The heat related iPad stories are getting ridiculous!

[iPad-Lover]

Wait a minute... Has anyone had like a dell/compaq laptop on there knees for 30 mins or so? Like a oven - lmao. Can't believe they are complaining over something so stupid, okay I can automatically see a rise in temp from my iPad 2 but it's a few degrees - anyway I'm not going to be one of those pussys who send back there iPad because they can't handle a bit of heat.. There just wasting there time - only way I would take mine back if it started getting really, really hot which is unlikely.

 

[BreadedVirus]

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Over the last few days there have been loads of stories about the heat generated by the new iPad. Surely this is a no brainer? It has a bigger battery, more powerful processor and a retina display. I would have been surprised if it DIDNT run warmer.

However the mainstream press have latched onto this and are suggesting that it is OVERHEATING and is HOT to touch which is ridiculous! They are manipulating the story to make it sound as if there is some kind of manufacturing fault which of course there isnt.

After hours of use, and even playing games like Infinity Blade 2, mine runs WARM, which is perfectly normal as far as I was aware? Am I missing something??

I can tell from your post you are a huge Apple fan and basically state they can do no wrong.

Just because you may not find it a big issue with the "heat pad" does not mean other people are ok with it.

If i am to spend $500-900 on a product, it better be in ship shape condition.

 

[bawbac]

Increased heat doesn't cause problems.

Electronic circuitry operates best and most reliably at lower temperatures. However, today’s more complex and smaller device dimensions along with closer packing result in higher heat density and elevated operating temperatures.

Higher operating temperatures decrease the service life of the device or module. Any temperature sensitive materials used in a module can degrade and wear out more quickly. Other failure mechanisms, such as metal migration, can occur, particularly when both high temperature and humidity conditions are present. Here, metal whiskers or dendrites can grow from the conducting lines. With lines being spaced closer together in today’s devices, shorts between lines can occur and cause device failure. Additionally, when temperatures fluctuate, device interconnections and other components can fatigue from expansion and contraction due to thermal stresses and eventually fail.

Higher temperatures also increase the electrical resistance of the conducting lines within a device or module, slowing the signal speed and reducing performance. As devices become more complex, conducting paths become longer and this performance reduction is more significant.

For all of the above reasons, it’s critical to minimize temperature of the electronics by designing efficient ways of carrying away their generated heat.

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[noupf]

I have been using my iPad for 3-4hours a day doing all kinds of stuff, it just gets warm but not very hot at all!

I'm not sure why everyone is going crazy over this small thing.

Not everybody is going crazy over such a small thing. Its the media and those who hate apple who trying to hurt this insanely high growth technology company. There are a lot of investors in the world who missed out on a meteoric rise in apples stock price over the last year. Not to mention its rise over the last 5 years. What happens to a stock that rocked almost straight up from $380 a share to almost $610 in the matter of a month?? They plant false stories and allegations against the company and its products to try and get the company's stock price back down, they try to call the newest products failures or inferior so that the stock comes back down to a point where they can get back in. Ultimately, all these BS stories that come out in order to hurt apple are from those who either cant stand to see this company continue its explosive growth or to hurt its investors and its stock price. It sounds silly, but apple is slowly taking over the world and some people cant stand it. As long as they inovate and produce products that comsumers ( and businesses ) love, they will continue to take market share away from every competitor in every field they decide to enter.......and some people out there will try to knock them down as apple continues its rise to the top.

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I can tell from your post you are a huge Apple fan and basically state they can do no wrong.

Just because you may not find it a big issue with the "heat pad" does not mean other people are ok with it.

If i am to spend $500-900 on a product, it better be in ship shape condition.

so if an electronic device creates heat, its not in ship shape condition?



PS. My brand new laptop and its battery ( thats been on for 20 minutes ) is beginning to heat up my on my lap. Pretty hot too......... should I be concerned? Oh and its not an apple product either.