Been there with a 3 and a hot iPad 4, and a hot mini 1 on 4G. New this would be a problem with the retina mini.
Glad i have a Air with no heat or even any warmth, first iPad to be cool.
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Been there with a 3 and a hot iPad 4, and a hot mini 1 on 4G. New this would be a problem with the retina mini.
Glad i have a Air with no heat or even any warmth, first iPad to be cool.
under-clocking also drops temperature even my 10 year old knows that
Well done!!
The chip in this case is underclocked for battery purposes tho not temperature issues.
Didn't you get the memo? The iPad is perfect in every way. The iPhone is the same. In fact, all Apple products are flawless, reliable, and reasonably priced.
When you go to the Genius Bar at an Apple store, all those people you see milling about...? They just dropped by to tell Apple employees how perfect their products are! Turns out Genius Bar refers to how "genius" Apple products are! And it's an inside joke, because since all Apple products "just work", you obviously don't have to be or need a genius to use them.
And all the refurbished products Apple sells...? They aren't really refurbished. Refurbished is just code for "on sale".
I don't really understand why your sarcasm is aimed at me or what it has to do with what I said initially? I can't see that it is remotely related???Didn't you get the memo? The iPad is perfect in every way. The iPhone is the same. In fact, all Apple products are flawless, reliable, and reasonably priced.
When you go to the Genius Bar at an Apple store, all those people you see milling about...? They just dropped by to tell Apple employees how perfect their products are! Turns out Genius Bar refers to how "genius" Apple products are! And it's an inside joke, because since all Apple products "just work", you obviously don't have to be or need a genius to use them.
And all the refurbished products Apple sells...? They aren't really refurbished. Refurbished is just code for "on sale".
To add to what you say though; I never disputed that Apple products suffer from issues. In fact I defended the OP for asking a question because they actually HAD an issue.
I've had to visit the Apple store a couple of times with issues with my iPhone, but all products have issues with a certain percentage. At least when I had a hardware issue with the iPhone I got a no fuss replacement which is more than can be said of both HTC and Samsung who from my own experience were an absolute nightmare to deal with. Neither of those wanted to give out replacements and HTC told me I had to return my phone 3 times for repair until a replacement was considered! 3 times!! Samsung offered a repair on a phone I owned and I was told it would take up to 4 weeks before the problem was resolved. Neither offered a replacement in the mean time, so for all your criticisms of Apple products and you sarcastic jibes about the Genius bar, at least their customer service is top notch and they will replace faulty devices fairly willingly.
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Not flaming but do you have any proof of this? If it does run warm then temperature may have been one of the deciding factors in the lower clock speed.
Not really. Two reasons to lower clock speed is thermal and power constraints. Typically, these go hand in hand as one is a by product of the other. Apple would lower the clock speed if one of these two factors were breaking their targeted threshold. It could be for battery life, it could be a thermal limit and it could be both. You are stating something without any clear evidence to support it which is misleading to the reader.
Ok let's look at the facts.
The mini and the iPhone share the same clock speed. The air is clocked 100mhz faster.
The difference between the devices really is screen size and battery size.
So if the same chip (yes I know part code identifiers vary ) clocked 100mhz higher doesn't over heat then it's going to be battery related.
I'm not saying the chip 100mhz higher (assuming you are referring to the Air) over heats. What I am saying is the thermal characteristics of the chip in the Mini & iPhone will be different because of the confined space and may be pushing the thermal limit set for the design in those products. I have no idea what the official reason for the lower clock speed is but I do know what the potential reasons are as I listed previously; the third option being that Apple want to differentiate the Air as a flagship product but because there was no mention of the clock speeds at the keynote, I would assume that is not the case. There is nothing officially published on this so to say it is definitely one thing and not the other is pure conjecture. I'm not saying it isn't correct but we have no way to validate it at this time.
I'm also curious if the retina mini runs warm/hot and would like to hear from more people -- and if so, when it happens (i.e., only during graphics-intense games vs. browsing the internet and sending emails).
And like most consumers, I couldn't care less whether the slight reduction in clock speed is for battery or temperature concerns. And I really don't care for the snark and sarcasm in this thread (and unfortunately in many others on MR lately...). Just wondering whether it usually runs warm/hot like the OP is -- that's all.
And like most consumers, I couldn't care less whether the slight reduction in clock speed is for battery or temperature concerns. And I really don't care for the snark and sarcasm in this thread (and unfortunately in many others on MR lately...). Just wondering whether it usually runs warm/hot like the OP is -- that's all.
i disagree. neither of our ipads have ever gotten even remotely hot to the touch so i would be curious to know if the mini gets warm. it's not the end of the world nor particularly surprising if it does, but i don't see the harm in asking. Nor would I characterize asking as "excessive OCD" which, at the risk of being pedantic, is a redundant term that's redundant.
Most likely from the excess load on the processor from setup, restoring, installing apps etc. give it a day or two and see if the heat adjusts after normal usage kicks in.
Yes, they run hot!
Was in an Apple store yesterday and had a play with several of the display rMini's. All of them were hot to the touch on the rear case. Definitely a very noticeable difference to my Air which always stays nice and cool. Keep in mind too, most of these minis were just sitting there displaying the home screen. I can't imagine how warm they'd get when pushed with a graphically challenging game.
The Air reminds me of the first iPad, which rarely, if ever, was warm on the rear case. The rMini is more like the iPad 3 in terms of thermal profile. You'll definitely notice it always being warm, even with trivial use.
Was in an Apple store yesterday and had a play with several of the display rMini's. All of them were hot to the touch on the rear case. Definitely a very noticeable difference to my Air which always stays nice and cool. Keep in mind too, most of these minis were just sitting there displaying the home screen. I can't imagine how warm they'd get when pushed with a graphically challenging game.
The Air reminds me of the first iPad, which rarely, if ever, was warm on the rear case. The rMini is more like the iPad 3 in terms of thermal profile. You'll definitely notice it always being warm, even with trivial use.
To say they run "hot" is overstating the issue. But they're definitely warm. Mine typically warms up on the charger and when I use it for a good half hour straight or so. Does remind me of the iPad 3.
Mine has gotten warn on the bottom right corner but never hot to the point where it's worrisome/uncomfortable.
My rMini also gets warm. I didn't notice it too much until I installed 7.0.4. Perhaps that's the issue? Anyone else?
I realize I am reviving a slightly old thread, but wanted to post my experiences and also see how others are doing now with more rMinis in circulation.
I have a 64GB Verizon rMini. It gets warm, but not hot, after moderate usage on WiFi or on LTE, on the back towards the bottom/right side. This is with about 40% brightness. This comes with just internet browsing, email/iMessage, reading Newsstand etc. No games or other highly graphic intensive apps.
However, I have had my rMini with the screen off streaming HD video via AirPlay to my TV for several hours today and it is completely cool to the touch. So I guess this would mean the screen is the most likely culprit?
I have a 64GB Verizon rMini. It gets warm, but not hot, after moderate usage on WiFi or on LTE, on the back towards the bottom/right side. This is with about 40% brightness. This comes with just internet browsing, email/iMessage, reading Newsstand etc. No games or other highly graphic intensive apps.
However, I have had my rMini with the screen off streaming HD video via AirPlay to my TV for several hours today and it is completely cool to the touch. So I guess this would mean the screen is the most likely culprit?
More likely to be combination of cpu and battery - the screen should run cool even at max brightness. The HD video that you were streaming, was it an iTunes format such as MP4?
Thanks for your thoughts. The HD video was through the NFL app, streaming their HD feed.
I noticed tonight that with Airplane mode on and just reading on iBooks, the rMini stayed basically cool. Turning WiFi on and doing some surfing raised the temperature again. The hottest was with WiFi on, surfing the internet and streaming music via AirPlay.
The heat does somewhat bother me but I plan to see how other rMinis are next time I am in an Apple Store to see if mine is unusually warm, or if it's just consistent with this model.