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iPad How delicate is the iPad?

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kingdummkopf

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I have an iPad 3, and I knocked it off the arm of my chair and it fell onto the carpet, bounced, and hit a wooden step. It wasn't in a case.

Seems fine, no marks on it. Would the internals be damaged? How would I know?
 
Does it rattle when you shake it?

I think they're pretty durable. I keep mine in a bag on my bike in all weather, on and off road, and dont think twice about it.
 
My friend doesn't use a case or screen protector or any kind of protection with his iPad 2. He tosses it into his backpack. He uses it as a tray for food/drink. He has dropped it from chest height onto wood, stone, tile, granite, concrete, etc. surfaces. He has slid it on all kinds of rough surfaces and even drew on it one time. Basically, he has abused it in every possible short of actually breaking it. Amazingly, it still works 100%. So yes, it's pretty durable. He had an Android tablet before and it fell apart on the first day.
 
SnowLeopard2008 said:
My friend doesn't use a case or screen protector or any kind of protection with his iPad 2. He tosses it into his backpack. He uses it as a tray for food/drink. He has dropped it from chest height onto wood, stone, tile, granite, concrete, etc. surfaces. He has slid it on all kinds of rough surfaces and even drew on it one time. Basically, he has abused it in every possible short of actually breaking it. Amazingly, it still works 100%. So yes, it's pretty durable. He had an Android tablet before and it fell apart on the first day.
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{offtopic} How did you get an iPad signed by Woz?
 
Random 995K said:
{offtopic} How did you get an iPad signed by Woz?
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Steve Wozniak was waiting in line for the original iPad at the Apple Store in Valley Fair mall in San Jose, California. I was also waiting in line, about 10 spots behind him. After he bought his, he went outside to take photos and answer questions for the press. He signed 3 original iPads before he took off on his Segway (he rode one into the mall, such a boss). Mine was the 2nd iPad he signed. I was 16 then. :apple:

That signed iPad is one of my most cherished physical objects. I used it regularly up until I got my iPad mini, also on launch day.
 
SnowLeopard2008 said:
Steve Wozniak was waiting in line for the original iPad at the Apple Store in Valley Fair mall in San Jose, California. I was also waiting in line, about 10 spots behind him. After he bought his, he went outside to take photos and answer questions for the press. He signed 3 original iPads before he took off on his Segway (he rode one into the mall, such a boss). Mine was the 2nd iPad he signed. I was 16 then. :apple:

That signed iPad is one of my most cherished physical objects. I used it regularly up until I got my iPad mini, also on launch day.
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Nice story and congrats! Lucky you, take care of it:) I think he goes to Australia (which Is where I live) for launches now since we get it first with New Zealand. Maybe ill see him if I'm lucky.
 
I dropped my iPad 2 from 3 feet onto carpet and the screen shattered. It must have hit on a corner just right (or wrong).
 
OP: consider yourself lucky. Don't expect to repeat that trick without breaking your screen. And screen repairs cost $300 for Ipad 3/4.

I have a shattered screen on my Ipad 3 from the corner hitting a hard floor from a drop of about 14"; still completely functional, but ugly. And it was in a TPU case that covered the corners.

Hard to justify $300 to fix it when it already a generation behind, but I guess I will get around to it.

Ipad 1 was crazy rugged. Ipad 2/3/4, not so much.
 
Random 995K said:
Nice story and congrats! Lucky you, take care of it:) I think he goes to Australia (which Is where I live) for launches now since we get it first with New Zealand. Maybe ill see him if I'm lucky.
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Haha thanks! He goes wherever he pleases, he was at LA for iPhone 5 I think. He lives close to Santa Clara/San Jose so I guess that was partly why he was at Valley Fair for the original iPad.
 
Drop a cat down the stairs, and see if he breaks.

Apple products are built extremely well, so I highly doubt anything internally is going to be damaged.
 
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