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iPad Bent iPad Air (what the...?)

I use my IPads a ton before bed and sometimes wake up with them pressed between me and the mattress. Usually it is really warm from being on playing a long video and body heat etc. and could totally imagine one being bent. I lay my Air on a flat surface to see if it was bent at all and there is a very slight concave that runs through the width about a millimeter in depth - I assume from me laying on it. After seeing your iPad I have decided to take better care when using my iPad before falling asleep!
 
TWO2SEVEN said:
Exactly! Why would the OP do it intentionally. Think about it... :rolleyes:
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Or maybe not intentionally? Maybe a family member or friend came by and unintentionally sit on it without the OP knowing?

Ooops ... put it back where it's put on, acting stupid, and go home. Boom it bent :D

OR ..

The battery inside simply inflated due to production defect and deform the back chassis. Most logical cause indeed in which case Apple will have to replace his iPad.
 
It sucks that it happened and I hope you get it replaced eventually.

However just judging by the pics I'd have to say some external forced caused that to bend.

Metal and glass just don't do that. Imagine if you walked out to your car and there was a huge dent on it. Would you call your insurance company to report it or would you call the car manufacture and say it judged dented itself?
 
iSayuSay said:
Or maybe not intentionally? Maybe a family member or friend came by and unintentionally sit on it without the OP knowing?

Ooops ... put it back where it's put on, acting stupid, and go home. Boom it bent :D

OR ..

The battery inside simply inflated due to production defect and deform the back chassis. Most logical cause indeed in which case Apple will have to replace his iPad.
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That was my point as well. The person that I quoted implied that the OP did it intentionally. Whether it was an accident or it really did happen by itself, I do not feel that the OP did it intentionally. :)
 
So did Apple replace it OP or are you still in the online discussion phase?
 
osx11 said:
So you say it never leaves the house!

Then why do you have a WiFi + Cellular model?

Something is fishy here.

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Did they say what could have caused the bend?
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Not really, they told me that it was pretty weird. The shell didn't have any signs of impact, and the screen was working in perfect condition. For this reason they agreed with me off the bat, that my unit had a manufacturing defect. However, what I do recall is that the morning I noticed the bend (it was really bad, impossible to had passed undetected) both my iPad and the charger were extremely hot.
 
Sir Ruben said:
Sat on. Maybe not by you but someone. It looks like an impact bend.
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The thing is than an impact bend, more than likely would leave other types of visible damage to the unit, even more if it was enough to bend the chassis like that. My old iPad 3, i remember one morning my niece had left it in the floor beside my bed, and I accidentally step on it when i woke up with my full weight on it (and im a heavy guy) and not a thing happened to it. I can't imagine a situation where user negligence caused this type of damage, without at least cracking the lcd or the frame popping out.
 
Magical thinking plain and simple. Think about all the objects you encounter every day. How often do you see solid objects spontaneously fold themselves in half? You'd be lucky to get that much bend out of a sheet of bi-metal designed to bend with temperature. :)
 
While the body can be bent by force, it can in no way be bent by heat without very high temperature and force, causing severe burns and or fire.

The pictures posted are from a force bend.
 
osx11 said:
So you say it never leaves the house!

Then why do you have a WiFi + Cellular model?

Something is fishy here.
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I don't think that's really fishy. I have a wifi + cellular model and I've left the house with mine exactly twice. I thought I'd use it a lot more, but I really just don't like carrying it around.
 
iPad air bent

I have the exact same problem. After three months of use I noticed my wifes iPad air is bent towards one end. About two thirds of the back is perfectly flat and then about 3/16 inch warp. I took it to the geniuses and they told me it was accidental. I asked them to describe what kind of accident could cause warping without scratching the back or cracking to screen. They could not name one.

For those that will say sitting on it I say you are wrong. First it would take something to hold the two thirds that is flat rigid while you apply pressure to the area that is bent. This could not happen if you sat on. Impossible.
 
Fairview2014 said:
I have the exact same problem. After three months of use I noticed my wifes iPad air is bent towards one end. About two thirds of the back is perfectly flat and then about 3/16 inch warp. I took it to the geniuses and they told me it was accidental. I asked them to describe what kind of accident could cause warping without scratching the back or cracking to screen. They could not name one.

For those that will say sitting on it I say you are wrong. First it would take something to hold the two thirds that is flat rigid while you apply pressure to the area that is bent. This could not happen if you sat on. Impossible.
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Sorry but I can see no other explanation except for external force, like sitting on it to make it bend. It does not take a whole lot of force to bend these things. Just soft aluminum and not alot of it.

Sorry
 
Fairview2014 said:
I have the exact same problem. After three months of use I noticed my wifes iPad air is bent towards one end. About two thirds of the back is perfectly flat and then about 3/16 inch warp. I took it to the geniuses and they told me it was accidental. I asked them to describe what kind of accident could cause warping without scratching the back or cracking to screen. They could not name one. ........
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Did you ever see how far Gorilla glass can bend before it breaks? http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/gorilla-channel/How-Corning-Tests-Gorilla®-Glass

This thread reminds me of an old Amazon thread back when the Nexus 7 first came out. A young lady posted about what a POS the tablet was as the screen broke while she was using it. She went on to say they (Amazon) better not give her a hard time when she requests a new unit. She also had posted another review for a Nexus 7 case (I clicked on "See other reviews from this reviewer" and she rates the case 1 star because the case didn't protect her tablet when her girlfriend took the tablet out of her hand and throw it down on the sidewalk. She said the screen cracked.........
 
Unless your ass is pointed like a cone with a blunt tip and made of material as dense as a brick, sitting on it would not be the reason it's bent. You could be 400 pounds and sit on it and your weight distribution wouldn't be so concentrated as to bend an iPad in half.
 
myrtlebee said:
Unless your ass is pointed like a cone with a blunt tip and made of material as dense as a brick, sitting on it would not be the reason it's bent. You could be 400 pounds and sit on it and your weight distribution wouldn't be so concentrated as to bend an iPad in half.
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I think you're giving the Air too much credit, someone much less than 400lb could sit on one and bend it.
 
Tech guy said:
This is the strangest problem ever
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Not really, OP had his iPad physically damaged, though doesn't know when or by who.

The other "person" to post up about this "same" problem made that their first and only post. Now, I'm not saying the OP created a second account to post up as someone else in an attempt to appear more credible, but it does seem strange for someone to sign up, post that, and then never come back. They literally signed up and posted that at the same time and their last activity was literally as soon as they made the post.

That seems more strange than the OP's damage.
 
It's possible yes. A few of my friends have bent their iPhone 5/5s mainly from sitting on their devices all the time (back pocket).
 
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