I was interested to see what the device looks like on the inside this morning, but all I can find are these spoiled clowns destroying them.
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M4 iPad Pro Bend Tests: Durability Equal to M2 Model Despite Thinness
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What a complete waste. I am most certainly not giving such content any clicks or views ... nor am I inclined to view any of these " hey, look at me, buying a $$$-$$$$-etc device, tool, etc and destroying it; so I can hopefully be the first to do it and get more clicks, likes, and YT money ". Screw that and the algorithms that push such empty content.
I will wait for iFixit to do a proper tear down to see what it looks like.
And as far as vehicle test crashing, from one comment. That doesn't even relate in any way shape or form to the bend it, blend it, stupid destroying of electronics. Nothing is learned from destroying electronics. While with cars, trucks, etc there are mandatory and legal components to it ... plus occupant safety is at stake. I personally try to purchase at least moderately to extra safe vehicles for transportation. Not that I go down the list of most stars, and will buy based on that; but I put my trust in a reputable European brand with a good amount of focus on safety, that rates and tests well in EU & NA ... while many brands and/or especially poorly rated vehicles never will be on the radar.
I will wait for iFixit to do a proper tear down to see what it looks like.
And as far as vehicle test crashing, from one comment. That doesn't even relate in any way shape or form to the bend it, blend it, stupid destroying of electronics. Nothing is learned from destroying electronics. While with cars, trucks, etc there are mandatory and legal components to it ... plus occupant safety is at stake. I personally try to purchase at least moderately to extra safe vehicles for transportation. Not that I go down the list of most stars, and will buy based on that; but I put my trust in a reputable European brand with a good amount of focus on safety, that rates and tests well in EU & NA ... while many brands and/or especially poorly rated vehicles never will be on the radar.
Really? We’re comparing crash tests with bending gadgets now? Sure, because they’re totally on the same level of importance. It’s not like one is about saving lives and the other is about… well, not saving lives. Maybe try a different argument next time that actually makes sense.There's whole entities that crash many brand new cars every day to apparently gauge the safety of passengers in collisions.
Shame on them. Let them pesky humans die in car crashes. Why waste some perfectly good cars or tablets in pursuit of some kind of consumer benefit analysis? What's important is company products & profit!
Besides, when it comes to Apple stuff, if anything at all goes wrong, it has to be the users fault, cheap Chinese chargers, someone else's ancillary product, etc. Apple cannot make any mistakes.
IMO: if they purchased these devices to use them in this way, that's THEIR business. Once purchased, Apple no longer owns them. Anyone should do with their owned things whatever they want to do with them... as long as they don't harm others.
Apple devices are holy objects and anyone who bends them or blends them has offended my religion. You filthy heathens creating ewaste for likes.
Oh cool… a collection of the YouTubers I’ve blocked because they buy brand new Apple products just to destroy them. Thanks for the reminder that I’m not missing much 👍🏻
Maybe a few people will break them on purpose, but there will not be "a lot" of people seeing any sort of breaking like this in real world usage.
Hilarious the hypocrites all chime in to complain that’s a “waste”. Think about it for a second you’re willing to let apple sell you TWO devices to “complement” each other just because apple doesn’t think you can use ONE single device to do it all so you eat that up. While someone who decides to do bend tests for you which matters because we all throw these things in our bags as is and that’s a “waste?” So virtuous of these apple die hard fans. I wished these iPads remained the same thickness but upping the battery life is much better than making it thinner.
Apple engineers will have already done these tests (or more likely, similar, better ones). They'll test all sorts. These 'tubers are just wasting devices.
I'm a nerd for prototypes and have a couple of old iPhones that are marked for "Drop Test" (screen is totally missing from that one, assume it failed), "Wear Test" (looks like someone has run a stabbing awl up and down the back of it).
These are older gens, but it appears if a prototype failed, it got sent for mechanical testing. The devices have the prototype inventory stickers (detailing hardware components, etc) with handwritten notes on the back detailing their fates.
Don't make a habit of sitting on or dropping your iPads and you'll be fine. But I do wonder if you put this in your backpack enough times if it will make it uneven. Its one of those things that Apple loves to do, give us products that look amazing when new but get scratched up to heck, discolor, and now warp over time to give you another reason to pay them again.
Why do you care about battery size? The runtime of a charge is still rated at the same 10 hours as the previous module with the larger battery. Results are more important than means.
The combination of the M4 and the OLED screen seems to use less power. That let Apple decide to reduce the weight while still keeping the same battery life. That is a reasonable compromise for a large hand-held device. The previous 12.9" iPad Pro was noticeably heavy in the hand.
The difference is that these youtubers actually show us the result (however barbaric their process might be), where as Apple basically just says to trust them on it. For a lot of people, seeing is believing.
I still don't like Zach (JRE) though.
HobeSoundDarryl
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OK, I just picked one simple example probably anyone knows. Just about EVERY product is tested for safety, consumer issues, consumer impact, for reviewing purposes, etc. Someone deciding to stress test new iPads is no great crime... unless testing just about everything is some great crime.
No, they break them in the name of getting views.
If they had made it out of titanium this wouldn’t be an issue, I wonder how much weight a titanium iPad could handle before bending?? Any material engineer nerds in here?
JerryRigsEverthing's voice makes my skin crawl, and these videos are a cancer.
There's whole entities that crash many brand new cars every day to apparently gauge the safety of passengers in collisions.
Shame on them. Let them pesky humans die in car crashes. Why waste some perfectly good cars or tablets in pursuit of some kind of consumer benefit analysis? What's important is company products & profit!
Besides, when it comes to Apple stuff, if anything at all goes wrong, it has to be the users fault, cheap Chinese chargers, someone else's ancillary product, etc. Apple cannot make any mistakes.
IMO: if they purchased these devices to use them in this way, that's THEIR business. Once purchased, Apple no longer owns them. Anyone should do with their owned things whatever they want to do with them... as long as they don't harm others.
This cannot be a real argument you're trying to make.
Like buying Starbucks (or whatever) to throw it out or dump it in protest said companies support of "teh gayz" or "being w0ke" etc...
HobeSoundDarryl
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I'm not trying to make any argument. I offered up a very commonplace example of much more expensive products being destroyed in testing. Just about ALL consumer products get some kind of testing and much of that testing will result in destruction of the products tested. Stress testing is an extremely common practice in all kinds of stuff.
Some of us seem to be taking this like someone is taking a poo in our yard or calling our child ugly or something. If these people purchased these iPads, they should be able to do whatever they want with them. They are not destroying iPads of the people posting such shock & dismay posts. If I buy one to use as a frisbee or to hammer nails in a wall, that's my business... and doesn't affect anyone else in the least.
These are not priceless treasures or holy artifacts or similar being destroyed by terrorists. Somebody is apparently running tests on some iPad or iPads they PAID FOR to see how easily they bend. Whether they make money on eyeballs or review content or are just doing it for fun is 100% their business. There doesn't appear to be any great shortage of supply, so even an argument of not being able to get one when these evil villains are destroying the precious few available does not apply.
It's THEIR iPads. They should be able to do what they want with them. If it's OUR iPads that WE paid for, we can sue them for damages to OUR property. If it's Apple's iPads acquired by illegal means, Apple can sick the law on them and have them in jail. But if they are the rightful owners, they can do what they want with THEIR property.
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Crash tests don't save lives. Buying safe cars saves lives. Crash tests is just how we know which cars are safe.
Similarly, product tests are wasteful. But buying products with good build quality reduces waste. Product tests tell us which products have good build quality.
Stakes are much lower, but so are costs. The rationale is similar, though.
Stress testing is nothing new for engineers. We’re not a sensitive bunch, and these prototypes are not our newborn infants or new puppy. They’re meant to be put through the ringer.