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iPad Pro iPad Pro 9.7- the bend factor

I can honestly say my iPad Pro 12.9 bent under normal use while being transported in my backpack in a case. It became slightly arched on the long-side. Considering I have owned iPads 1, 3, 4, Air, Air 2, Mini 1, Mini 4, in the past, and none of them had bent or had a scratch laid upon them, I was pretty mad. Regardless, I just bent it back so one can't notice anymore...still kinda annoyed that it's not structurally rigid enough to tote around like the smaller iPads.

Tangent aside, your 9.7" iPPro should be fine.
 
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Well colour me shocked, something made of a thin metal bends :eek::eek::eek:

Who'd have thought it. Still, it might have been utterly abused, but it kept on working. Wonder if that's how they're testing curved devices at Apple. :D
 
TrueBlou said:
Well colour me shocked, something made of a thin metal bends :eek::eek::eek:

Who'd have thought it. Still, it might have been utterly abused, but it kept on working. Wonder if that's how they're testing curved devices at Apple. :D
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To anyone who believes this crap is too loyal to Apple engineering :D (I'm joking before anyone takes this as an insult).

I'm a metallurgist, a mechanical engineer for a major aerospace company, and a business owner specializing in product design. I understand compromises have to be made to the product to ensure they dont weigh too much or cost too much. When I bought the iPad, I bought AC+ because I knew the metal was too soft and the chassis too thin. The device would inevitably bend because of its large size - the bending moment arm is simply too large on a 13" device that thin. It just irks me that for a $1200 "pro" device, more care wasn't taken in designing for strength, hardness, and portability knowing the device's physical limitations. I can't convince everyone, though. Unfortunately, not all of us have the luxury of plonking our iPads on a desk or couch and not moving them for their entire lifecycle. My devices (all of them) are quite babied to the extent I can, none of them have a single scratch, and all of them have beefy cases. All of them are taken with me all over the world on a daily basis for the past 10 years.

Only the big iPad bent. Wouldn't that bother you too?

The nature of the beast, I suppose.
 
It should bend since the its 6.1mm thin
The 12.9" its 6.9 so i guess is harder to bend
 
modernaccord said:
To anyone who believes this crap is too loyal to Apple engineering :D (I'm joking before anyone takes this as an insult).

I'm a metallurgist, a mechanical engineer for a major aerospace company, and a business owner specializing in product design. I understand compromises have to be made to the product to ensure they dont weigh too much or cost too much. When I bought the iPad, I bought AC+ because I knew the metal was too soft and the chassis too thin. The device would inevitably bend because of its large size - the bending moment arm is simply too large on a 13" device that thin. It just irks me that for a $1200 "pro" device, more care wasn't taken in designing for strength, hardness, and portability knowing the device's physical limitations. I can't convince everyone, though. Unfortunately, not all of us have the luxury of plonking our iPads on a desk or couch and not moving them for their entire lifecycle. My devices (all of them) are quite babied to the extent I can, none of them have a single scratch, and all of them have beefy cases. All of them are taken with me all over the world on a daily basis for the past 10 years.

Only the big iPad bent. Wouldn't that bother you too?

The nature of the beast, I suppose.
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Yeah, not sure why you're quoting me in there, as I clearly said, it's going to bend if you want to make it/abuse/mistreat/don't look after it.

I'm with you though, I always get AppleCare+. Never actually had to use it before but you never know when that time may come. All of my iOS devices get a skin on them to protect them from scratches. in addition to that my iPhones live in an Apple Leather Case for extra protection outside. And when I take my iPad out with me, I have a nice leather case for it too, as well as it being in a well padded backpack.

I was raised to appreciate and look after my toys and as I've gotten older, the toys have gotten more expensive, but that early training stays with me. I always advise AppleCare+ to my friends and family. I have a relation who's too cheap to get it (believe it or not after spending all of that money on the bloody device) yet I've lost count of how many screens he's had replaced. Think that AC+ would have paid for itself in the long run. Ah well, cant please everyone.
 
Ghost31 said:
I wonder if there will be a video after the next iMac comes out of people breaking their screens with baseball bats and asking "will it break?!"
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Well, I won't buy one if a baseball bat breaks it. I need my computers to withstand a direct blow from a bat or they are useless to me. Why would Apple design something that is so easily broken by a baseball bat?

Unacceptable.

:p
 
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Take it back under the 14days or make a claim on apple care...
"it was like that when i got it"
 
modernaccord said:
To anyone who believes this crap is too loyal to Apple engineering :D (I'm joking before anyone takes this as an insult).

I'm a metallurgist, a mechanical engineer for a major aerospace company, and a business owner specializing in product design. I understand compromises have to be made to the product to ensure they dont weigh too much or cost too much. When I bought the iPad, I bought AC+ because I knew the metal was too soft and the chassis too thin. The device would inevitably bend because of its large size - the bending moment arm is simply too large on a 13" device that thin. It just irks me that for a $1200 "pro" device, more care wasn't taken in designing for strength, hardness, and portability knowing the device's physical limitations. I can't convince everyone, though. Unfortunately, not all of us have the luxury of plonking our iPads on a desk or couch and not moving them for their entire lifecycle. My devices (all of them) are quite babied to the extent I can, none of them have a single scratch, and all of them have beefy cases. All of them are taken with me all over the world on a daily basis for the past 10 years.

Only the big iPad bent. Wouldn't that bother you too?

The nature of the beast, I suppose.
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Case in point, the bend is real
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modernaccord said:
To anyone who believes this crap is too loyal to Apple engineering :D (I'm joking before anyone takes this as an insult).

I'm a metallurgist, a mechanical engineer for a major aerospace company, and a business owner specializing in product design. I understand compromises have to be made to the product to ensure they dont weigh too much or cost too much. When I bought the iPad, I bought AC+ because I knew the metal was too soft and the chassis too thin. The device would inevitably bend because of its large size - the bending moment arm is simply too large on a 13" device that thin. It just irks me that for a $1200 "pro" device, more care wasn't taken in designing for strength, hardness, and portability knowing the device's physical limitations. I can't convince everyone, though. Unfortunately, not all of us have the luxury of plonking our iPads on a desk or couch and not moving them for their entire lifecycle. My devices (all of them) are quite babied to the extent I can, none of them have a single scratch, and all of them have beefy cases. All of them are taken with me all over the world on a daily basis for the past 10 years.

Only the big iPad bent. Wouldn't that bother you too?

The nature of the beast, I suppose.
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Can you show us a photo where the point of weakness is? It seems like the smart connector is the bend point
 
i want to clean the edge area between the glass and the bezel, but im wary of bend issues anyone ever put their ipad in high stress situations where it lived to tell the tale to make me feel better?
 
Wackery said:
i want to clean the edge area between the glass and the bezel, but im wary of bend issues anyone ever put their ipad in high stress situations where it lived to tell the tale to make me feel better?
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What does cleaning the edge have to do with putting it under high stress. Use a microfiber cloth NOT A HAMMER to clean it and it will be fine. Like I said if you sit on it or abuse it, it WILL bend! Just charging it during the summer can cause it to over heat and cause the aluminum to distort badly! Charging in the fridge is much safer.

Have you looked, yours could be bent already!:p
 
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