My new Pro lays perfectly flat. If you have one that is bowed or curved, or have PERSONAL experience with this, please post a picture. I truly suspect this is quite the non-story.
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Apple's Dan Riccio Says 2018 iPad Pro 'Meets or Exceeds' Quality Standards of Design and Precision, More Info to Come
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So since Apple's official word is that these bowed iPad Pros are within their quality tolerances, can we dispense with the myth that Apple has exceedingly high standards of quality?
Seems like it would be more cost effective for them to silently fix the “slight” manufacturing defect, then waste their time responding to media inquiries and digging themselves in further.
“Blah microns blah blah flatness blah function blah. Note, just like a slight dent in expensive new automobile, a slight bend in a new iPad Pro will not affect function.”
Politicians tell such fibs because they've seen how successful marketing departments are with the gullible customers, not just Apple but thru history.
If Apple's 400 micron flatness standard is tighter than for previous generations of iPad, yet isn't good enough for posters here, then iPad flatness standards were never good enough. If they were never good enough, why did any of you ever buy an iPad?
If there are iPads failing to meet that standard out of the box, I presume Apple would replace them.
If there are iPads failing to meet that standard out of the box, I presume Apple would replace them.
That ipad in the photo sure has a bend larger than 400microns = 0.4mm lmao.
You can actually return it (within a certain time period, of course) for almost any reason.
So if you get an iPad that's bent 100 microns, you can say it doesn't meet your expectations and return it for replacement.
Apple has always prided itself on having super tight tolerances for their devices. I suspect that ipad shown in the picture is probably a manufacturing defect which should be replaced under warranty since it's clearly more than 400 microns. That ipad is curved about 2-3 millimeters which is about 8 times greater than the tolerance.
I don’t think they should be this arrogant considering they’ve lost 400 billion in market cap recently.
I have an 18.4" Samsung tablet with the Android OS.....LOVE this thing.
It's so awesome.
Oh...and it's perfectly straight.
It's so awesome.
Oh...and it's perfectly straight.
Tim, the reality distortion field was supposed to be utilized to produce impossibly good products, not to cover up quality control...
"Note, these slight variations do not affect the function of the device in any way."
Except wait till you try to type or draw on that and you hear TAP TAP TAP over and over as it hits into the table. Great job, Apple. Dumbasses
Except wait till you try to type or draw on that and you hear TAP TAP TAP over and over as it hits into the table. Great job, Apple. Dumbasses
The ipad in that picture isn't bent, the table is
It is clear from the photos that these out-of-the-box bowed iPad Pros are like nothing seen before. Apple even admits that some are coming out of manufacturing in a bowed condition.
Apple's Dan Riccio's statement doesn't directly address the issue. He is talking about the standards and tolerances but NOT saying that those bowed iPad Pros are within those standards. He is leaving the connecting of dots as an exercise for the reader.
Exactly, they've set what their expectations are. Any device with more than a 400 micron deviation is outside the tolerances.
"You're looking at it wrong" - AppleThe ipad in that picture isn't bent, the table is
I'd say 400 microns (less than half a mm) is acceptable. However, the photo attached to the article is a bit more than that. maybe 2-3 mm.
Funny how everyone is showing their rage out based on an exaggerated picture. Do people know what 400 microns are?
I have a 10.5" that is just as bendable, and it has been perfect. It travels every single day in my backpack with no issues whatsoever.
I have a 10.5" that is just as bendable, and it has been perfect. It travels every single day in my backpack with no issues whatsoever.
So when you go to sell it later and buyer says hey it’s bent, I’ll give you 25.00 less lol
I don’t care what Apple says anything bent depreciates in value.
I don’t care what Apple says anything bent depreciates in value.
