Just got my new iPad. I'm loving the screen and speed but there's something weird about it. It gets rather warm/hot after 30minutes of usage. It has never happened on my iPad 2.
Do you think it's harmless or .... ?
iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi, iOS 5.1
The best measure to determine whether the iPad is hot or not doesn't require rocket science. Not much of personal sense of feel. Instead, it's how the battery reacts to the device's heat.
(In my course of landing with the current 3rd iPad, I was told by an AppleCare consultant that iPads that operate over 34.6°, they qualify for exchanges. no second word)
Day 4 after best improvement yet. After letting the batterydraincompletely and recharging to fully capacity. The new iPad is totally cool and the battery is depleting every slowly now, like my iPad 2. I think I've been through 3 or 4 recharge cycle. Things look promising. :)
Beers...sounds like you may have an issue...Mine charged overnight last night (from about 12:30am to 6:30am) and it was at 100%...when it reached 100% I dont know but its way better than what you are experiencing....I would bring it back for an exchange...
The new iPad does get hot after 20 min. Looks like I'm not the only one with this problem. Maybe apple should call this new iPad, your new frying pan also. After 20 m cook some eggs on it.. Apple should really release something for this. People shouldn't invest all this money and buy another iPad with upgraded specs same like design 90% identical and have this issue. It should be fully tested by engineers before laying out in market. Yes it does look like the warming generates from the bottom left of back of iPad.
I forgot to mention that I was using my extension cable to charge. I never had an issue with the extension for my iPad 2, so I figured it would work just as well. Tonight I'm going to plug it straight into the power adapter, and see if this improves. Could an extension cable really effect the power process, by that much? 10% charge per hour, because of just an extension cable?
Been playing with my new iPad all weekend and haven't notice it getting warm at all. I just have the WiFi version so no LTE. I used the battery all the way to 0% when I first got it and only then did I recharge it. I did notice, however, that the charger got a little more than warm as the iPad was charging.
I returned mine for an iPad 2. The iPad 3 wasn't hot, but warm enough to be uncomfortable. That plus the extra weight made it not worth the new display to me, as awesome as it is. :/
I can understand how a MBP or iMac could run hot, but those things you can put on a desk or in your lap with a pillow or something. However, the iPad is designed to be held by you at all times. It's important that it runs cool. I'd even be OK if the iPad 3 got warm during an intensive game or while playing HD video, but it gets warm even after about 3 minutes of casual web browsing.
As a side note: When I went to return mine and mentioned it was running warm the reps went into a speech explaning that it can run warm.
my new ipad also has heating problem and it was quite hot when I use it putting on the bed.
The thing is my ipad screen cracked with a single hair line while I'm using apps without any drop.
you can see the photo here http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3279839968004&set=a.1585985342697.80443.1 627705212&type=1&ref=nf
I can't say that's because of heating. But, I suppose it's linked to that problem.
a technician in the genious bar said that it's rarely happened but there is a case somehow.
You could have just bought a nice thin case. I put mine in my iPad 2 case, and slipped in perfectly. Not feeling any warmth with a case, it's just worrisome for me that it does get that hot, and wonder if long term my iPad will be effected, or being in a case, draining it more, since it's hotter... So far, I don't know what to think anymore. I guess I'll just have to use mine for th 5 hours of use that it now gets...
It seems that after my third complete charge cycle my battery life is much better
At 25% brightness I have used safari And twitter and rss and emails for an hour straight and only used 2% battery life
And my iPad is ever so slightly warm on the left side.
I do fear though that turning up the brightness will still make it hot
I agree my ipad2 was always used at 100% during the day time. Which was like 75% of the time I used the thing. Just trying to see what I can live with and what works. After another hour or so I'm gonna crank it back to to 100% and see if it still gets hot. Even my front glass got hot the first day
My iPad was getting pretty darn hot on the first day I had it. Even simple web surfing was heating it up. Running the battery down into the red and charging it overnight really seems to have helped. It does still get warm but not hot like it was. My theory is you have to drain all the communist electricity from it then replace it with good American made power.
I really think Apple should give iPad owners a Free thin silicon backing, to protect your hands. Kind of like how the iPhone 4 cases were given out, over the antenna gate issue.
Would anyone agree that Apple should give out back silicon protection cases?
It would really be the only Cheaper way, for Apple to resolve this problem...
Nope, not a proper solution. I want it to work without going to 115f, or they can have it. I am waiting to see if a full battery recharge works. If it does, great, give me another glass of Apple cool aid....if not, back to the iPad 2 for me.
I agree completely! But, the new iPad has only been out for the past few days, and am sure they will do something... Don't know what they will do, but if it's (normal) for it to get, that (Hot), then I believe that cases should be given out to protect your hands.
Agree?
This morning on a full charge
First 1 1/2 hours of constant use of safari emails twitter kindle app rss at 25% brightness I only used 5% battery
1 hour of same use at 100% brightness used 18% and the iPad got noticeably warm all over. Not just the left corner
( which seems way way higher that it was on my ipad2, but I traded that off so I can't compare anymore
This is with no videos or downloads or games being played.
Will continue this morning to see if it gets hot again
New iPad overheating?
