iPad 3 is getting hot

On heat issue....I have iPad3 +WiFi w/o 4G and have not had any heat issue at all, it runs nicely cool. I do not as yet have it in a cover but one is on its way. Are the gel covers more apt to insulate the iPad for heat or not....I was thinking that a cover might make it difficult for the aluminum backing to act as a heat sink as the cover might hold the heat in.

If you are having the overheating issue I would return it, wait a week or two and purchase another one. If you are lucky the second you buy is not from the deffective batch... 😐

I have now had my new iPad for a week and I am really disappointed with how hot it gets. Unlike many of the commenters, I do not use my iPad for high graphic games or videos. I read books, play games, mostly card games, check out blogs and mail. And it gets very hot after 30 minutes, uncomfortably hot resting on my lap.

I have had my iPad 3 since last Saturday and have had on and off again warming problems. Because this never happend with my iPad 2 and on rare occasions with my iPhone 4, I am inclined to think this is a batch defect issue & want to exchange mine in a week or two. I called AppleCare to report my concerns and one tip the guy gave me was to reduce the number of Apps open in my multi-tasking bar - admittedly, I had several more "open" than I was aware. Even if this fix helps the warming issue, I am still leaning toward exchanging. I don't want a product that is that sensitive to relatively light use - I mostly use my iPad for books, Internet & e-mail. I'm genuinely happy for those who have reported zero issues with their new iPads in this conversation, however, I am unfortunately not among that number & cannot ignore my concerns about having a defective product - especially when my iPad 2 was pretty near awesome. At this point I feel I have taken a step back, rather than upgraded.

It's really sad that apple has not addressed this yet. I'm convinced is a batch problem, that is the only way to explain that some of us have absolutely no problems.

I have my iPad on at my desk ALL DAY. Today it was on for more than 10 hours and did not get even warm.

Apple should exchange the overheating iPads. Is a shame it has not step up yet!

Between the issues that people are having with yellowish screens, bad WiFi, and overheating, I think that they are scrambling to just figure out what's going on and how to fix it. It has only been a week since the released it. There must be some bad components out there that got into these things, because I can't imagine that they would release it with flaws this large, and because numerous people seem to be having no problems at all.

I don't have the heating issue, though it does get warm where my wife's iPad2 stays cool. I just have the yellowish screen on the left side, darker screen on the bottom, and flaky wifi. I am sure that all of these issues will be worked out, probably in later production runs, once they figure it all out. I'm sure that they're taking some of the ones that are returned for problems and examining them to figure out what is going on and how to fix it.

I'm glad that I got my iPad at Target, because I can wait for 45 days before exchanging it. Having a flawed one to use while I wait is better than going back to the crappy resolution of my original iPad. 🙂

Thank you for your wishful thinking but there is nothing wrong with the new iPad. Apple has announced that it did very well under their heat level during their tests. The reason why the new iPad is being a little warmer than its predecessors is because of the new features Apple has included inside. Believing that having a battery twice (nearly 50W) as much as the iPad 2 (25W), a quad core experience of graphics, A5X dual core, and capabilities of 4g LTE; is the reason why we are having such "issues". Of course common sense suggest that the product will heat up because its going to use more power, otherwise, why would Apple double the battery. Some people are under the fantasy that everything that Apple created is "out-of-the-world magical" but its not, their product still applies to forces in nature.

Again,there is nothing wrong with the new iPad, I have it myself and luckily I am not having any of this isues (wifi, heating problems, etc.). If your not happy with it, you are always welcome to return it and get something else instead but will possibly think why you hadn't kept your iPad because it is the best tablet.

How about a Wi-Fi new iPad heating over 50c which is 122 farenheit? Normal you're telling me? and that's barely over 60% brightness.

It seems like he's working under the impression that because he has a good one with no problems, all those of us that do must just be imagining it.

Looking forward, if Apple doesn't address the issue more heating problems are bound to arise.

Currently there are probably just a hundred apps supporting 2048 by 1536 pixels.

As time passes, more apps will be running in this resolution on the new iPad and the heat issue is going to to be more widespread than what it currently is.

There is only a problem if your iPad says on the screen that it is overheating. Other then that it's fine. Yes it gets warmer but that is to be expected on a device that is more powerful with NO FANS. So it must use the back panel. Also if you plan on playing a game remove it from the case. Btw the iPad has a safety feature that the iPad will not allow its self to be damaged by heat.

That isn't the point. You're talking about an ARM Cortex using a fan, serious? ARM is supposedly highly energy efficient and tell me how many ARM based processors out there are using fans?

I also wouldn't rely on that message. I've been seeing some iPhones with the temperature message when the OTP is like RTP.

I said its NOT using a fan. And being energy efficiant does not mean the iPad will not heat up.

then why not exchange it to a better iPad 3, problem fixed. Seriously I don't understand, there are android devices out there that feels like its going to explode and nobody complains about it,

It will certainly have some temperature but not hot, like 50-60 celcius from what I'm seeing. Do you know what's the ARM architecture about it's actually made for ? It isn't like Intel's x64 or whatever. ARMs are made for fanless computing or technological devices. Thus less head production or better heat management so logically speaking, it isn't expected to feel like a Macbook, or any other laptop in terms of OTP.

To me, comparing iPads processors to computer processors is no different from comparing 2 different beasts. You aren't comparing apple to apple. A gala vs. a fuji apple.Its like an apple vs orange.