New iPad overheating?

Initial reports are that the new iPad does get warmer than the iPad 2. Whether or not what you're experiencing is normal or not I can't say not being able to check your iPad. If you have an Apple Store near you, you can set up an appointment at the Genius Bar and have them check it out.

Regards.

Does it get "hot" or simply warmer than you expected? Mine is a new 64 gig wifi model and, yes, it gets warmer than my previous iPad 2. I was surprised by this, which led me to google it and that's how I found your question here... My new iPad is warm, but it's definitely not in any way hot.

Here's something else odd: Mine has been in the dock since I opened the box. It's charging and restoring my previous iPad's backup, so gigs and gigs of stuff is being installed.

It was warm on the bottom left. Not hot, as I said, but warm enough that I noticed and was surprised.

Now, it's definitely cooler (still installing that backup - almost done), but it's warmer on the bottom-right side.

Again, it's not hot. It's not even laptop computer warm - just warmer than I was used to with my previous iPad 2, which I sold 2 weeks ago, so I can't compare.

Interesting.

This makes me suspect it's the battery...? Supposedly, the battery is something like 70% more powerful than the previous iPad 2's battery (but performance is supposedly the same due to things like the retina display consuming more power).

My new iPad (verizon 64GB) definitely got significantly warm, almost too warm to hold warm, when running on LTE. Not even doing a lot of downloads (just browsing twitter) but having the LTE radio on seemed to cause it to get noticeably hot.

Mine is also getting pretty hot. I've got the 32 gb wifi model. It's not too hot to hold yet, but it seems to be getting hotter the more it's on. The heat on mine is concentrated on the bottom-left (if you're holding it with the home button at the bottom) although the whole left side seems to be hotter than the right side.

Hi, my new iPad 3 is very very hot on bottom left. So much so I'm afraid to show my hubby because he's going to make me take it store, all on the bottom left and left edge, I was just surfing FB and pinterst.. I'm kinda freakin cause it's uncomfortable to hold on that side! What should I do?

Thanks for any info!

It is warmer to the touch than my original iPad and my iPad 2 were but I wouldn't exactly characterize it as "overheating" it's just warmer to the touch than previous models...time will tell if it gets worse....we have to remember though...in essence its mostly a giant battery....

It definitely shouldn't be too hot to hold comfortably. If it is, it's in your best interest to take it back, and get a new one (if they determine its a problem.)

If the issue is that you want to play with it while its new, just keep using it until there are plenty in stock at the stores (as long as you are inside the return window) and take it back then.

This might be wrong or unsolve the issue but since black conducts more heat is it possible that the new processor + the black iPad work together creating more heat because I see a lot of you all have the black iPads and I noticed my black iPad 1 was hot on one side of the glass but my white iPad shows no sign of heat at all

NMJH wrote:

sounds like the processor or A5X Chip is working on it maximum power usage

This caused the batteries to swell and crack the case in some recent MacBook Pros. Do you think the same problem can occur with the new iPad?

Well, I've just been into my local Apple store and the new iPads on display were all noticeably warmer than my iPad 2 ever gets. Difficult to say but I think I might find it a bit irritating. It's obviously due to the battery, and probably woth monitoring.

Gat0r wrote:

Mine got a little warm while restoring from back-up. Since then, no issue at all with it warming. It's a 64gb Wi-Fi 4G...

That's exactly what I experienced. While initially setting up and transferring data, my new 64 gig wifi iPad got warmer than my previous wifi iPad 2. I was surprised and googled it. Since the initial setup, it hasn't run very warm at all.

Combine all of that with charging the new iPad's massive battery at the same time... I think we're all going to have to put our new iPads through a workout to really know what to expect, but as I said, I haven't seen much warmth since my initial setup (and first real battery charge).

My 64 gb wifi ipad3 gets fry an egg hot in the middle/ land lower left side after playing scramble for 10 minutes. No data transfers (did that last night), so no mega processing going on in bkgrnd. I even closed all apps in background. Going to hit a genius bar tomorrow and will post what they say. And I agree with he preliminary conclusions of others that this is a battery hog. Also the device is not in a case.