People saying the new iPad is really to hot to hold.

[zphone]

I generally run at 60-70% - and that is where it has the best color/contrast reproduction.
I would bet that people that complain about color also have their brightness set way too low or too high.

 

[Vishal]

I returned mine already, battery was dropping faster and bought another which is working great till now

 

[Texcoonazz]

Mine has a small warm spot in the lower left corner. But nothing even close to hot.

 

[rjreynolds]

Mine does not heat up at all. It's a 16 gig white wifi.

 

[Spugnut]

Again, people are turning their screens to 100% brightness and then complaining when their iPad gets hot. It has a fat battery and a 4X density screen. Of course it will get hot! Use auto-brightness and laid of the 100% stuff.

Not being able to run at 100% permanently if the user chose to do so is like buying a sports car and being told that you may not drive faster than 60mph.

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[Skull One]

Not being able to run at 100% permanently if the user chose to do so is like buying a sports car and being told that you may not drive faster than 60mph.

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It's funny that you would pick an example that is 100% true. The law actually dictates what the maximum speed is that you can drive your car.

 

[zphone]

It's funny that you would pick an example that is 100% true. The law actually dictates what the maximum speed is that you can drive your car.

I'm also pretty sure that tearing around in your new Porsche all the time at the maximum speed would be a bad idea. Even pro drivers on the track do not go flat out maximum.

 

[Skull One]

I'm also pretty sure that tearing around in your new Porsche all the time at the maximum speed would be a bad idea. Even pro drivers on the track do not go flat out maximum.

Very true. Durning the five years I raced Corvettes (had an 04 and 06) I probably was only at full throttle 40% of the time.

 

[Patrizia_NC]

I have had no issue with mine at all

 

[dmcash]

i noticed a difference in warmth to the ipad 2 when i launched games. Perfection has a price. It is not unbearable. I never noticed though a warmth issue with my ipad 2.

 

[Spugnut]

Very true. Durning the five years I raced Corvettes (had an 04 and 06) I probably was only at full throttle 40% of the time.

It seem that you are missing the point (mate conveniently?) where I live the legal speed limit is 75mph and the amount of throttle used is optional.

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[Diane B]

I started a thread about this Saturday I think. I was using mine in the original Apple cover (which doesn't fit of course) while I waited to get my Targus Vuescape. That cover is 'rubbery' and does seem to hold in the heat, esp. when charging and using graphics. My Ipad never got too hot to hold though and warmest in the lower right corner. Holding it in my hands, 'naked' so to speak, it cools off quickly. I prefer a cover for many reasons and now that I have the Targus I'm finding when I reach my hands behind it (its set in typing angle) that its barely warm in right corner. I think its hyperbole on media's part as well as Consumer's Report LOL.

 

[AQ_OC]

Not being able to run at 100% permanently if the user chose to do so is like buying a sports car and being told that you may not drive faster than 60mph.

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Didn't say or imply that you could not run it at 100%...I said that's what people are doing and then they are noticing the heat. You can't cheat the physics. You got a high res screen, more powerful graphics chip, and a bigger battery. If you run the screen at full brightness and then make the iPad do some work, it's going to get warm. Deal with it rather than complain. Or turn the brightness down a bit to see if that helps. The screen gets amazingly bright based on what I see. I can't stand it passed 50%.

I predict that in this post-PC era, where everyone has a bunch of smaller but incredibly bright screens that they stare all all day long, we are going to see insomnia go off the charts!

Use auto-brightness and minimize the impact on your being human.

 

[Wolfpuppies3]

Not really too hot at all

Much ado about nothing. A reporting organization clocks it at 94 degrees or so normally, that's less than body temperature where I come from. They noted that it can get to 116 degrees under unusually heavy gaming use. I've got news, my MB Pro is running at 130 degrees as I type this, a normal temp for it.

 

[zphone]

Didn't say or imply that you could not run it at 100%...I said that's what people are doing and then they are noticing the heat. You can't cheat the physics. You got a high res screen, more powerful graphics chip, and a bigger battery. If you run the screen at full brightness and then make the iPad do some work, it's going to get warm. Deal with it rather than complain. Or turn the brightness down a bit to see if that helps. The screen gets amazingly bright based on what I see. I can't stand it passed 50%.

I predict that in this post-PC era, where everyone has a bunch of smaller but incredibly bright screens that they stare all all day long, we are going to see insomnia go off the charts!

Use auto-brightness and minimize the impact on your being human.

I can see this ending very badly indeed... Next Apple IOS dev team meeting:
dev1: our users are cooking themselves because they don't know how to turn down the brightness level when they don't need it. What can we do to help them?
dev2: Easy - why don't we take away that option and we'll just give them two options - auto brightness or 60%