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Apple Responds to Heat Complaints on New iPad

I've used my quite a bit over the past few days...games, videos, charging, etc. I haven't noticed a single bit of additional warmth at all. Granted some are, but it's becoming more and more evident that it's gross overreaction.
 
It seems a majority of this media stemmed from an engadget post which referenced a forum post here with "Overheating" in the title. When reading the thread it was obvious that the user was complaining about it being warmer than his old iPad, not actually overheating.

After that Engadget became the source to the claims on other sites and somewhat "validated" them because of their reputation.

So now it has come full circle, with apple issuing a statement and it being posted on MR.

All because the new iPad is a few degrees warmer than the old one.
 
If this had been any other company you'd all be reaming them out and laughing at their poor testing... this sort of heat increase in a handheld/lap product is inexcusable.
 
Konrad9 said:
If this had been any other company you'd all be reaming them out and laughing at their poor testing... this sort of heat increase in a handheld/lap product is inexcusable.
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Absurd. The only reason this is even an issue is because it's Apple. History has shown us this time and time again.
 
jclardy said:
It seems a majority of this media stemmed from an engadget post which referenced a forum post here with "Overheating" in the title. When reading the thread it was obvious that the user was complaining about it being warmer than his old iPad, not actually overheating.

After that Engadget became the source to the claims on other sites and somewhat "validated" them because of their reputation.

So now it has come full circle, with apple issuing a statement and it being posted on MR.

All because the new iPad is a few degrees warmer than the old one.
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If by a "few" you mean 10 degrees, then yes.
 
FWIW, I have been playing around with the device since it arrived on Friday. Mostly I've been reading "Hunger Games" and I'm over 2/3 of the way through. I've also used it to surf, email, contacts, etc. A couple other apps. A little YouTube. In my experience, I've noticed no heat issues whatsoever. Until someone mentioned the heat, I never thought of it.

Perhaps it's dependent on more involved processing than I've thrown at it so far.
 
I noticed the new iPad getting warm on my first day when it was downloading gigabytes of stuff from the App Store. Since then the warmth barely noticeable.
 
It's the LCD panel

I'm pretty sure that the LCD panel generates most of the reported heat at 100% brightness. At ~65% brightness and under, it won't get warm at all.
 
siritalks said:
There's a laughable over reaction to all of this. It's just a tiny bit of heat. I've used my iPad now for 4 or 5 hours straight. I played Fifa, Real Racer HD, mucked around with Garage Band, and there was a slight increase in temperature, but certainly not anything "too hot". Just mildly warm.

Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill!
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^^^^...This agree 100%
 
It's no where near MBP heat, so what everyone complaining about? My iPhone 4 gets warm too when playing games or streaming radio.
 
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Well we all knew this would be the "hot" product of the year :p
 
After buying a 32 GB 4G, I couldn't afford my electricity bill. Thankfully, Apple made this one hotter, because it's keeping me very warm.
 
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