Listen to what others are saying on this thread. iPad 2 DOES the same thing when you play CPU/GPU intensive games!
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Consumer Reports Finds New iPad Gets Warm, Can't Charge Under Heavy Loads
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Listen to what others are saying on this thread. iPad 2 DOES the same thing when you play CPU/GPU intensive games!
hmm, seems to me that common sense would say that if you are using the iPad especially in a processor intensive way all the electricity would be going to running the iPad, not recharging the battery. so yeah, it wouldn't be charging. And depending on exactly what you are doing it might be pulling power from the charger and the battery at the same time
You know what?
This is why they should use FireWire!!! I mean, it's not used by a lot of people, but I wish it was the main standard. USB is garbage, and you can't rely on it to charge something that's almost a PC (as well as transfer data).
One day, USB 2.0 will fail to deliver the performance required for modern computers. Internet bandwidth is becoming more scarce as more people use it, while flash memory is becoming cheaper rapidly, so the cloud will really only be used for small data (especially on cellular data). Eventually, USB 2.0 will not be fast enough to transfer the data to the devices. Companies will hopefully go to FireWire/LightPeak. The whole reason they use USB 2.0 is because it is just so common.
For people to switch to bigger storage capacities, you just need to produce bigger flash memory. For people to get more bandwidth, the whole backbones of the networks must be rebuilt. If they upgrade it, even newer technology will not be applied until much later. Companies cannot afford to keep using slow USB.
This is why they should use FireWire!!! I mean, it's not used by a lot of people, but I wish it was the main standard. USB is garbage, and you can't rely on it to charge something that's almost a PC (as well as transfer data).
One day, USB 2.0 will fail to deliver the performance required for modern computers. Internet bandwidth is becoming more scarce as more people use it, while flash memory is becoming cheaper rapidly, so the cloud will really only be used for small data (especially on cellular data). Eventually, USB 2.0 will not be fast enough to transfer the data to the devices. Companies will hopefully go to FireWire/LightPeak. The whole reason they use USB 2.0 is because it is just so common.
For people to switch to bigger storage capacities, you just need to produce bigger flash memory. For people to get more bandwidth, the whole backbones of the networks must be rebuilt. If they upgrade it, even newer technology will not be applied until much later. Companies cannot afford to keep using slow USB.
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If they follow their typical technique they tested one unit under a heavy load that might be atypical of the average user and claim those results are the same for all units and all uses.
And then they hype it up to make it sound like it is a huge design defect etc etc
I know a couple dozen folks that are on their iPads all the time that got the new one on Friday and none of them had any kind of extreme heat or any issues with the battery draining on or off the charger. I myself was on mine at work friday afternoon, about 12 hours on Saturday, 6 on Sunday and about 14 hours yesterday. It wasn't constant every second but there were stretches of lengthy video playback, push was on for 3 separate email accounts and other than Friday I was on LTE because we were in the desert with no wifi truck. the only time my iPad got anything close to hot was friday when I was downloading my iCloud backup, syncing etc (a total of about 45 GB of data and apps) and wasn't really that hot, certainly not scorching. Even being outside, in the sun for 4-6 hours at a time it never once gave me a temp warning
I didn't have this issue. I had mine plugged into my iMac last night, and it fully charged in a couple of hours. Obviously, it will take longer than if plugged into the wall.
It's a rather odd idea that CR has. Someone there has a grudge. What, Infinity Blade II will mean you can't play it while charging to 100%? Is everybody insane? In what world is this a problem. If you're enough of a game addict that you want the gameplay at the same time as afull charge from 20% or so, I think you want the Atomic Model. It's water-cooled, and as long as the chamber doesn't rupture, you get almost no exposure to radioactivity. And you just have to pay Tom Swift 25 cents for it!
I've been using my new iPad a lot since it arrived on friday and it barely even gets warm, certainly no more so than my iPhone. Really impressed with the battery life as well. Not a heavy gamer so maybe that is why I have not experienced any issues. So far, so good.
Please do. Apple's engineers love to get their hands on possibly defective units in the few weeks after a launch. They actually have the store managers take back any unit that 'is broken' for any reason and send it to a special center rather than the typical return for refurbishing house. Just so they can test them, break them down etc. See if there really is an issue or just customer expectation issues
Here is the only scenario where the whole issue would be relevant:
A) You're unemployed.
B) You're homeless and thus can't have the iPad plugged in while playing.
C) You don't sleep. Ever.
D) You're playing Infinity Blade 24/7.
But that would lead to
E) You're unemployed, homeless and can't afford an iPad in the first place.
Wouldn't it?
Still, a charger that can power the iPad under full load while charging the battery would be great.
A) You're unemployed.
B) You're homeless and thus can't have the iPad plugged in while playing.
C) You don't sleep. Ever.
D) You're playing Infinity Blade 24/7.
But that would lead to
E) You're unemployed, homeless and can't afford an iPad in the first place.
Wouldn't it?
Still, a charger that can power the iPad under full load while charging the battery would be great.
My iPad only gets slightly warm not hot and it does charge when playing games . I don't see what the big fuss is mine is perfect
Now there is a test for ya. Take two iPad 3s, same model bought at the same time at the same store. turn off all location services, push, LTE etc. Set the brightness at the same level and so on. Basically identical machines with nothing else running of any kind.
Charge both of them fully then take one off the charger. Start playing a nice high load game like Infinity Blade or that new hyped up fighting game. whatever so long as the load is heavy and they are both playing the same game.
see which one dies first and by what amount of time
113/116 is way too hot... Most people here made fun of the other people that posted about it.... I think some here could have an ice cream stuck up their butt and say oh it's not cold as long as it had apple on it....
I love apple products, but facts are facts.... That is way too Hot
I love apple products, but facts are facts.... That is way too Hot
I too appreciate people that objectively and independently test all of the devices. While I am a fan of apple products, I understand your comment. Denial won't fix anything. Although, I must admit that Apple has done a good job fixing problems that I have had with the iphone 4s. The update helped my echo sound that I used to hear as well as my battery is now lasting close to what my iphone 3gs used to last. Maybe if enough people discuss this issue, it will be something that gets worked on. I do not currently own a new ipad, but I am one of those consumers that looks at various sources to see what sort of problems people are experiencing and what a company does to try and fix those problems before I purchase it.
Always amusing when someone signs up just to make such an inane comment.
You do realize that work on this iPad would have started a good year ago, maybe more. Which was when Jobs was still alive and still essentially in charge even when he wasn't present. Meaning that all of this is very "Jobs" and very "Apple" as will be pretty much every product they release for another 3-5 years (yeah tech moves that slowly)
The issue is some people view any criticism of anything related to Apple as being morally equivalent to clubbing a baby seal.
That would be the most idiotic reason ever to not include a more powerful charger.
That's some pretty bad power supply in your laptop, then. I mean, I can plug a MacPro into the same outlet and don't need a battery. Or a fridge.
The slight raise in temperature is not an issue, rather a fact worth noting.
I was referring to the battery 'issue'.