Smart Cover latch scratched the front of iPad

[Piggie]

Since when have I said plastic was rubbish? Plastic is fine. Aluminium is fine. But given the choice between the two, aluminium is by far the most preferable. It's stronger. It is more visually appealing. It looks more expensive. It won't damage the product when not used by idiots. It is less flexible so won't lose it's alignment over time. It won't discolour. Etc etc.

And you imply that plastic can't damage the product. Take a piece of plastic and a piece of smooth aluminium and rub them on the iPad. I'm sure you'll find they cause a similar amount of scratching.

I still just can't believe you'd rather they were made using plastic. Ask someone who's never heard of Apple, and they'd choose metal.

Just to pick up on one of your points.
Plastic is probably a lot stronger than Aluminium in many instances.

I have seen many nasty images of Macbooks with bad dents in them and comments on how easy it is to damage. Where Plastic would perhaps deform fractionally and stay intact apart from perhaps a small mark, Thin Aluminium would just dent horribly.

Yes, a hard plastic could scratch is rubbed hard against Aluminium, but not as easily as it you rubbed Aluminium against Aluminium.

In case you think I am Mad, I do like the look of Aluminium, I also an aware it's become a bit of an Apple trademark, and they are a bit stuck with it.

A plastic laptop, even though you may shudder at the idea, I think without question could take a lot more everyday knocks than an Aluminium one.

Which material is more suited to a portable device that will get moved around, well that's open to debate.

I work with metals every day in my job and I know full well just how weak and easy to damage Aluminium is and I think you know also.

As I say, Apple are stuck with it, as people would go OMG they have used cheap and nasty plastic, despite any practical issues.

 

[Brookzy]

Just to pick up on one of your points.
Plastic is probably a lot stronger than Aluminium in many instances.

I have seen many nasty images of Macbooks with bad dents in them and comments on how easy it is to damage. Where Plastic would perhaps deform fractionally and stay intact apart from perhaps a small mark, Thin Aluminium would just dent horribly.

Yes, a hard plastic could scratch is rubbed hard against Aluminium, but not as easily as it you rubbed Aluminium against Aluminium.

In case you think I am Mad, I do like the look of Aluminium, I also an aware it's become a bit of an Apple trademark, and they are a bit stuck with it.

A plastic laptop, even though you may shudder at the idea, I think without question could take a lot more everyday knocks than an Aluminium one.

Which material is more suited to a portable device that will get moved around, well that's open to debate.

I work with metals every day in my job and I know full well just how weak and easy to damage Aluminium is and I think you know also.

As I say, Apple are stuck with it, as people would go OMG they have used cheap and nasty plastic, despite any practical issues.

I appreciate your points but, as far as I am aware plastic bends more easily than aluminium, and that is what I meant by strong.

But anyway, remember the 2006 plastic MacBooks? Yellow palmrests and sunken trackpads? THAT was a bad material choice.

 

[shandyman]

Since when have I said plastic was rubbish? Plastic is fine. Aluminium is fine. But given the choice between the two, aluminium is by far the most preferable. It's stronger. It is more visually appealing. It looks more expensive. It won't damage the product when not used by idiots. It is less flexible so won't lose it's alignment over time. It won't discolour. Etc etc.

And you imply that plastic can't damage the product. Take a piece of plastic and a piece of smooth aluminium and rub them on the iPad. I'm sure you'll find they cause a similar amount of scratching.

I still just can't believe you'd rather they were made using plastic. Ask someone who's never heard of Apple, and they'd choose metal.

Ignore him, he's just out to crap on people that like the iPad, it's like the third time I've seen him do it today, he already tried it with me. You call him out on something and he ignores it, like in this thread when he was claiming the smart cover was metal on metal and will scratch, it was pointed out that it has a rubber strip as a buffer he just ignored it.

 

[aperry]

Maybe that is why Apple put plastic/rubber tabs on the edge of the cover that attaches to the aluminum edge...

There is no metal on metal contact unless a random shard of metal magnetically attached itself to the cover.

Actually, this isn't true. Several people have noted that the rotating seam where the outer metal hinge part of the smart cover meets the long main metal part is rubbing against the aluminum edge of the iPad. There does seem to be some metal-metal contact. It's minor, but it could very well leave a mark after prolonged use.

 

[Piggie]

Ignore him, he's just out to crap on people that like the iPad, it's like the third time I've seen him do it today, he already tried it with me. You call him out on something and he ignores it, like in this thread when he was claiming the smart cover was metal on metal and will scratch, it was pointed out that it has a rubber strip as a buffer he just ignored it.

I'm not out to crap on anything.

I would take each thing on it's own merits, and not just accept what a company who is after making money says is correct, actually IS correct.

I have an iPad. Some aspects of it are fantastic, some aspects are middle of the road, and some aspects as bad.

I won't just say, "It's Apple therefore every part of it must be right"

In the same way I would not pay twice the price for a T-Shirt that has a different logo stamped on the front of it, and perhaps it off less quality than a plain one.

 

[Jackson891]

shame

Thats a worry , i would have got a cover like this but my kid will use it and it will happen to mine and i wont be happy. so ill look around and see what els is out there. bit like the feet on mac book pro being shorter than they were. now get scratches on bottom. never had a mark on others before that change. oh well.

 

[phpmaven]

Note to self.. Don't drag aluminum across glass. It scratches.

Aluminum is much softer than glass. You would really have to try hard to scratch the glass with the hinge. Of course I'm not brave enough to try this myself, but I doubt you could even scratch it with the smart cover hinge if you tried.

 

[miamialley]

My cover fell off while in my laptop bag and gave the screen two good scratches. I hate this darn thing, it falls off unintentionally daily and of course back has a scratch since it's bare. Glad my macally case came in today.

Pics or it didn't happen. (said to OP also)

 

[Nautilus007]

listen

just take your ipad 2 in, if your upset and say its overheating or something i doubt theyll say anything unless its really badly scratched. and your even within the return policy probably so return it otherwise.

 

[aperry]

Aluminum is much softer than glass. You would really have to try hard to scratch the glass with the hinge. Of course I'm not brave enough to try this myself, but I doubt you could even scratch it with the smart cover hinge if you tried.

Aluminum is softer than glass, but it's probably harder than the oleophobic coating that covers the glass. I've found that small scratches in the coating are fairly easy. They're mostly invisible until you look carefully at the surface under a halogen light. Then, if you're a perfectionist, they bug the heck out of you.

 

[ntrigue]

I wanted to chime in and say that two permanent blemishes have appeared due to the leather Smart Cover.

I'll attach pictures but am interested to hear Genius feedback. It's precisely where the bar meets the hinges.