iPad Pro Space grey 12.9” 2021 iPad blob and scratches on the back, anyone else have this issue?

[Bug-Creator]

I wish.

So you want to "work for Apple" where you can witness the day to day operation in the machine shops?

I rather not.

 

[LFC2020]

That’s the CNC seal which creates a seal to mill out the Apple logo, and the two dots are maybe cooling oil/liquid mixture that dripped but we’re allowed to sit too long and we’re absorbed since it wasn’t washed or wiped away fast enough.

I trust the workers were executed for this.

Think you were spot on about the cooling/oil liquid, new one is a totally different color compared to the old one, can’t believe I didn’t see it straight away, looked like dirty oil patches all over the back of the iPad.

New one looks a proper space grey color

Old 😳🤢🤮

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

So you want to "work for Apple" where you can witness the day to day operation in the machine shops?

I rather not.

It's actually pretty awesome, to watch blocks of raw material being transformed into amazing finished products (or nearly finished products). My company had a few clients that were machine shops. I loved seeing what they were doing. One made parts out of copper rods, and another one machined titanium stock. Looking into the bins of the copper chips was amazing, the way the light played off them. I'd imagine that once you do a few hundred, you can get bored, but the programming is pretty intense, and QC needs to keep up with the output. One client had a bunch of parts fail at the customer, and turned out that both they, and the recipient were having heat related issues with the parts changing size enough, and the CMM machines changing too, to make the parts fail. Weird, but not unexpected, but we're talking thousands of an inch. WAY close... And monitoring cutting inserts, cooling fluids, and drill efficiency. So involved, technical, precise...