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New iPad Pro...first folding tablet....

Fernandez21 said:
Worth it, love my iPad Pro 11, love the thinness, don’t care if it makes it more bendable, it’s easily avoidable.
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Drop tests and whatnot, they seem quite durable outside of a front facing power slam to concrete. Seem to even work decently with cracked screen and pieces missing. :eek:
jamezr said:
I just ordered the SG 11 IPP 256GB on AT&T too! Should get it Wednesday! Damn...these forums are bad for my bank account!
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Enjoy, If you guys do ever decide to fold yours, be sure to hook up a meter or scale!

Otherwise you will feel my wrath!! ;)

I think USB-C alone (which many of us asked for) is worth the upgrade. Using the USB-C to USB-A adapter that came with my Pixel, the iPad platform can FINALLY support devices with a higher power requirement. Now if they can only include support for external drives / storage :rolleyes: (at :apple:)
 
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Fernandez21 said:
Ha, looks like the iPad isn’t the only one that folds easily.
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Haha, classic burn :D
 
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Fernandez21 said:
Ha, looks like the iPad isn’t the only one that folds easily.
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tbh...though I never said I didn't like i the IPP....I just think the video is funny.
I've said here and in other threads I was thinking of getting the 11 inch IPP ;)
 
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jamezr said:
tbh...though I never said I didn't like i the IPP....I just think the video is funny.
I've said here and in other threads I was thinking of getting the 11 inch IPP ;)
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It was joke based on the title of the thread

I honestly love my new iPad, the only thing that’s frustrating is that a lot of apps aren’t updated for the new resolution, so you get black bars at the top and bottom. It also looks like apple stopped stretching out apps that were designed for the 9.7” iPad, as on some apps you get black bars all the way around. Hopefully this pushes app developers to properly format for the new screen size.
 
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Fernandez21 said:
It was joke based on the title of the thread

I honestly love my new iPad, the only thing that’s frustrating is that a lot of apps aren’t updated for the new resolution, so you get black bars at the top and bottom. It also looks like apple stopped stretching out apps that were designed for the 9.7” iPad, as on some apps you get black bars all the way around. Hopefully this pushes app developers to properly format for the new screen size.
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I'm sure the app developers will catch up. It took some of them a while to change their apps for the new iphones too.

What case are you using? did you say the smart cover? Do you like that one?
 
jamezr said:
I just ordered the SG 11 IPP 256GB on AT&T too! Should get it Wednesday! Damn...these forums are bad for my bank account!
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Get it a damn strong case :p we don't need you hear complaining and being required to use "scientific" methods to prove that yours bent to, and we certainly don't need your bias questioned ;)

Enjoy it!

I am sticking to my iPad Air 2 a little longer, until Apple fixes the bending issue, I'm sure the early 2019 units will be reinforced quietly to better handle bending. :)
 
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tromboneaholic said:
iPad Air 2 also had YouTubers tripping over themselves to post videos showing how easily it bent.
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Yep, and I hung on to my iPad 4 and bought Air 2 about 9months into its production run, bought it a thick case, but it seems Apple had reinforced it by that point.

Will take a pic of the case i have on my Air 2, it made the thing thicker than a iPad 4, lol.
 
tromboneaholic said:
Do you have a source for that?

I'm just curious because I still have the iPad Air 2 I bought shortly after release and used caseless. It's still not bent.

I tend to not pay attention to the noise from YouTubers, and I just take care of my stuff.
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No links at all, purely based on assumption as the complaints died down after a while. I know some manufacturers quietly implement fixes on products with early issues, and I wouldn't be surprised if Apple did this to.

But I still keep my Air 2 in its thick case just in case this was never fixed.

I do not want to go down the same road with an expensive iPad Pro, I want to enjoy the thinness without having to compromise aesthetics.
 
jamezr said:
I'm sure the app developers will catch up. It took some of them a while to change their apps for the new iphones too.

What case are you using? did you say the smart cover? Do you like that one?
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I’m using a Smart Cover for now, but at $80 it is going back. The case is awesome, very thin and easy to remove, it’s just that price is too high. I ordered a Chinese rip off Smart Cover from Amazon for $20, should arrive in the next few weeks and will see how that one compares.
 
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The lengths I have gone to to protect my iPad Air 2 from bending.

I have a rubber iLuv case on it that is doubled layered with a hard plastic second layer on the inside and has a kickstand, but I also put it into my Golla tablet pouch before putting it into my laptop bag.

Don't ever tell me "you need to take good care of your devices", because I go over and above to ensure that if they are built with major weak points they are properly protected. I'll probably have to do the same with iPad Pro...
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I used my iPad Air 2 with only a Smart Cover and carried it with me every where I went. Afterwards when I upgraded to an iPad Pro, my son has been using it in the years since in an otter box case. So far, no bend. I really think it’s overblown, sure it bends pretty easily, but it’s not something that isn’t easily avoidable. Just don’t sit on it or stuff it tightly in a bag. I can’t think of another way it could bend with normal use.
 
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I been having my iPad in my backpack and suit case almost daily for the last couple weeks without an issue, but this is the thicker 6th gen iPad. All it’s in is a moko case with a screen protector, my first iPad since the iPad 2 but I’ve had an lg g pad 3 for the last year and carrying it around the same way and never had an issue bending it and it’s made a lot cheaper than this iPad.

Considering they design these to be a portable go everywhere device, I would hope they design it to be durable enough to actually go anywhere (within reason)
 
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blackhand1001 said:
The surface pro 6 through the same barrage of tests. It doesn't fold in half at all actually. It even continued to functioin after being bent a bit and bent back.
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LOL at the part about the full file management system
And absolutely agreed what he said at the end, my iPad literally is a Netflix machine, that is 90% of its usage for me due to iOS limitations. Hmmm.... Maybe I should look into the Surface Pro.

Anyway, great video, very disappointing what happened to its display, but it's nowhere near as weak as the iPad Pro, that's for sure.
 
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Tsepz said:
No links at all, purely based on assumption as the complaints died down after a while. I know some manufacturers quietly implement fixes on products with early issues, and I wouldn't be surprised if Apple did this to.

But I still keep my Air 2 in its thick case just in case this was never fixed.

I do not want to go down the same road with an expensive iPad Pro, I want to enjoy the thinness without having to compromise aesthetics.
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Or it is quite likely that it was not as bendable as the clickbait™ YouTube videos made it appear to be.

I think the lesson here is to take good care of your equipment, regardless of what durability test is done on it. Accidents happen, at various levels of severity.

blackhand1001 said:
The surface pro 6 through the same barrage of tests. It doesn't fold in half at all actually. It even continued to functioin after being bent a bit and bent back.
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FWIW many of the iPad pros that have suffered a “bendgate™“ mishap also still continue to function too.

After watching more of his videos, it is interesting that he stops short on some devices (case cracking), and on others continues to the point of catastrophic failure. He keeps referencing issues like dropping items, sitting on, or other types of accidents as being the point of doing the bend tests too. Why not build something that simulates such situations in a repeatable fashion?

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Hell, even dropping various sized bags of flower from a standard height until the point of failure would provide some relatable stress testing, and be fully repeatable. Plus, channels that do these calibrated tests could still do the universlaly patented and perfectly calibrated hand bending tests to close out the videos for fans that love destruction.
 
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blackhand1001 said:
The surface pro 6 through the same barrage of tests. It doesn't fold in half at all actually. It even continued to functioin after being bent a bit and bent back.
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That video’s existence was purely for Zack to troll Apple, nothing more. Funny how he blew by the facts that the front display cracked end to end after some light scratching using a lvl 7 hardness and that most of the upper frame and hardware buttons are made of plastic. What damage is more likely, a tablet screen getting scratched or that tablet bending in half because...someone is intentionally trying to bend it in half? And ‘Yay!’, the tablet was still powered on after damaging the **** out if it...lot of good that does. :rolleyes:

He also highlighted the higher resolution on the 12.3" SP6 vs. the 11" iPP instead of comparing it to the 12.9" iPP, which has a much larger display in a shorter overall frame and very nearly the same PPI.

Of course the iPP isn’t going to appeal to everyone and yes, it’s very far from being close to perfect, but this simply is Zack just trying to spike his view count by luring in Apple trolls with click bait and little substance. But hey, videos like this clearly are good at that..just go take a look at much of Linus and Lew’s content. ;)
 
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tbayrgs said:
That video’s existence was purely for Zack to troll Apple, nothing more. Funny how he blew by the facts that the front display cracked end to end after some light scratching using a lvl 7 hardness and that most of the upper frame and hardware buttons are made of plastic. What damage is more likely, a tablet screen getting scratched or that tablet bending in half because...someone is intentionally trying to bend it in half?
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It's also apparent he's holding back when he does bend the surface and stops before it deforms even more.
 
Tsepz said:
Is he holding back or is the kickstand stopping him? He even mentioned the fact that the kickstand helped the Surface as the kickstand is a Slab if metal itself

Anyway, as you were
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We really don't know for sure, since he's not performing a scientific test showing how much force is being applied.

However, the Surface failed the pseudo-scientific portion of the test when the screen cracked.
 
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