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New iPad Pro Models May Be Prone to Bending
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I'm going to go get a drink and talk about something less stressful...like American Politics.
It's a kind of pointless video, of course you will damage it if you intentionally apply heavy pressure or scratch it with sharp knife. It's not a military or industrial type of device that is meant to survive that much of abuse (and even those devices would scratch). But it is pretty funny, I especially like the straightening the spiderman part.
Now to be honest, Apple should make their devices more rigid. Mine Wireless Magic Keyboard came bent out of the box, brand new. It bent even more laying on a perfectly flat desk with light use. All in the name of thinness...
Now to be honest, Apple should make their devices more rigid. Mine Wireless Magic Keyboard came bent out of the box, brand new. It bent even more laying on a perfectly flat desk with light use. All in the name of thinness...
This is subjective, and I'll give you the appropriate analogy.
You can buy trading cards for a game that are worth a lot of money and put them in a sleeve and a book and keep them on a trophy case and ooh and aaah over how you're treating them with the value they are and deserve, or you can actually play the game.
You can bend an iPad by having it in a backpack for school, that's how they market the product. That is a fundamental part of their marketing strategy. This isn't an article about "can I break my desk lamp" -- of course I can, but not in it's normal use-case. I'd have to take it off of the desk and apply a hammer to it generously. This is an article about someone who has a bent iPad for having it in a backpack for school.
The article and video demonstrate the ease at which a product can be rendered inoperable. Just like consumer reports can intentionally crash cars and show where the stress points are. This isn't clickbait, it's shining a spotlight on design decisions that affect us all. Should people buy iPads for school and also feel the need to buy extra things to compensate for these design deficiencies? Should I get a better backpack? What do I need to do to ensure my expensive purchase survives "normal" (subjective!) use in my case?
The video is answering the question of "why did my iPad bend in a backpack?" to which the answer is "because Apple sacrificed structural integrity for weight." We as consumers now have to compensate for that - Buy Applecare, buy cases, buy replacement iPads, treating our backpacks like we're carrying eggs, throwing money at Apple -- you know, normal consumer things that we totally love doing. This isn't right.
Apple's not really at fault here, nor are you fundamentally wrong. But I feel that when we spend money on premium products we shouldn't have to treat them like they're delicate little flowers, and we need to understand where the limits exist so we can justify the purchase or understand the insurance we need to have to protect the purchase.
Visit any major tourist attraction/destination in Europe and you will see many-MANY people of Asian descent using their iPads to take pictures. I don't understand why anyone would carry around an iPad while sightseeing, but to each their own I guess.
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Well this potential issue does give me pause to consider how my ThinkTank camera backpack, and Ona camera bag would protect my 12.9 from bumps and bending. I also have other bags to be fair.
I do use Apple folio and keyboard folio. But I'm worried that a heavy camera lens might just transfer enough energy to damage/bend my iPad. On the other hand would not an Apple laptop, particularly the screen housing, be thin also?
I'm not blaming the makers of these products. I guess a review of all my equipment bags are in order due to the new thinness of the iPad Pro tablets. Would the established makers of heavy duty tablet cases actually offer better protection from bending, or are they just bump and drop protection?
I do use Apple folio and keyboard folio. But I'm worried that a heavy camera lens might just transfer enough energy to damage/bend my iPad. On the other hand would not an Apple laptop, particularly the screen housing, be thin also?
I'm not blaming the makers of these products. I guess a review of all my equipment bags are in order due to the new thinness of the iPad Pro tablets. Would the established makers of heavy duty tablet cases actually offer better protection from bending, or are they just bump and drop protection?
Because the iPad Pro you're watching it on is bent?
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Which is why the point of these tests is to work out how much "enough" is.
With the iPad Pro, anything more than nothing is "enough".
I feel exactly the same except that on the desktop Windows and Linux are infirior and I won’t give up my privacy to Google on mobile nor do I want an utter mess of a UI.
I have a 2012 non-retina MacBook Pro and it’s not too thick. Today’s options aren’t that much more powerful except they can carry larger screens. I bought a maxed out 2013 27” iMac that hopefully will last for a couple of years until Apple will get it’s act together.
Haha another Bendgate
aka. YouTube profit making bandwagon
How long til Louis Rossmann does a 45 minute rant about it being on purpose to make you buy a new one?
aka. YouTube profit making bandwagon
How long til Louis Rossmann does a 45 minute rant about it being on purpose to make you buy a new one?
In shock news fragile and delicate expensive electronic and glass product breaks when subjected to forces it would normally never expect to be exposed too.
In other news incredible photos of window shattering when hit with hammer have emerged.
In other news incredible photos of window shattering when hit with hammer have emerged.
This happens when you are obsessed with thin. Portable devices, on the other hand, must also be robust.
Fair points and I agree. My only issue is, though I have the 10.5" iPad Pro so not the newer design, I've carried it in my backpack for the last year and a half with no issues. I certainly do not carry them like a carton of eggs, and I really hope the new iPad Pros are not so fragile that this becomes a major problem.
My nephew bent his 5th generation 9.7 in iPad. It was in a case with decent protection. He has no idea how it happened. In fact, he didn't even know it was bent until he tried to put it into a new case, and it would not fit properly.
I consider the base 9.7 iPad to be a pretty sturdy device. It was rolled-out as a potential tablet for students, so it is meant to take some abuse.
Anything will bend. If I paid over $1,000 for an iPad, it would be in a solid case and I would be very careful with it.
I consider the base 9.7 iPad to be a pretty sturdy device. It was rolled-out as a potential tablet for students, so it is meant to take some abuse.
Anything will bend. If I paid over $1,000 for an iPad, it would be in a solid case and I would be very careful with it.
Agreed with general sentiment but XR is the answer
Thicc and Thicc battery life too
That is nice to say, but portable and robust don't really go hand in hand. I guess everything is a matter of degrees. How robust vs how portable. But when you are selling to billions of people that say thin is in, you go thin. And when I infer people like thin, I'm not going off MacRumors forums, I'm going off the billions of devices sold. I'd say so far it is working out for Apple. I'm sure if there is ever a market for really thick and heavy tablets, Apple will probably swing back the other way.
Honestly, companies like Otterbox, Zagg, and other manufacturers of cases and protectors love the fact that videos, like this one, show devices as being fragile. It makes people protect their 'investments'.
Obviously it takes force to bend these iPads, even if these 2018 models are more 'fragile' than previous generations. If more reports come out that these models are bending in backpacks, or other carrying methods for travel, then maybe there should be concern.
I agree with you on portable devices being more robust. Of course that is also just my opinion.
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Of course there are millions of buyers who want thin when they buy a device. And then most of these same people go buy a case to protect there device and then maybe a screen protector. When they do this, it makes the device a little more robust
"not a widespread issue ..."
Are you suggesting that some iPads are made more rigid than others? Because if putting an iPad in a backpack causes it to bend, I would imagine this issue is not over.
Are you suggesting that some iPads are made more rigid than others? Because if putting an iPad in a backpack causes it to bend, I would imagine this issue is not over.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! I was saying the exact same thing to myself as I logged in...
SERIOUSLY, Jony, will the quest for human hair thin iPads never end?
No. What do you consider Apples last "pro" device? I swear, show me one other company that can't use specific words. It's like we are ok with every last corporation telling us bold-faced lies but by god when Apple says pro, I'd better be able to use it to cure cancer, make a Hollywood blockbuster, or bring Artificial Intelligence to life, if not I was robbed! Who knew professionals were such whiners. Another word is magical! LOL, Ford can tell me their new pickup is magical, and we all think oh it must have improvements, but if Apple says something is magical, then there better be wizards involved.
It's not just thinness
It's also weight and symmetry
A couple of extra strips of reinforcement would help but add a gram
Or just don't put the microphone and charging ports exactly in the centre where they cause maximum decreases in structural integrity
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