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Apple Confirms Some iPad Pros Ship Slightly Bent, But Says It's Normal (theverge.com)
Iwastheone shares a report from The Verge: Apple has confirmed to The Verge that some of its 2018 iPad Pros are shipping with a very slight bend in the aluminum chassis. But according to the company, this is a side effect of the device's manufacturing process and shouldn't worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad's performance in any practical way. Apple does not consider it to be a defect. The bend is the result of a cooling process involving the iPad Pro's metal and plastic components during manufacturing, according to Apple. Both sizes of the new iPad Pro can exhibit it.
Those who are annoyed by the bend shouldn't have any trouble exchanging or returning their iPad Pro at the Apple Store or other retailers within the 14-day return window. But it's not clear if swaps will be permitted outside that policy. I've asked Apple if it has communicated with stores about the issue, as I've read some accounts of employees telling people it's accidental damage and warrants an AppleCare+ claim (and deductible) to replace. That shouldn't be the case for a slight bend. Apple also says it has not seen a higher-than-normal return rate for the 2018 iPad Pro so far.
Those who are annoyed by the bend shouldn't have any trouble exchanging or returning their iPad Pro at the Apple Store or other retailers within the 14-day return window. But it's not clear if swaps will be permitted outside that policy. I've asked Apple if it has communicated with stores about the issue, as I've read some accounts of employees telling people it's accidental damage and warrants an AppleCare+ claim (and deductible) to replace. That shouldn't be the case for a slight bend. Apple also says it has not seen a higher-than-normal return rate for the 2018 iPad Pro so far.
If normal, why did bending not appear on older models?
I swear, if Apple says their dick tastes like shit but it's normal, there will still be people lining up to suck it. I mean, after removing every useful connector, putting shitty keyboards, shitty touchpads, buggy software, they are still asking for more abuse, so...
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Looks like the reality distortion field has turned into a physical distortion field.
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Apple has confirmed to The Verge that some of its 2018 iPad Pros are shipping with a very slight bend in the aluminum chassis. But according to the company, this is a side effect of the device's manufacturing process and shouldn't worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad's performance in any practical way.
I'd like to hear what Apple zealots say about this.
I expected Apple to tell us we're looking at the device "wrong"...
I expected Apple to tell us we're looking at the device "wrong"...
"It's not the iPad that's bent. That oak table you're putting it on to demonstrate must be warped!"
.. this product.
Don't get me wrong, if it works and will not have a negative effect it is basically not an issue, from a functional POV.
Except this is an "Apple product", you exactly don't want a "very slight bend" that.
Judging from the photos that "very slight bend", is just an understatement, what would then be a slight bend, roughly everything below 10Â ?
You want "quallity" in the real sense and not something a chinese cheap-factory spits gadgets out like a machine gun spits bullets - wide spread hit area, and that lands on the very cheap section on ebay.
And before going into production there is a test production - where the devices go into a landfill or into a furnace - and this must have happened there, somebody must have recognized it.
And it seems - this is speculation - someone at Apple QAgetting oked from supperiors, decided to go with it.
Apple stands for high quallity visual, happtic as well as working.
This simply does not justify the higher price of Apple products.
Because then you could also go with a 100$ cheap Android run-off-the-mill tablet - with all your private data siphoned to china.
Quality control at Apple now an embarrassment. No craplet at $50 from China would pretend a visible bend was acceptable.
That's what you get when you're using malnourished children to produce your overpriced electronics and then shipping 'em half way round the globe?
It's normal for Apple products to ship slightly bent. I get it.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Steve Jobs is rolling on its grave.
It's sad to see the decline of Apple. And sadder to see so many stupid people still vouching for it and shelling out top dollars for mediocre equipment that costs half under other brands.
... just look at the marketing up front!
Is it in there, promoted as the best thing since sliced bread, then chances are that it actually is a feature.
If it isn't in there, it sure as hell is a bug!
Now, did they promote this thing up front? - "Now, with a revolutionary bent frame!" I would not think so....
Steve Jobs was a jerk, but I cant help but wonder if we'd see this kind of engineering output if he was still around. This sounds like the type of thing he was a perfectionist about and would have went off over.
Better known as 318230.
Once upon a time, the most expensive production car was a Cadillac. They spared no expense on engineering, fit or finish.
But then you see, people with MBAs were put in charge.
They got the bright idea to sell a cheap Chevy as a Cadillac and pocket the huge profits!
In just a few years Cadillac was turned into a punchline for jokes and the genius MBAs got fired.
But it was too late.
Even decades later, Cadillac never regained first place.
That's exactly the road Apple has been going down.
It is ok! It not like they try to sell it as a premium product at a premium price. :P
(full disclosure: Recently, I made an impulse purchase and bought the cheapest iPad, a hospital patient needed a distraction and it seems fine for that use when there's proper WiFi)
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Even if only cosmetic, the issue is out of character for Apple, which has rooted its reputation in manufacturing devices with best-in-industry fit and finish.
This quote from the article sums up my opinion pretty well.
I've paid my Apple premium price before because I specifically didn't want to deal with questionable quality in any aspect. I wanted something that I knew someone had spent an exorbitant amount of time testing and re-working to make it as well as they could make it...and I was willing to pay the exorbitant price for that piece of mind so I could just get up and running quickly and go about my business. I haven't been disappointed yet on that front.
But THIS...this smacks of cheap Chinese ebay crap and to try to brush it off as not affecting operation...yeah, that's not gonna fly. Aluminum case warpage today, cheap SSD selection tomorrow. A company's response to a legitimate issue is even more indicative of their future products than the fact that they had an issue was to begin with.
I can accept an occasional slippage on that front, but to try to sweep it under the floor when you know full well your company's reputation and customer base is built around avoidance of that very type of thing raises some questions. They'll rethink this position. I hope.
I guess they don't have the rigidity of the headphone jacks to help keep the iPad straight anymore.
They're so courageous!
They are just trying to preempt another Bendgate. If they say it's completely normal nobody can say that Apple denied the problem exists.
Reminds me of John Cleese's "How To Irritate People" sketch about the car salesman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
That is all.
Apple's next advertising campaign: "Get Bent!"
n/t
If it's normal, they should all be bent.
Saying that it's "normal" that "some are bent" is saying that "our process is flawed, and as a result, it is expected that some of the product will be suboptimal, and we consider that acceptable".
I am surprised that they didn't try to claim that bent ones are worth more because there are fewer of them, and you should consider yourself lucky to have gotten one, as if it was like a rare gold foil version of a trading card.
No no, it's just that their products are so cool that it warps the space time continuum!
The device is actually straight, it's the universe around it that is bent!
"Do not try and bend the iPad, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth...there is no iPad. Then you'll see that it is not the iPad that bends, it is only yourself."
PeyroniePad
The competition did it long before. Apple got lucky with the notch releasing their copycat product same generation as the ones they were copying, but in this case, well they're about 3 generations behind. They used the same excuse too:
Surface Pro 3 devices use a specially treated magnesium alloy case designed to help reduce weight, improve battery performance and because the treatment allows the case to be slightly malleable, improve durability in use. As a side effect of this treatment, devices can acquire a slight curvature. This curvature only occurs during the treatment process and does not change after manufacturing.
Virtual +1 Funny.
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That's too expensive. If you wait for a sale, you can get a cheap 40$CAD Fire 7 tablet with all your private data siphoned to Amazon.
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Even my cheap Amazon Fire 7 tablet feels solid. Best 40$CAD I ever spent on a "what's a computer".
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How is it not a defect? It isn't intended to be bent, therefor something is wrong with it. Maybe say it's not a system affecting defect or whatever.... But it's still a defect.
Apple did this on purpose. They're playing 4-D chess while the rest of the industry is playing checkers. By saying "this is normal", they're distracting from other issues they have. Apple won and you lost, so suck it up, buttercup. iPad purchases have consequences. And it's still better than a Surface.
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You are welcome on my lawn.
...Is it really so bent you need to return it anyway?
Why is it the job of news these days is to try and get people to worry about everything. Sheesh.
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Virtual +1 Funny.
The joke about Tim Cook that is, not about the iPads being bent. That's #sad.
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Apple has confirmed to The Verge that some of its 2018 iPad Pros are shipping with a very slight bend in the aluminum chassis. But according to the company, this is a side effect of the device's manufacturing process and shouldn't worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad's performance in any practical way.
I'd like to hear what Apple zealots say about this.
I expected Apple to tell us we're looking at the device "wrong"...
They'll just get bent over all the negative comments...
I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.
Boy: Do not try and bend the iPad back. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Boy: There is no iPad.
Neo: There is no iPad?
Boy: Then you'll see that it is not the iPad that is bent, it is only yourself.
I expected Apple to tell us we're looking at the device "wrong"...
"It's not the iPad that's bent. That oak table you're putting it on to demonstrate must be warped!"
It's mahogany, you insensitive clod.
Apples sells it's products as high end and perfect. When you order one , that's what you expect.
I once had an ipod with a very very slight gap between the plastic and the metal. On a crappy dell or something else, I wouldn't have noticed. On my shiny new ipod given as an expensive Christmas Gift, I obsessed over it. Every time I reached into my pocket, my finger would hit that spot and I'd notice it.
Eventually, I returned it: not because it was affecting function, but because my high expectations made that into a defect I couldn't live with.
omfg someone who is consistent. Give the AC the internets until the new year.
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