New ipad overheating left hand side , after light use , should i be worried?

Hi guys

Got my lovely new ipad, the new ipad seems to be generating quite a lot of heat, bottom left hand side of the ipad, just after 20 mins of use, whilst surfing online. I have had an ipad 2 before and never had this problem. I have only charged it for an hour so far, and havent done a full charge yet, should i be worried? I aint happy because its getting rather uncomfortable holding it.

iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi, iOS 5.1

Posted on Mar 16, 2012 12:35 PM

31 replies

ashute

Level 1

35 points

Apr 3, 2012 1:45 PM in response to husk24

Just to update my earlier post. I have been on holiday for a week and used the iPad for 2 hours on the plane to watch a movie and also while I was away to upload a lot of photo's from an SD card. The iPad did not get any warmer than it did after 15 minutes of use. The battery life has also been fine. Sorry that it is not much use to those of you with the very hot iPads but it sounds like it may be an issue with certain batteries or some other component.

Allen.

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