iPad air is bent, i have no idea how.....

The only logical way I can think of why the iPad would bend like this would be because of a bloated battery. The way these devices are made, there is virtually zero air space within the device. The iPad Air and iPad Air 2 are prime examples of this. Batteries bloat when there's a fault within them. If there's nowhere for the bloated battery to expand to, it will push against whatever is in it's way and either bend it or split it apart. That's a fact and I've had two iPhone 4's batteries bloat, causing most of backglass to lift away from the metal frame surrounding the device. They looked like I had taken a screwdriver to them and tried to pry the back off. Both of the iPhones were replaced as being defective due to bloated batteries.

With the virtually zero air space within today's iPads, what would exactly happen if the battery were to bloat? I would assume the device would split apart...would it bend as yours did? It's possible.

Fact is that Apple didn't even open the device to check for any interior damage such as battery bloating and simply told you that you bent it somehow. I would believe Apple more if they would've opened the device and verified the condition of the battery and if there were any other logical reason why the device would bend.

Good luck trying to get some resolve.

Kierahowes wrote:

like i said I HAVE NOT APPLIED ANY FORCE TO IT. there are other forums that have the exact same same problem as i do. perhaps you should read the description instead of reply with a snarky comment.

Bent iPad Air <-------- please read this before replying something that is not going to help

i have had a case and screen protector on my iPad since the day I've got it so i have not abused it.

Well, SOMEONE DID. To believe that it just spontaneously bent, with no outside force is just pure idiocy.

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Well, somehow, at some point, someone or something applied a large enough force to bend it. Unless you are claiming a poltergeist did it, then a force sufficient to bend it was applied to it, inadvertently or without your knowledge perhaps. But something bent it. It did not spontaneously bend all on its own.

And regardless of what anyone says on any forum anywhere, you need to deal with Apple if you feel you have a basis for replacement as they are the only ones you ultimately need to convince you're eligible for a no fee replacement.

They are not going to help you. YOU ABUSED IT. YOU VOIDED THE WARRANTY. They can have an engineer look at it, but they're going to tell you the same thing. Aluminum does not spontaneously bend or deform.

NO ONE here can do anything for you. This is a user forum. You need to just own up to your own shortcomings and accept the fact that you're going to have to pay for a replacement.

You are the one who brought up the possibility of heat being the cause. How did it happen? You sat on it. Or your mother sat on it. Or the dog sat on it. Or someone else did, or you or someone else did something else that exerted enough force to bend it. That's how it happened. If you drive your car into a telephone pole, it will be deformed from the impact. Same principle. The car will not simply deform itself.

Kierahowes wrote:

HOW DID I ABUSE IT BY LEAVING ON MY BED. AN EXPENSIVE PRODUCT SHOULD HAVE MORE DURABILITY THAN THAT. I LIVE IN ENGLAND ITS ALWAYS COLD. THE SUN NEVER SHINES. THEREFORE I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT WAS HOT ENOUGH FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

Has your caps lock key broken as well now?