OK, let's face -- Apple totally blew it this time! They did not take into account the possibility that some of the new iPad users will want to run GPU intensive games for more that 15 minutes at a time (get a life, losers!!!!). Expect an iOS update within a couple of weeks that will throttle your gameplay to 1/2 the fps you get now. Problem solved! Meanwhile, the rest of us keep enjoying our IPad 1s 1 & 2s. I really can't see what all the fuss about the retina redisplay is, not without my reading glasses (disclaimer: I have been to an Apple Store, have seen the new iPad, and left unconvinced).
Or turn down the brightness from "torch mode" to "normal human mode" and the issue is resolved.
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It's good to see the defense force is out strong already. We wouldn't want anyone to say something bad about your new purchase, even if we all know it to be a fact, just deny it and then it's not true, right?
5 minutes after the iPad 3 launched there were people on forums commenting about how warm it got just syncing with their PC. But now days later I'm supposed to believe this is all a bunch of fiction cooked up by consumer reports because they hate Apple. lol
You may not care that your iPad 3 gets warm or even hot, but some of us don't want a tablet that gets hot. My iPad 2 has never even felt warm to me, and I won't buy another iPad that isn't the same. This is why you don't buy these thngs the day they come out, because then you find yourself on a forum defending unfortunate things like this, because you didn't wait to see how the product actually turned out.
Glad you're not getting one.
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So, it's OK if an Apple product can only be used if you dim the screen to 50%?
No, you can use the screen at 100%. Who said you can only use it at 50%? Maybe you should sharpen your reading skills?
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But what brightness do they use to display it in the stores?
Irrelevant. You don't have to contend with that kind of overhead fluorescent lighting at home.