Is the new iPad literally too hot to handle?

wanderer


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21/03/2012 07:13

Is the new iPad literally too hot to handle? Thermal camera shows new model is 5 degrees warmer as users claim it is overheating not much use for a hot summer in the TRNC

Thermal camera image shows new model is 5 degrees hotter than iPad 2

Dutch image tallies with user complaints

Users complain tablet is 'too hot to hold', particularly after playing 3D games

Some forum users claim Apple should recall gadget

By ROB WAUGH

PUBLISHED: 14:01, 20 March 2012 | UPDATED: 01:32, 21 March 2012

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With three million snapped up in its first four days on sale, the new iPad is the hottest gadget around.

For some customers, however, that’s been a big problem.

An influential U.S. consumer watchdog is investigating online reports that Apple’s tablet computer generates too much heat.





Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2117653/New-iPad-3-IS-overheating-Thermal-camera-proves-new-model-5-degrees-warmer.html#ixzz1pj1PP5hO

JohnDownes


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21/03/2012 07:41

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/new-ipad-caught-running-at-116-degrees-fahrenheit-1072568

yenibob


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Message Posted:
21/03/2012 07:48

A real bonus on these cold nights though, all cuddled up around an expensive gadget keeping warm. We can always go back to Laptops in the summer

Dillon


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Message Posted:
21/03/2012 07:55

^^^Playing a video of a living fire! all you would need to complete the experience would be smellyvision

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
21/03/2012 07:58

More details from a test:

"iPad heat tests, round one: Warmer, but not yet a problem"

▶ [ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57401047-37/ipad-heat-tests-round-one-warmer-but-not-yet-a-problem/ ].

yenibob


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Message Posted:
21/03/2012 08:05

Just need to add a little bit of Cyprus dust and a hot summers day........................Keep a bucket of water handy?

elko2



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Message Posted:
21/03/2012 09:47

If the outside of the tablet warms up to 5 degrees higher than the ambient, it must get pretty hot inside. How does that affect the life expectancy of the product?

ismet

JohnDownes


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21/03/2012 13:35

"How does that affect the life expectancy of the product?" (Mss 7)

Who cares? It only has to last until the Ipad4 comes along and then all the Appleheads will be queuing up for that. Personally, I think it's pathetic.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
21/03/2012 14:29

Next week - iPad 10

Dillon


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Message Posted:
22/03/2012 06:58

Apple thought it had the new iPad overheating issue under control with Tuesday's statement, but new tests have clocked the device running way above its thermal specifications of 32-95°F at a staggering 116°F That’s just over 46°C! Is that humble pie I smell from the Apple camp or is it the new iPads cooking?



http://www.t3.com/news/new-ipad-overheating-saga-continues-as-test-clocks-116-f