clueless. folks have had their ipads overheat in moderate outside temps. seems the issue varies from sample to sample. a class-action suit seems a good way to get Apple to sit up and take notice.
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Apple Faces Lawsuit Over iPad Overheating
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clueless. folks have had their ipads overheat in moderate outside temps. seems the issue varies from sample to sample. a class-action suit seems a good way to get Apple to sit up and take notice.
I'd believe that.
A defective temperature sensor? Something not put in right that makes it more prone to overheating? Who knows, but you have the people in 70 degree areas saying they overheat in 10 minutes, and people in 100+ degree areas saying they've had no issues whatsoever.
The Apple bashing, silly lawsuits, and ridiculous sense of entitlement by Apple user...errr....Trolls is now getting beyond ludicrous. People are just sounding crazier and crazier with their rants.
Macrumors is turning into the "trash Apple" web site.
Macrumors is turning into the "trash Apple" web site.
So if someone doesn't have 100% praise for every product that Apple makes, they can't contribute anything of value to the discussion and are trolls?
Good to know.
i'm assuming for the some reason we can't go that high without pressurised cabins... doesn't it crush us or cause us to expand as to the point where we blow up or something?
Ok my question should have been formed like this:
"the only thing that might change over 10,000 feet is pressure. But, I don't think that pressure affect electronics, does it? If it's not pressure, then what is the other factor, since it happens every time we flight".
The only other thing I could think of is cosmic radiation.
Hard drive heads come crashing down.
It's time to don your oxygen mask and bomber jacket.
Non issue. Just avoid using it in direct sunlight.
Steve
Sent from my iPad
Well a big screen thats black when off, and the black border to attract a lot of heat when in the sun... Just like my dad's black charcoal grill. I just wouldn't use it in direct sunlight then.
Steve
Sent from my iPad
Well a big screen thats black when off, and the black border to attract a lot of heat when in the sun... Just like my dad's black charcoal grill. I just wouldn't use it in direct sunlight then.
Yeah something like that i guess. If it was happening to every unit we would have had this issue raised long before now. Unless Apple tested it in a 3GS case
Come the fu$K on people.......for real??????
Hey I left my ice cream cone in the sun and it melted...Thats it I am suing dairy queen for defective ice cream
Hey I left my ice cream cone in the sun and it melted...Thats it I am suing dairy queen for defective ice cream
I was able to get mine into overheat mode by leaving it in my car. If you are out in really hot temperatures, it will go in to cooldown mode, but so will a laptop. I've never had it happen to me indoors.
I have not seen all the iPad adverts, but if there is an advert that shows iPad working well in "direct sunlight" outdoors, then you are right. All of the adverts that I have seen was either indoors or in a shade.
Hard drives require a cushion of air to keep the head floating above the surface of the platter as it spins. Above a certain altitude, the atmospheric pressure is too low to facilitate this cushion. Obviously, this is only an issue for spinning hard drives. Wouldn't make a difference when it comes to flash memory.
I don't see Dairy Queen advertising their ice cream as able to be used under the sun for a long period of time
Also, most people know that ice cream melts, so you don't have that reasonable expectation. And other devices work in the sun, and Apple advertises with users using the iPad in the sun. So the reasonable expectation is that you can use it normally in the sun, despite whatever fine print.
Sorry, what about air density. There is not enough coolant (air) at that height, so a device will overheat.
But really, the guy should move to sunny and super warm UK.
Then there'll be a lawsuit for:
Can't read the screen in bright daylight;
Can't hear through the speakers when commuting and not wearing headphones;
Can't receive SMS;
Can't make phone calls.
There could be many more... we should start a new thread and play a guessing game -- Apple: The Next Lawsuit.
To me, anything under -2°C over above 26°C is extreme weather!
Can't read the screen in bright daylight;
Can't hear through the speakers when commuting and not wearing headphones;
Can't receive SMS;
Can't make phone calls.
There could be many more... we should start a new thread and play a guessing game -- Apple: The Next Lawsuit.
To me, anything under -2°C over above 26°C is extreme weather!
Stevie-poo better host a PR damage control meeting and offer free iPad bumpers in sexy colors or I'm thru!
False advertising?! It's supposed to be "ice" cream at all times.
I don't see Dairy Queen advertising their ice cream as able to be used under the sun for a long period of time
Also, most people know that ice cream melts....
False advertising?! It's supposed to be "ice" cream at all times.
Hypoxia sets in long before anything that nasty.
The lower pressure is due to less air molecules in a given space compared to that same space at a lower altitude. So there are less air molecules available surrounding the iPad to radiate the heat away.
I'll agree that it was real disappointing that first time I took my ipad outside to show my friends and within a couple minutes the temp warning screen popped up for the first time. Definitely wasn't expecting that especially since the commercial shows it being used outdoors and my iphone and all of my ipods over the years have never had that issue.
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I think that takes the cake for chiming in on something you admittedly know nothing about.
Apple posts the operating range for all to see. 95 degrees (and that's obviously conservative.)
I've had mind shut down once, when I left it in the direct sun on a hot day.
I put it in the shade and it cranked right back up. Big ***** deal.
No computer is designed to work in extreme heat.
Obvious nonsense case.