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iPad mini iPad Mini Retina - does your power button wiggle if you move it?
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Yes!
I'm having this same problem and exchanging it in a few days.
I paid $500 and expect a perfect tablet.
I'm having this same problem and exchanging it in a few days.
I paid $500 and expect a perfect tablet.
No, it isn't.
I swear the producers just throw these things around in the box when they're done.
From what I can see, no. And I'm not gonna go looking for it. I'll do it on my new one once I get it.
My power button is very wiggly. I just assumed they were all like that? It doesn't seem to interfere with the function at all.
Given all the problems, I'm glad I decided to pony up for the AppleCare+. None of the issues I've experienced (image retention, uneven/pinkish hue, and now loose power button) really affect my day-to-day usage, but I could see these issues getting much worse in the future. Hopefully they will have worked out these issues for future batches if and when I need a replacement.
Given all the problems, I'm glad I decided to pony up for the AppleCare+. None of the issues I've experienced (image retention, uneven/pinkish hue, and now loose power button) really affect my day-to-day usage, but I could see these issues getting much worse in the future. Hopefully they will have worked out these issues for future batches if and when I need a replacement.
Mine wiggles. I noticed it when I opened it...heard the noise of it and my heart sank. However, the one I had before this one also wiggled, and I hadn't noticed it. So I put this one in a case and haven't noticed the power button issue since I use a smart cover so don't user the power button all that much...but if I really have until January to return this, between the yellowing on the bottom and the wiggly power button I may be going back to the store.
Umm every idevice I ever owned had some play in the power button including my air which cost a lot more than 500. Relax
Your issue is more serious than mine. Yellow screen and wiggly power button is a definite exchange.
I'm exchanging mine because I can't stand defects.
Umm, my ipad air had no wiggle, nor does my iphone 5.
My iPhone 3GS had it slightly.
My ipad mini retina has a severe case.
I had an iphone 5 with a sleep button that wiggled slightly, and felt weird when I pressed it. Not a solid click, but a empty hollow click. Guess what? It went bad and stopped responding completely in 3 months.
Well since you have not experienced the power button wiggle let me be the first to tell you it's normal. Apple will tell you it's normal go play with their iPhones and iPads at the store and it's a safe bet more devices than not have power buttons with some play to them.
My 1st gen iPad mini has wiggle. Seems normal to me. Seems absolutely ridiculous to return it if that's the only "problem" you think it has.
After reading this thread and noticing this issue on my own retina Mini, I went around the house like a crazy person checking the power button on every iOS device lying around (iPhone 4, iPad 1, iPad 3) and while all of them had a tiny/normal amount of play, none of them were anywhere close to the amount of wiggle/looseness of the retina Mini.
Any easy way to tell if your retina Mini has a wigglier-than-normal power button is to compare it against your volume buttons - those have the "normal" amount of wiggle that all iOS devices have. My power button is noticeably looser.
Does anyone else who has this problem have theirs in a case, and if so, what kind? At the carrier store where I bought mine, the salesperson was trying to sell me on a Speck FitFolio and tried to jam the retina Mini in there before realizing that it wouldn't fit (apparently that extra 0.3mm thickness actually matters). Maybe he jostled the power button in the process?
Any easy way to tell if your retina Mini has a wigglier-than-normal power button is to compare it against your volume buttons - those have the "normal" amount of wiggle that all iOS devices have. My power button is noticeably looser.
Does anyone else who has this problem have theirs in a case, and if so, what kind? At the carrier store where I bought mine, the salesperson was trying to sell me on a Speck FitFolio and tried to jam the retina Mini in there before realizing that it wouldn't fit (apparently that extra 0.3mm thickness actually matters). Maybe he jostled the power button in the process?
None of my power buttons have ever had any wiggle. My iPhone 4 is three years old and the home button doesn't work at all, but there is no wiggle in the power button.
I have experienced it, as indicated in my last post, on at least two devices. I also had devices that did not have it.
Apple will tell you a lot of things are normal so they don't have to deal with an exchange (e.g. loose power button, loose home button, yellow screen, dark shadowed screen, dead pixel, dust under screen).
It doesn't mean they are. You may get along fine with one during your ownership, but I would bet that was not the intended design. Just poor manufacturing.
The ipad air had a VERY solid sleep button. I was even surprised by it compared to past devices. I thought Apple cleaned up their specs, but my retina mini came with the loosest one I have had.
Ipad air also have a loose home button, but mini is solid and perfect. No wiggle at all.
Clearly these are results of poor manufacturing.
The power button is meant to be slightly loose and wiggly. The main reason is that they are designed for thermal expansion in mind because they are made of metal. If they were a perfect fit, on a hot day the button and the internal cable would just jam shut.
In some parts of the world, they call that "reason." Not sure many people will recognize that here.
