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iPad Pro iBend Pro 12.9 2021

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With the new iPad Pro being 0.5mm thicker, do you think apple put any thought into reinforcing the chassis?


I’m not going to lie, watching this video makes me very anxious.

do any 2020/2021 iPad pro users have any durability/bendability stories?
 
I used 2018 ver of 11" model for 2.5 years and there was zero issue with bending even without any form of protection other than smart keyboard folio unless it does count as protective measures.

Btw, seeing that torn apart ipad got me heartbroken😭 what did it do wrong to deserve that😭😭
 
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impatientashell said:
I used 2018 ver of 11" model for 2.5 years and there was zero issue with bending even without any form of protection other than smart keyboard folio unless it does count as protective measures.

Btw, seeing that torn apart ipad got me heartbroken😭 what did it do wrong to deserve that😭😭
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I know, I can be compulsive so this made my skin crawl lol.

I’m coming from a 10.5 pro and that thing had a good aluminum chassis.

the 12.9 is so large that I’m worried about structural integrity, but if you survived so can I.

the iPad was meant to be used caseless IMO
 
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Gandek said:
On today’s episode of Thin Stuff Bends!
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Don’t get me wrong I wish Apple added wayyyy more thickness and tried to make it as durable as possible, but it’s still aluminum on a 12’9 screen. Plus it could have a even bigger battery. You have to baby it these things and be mindful where you store them.
 
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The minor thickness increase makes very little difference if the materials are the same...
In normal use, it's not an issue, but if you sit on it or put it naked in a backpack with many other things you better have Apple Care +
 
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Don’t be a moron and try to flex your $1000+ tablet, problem solved.

The people who whine about this probably share a lot in common with the people who are why McDonald’s needs to put “caution: hot” on cups.

Digitalguy said:
The minor thickness increase makes very little difference if the materials are the same...
In normal use, it's not an issue, but if you sit on it or put it naked in a backpack with many other things you better have Apple Care +
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I wouldn’t say minor, increasing the thickness in the strong axis will increase its moment of inertia exponentially.

Consider that the formula for the moment of inertia of a rectangle is 1/12 bh^3.

Height is a cubic variable in this instance, so increasing the height has a large impact.

Now consider that resistance to bending is governed by the Young’s modulus of the material (E), and it’s moment of inertia. E hasn’t changed, but I has increased exponentially.

The real problem is the span. The 12.9 is long. Consider it as an ideal span (each hand being a support). Given the span and the strength of the average human, you’re able to easily deflect it.

More than likely (I’m too lazy to do the calcs myself) the engineers at Apple found that to make it meaningfully hard to bend and shut up a few clowns on youtube, it would become quite bulky/heavy and annoy the lions share of customers who aren’t morons.
 
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Chompineer said:
Don’t be a moron and try to flex your $1000+ tablet, problem solved.

The people who whine about this probably share a lot in common with the people who are why McDonald’s needs to put “caution: hot” on cups.
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No no no, they’re the root cause of the “do not use hairdryer in bath” warning.
 
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Chompineer said:
Don’t be a moron and try to flex your $1000+ tablet, problem solved.

The people who whine about this probably share a lot in common with the people who are why McDonald’s needs to put “caution: hot” on cups.


I wouldn’t say minor, increasing the thickness in the strong axis will increase its moment of inertia exponentially.

Consider that the formula for the moment of inertia of a rectangle is 1/12 bh^3.

Height is a cubic variable in this instance, so increasing the height has a large impact.

Now consider that resistance to bending is governed by the Young’s modulus of the material (E), and it’s moment of inertia. E hasn’t changed, but I has increased exponentially.

The real problem is the span. The 12.9 is long. Consider it as an ideal span (each hand being a support). Given the span and the strength of the average human, you’re able to easily deflect it.

More than likely (I’m too lazy to do the calcs myself) the engineers at Apple found that to make it meaningfully hard to bend and shut up a few clowns on youtube, it would become quite bulky/heavy and annoy the lions share of customers who aren’t morons.
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I want a titanium body ipad pro that’s one inch thick
 
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I want a titanium body ipad pro that’s one inch thick
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And where are my ports? I want an sd card slot, usba ports and hdmi ports. Apple are just fleecing us. I bought a vga card the other day and find out that there was no expansion port on the iPad to fit it? Can’t believe they ran the ‘what’s a computer’ ad. This is not a computer. Toy os. Not for pros. Where’s macos? Can’t believe they’re making me buy it. And what abou….. oooooh milk mmmmmmmmmm snore snor.. night nigh……
 
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I consider myself using iPad Pro on the go fairly often, as I prefer using a large screen to actually do stuff instead of staring at tiny iPhone screen (yes, even iPhone 12 Pro Max screen is tiny) and typing slowly using fingers. I do have the Smart Keyboard folio but nothing much else. Never ever encountered a bending issue of any sort during my last two years using it.
In fact, I’d say worrying about iPad structure is kind of off considering how iPad is designed for. It does not have IP rating, does not have stainless frame, does not support Apple Pay like Apple Watch and iPhone does. It doesn’t have nice camera, doesn’t have U1 chip, can’t be used for phone call… and the list goes on and on.
 
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nicetriangles said:
IIRC the titanium Macbooks back in the day were more dent prone than any aluminum laptop I've ever used of theirs.
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Make it two inches then, I want my 2 grand pro device to have megabuild quality.

anyways, I feel better after reading some of the ‘in the real world’ examples in this thread.
 
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that mcdonalds lawsuit was legit. the lady literally almost died from burns and they had been warned how dangerous their policy was for a decade.

anyway, dont bend your ipad on purpose, its stupid. if youre worried about an accident they sell pretty strong cases and also applecare insurance. i cant take a bat to my car either.
 
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nicetriangles said:
IIRC the titanium Macbooks back in the day were more dent prone than any aluminum laptop I've ever used of theirs.
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Agree. Had the first model TiPBG4 and it was very fragile compared to the AlPBG4 models that came out in 2003. The Al models were way sturdier and the tops didn’t flex like the Ti models did.
 
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physicsguy13 said:
My 2018 iPad Pro 12.9 did develop a bend, but that is why I had AppleCare+. It wasn't great that it bent, but they would need to make major changes to make them less susceptible to bending.
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How long did it take the bend to develop?
 
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