My guess would be the dog did it.............
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iPad Pro iPad Pro is bent
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He never said that it arrived bent. He said that it got bent at some point. For those of you who think these things cannot bend unless it has a pressure being put on it from the outside you might want to think what temperatures can do to materials. It could also be a case that fit too tight or heat from having left it somewhere hot. It could also be a part on the inside that is a little too small that is applying pulling pressure from the inside onto the sides of the iPad. I know I've never dropped mine nor have I sat on it and it also has a slight bend.
NO amount of ambient temperature, unless left in an oven, is going to cause it to bend. Even if you left it in a room to hot for you to be in (150 F) aluminum is not going to bend on it's own at that temperature.
Battery swelling is a way more likely culprit, aside from accidental damage.
I am curious at this point, do you have the ability to take a picture of it?
I'd pay special attention for any separations (even if minute) of the screen from where it's supposed to sit with the rear case. If you're seeing anything like that it indicates battery swelling, which Apple will probably get replaced for you.
I'm sure the answer is that Apple began using soft metal with no headlines, just snuck it in. That is the only way so many are just now coming forward with bent iPads.
Oooorrrr, the UPS man dropped something heavy on it, it arrived bent but you didnt examine it right away.
I feel so very lucky, I have an IPP that hasnt bent, YET!
Oooorrrr, the UPS man dropped something heavy on it, it arrived bent but you didnt examine it right away.
I feel so very lucky, I have an IPP that hasnt bent, YET!
If you're so sure this is the answer Apple is using soft metal with no headlines, do you have a source for your claim?
And of the millions of iPads that Apple sells, you can't just rely on a forum where various members discuss this. Nine pages of opinions and experiences doesn't equate to the number of iPads sold each year that may or may not suffer from bending.
Well, duh, this was said tongue in cheek!! I have no idea what the answer is to this problem several are claiming. Like I said, mine has no problem and think someone physically bent these that folks claim just 'magically' bent!
After giving all this a bit a thought cause like I said it is minimal you can't really tell unless you are paying attention to it and I knew it will be hard to see in pictures I came up taking the pictures in this manner so you guys can see what I mean. Called apple tech this morning let them aware of the situation I asked them to please have their enginnering team take a look into this matter as there are others having the same problem. The senior advisor said he will be more than glad to forward this information to them so that they can start looking into it.also I was thinking the proper word to describe this would be warping not bending
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I agree that it is very minimal and that's why I never really made a big deal out of it. Like I said I only noticed when I was applying a skin onto the back of the device itself. If it were not for that I probably would have never noticed. I'm fairly certain most people have a slight bend in their iPad and have never noticed it either.
These things cost a pretty penny and for it to be doing this I feel like it needs to be addressed.
"These things" are not doing this. It is the user not taking care.
My neighbor put his iPad under a large pillow on the couch and his kid jumped on the couch and guess what? iPads, due to Apple's desire to make everything so thin, are not very robust and can be bent.
I think some are bending putting them in a tight fitting case. Cases will not stop your device from bending if enough weight is applied.
Sorry not believing.
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LOL some people won't believe until it happens to them. I won't say I blame you because I probably wouldn't either. Like I said it's so minimal it's not that big a deal to me but I can understand why it would be to some people.
In these forums we have seen iPads near bent in half with the poster swearing that they did not do it. I am sorry and would just put it in a case and enjoy it. It is minimal.
Have a great weekend!
You can always contact Apple and at least express your concern. They legitimately will document your concern if it persistently bothers you.
The issue isn't whether it bends. Of course it does - if you apply enough force just about anything will bend (or break).
The question is, did it actually spontaneously bend, through no direct negligence on the part of the user? Unfortunately that's going to be pretty hard to determine. It's easier to build a case for the iPhone 6, but I don't see a lot of rumors of iPad Pro's spontaneously bending.
The question is, did it actually spontaneously bend, through no direct negligence on the part of the user? Unfortunately that's going to be pretty hard to determine. It's easier to build a case for the iPhone 6, but I don't see a lot of rumors of iPad Pro's spontaneously bending.
I wouldn't say it's easier to build a case against the iPhone 6, it's the user to blame for the iPhone 6 for the bending. The only way the iPhone 6 would bend was negligence through sitting on it or placed in tight quarters with a lot of restriction. Apple remedied the issue by strengthening the 6s with the 7000 Series aluminum.
To me, the iPad "Bending" is no different. It still suffers from user infliction of subjecting the damage to the iPad, unless it arrived that way from the factory. Then there has to be a logical explanation to the bending, which has to be mishandled in some form or another. Any other inexplicable unfound reasons I don't find believable.
I'm mostly referring to the higher incidence of reports for the iPhone 6 (given it's higher market share), and various Youtube videos making money from bend tests.
I don't disagree with you - if you read the start of the thread I'm actually very skeptical. It's good that @Tito323 posted some photos, but the bend seems really minimal to me, making it more difficult to determine the true cause of the bend.
To play devil's advocate, there is some small possibility that heat may have caused the issue, but that would require different rates of expansion on both sides, or possibly some design flaw under temperature extremes. But I find it difficult to believe that Apple would leave out such basic environmental testing.
As you say, more likely the origin is mechanical in nature (i.e. uneven pressure). The larger size of the 12.9" iPad means a higher torque is more easily applied relative to the corners or edges. This cannot be considered a manufacturing defect however.
But a side issue in the iPhone 6 bending problem was Apple switching shielding methods without taking into account the possibility of that HUGE phone flexing and causing contact where it shouldn't have ever occurred. Swapping durable metal shielding for flimsy plastic, or cardboard in a device that could flex, and claiming that the flexing was 'unforeseen' is just really bad design. Hell, Apple could have designed in thin steel bars into the sides of the 6+ that would have increased the durability, and using a more solid shield would have been, could have been, an added strengthener.
The race for THIN, and LIGHT, is distorting under its own 'weight'. How ironic...
Apple could have placed bars in the shell of the iPad Pro that fit in channels of the case, and nipped that 'new bendgate' in the bud...
These devices should be more durable. The 'cost' for adding in durability can be managed even with THIN and LIGHT being the defining mantra of management. It should be embarrassing for Apple to have had the 6+ bendgate happen. It's a failure of engineering.
Blame the thinness and the resulting propensity to user inflicted damage on Apple.
The ever present desire to keep the iDevices as light as ever (and adding to the allure of them is 'magical' devices)...this is the consequence.
Me...I'll take heavier and more sturdy over lighter every time. And put some decent battery life back, please...it's silly that the 10 hrs battery life (on the iPad) is mandated by Apple.
... wait.... are you saying it's not magical?!?!?....
Well I still want it thinner and lighter with even better features and battery life....
just say'n