Sure. Wrapping an oversized rubber band was a “fix.” The Air throttling was well documented at the time. It was fixed with the next version of the MacBook Air in November of 2008.
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Apple Says Some 2018 iPad Pros Ship Bent, But It's Normal and Not a Defect
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It’s funny because I love Apple products and I actually have the new iPad Pro but still I can’t stand people defending Apple when they don’t even know the facts of what other people report. It’s annoying to have people telling others “well everything brakes under certain conditions” or “my iPad Pro is fine” (so I guess others aren’t allowed to have issues with it). It doesn’t make any sense and it’s pure fanboism.
Having said that, I don’t think Apple has completely lost it and I actually challenge people saying otherwise. I just don’t think that Jobs would have done many things differently. Apple’s current strategy is the result of its success and I don’t think Cook is to blame. He is doing what any CEO would have done while managing the tramendous success of the iPhone and he is doing it very well. But at the same time when a consumer complains, you should respect him and not side with the corporation (especially when you gain nothing from doing it).
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Is Apple even capable of building devices without any defects? They're a joke these days.
Totally agree. I think it was a dumb move for them and it's obviously a defect. I can only go my own personal experience though and I have never received a defective product from Apple and their service has always been the best. Until I see otherwise, I'll buy their products.
Apple is writing Samsung commercials for them...
The reality distortion field is something POSITIVE - steve used it for positive change! so pls. delete this post
How about the 2018 Mac Mini with it's reported issues from the community like Bluetooth issues, T2 crashes, soldered SSD chips (which when they fail it's a throw away item unless you want to buy a motherboard). I'm sticking with my 2012 Mac mini and when it stops getting updates, i'll make it a Linux and Windows 10 machine.
But what gets me are all the Apple apologists who skewered those who claimed their shiny new 2018 iPP's got bent somehow without being mishandled.
So it was better to say nothing than to say its normal, given those are the only two options Apple was ever considering?
I agree, issuing a statement when the issue bubbles up repeatedly is something they should do... AND admit fault, own it, for affected devices. This is turning into PR-gate more than bendgate.
but saying its totally fine is WAYYYYY worse imo than no statement at all. As I've said I think its so insulting to customers' intelligence. This thread seems like evidence of that
Correct. Although I am not sure why you care about the company (they don't care about you), I get expecting a high quality product. For me, my iPad Pro is perfect and everything is as expected. Should I throw that experience out the window because there was a bad batch in manufacturing? Or because they called it normal? Both of which make no difference to me and my iPad. No, I don't believe so. I still think the whole thing is overblown and most of the noise on here is just from people who enjoy blasting Apple. That doesn't make any of them wrong, or Apple right, but it's just kind of silly to get all up in arms about.
If it ships bent it’s a defect. Period. End of discussion. The Steve Jobs reality distortion field isn’t around anymore.
It's clearly a bad batch or every iPad sold would be bent. Plenty of people on the site are perfectly happy with their straight iPad's, myself included. That means it wasn't a bad design decision, it was a faulty manufacturing process that affected a number of iPad's (mainly 12.9 LTE models).
So the manufacturing processes that they rave about and make videos to showcase, make bent iPads?
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I think
I was literally just wondering that too
I think there's a VERY good chance it will be updated in 2019.
Whereas before maybe the roadmap was another 1.5 years like 2nd to 3rd gen, I'd say the next one will come in <12 months. Maybe early summer.
I think the new iPads have touch sensitivity issues too,
I was literally just wondering that too
I think there's a VERY good chance it will be updated in 2019.
Whereas before maybe the roadmap was another 1.5 years like 2nd to 3rd gen, I'd say the next one will come in <12 months. Maybe early summer.
I think the new iPads have touch sensitivity issues too,
It doesn't mean they have to, no. But it was to show a point about how Apple no longer "does the right thing" - which was always that they used to do.
Apple is now very much a "nickel and dime" company. When I used to work at one of their stores, if something was just outside of the warranty period - or was completely disproportionate financially, we would do our best to help the customer out. Something like this we WOULD have CS Code'd. And how they can justify £145 to "repair" (with a 3 month warranty, too) a pair of £159 headphones is beyond me - other than screwing the customer over.
When you're paying premium prices - you expect premium service. Would you accept a slight bend in the production of a £99 tablet? Probably. Should you accept it in a device which can run £1500? No way.
All I have done is respond to those who have quoted me. I made my points and stand by them. And yes, it is realistic that there are problems with devices. It happens all the time, but not with every device. I owned the 10.5, no white spot. I own the iPad Pro 11, no bend. That points to a manufacturing defect with a small batch of iPad's. Clearly not the end of the world. Haha I think you need to get off your high horse a bit. If you don't like their products, don't buy it, you have every right to that - but to say it's junk is just naive. Manufacturing defects have been going on for years and it has happened under your savior Steve Job's watch as well. Again, deep breaths - it's not the end of the world.
I get mad when people defend Apple without knowing the facts, but what I dislike more are those consumers who actively work against the consumer by defending everything Apple does to save money (I.e no way out the box to hook up an iPhone to MacBook). These people want Apple to be some sort of monopoly and we must accept everything they want to do. I would get it if it were Tim Cook... in some ways that’s kind of his job. But why would a consumer want a corporate overlord?
When people are picking up demo units with a bend and a bulge, and when I've seen a couple 10.5 demo units with a white spot belly button, DEMO UNITS, with my own eyes, there's something more going on than a fringe one-off. Especially massive threads flooded with posts from users who have been on this board for years without a real axe to grind except wanting something built to last since iPad refresh cycles are much longer for the average user, even the average fanboy compared to yearly iphone upgrades, etc. The white spot issue is an issue. It makes me glad as hell I didnt get the 10.5 and opted for the 12.9, but still not very confidence instilling since the 12.9 could have it crop up too (though not as frequently) or some other 'fun' issues. In recent history, I dont recall such an issue with any iPad. The iPad 3 got hot and it was thick and slow for an a5x powering the pixels, but it didnt bend, it didnt get white spots, it didnt have touch issues. Nada.
Its quite concerning that ipads and Macbook pro's seems to have the most problems in terms of longevity, devices that command super premium prices and that people dont refresh all that often.
Make ipad engineering great again.