Posted on 12/27/2018 1:16:04 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
iPhone and iPad have long been subjected to bend tests to see how they hold up to abuse. But what about if your iPad Pro arrived with a bend in the casing? You'd send it back and ask for a replacement or a refund, right? But Apple does not believe that an iPad Pro that arrives bent is defective.
The company has confirmed that a number of 2018 iPad Pro tablets have a "slight bend" in their aluminum casing, blaming the defect on the manufacturing process. Only it's not a defect, remember?
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Apple explains that the bend is caused by cooling involving the plastic and metal parts of the iPad Pro, and it is an issue that can be found in both sizes of the tablet. Writing for the Verge, Chris Welch says that while some people say the bend has appeared over the course of a couple of weeks, for others it has been present from the beginning:
And I can personally vouch for that: my 11-inch iPad Pro showed a bit of a curve after two weeks. Apple asked if I would send it their way so the engineering team could take a look. But the replacement 11-inch iPad Pro I received at Apple's Downtown Brooklyn store exhibited a very slight bend in the aluminum as soon as I took off the wrapper.
For a company that usually places a strong emphasis on quality, this is a strange turn of events. With Apple refusing to acknowledge that it is a defect, the company appears to be burying its head in the sand to some extent.
If you notice a bend in your iPad Pro, you are entitled to a refund or replacement within 14 days of purchase, but Apple says that it has not seen an above average return rate for the 2018 iPad Pro.
I had to replace my wife's iPad 4 for Christmas, but you can bet it wasn't replaced with a Pro.
Vengeance by Chicom workers? Another article here talks about Chicoms shunning Apple products.
Happy as a. Lam with my samsung S9+. Apple-meh.
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It’s not a bug, it’s a feature! Eeeee!
This is what happens when company’s get too large. They forget the consumer and focus on the profit margin.
Salvador Dali must have seen the future of Apple products when he started painting his melted clocks almost 100 years ago.
I switched from Android to Apple in 2013 when my work started paying my phone bills. I got a new phone every 18 months until I quit. The Apple phones were nice in the fact that they’re designed to be non-offensive/simple for most users but they’re not great for people like me who want to customize everything.
My wife and I switched to the S9+ this summer and both like our phones. I can’t stand that everything Apple has to go through itunes or through your Apple account. Forgetting your password on Apple simply caused suffering due to the retrieval process.
I’m SOOOO glad I don’t have to deal with Apple’s electronic ecosystem anymore!!!!
Just call it the Bill Clinton Limited Edition.
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Yes I know. I was going to fix but FR doesn’t allow edits. And I figured most would still understand. Using swype keyboard I often have typos. Probably for one or two in here.
You can always edit before you hit 'post'.
It's all good. I mostly post corrections for the benefit of readers anyway.
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