-ray images come to you thanks to our ingenious pals at Creative Electron.

Don't worry, we're still going to take it apart. Hold that thought ...

We open up last year's 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar for a quick comparison—and if we were to judge a MacBook by its cover, we'd say these were the same machine.

Apple says this butterfly keyboard is a bit quieter, but otherwise unchanged. After banging away at the keys in a side-by-side sound-off, we definitely perceive a lower, less clacky tone, but any difference in decibels is difficult to detect.

The biggest change so far: a new model number—A1989, and EMC 3214.

X-rays also show the return of the modular headphone jack, and provide a peep at the Thunderbolt hardware—which now runs at full speed on all four ports, thanks in part to the 8th-gen Core processor's four additional PCIe lanes.

Our teardown begins in earnest—we dispatch a sextuplet of pentalobe screws, and dash through what by now is a pretty familiar opening procedure.

At first glance, the internals look very similar to the 13" MacBook Pro from last year ... and the year before that.

At second glance, we decide to go in closer for a third glance.

We disconnect the battery without any drama—it's buttoned down with a T5 Torx screw, so we use one of our blue and black Pro Tech specialty drivers to dispatch it.

At 58.0 Wh, this battery has gotten a significant boost over the 49.2 Wh unit we found in our original 13" Touch Bar teardown.

Turns out that extra 'oomph' comes from a slightly bigger battery—arrayed into six cells this time, instead of five. It's also heavier, weighing in at in at 232.7 g, versus the old battery's 196.7 g.

And yet this MacBook Pro's total weight hasn't changed one iota. We're not sure which parts of this device have been on a diet, but it does look like Apple shaved some mass off the top case.

The new-and-improved speakers (on the right) have grown, too—they're longer and narrower, filling all the remaining space, and bumping right up against the logic board thanks to the revised top case design.

In a lone piece of happy repair news: the trackpad is replaceable as ever. Twirl away a few Torx screws, and off it flies.

We get our first taste of some chips under the trackpad (looking virtually unchanged from their first outing back in 2016):

STMicroelectronics STM32F103VB ARM Cortex-M3 MCU

Broadcom BCM5976C1KUFBG Touch Controller

Maxim Integrated MAX11291ENX 24-Bit, 6-Channel Delta-Sigma ADC

Meanwhile, we can't help but notice the earlier model's port to nowhere—which turned out to be for data recovery—is mysteriously absent.

Apple was careful to mention its latest third-gen keyboard in its press release. The added quietness seems a bit underwhelming to our ears, and we suspect there's something more going on.

After three years of key-cap removal, we're able to pop this lid open without damaging the delicate clips, and boy are we rewarded.

As you may have heard, there's a brand new silicone barrier under here.

This bears further analysis. We'll have a deeper dive on the keyboard situation later in the week. Stay tuned!

Time to liberate that logic board and look around!

As usual, a relatively modest-looking heat sink handles cooling for the CPU and integrated graphics. Another par for the course: Apple's typical glut of thermal paste.

And our first peep of silicon reveals: the touted T2!

Seen previously in the iMac Pro, Apple's custom T2 chip has taken over an impressive number of functions—but, we still expect to find a lot of other silicon on this board. Let's check it out!

Here's a familiar mustache full of chips:

8th-generation Intel Core i5-8259U CPU with Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Apple T2 APL1027 339S00533 coprocessor, layered over 1 GB Micron MT53B256M32D1TG-062 XT:C LPDDR4

Toshiba TSB 3226 J86404 TWNA1 (likely 2x 64 GB flash memory, 128 GB total on this side)

4x SKhynix H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NVD 16 Gb LPDDR3 2133 MHz (8 GB total)

Intel JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 Controller

Apple/Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) 339S00428 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module

338S00267-A0 (likely Apple PMIC)

And we flip it around for some bonus silicon:

2x Toshiba TSB 3226 J86404 TWNA1 64 GB flash memory, for 128 GB on this side and 256 GB total)

2x Texas Instruments CD3215C00 83CFZST

Cirrus Logic CS42L83A Audio Codec

Intersil ISL95828AHRTZ PWM controller

2x NXP Semiconductor CBTL06142F display port multiplexer

Texas Instruments TPS51980A synchronous buck controller

NXP Semiconductor PN80V secure NFC module

IC Identifications, continued:

ON Semiconductor FDMF5808A, FDMF5804, and Vishay SIC532 power stage

Apple 338S00438 ? power management

Bosch Sensortec BMA282 accelerometer and Texas Instruments TMP464 5-Ch. remote/local temperature sensor

Diodes Incorporated PI3USB32 dual SPST USB 2.0 switch

Winbond W25Q80DV 8 Mb serial NOR flash memory

Texas Instruments TASxxxx audio amplifier

Texas Instruments TPS51916 DDR memory power management

And for our dessert course we have: a brand new USB-C power adapter!

The A/C adapter included with this 13" MacBook Pro does indeed sport the new model number A1947 (vs. A1718, bottom), so it's time to bust out the ultrasonic cutter and go to town.

After clawing painfully through more layers and rubberized filler than we've ever seen in one of these things, we finally free the internals.

Opening the previous adapter (on the left) was a walk in the park compared to this unit, but it does look like this model benefits from redesigned internals, some additional shielding, and lots of impact-resistant foam rubber.

That said, Apple has also swapped the aluminum USB-C port for a plastic one ...

Here's what's left after the 2018 MacBook Pro gave up its secrets, including:

A bigger battery that squeezed the speakers into a narrower form factor.

A keyboard decked out with a thin silicone barrier, which could be for sound baffling, but matches Apple ingress-proofing patents.

And a seemingly unchanged thermal management system, despite the extra power under the hood.

Teardown Update: we wanted to drill a bit deeper into the new keyboard, so we did some testing and then gave it another teardown all to itself. Check it out!