iPad Will the new iPads have bending issues?

[chmania]

It's a discretionary buy

Sure it is.

But, I was only relating to the originally asked question about the bending, not whether you should buy one or not.

If the tablet bends it is losing structural stability. The image here, shows that the tablet can quite easily lose its structural stability, for it doesn't have any stiffeners on the short span. Even the supposed to be longitudinal stiffener doesn't reach from end to end in the longer span, meaning, as a stiffener, it is redundant -- it is in 2 parts, and has no connection with the top and bottom edge, or the back cover -- just a safeguard cover for the Logic Board.

On the whole, with the front glass and the back cover glued together, the tablet should have stability, that is, if one holds it with both hands. But what would happen, if one picks it up all the time by the corner? Or, put it into a stuffed bag?

And, I am still relating to the originally asked question.

 

[Webcat86]

And, I am still relating to the originally asked question.

By referencing a single video that deliberately destroyed a naked iPad, which you’re using as evidence that the image of a bent iPad here happened from being in a backpack with no force.

You have no valuable input in this thread because you are not an owner of the device in question. You’re a provocateur or, more accurately, an irritant.

 

[chmania]

By referencing a single video that deliberately destroyed a naked iPad, which you’re using as evidence that the image of a bent iPad here happened from being in a backpack with no force.

I asked you before, do you know anything on structural mechanics? If you did, you'd have thought about structural stability. Whatever that's thin would lose stability without stiffeners on the short span.
Just an example of stiffeners on the short span.

The batteries are along the short span in the centre, acts as the major stiffener. One metal stiffener seen on the left side of the battery, the other is underneath on the right side. On both edges on the short span, there are stiffeners. This device would not lose its structural stability. The manufacturer of the device shown above is withheld.
And, I am still relating to the originally asked question.

 

[Webcat86]

I asked you before, do you know anything on structural mechanics? If you did, you'd have thought about structural stability. Whatever that's thin would lose stability without stiffeners on the short span.
Just an example of stiffeners on the short span.
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The batteries are along the short span in the centre, acts as the major stiffener. One metal stiffener seen on the left side of the battery, the other is underneath on the right side. On both edges on the short span, there are stiffeners. This device would not lose its structural stability.
And, I am still relating to the originally asked question.

Still referencing a video that said the iPad had incredible structural integrity and still zero practical experience of your own.

Just quit, nobody is being remotely swayed by your contributions. If you’re not spending your time complaining about iPadOS then you’re complaining about the physical side instead. Get a hobby.

 

[chmania]

nobody is being remotely swayed by your contributions.

Due to your complaining, I did a search right here in this forum/site, which led to the thread Review: Two Weeks With the M4 iPad Pro, which in turn led to this article, iPad Pro: How Apple Intends to Avoid Another 'Bendgate' Controversy. In that article there was another link. A quote from that article,

To allay concerns, in an interview with Arun Maini, Apple's senior VP of hardware engineering John Ternus reveals that Apple has added a new protective "cowling" over the main logic board. This metal cover not only helps with heat dissipation, but also "effectively creates a central rib that runs through the whole thing and tremendously improves the stiffness of the products," according to Ternus.

Now, it is interesting what is a "cowling". Even though he insists that there is a central "rib", there isn't one. A rib, metal or otherwise is 3 dimensional, from which it gets the structural stiffness. He also says that the "metal cover" would help to dissipate heat, but where would that heat go, through the front glass screen?

 

[Webcat86]

Due to your complaining, I did a search right here in this forum/site, which led to the thread Review: Two Weeks With the M4 iPad Pro, which in turn led to this article, iPad Pro: How Apple Intends to Avoid Another 'Bendgate' Controversy. In that article there was another link. A quote from that article,

Now, it is interesting what is a "cowling". Even though he insists that there is a central "rib", there isn't one. A rib, metal or otherwise is 3 dimensional, from which it gets the structural stiffness. He also says that the "metal cover" would help to dissipate heat, but where would that heat go, through the front glass screen?

Congratulations on discovering the interview that weve all known about since it was released. Your beloved JRE video literally mentions it too.

 

[nj-morris]

Hey guys, it wasn't bent - I am no expert, but I think it's a fake photo. Run it through some of the forensic sites. There are some beyond my expertise, but Fake Image Detector and FotoForensics both say it's probably an altered photo. How about a video showing the side, front and back - funny we can only see the side?

fakeimagedetector.com:
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fotoforensics.com, the white "list" on the left side of the iPad seems to indicate an altered photo:
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Like I said - I am no expert, see what you can discover if this is your field. But my money is on altered photo.

Welp, you heard it here first folks, I've been doctoring photos of my devices for clout on MacRumors dot com.

Is this more convincing? You can see the bent side, as well as the way the reflection very vividly warps around the charging port. I promise you, it's bent.

 

[Webcat86]

Welp, you heard it here first folks, I've been doctoring photos of my devices for clout on MacRumors dot com.

Is this more convincing? You can see the bent side, as well as the way the reflection very vividly warps around the charging port. I promise you, it's bent.

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Most of us don’t dispute it’s bent, but aren’t very convinced by it seemingly happening for no reason.

 

[chmania]

Congratulations on discovering the interview ...

You can congratulate him for the "cowling" when your 13" M4 self-bends 👌
In time, it'd be like that butterfly keyboard saga...

 

[nj-morris]

Most of us don’t dispute it’s bent, but aren’t very convinced by it seemingly happening for no reason.

I'm not disputing that either, I'm just stumped as to what it could have been. My only two theories at the moment is that it was under some sort of pressure when it was in my backpack or I've been pulling it out of the keyboard on the wrong part, but either way it shouldn't have bent from anything so mundane as either of those possibilities.

 

[Webcat86]

You can congratulate him for the "cowling" when your 13" M4 self-bends 👌
In time, it'd be like that butterfly keyboard saga...

I don’t have a 13”
I don’t think they self bend
Mine lives in a case
The butterfly saga is as irrelevant as everything else you bring up

I'm not disputing that either, I'm just stumped as to what it could have been. My only two theories at the moment is that it was under some sort of pressure when it was in my backpack or I've been pulling it out of the keyboard on the wrong part, but either way it shouldn't have bent from anything so mundane as either of those possibilities.

Presumably you’re using the MKB, so the keyboard protects the front but otherwise it’s just a thin case on the back?

 

[chmania]

I'm not disputing that either, I'm just stumped as to what it could have been. My only two theories at the moment is that it was under some sort of pressure when it was in my backpack or I've been pulling it out of the keyboard on the wrong part, but either way it shouldn't have bent from anything so mundane as either of those possibilities.

It simply doesn't have any short span stiffeners, not even a long span stiffener, only a "cowling"...

 

[chmania]

I don’t have a 13”
I don’t think they self bend

You you don't know...you only think so..

The butterfly saga is as irrelevant...

Sure, it'd the "Bendgate" saga...when returns start happening...

 

[Webcat86]

You you don't know...you only think so..

Sure, it'd the "Bendgate" saga...when returns start happening...

If they start happening. Which aren’t predicted by people *deliberately* destroying them