I’ve had a Surface Pro 2 for nearly 10 years and it’s still slaying and humming right along on Windows 11. Only issues have been with charger, which Microsoft recalled and replaced years ago, and the Type Cover which is beginning to fray and come apart a bit around the edges (due to carelessly packing it in a suitcase).
Blue iPad Air 5 here as well and while the back does flex a bit I don’t have any creaking.
No please don't... I don't want my iPad to look like a cross between a 1990's Panasonic Toughbook and a cheap Chrome tablet. I'll leave that design to Microsoft 🤣
This isn’t new, it’s the same poor quality bendgate since the iphone 6
Freebies? If there is any holding back of criticism it’s because they want to keep getting early access to new releases so they can publish early since their businesses thrive on views. The earlier they publish the better. It has absolutely nothing to do with getting a free $500 device (they probably have to send their review units back, anyway).
So you’re saying if Apple hadn’t increased the price of the new SE to $429 it might have the same shoddy, questionable, CREAK-y build quality as its fraternal iPad twin? Seems strange for the more “budget” product.
The new model is heavier than the last one according to others posting in this topic. Anybody got any citations on these claims?
It’s possible. An inflationary economy brings on the choice of building cost saving into the product or increasing the price. Something has to give because Apple needs to maintain a certain profit margin on each line. Generally the larger the product like an automobile the easier it is to cut small things “de-content” then a small item like a phone or a tablet, but it can be done. If Apple can hold the line on price and make the case a little thinner the idea is most customers won’t notice. Now if they make no changes and raise the price that will stand out more to the customer. They hire people and pay them big bucks to try and get this quality vs cost ratio right. The informal name for those people are bean counters.
Except apple has obnoxiously high profit margins. So it’s between making an inferior product and pissing off some customers or making less profit (I’ll remind you they’d still make PROFIT) and pissing off shareholders. We all know where Tim’s heart is at. He’s a bean counter. He cares about customers but he cares WAY MORE about Wall Street.
Oh I certainly agree. Most companies are pretty much forced into cost cutting when inflation is high. Apple is likely doing it only to maintain margin in an inflationary economy, not because their back is against the wall. You are correct that Tim is a bean counter at heart and an economy like our current one puts those types into overdrive trying to maintain margin.
I also heard that if you throw it out the window of a moving car it gets damaged
You’re much braver than I am. I would not put excessive pressure on my tablets or phones just to see what it would do. Knowing my luck it would either crack something or cause cosmetic damage that wasn’t covered 😂
