New iPad overheating?

The only way to fix the heat and slow charging is to replace the CPU with a smaller less powerful one, to decrease the battery size and to remove the LTE chip. So no apple won't fix it. It's not a problem it's people that cant stand theyre device being warm. Those people DO NOT understand how electronics work and the don't know that when you pass electricity through components they heat up. In computers the excess heat is whisked away by the fans. The iPad has none so it must use the back cover for that.

Kim Hill,

Well, I tried to be cordial but you are clearly a blind fanboy who will never accept anything. Everyone accepts the fact that Apple responded to the Consumer Reports findings, if you don’t then I am sure qualified psychiatric help can be found for your delusions. As for the cnet article, obviously you can’t read, it states 15 minutes with wifi and 45 with 4g, but thanks for ignoring all facts and just attacking people here. You sycophantic fanboys will never realize that you make Apple look worse not better.

Hi teach5

Your fears are ill founded . each and every iPad3 gets warm on continous use, I went to the Apple store with the same question and the genius bar folks told me very clearly , the new iPad will be much warmer on continuous use or grapichs heavy use compared to the iPad2 and that is osmething they have been conveyed by Apple. So there is nothing abnormal in it . However I do agree there are some iPad's which are not getting warm , but getting HOT and that is not normal. So if your iPad gets warm and not HOT on usage , I think it is pretty normal. People who are saying in this thread that their new iPads are ice cool are either lying , or are not using their iPads continously or in graphics heavy applications or giving it some period to cool down. EACH AND EVERY NEW iPAD WILL BE WARM ON CONTINUOUS USAGE . Make no mistake about it and dont be mislead.

Regards

Neel

You are probably fine. I am on my 3rd new iPad, and this one has yet to get uncomfortably hot.

The previous 2 would get hot quickly and with only simple web browsing or reading pulse news, even with ~50% brightness.

I'm not sure how much the warmth may vary, but my experience is significantly better now. It gets slightly warm sometimes if brightness is up very high or downloading a lot, but it's no big deal at all compared to the previous units' temps.

I think that you'd realize if you were affected...

Everyone accepts the fact that Apple responded to the Consumer Reports findings

Apple was responding not just to CR, but to a number of stories in the press and in blogs. To interpret that general PR statement as confirming CR's specific temperature measurements is ridiculous.

As for the cnet article, obviously you can’t read, it states 15 minutes with wifi and 45 with 4g,

Problem is, you said, "they only tested the game with wifi for 15 minutes," when in fact, they tested for 45 minutes. And they tested while on 4G — which generates *more* heat than wifi.

I am sure qualified psychiatric help can be found for your delusions.

The real problem here is that you're sloppy with facts.

Guys! C'mon!

Hands up who has an iPhone 4s?

Hands up who has downloaded sky gamblers on the iPhone 4s?

Play it for 10 minutes. It gets BURNING HOT!

Use your phone for 30 minutes on a call. It gets BURNING HOT!

Use it as a navigation tool, guess what? It gets HOT!

These are all stressful applications for a compact mobile device...

Is this normal? I have searched the web, and cannot find anyone complaining about it and taking their iPhone 4s back to apple complaining that it is getting too warm to hold.

Again, as many have stated. It is normal for electronics to get hot under stress. Don't blame apple for this, it is a physical result of consumer demand for faster, higher resolution ground breaking devices.

If you are concerned about the heat that is generated by your iPad, you will be told this is normal. Apple may try to throttle back on the resource usage for non demanding apps.

That is a simple software change, but if you play sky gamblers at full brightness, just like the iPhone 4s, don't be surprised when your iPad 3rd gen gets HOT!

It's been fun, but I think I will now leave this thread.

Thanks guys, enjoy your iPads!

I assume iPad3 does not have any moving parts. So, these hot air you are experience is not coming from friction.

This heat that you are experiencing is may be to improper shield of microwave and other similar communication between different apparatus of your iPad.

Do you have kids? If not stay away from your genitals.

Or get an genital microwave or radioactive measurement to watch how much radiation you are exposing to your genitals, he he he

it's not microwave energy. When you pass electricity through resistors, compacitors, diodes and prosesers they heat up.

Btw if it was microwave energy it would not be able to make the back heat up. Microwaves ONLY heat up water and they cannot pass through metal.

The harder you push the A5X Chip, the hotter it get; especially when playing games.

On a laptop the manufacturer use a heatsink and fan to exhaust the heat but on the iPad the back casing conducts the heat away.

The faster the Chip, the more heat it generate.

Agree that comfortably warm is OK. But mine actually gets so hot that warning pops up saying to turn it off. Same warning I got after accidentially leaving iphone in car for hours one day. Got warning on new iPad after 10 minutes of use -- only one app (news reading program) running. That is NOT normal.

Yup! Now we are getting it :)

Sarask76, it is exactly that... Friction. Friction of electrons. The faster they move, the more heat is generated. It's called kinetic energy and is the transfer of energy from one body to another. There may be some microwaves as well, but let's not get alarmist. Do you have an iPad? Eh?

Wish I hadn't peered back now. Afraid I may be addicted to this thread lol

If you get a warning message that it needs to shut down because it is too hot, and you were not in direct sunlight or have ambient temperature over 95 degrees then you have a defective product and should exchange it. I went out of my way to stress both of mine, but I did it indoors, and neither ever got over 110 degrees which is quite warm but not hot and definitely not warm enough to cause a forced shutdown.

Does this 14 day refund get reset when you are issued the new iPad?

Just concerned as I would need sufficient time to see if the heating issue disappears/reduces within the next couple discharge cycles for the brand new iPad.

I received my Wifi 32Gb iPad on the release day here in the UK. I could immediately tell it was running warm/hot, even before the fuss began online. Yes, it was very warm. No, it wouldn't burn me. But it was too warm to hold comfortably for long periods, and I was worried it was cause damage over time. I rang Apple straight away and arranged a replacement.

The replacement I received was exactly the same - I was now a bit confused... were all iPad 3's like this, or was I just being over-sensitive?

As a last-ditch attempt, I picked up a 3rd iPad 3 from elsewhere. This one was totally different and worked out of the box - it gets only very mildly warm when used on HD games for a long time, not hot, and you can easily hold it.

Here's the conculsion I can draw from this - there are DEFINATELY some heating issues with SOME iPad 3s. I've had 2 bad and one good unit.

So, come on Apple, sort this out - you know that some people have retunred them that run too hot - you have those units, so you can test them to see why. But please 'fess up - you're the biggest company in the world! Personally I'd think twice before ordering something from Apple again on release day.

Also, for those lucky enough to have cool iPad 3s, don't be off-hand with those claiming they have warm ones - they really DO have significantly warmer iPads.

Charging and Full Discharge seems to work for whatever reason

1st Charge/Drain Temp peaked at 101 on the left side

2nd Charge/Drain Temp is peaking at 91 on the left side

Full Brightness - No Auto Brightness - Netflix/Safari - Unplugged