This is a serious question with serious implications: is an extra 10 degrees F (about 5 degrees C), when males use the iPad sitting on their lap, enough to create a health risk in terms of reproduction. It's well known that men shouldn't use notebook computers on their laps (better putting them on the knees), but I wonder if this causes iPads to carry the same risk.
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New iPad Runs About 10 Degrees (F) Hotter than iPad 2 [Updated]
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Exactly. If there is any detriment to a little heat, it'll mean a small hit in battery life. It won't mean iPads are dying after 1 hr of use, though. It also won't mean that iPad users worldwide will be running from their houses with third degree burns on their hands because of the sun-like heat emanating from their tablets hehe
Oh no, an electronic device gets hot! Stop the presses! hehe, it's called trying to find something that's just not there.
Totally agree with that. They seem to discover that a device can run warmer than another one.
It's all physics. More power used = more heat needed to be dissipated.
Unless it has a cooling fan and an exhaust port, the case will be hotter.
Unless it has a cooling fan and an exhaust port, the case will be hotter.
Probably for hunting talibans in caves too...
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Had it been 5 "real degrees" it would have been more noticeable, but it's only Fahrenheits... ;-)
I think you missed the point - or perhaps I didn't word it quite right. The op that I quoted was saying that the temp of the iPad was MUCH COOLER than body temp. I was saying that it's isn't MUCH cooler. It's pretty close to body temp
I think the point is that people who owned 1st or 2nd gen iPads are used to a cold-feeling device, and now when switching to the new iPad, it feels different.
Excessive heat is not a good thing in any electronic device, especially one you have to hold in your hands most of the time. As much as I like Apple for the quality of their products, this does indeed bring same feelings back as the antennagate issue. I don't enjoy paying $800 for a new device just to find out that it has a flaw of some sort. Yes, screen is great, speed is great, LTE is great, but why does there have to be a trade-off all of a sudden?
Excessive heat is not a good thing in any electronic device, especially one you have to hold in your hands most of the time. As much as I like Apple for the quality of their products, this does indeed bring same feelings back as the antennagate issue. I don't enjoy paying $800 for a new device just to find out that it has a flaw of some sort. Yes, screen is great, speed is great, LTE is great, but why does there have to be a trade-off all of a sudden?
I disagree. I have used a leather case since I purchased my Ipad 2 and it has saved it on a few occasions. If you have kids that like to play with it they sometimes (And I have) dropped it on the floor. My floors are ceramic tile and I think it would have broken if not for the protection of the case.
I just think
I just think about a day where battery technology gets smaller, or solar gets more efficient...and we don't need such a large internal battery!
Mitch Hedberg (late comedian) once said that, without batteries, all of our electronics are a "bunch of crap."
We better ready ourselves emotionally for a post-battery era, where we can somehow find value in paying $1,000 for something that is like 4oz.!
I just think about a day where battery technology gets smaller, or solar gets more efficient...and we don't need such a large internal battery!
Mitch Hedberg (late comedian) once said that, without batteries, all of our electronics are a "bunch of crap."
We better ready ourselves emotionally for a post-battery era, where we can somehow find value in paying $1,000 for something that is like 4oz.!
When my iPad 3 is in its case, I don't feel the warmth. When I hold it bare, I can tell. So far hasn't bothered me, but I can see how it could bother some people (sweaty hands while holding the iPad).
Theres several folks on this forum I hope purchase them and use them on their laps, since theyre clearly do not need to reproduce.
I do believe there is an issue with all this.
Not that the new iPad gets warm; but that there was no advice in the included packaging - a simple little line 'please note you may notice your new iPad getting warm under certain conditions...' etc.
They have that little pack full of crappy documentation, just add it to that basic instruction-pic legend they include.
All this 'nothingness' could be avoided.
Apple would have known these get warm and also the intense focus on product quality which comes with each release. There must be a strategic reason for not addressing it forthright etc.
Perhaps the lack of an address is a coy way of saying its a non-issue. I don't like it if so, as many people are worried they have a defective unit and can't fully appreciate it with a burden free mind.
Not that the new iPad gets warm; but that there was no advice in the included packaging - a simple little line 'please note you may notice your new iPad getting warm under certain conditions...' etc.
They have that little pack full of crappy documentation, just add it to that basic instruction-pic legend they include.
All this 'nothingness' could be avoided.
Apple would have known these get warm and also the intense focus on product quality which comes with each release. There must be a strategic reason for not addressing it forthright etc.
Perhaps the lack of an address is a coy way of saying its a non-issue. I don't like it if so, as many people are worried they have a defective unit and can't fully appreciate it with a burden free mind.
It's the LCD panel
It's the display's pixel/backlight driver circuitry making the heat. They are usually located at one edge of the panel that has the connectors, which in this case, the left side of the iPad.
Turn down the brightness setting (under 70%) and there will be no heat.
It's the display's pixel/backlight driver circuitry making the heat. They are usually located at one edge of the panel that has the connectors, which in this case, the left side of the iPad.
Turn down the brightness setting (under 70%) and there will be no heat.
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Great story...compelling and rich.
Great story...compelling and rich.
Please stop with this Antennagate non-sense, it never existed....
I can't see any excessive heat here, I have a new iPad it feels warmer in some cases where a lot of GPU related computation is done, it's far to be excessive. Just warmer than an iPad 2 but not uncomfortably hot, not at all. You can hold it as long as you want, it won't burn you if this is what you are afraid of.....
You seem to confuse the fact that it gets warmer than the iPad 2 and the fact that it gets too hot. It does not get too hot, again far from that.
It's a shame that when Techcrunch made the observation that they didn't know if it was an LTE issue they didn't go on to test a Wi-fi only new iPad alongside the other two.
Try running a body temperature of 92.5 and tell me it isn't a big difference from 98.6...
Not that i really care, i just wanted to fuel your flame
So basically the Predator will be able to kill you if you are carrying the New iPad?
DROP DEE iPAD! RUN! NOW! GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!!
I'm sorry but 92.5 is not "pretty close" to body temperature. If your body temperature was 92.5, your body would be well beyond the point of hypothermia and chances are you would not be coherent
Is it excessive in this case? From what I understand and read from user reviews, it's not.
I personally didn't experience any noticeable warmth.