Anyone exchanged a new ipad because of the heat issue?

[sekazi]

I can easily get my iPhone 4 up to 105F. I have been unable to get my iPad above 100F.

 

[Hoggles]

There is no heat issue.... end of story.

 

[ewo1992]

What heat issue...

 

[richpjr]

I used my iPhone 4s for a couple of hours with the GPS for driving directions and it was hotter than my iPad ever gets after playing hours of games. Just not an issue.

 

[sluggozmom]

I used my iPhone 4s for a couple of hours with the GPS for driving directions and it was hotter than my iPad ever gets after playing hours of games. Just not an issue.

I got my iPad good and hot today using the gps in the car for a while.... Closed the maps app ..and it cooled down
Sometimes my phone gets hot too.
I'm not worried, and I'm not returning it. I got a nice screen and havent had any other issues..

 

[Skygunner27]

But do/did you use them naked or in a case? And what does under load mean? Just wanna make sure mine is issue free... not trying to discredit your problems.

At the time of overheating, I did not have a case. From Kingdom Rush to RR2HD, I would get the tempature error. I know from experience, that there we're some bad launch units. My new week 12 build is perfect.

 

[richpjr]

At the time of overheating, I did not have a case. From Kingdom Rush to RR2HD, I would get the tempature error. I know from experience, that there we're some bad launch units. My new week 12 build is perfect.

I guess a temperature error is all you need to be sure there is an issue - shouldn't be able to do that to a device.

 

[oomega1]

While at the Pasadena Apple store while one of my exchanges for a yellow tint, We were on the home screen doing nothing. Just playing with the brightness. One of them got super hot doing nothing. After we reset it, it was fine though. But we started laughing at how we were going off topic of the yellow tint cause we started noticing the differences and quality control of all the different ones I've opened. Sigh*

I think there are a lot of software issues that needs to be addressed and comptatibility etc. I wonder now if they had to use many different components from different manufactures just to come out with so many Ipad3s. My friends dont' have the same issue. =/

 

[ZipZap]

The new iPad does not have a heat issue, just a bunch of consumers looking for problems and believing every word the media says.

For a HAND-HELD device, it does get too warm. iPad 2 did not suffer from this issue.

Thanks for your inaccurate opinion.

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As some people obviously have problems to deal with and understand metaphorical and retorical statements, I will have to spell it out more clearly: tjb1 claims 1) that the new iPad does not have a heat issue, and 2) that it is just a bunch of consumers looking for problems and believing every word the media says.

It deep contrast to making such completely unfounded claims, all I said was that tjb1 makes two-three completely unfounded assumptions and states them as facts or truths, as a King of Definition does. I am afraid that this message didn't reach the poster.

Such posts, like the one that tjb1 here have made, function to try and stop reflection, discussion and dialogue - and that cannot be the intention of a forum. But luckily, such attempts to stop a vital discussion will never make it. But it is always interesting to observe the attempts some people make, and so try and imagine the personal needs that may motivate such infantile behavior, a kind of behavior that does not belong in a forum, where grown-ups never will allow such persons to stop them/us in exchanging experiences relevant to interesting tech products.

You said it better.

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Lets see.

My Macbook Pro gets warm
My iPhone gets warm
My Playstation 3 gets warm
My Xbox 360 gets warm
My HD cable box gets warm
My router gets warm

If my iPad DIDNT get warm I would think there was something wrong with it.

I have had all of the iphones and they did not get warm. In any case, use examples that have context. iPads are HAND-HELD devices. I am not holding my router during its use.

iPad 3's get warm and are uncomfortable IMHO. This should not be a feature of a hand-held device.

Apple got it right with iPad 2, so what's different. Someone did not pay attention during engineering....or the risk was simply accepted by Apple.

 

[iapplelove]

For a HAND-HELD device, it does get too warm. iPad 2 did not suffer from this issue.

completely disagree. Just because it's gets warmer than the iPad 2 does not mean there is a heat issue going on.

The device shells a larger battery and a screen that's 4 times the pixel dense than its predecessor. We're u expecting it to blow cold air in your hands?

As for the other devices all my iPhones get much warmer than my iPad 3 ever does

 

[spiderman0616]

For a HAND-HELD device, it does get too warm. iPad 2 did not suffer from this issue.

Thanks for your inaccurate opinion.

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You said it better.

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I have had all of the iphones and they did not get warm. In any case, use examples that have context. iPads are HAND-HELD devices. I am not holding my router during its use.

iPad 3's get warm and are uncomfortable IMHO. This should not be a feature of a hand-held device.

Apple got it right with iPad 2, so what's different. Someone did not pay attention during engineering....or the risk was simply accepted by Apple.

Well, as long as YOUR iPhones have never gotten warm........

My iPhone 4 gets warm when I stream music from iTunes Match. It also got very warm while covertly playing a game of Monopoly over Bluetooth with a co-worker the other day.

Gadgets get warm. If it's too hot for you to hold or if the iPad shuts down, there's probably an issue with it. If it gets slightly warmer with use, then it's not an issue. Even Consumer Reports, the generator of all this unnecessary hubbub, has recommended the iPad and gone on to say it is the best tablet on the market. So if you're going to take their word as law on everything, then you have to acknowledge their final review as well as all the other sites that have refuted the "heat issue" with their research.

 

[Mechinyun]

I returned mine - keeping my ipad 2.

I have a stove in the kitchen if I want want to fry something.

Mark my words, next years will not have a heat issue like this one, and yes it DOES have a heat issue.

 

[drenline]

I've used my iPad 3 to iron my wrinkled dress shirts before, works like a charm!

 

[ZipZap]

completely disagree. Just because it's gets warmer than the iPad 2 does not mean there is a heat issue going on.

The device shells a larger battery and a screen that's 4 times the pixel dense than its predecessor. We're u expecting it to blow cold air in your hands?

As for the other devices all my iPhones get much warmer than my iPad 3 ever does

Excuse....excuse...excuse. Stop being an Apple apologist. Holding something warm is not ok. The fact that the heat is concentrated in one spot is not ok.

Apple should have engineered this better. Wait and see, there will be NO heat in the next generation which will confirm that they did not do a good enough job in this generation.

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Well, as long as YOUR iPhones have never gotten warm........

My iPhone 4 gets warm when I stream music from iTunes Match. It also got very warm while covertly playing a game of Monopoly over Bluetooth with a co-worker the other day.

Gadgets get warm. If it's too hot for you to hold or if the iPad shuts down, there's probably an issue with it. If it gets slightly warmer with use, then it's not an issue. Even Consumer Reports, the generator of all this unnecessary hubbub, has recommended the iPad and gone on to say it is the best tablet on the market. So if you're going to take their word as law on everything, then you have to acknowledge their final review as well as all the other sites that have refuted the "heat issue" with their research.

Awwwww come on!

I am not saying people should not buy the iPad....only that the device should not get warm or hot. Its a HAND HELD device.

Its clear they did not do a good job of dispersing the heat and as luck (bad) would have it, it gets warm right-exactly-dead onto the spot where you put your left hand.

Consumer reports rightly pointed this out as have many other members. I dont really care if you feel its acceptable or if you feel I am just being too hard on the technology. It a design choice that I truely believe would not have passed muster with SJ.

 

[SvP]

Excuse....excuse...excuse. Stop being an Apple apologist. Holding something warm is not ok. The fact that the heat is concentrated in one spot is not ok.

Apple should have engineered this better. Wait and see, there will be NO heat in the next generation which will confirm that they did not do a good enough job in this generation.

Improvement isn't proof of defect, or bad design. Next one will probably get thinner, lighter. Doesn't mean it's too heavy or too fat now.

By your def. the iPad 2 is bad because it had half the pixels.

Awwwww come on!

I am not saying people should not buy the iPad....only that the device should not get warm or hot. Its a HAND HELD device.

Its clear they did not do a good job of dispersing the heat and as luck (bad) would have it, it gets warm right-exactly-dead onto the spot where you put your left hand.

Consumer reports rightly pointed this out as have many other members. I dont really care if you feel its acceptable or if you feel I am just being too hard on the technology. It a design choice that I truely believe would not have passed muster with SJ.

SJ is dead. Stop comparing alive people with dead people; it's stupid.

It's within specs and you are very able to hold it. If you don't like the heat in that spot, simply hold it upside-down. If you think it's too warm for your taste; don't buy it, if you don't mind, do what you please.

 

[littleman18]

When I first got my iPad it was hot while playing infinty blade and stuff but now seems to be cool all the time

 

[spiderman0616]

Excuse....excuse...excuse. Stop being an Apple apologist. Holding something warm is not ok. The fact that the heat is concentrated in one spot is not ok.

Apple should have engineered this better. Wait and see, there will be NO heat in the next generation which will confirm that they did not do a good enough job in this generation.

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Awwwww come on!

I am not saying people should not buy the iPad....only that the device should not get warm or hot. Its a HAND HELD device.

Its clear they did not do a good job of dispersing the heat and as luck (bad) would have it, it gets warm right-exactly-dead onto the spot where you put your left hand.

Consumer reports rightly pointed this out as have many other members. I dont really care if you feel its acceptable or if you feel I am just being too hard on the technology. It a design choice that I truely believe would not have passed muster with SJ.

Yes, because they designed the new iPad THE DAY AFTER Steve Jobs died.