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Some iPad Pros ship a little bent, and Apple says that's normal
Gadget-makers have long played with the idea of bendable displays, but this isn't what they were going for: Apple has confirmed that some brand-new iPad Pro units have a slight bend to them—and this is expected and not a defect.
There are numerous stories and images of very slight bends on brand-new devices on the MacRumors forums, and The Verge's Chris Welch observed the same issue in his own iPad.
When The Verge reached out to Apple for comment, the company told the publication that the bending 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." (The Verge's words.) Apple says the bending happens as a result of a cooling process used on the components when the device is manufactured.
Defective gadget return policy:
- Have you recently purchased a nice shiny "defective" gadget? Good, it should be under warranty.
- Is it actually defective? Maybe it's bent or has some other flaw? Good, good, we wouldn't want to be selling you something broken.
- Did you purchase it from Apple? Specifically, did you buy a nice, shiny new iPad Pro? You know, the one that can cost you upwards of $1k? Don't worry, it's supposed to be that way. You didn't get a defective device or damaged goods. You got what you paid for. A bent iPad Pro.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday December 21 2018, @02:12AM (7 children)
N/T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Friday December 21 2018, @02:19AM
1. Paste a photo of Steve Jobs on it.
2. Frame it.
3. Submit it to the Museum of Modern Art.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday December 21 2018, @02:28AM (5 children)
Like the stamp with the upside-down plane?
But being serious here, there are probably ways they could mitigate that. I know this because when I worked on Gay Jewish Robots, the fussiest part about it was getting the rails for the Renishaw linear encoders perfectly flat so that the encoder would have a healthy read (super fighting tight on that dial-gauge) across a travel of approximately a whole meter. And when it takes a month to build a machine and that's by far the fussiest and most annoying aspect of it, I speak with authority in these matters.
Unlike what I build, though, Apple stuff is cheap Chinese shit. These monkeys are manhandling already-bent frames and probably aren't even using proper patterns to torque their fasteners. They're using power-torquers they just stab into the fastener psycho-style and probably move in a rectangle pattern rather than a star-like one, because doing that saves an extra 2 seconds per unit. Those power-torquers are probably not built nor calibrated to the precision required for the work, and, well, Chink-shit.
I saw the image of the "bent" iPad and frankly I'm amazed that they can even do it that well given the circumstances (see the image yourself, only a super-autist would throw a shit-fit at that bend).
This is why countries like America and Germany still make the best shit -- things like this are torqued by hand, moving back and forth and using equal parts experience and instinct, using very precise dial-gauges. This is why Apple should start an "extra-premium" factory using the American-and-German style techniques I outlined above and then sell those extra-straight pieces of shit at a ridiculous markup. Then put a stamp on it so that everybody knows you paid 3K for an extra-straight iPad.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday December 21 2018, @02:52AM
Yeap. They'll fix their shit in manufacturing soon. 'Cause if not, they'll be losing the hipster market share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Informative) by khallow on Friday December 21 2018, @03:09AM (3 children)
Welcome to Apple's target audience. I'll note that a key selling feature of the Apple brand is that it's pretty damn perfect in visual appearance. I even see a few edge-on ads for these things which sell the straightness of the devices (for example, here [cultofmac.com] or here [wordpress.com]).
So when they suddenly have a "bend" and say it's "normal"? That means they're screwing up the brand. Maybe they'll get back on track, but maybe this is the tip of the iceberg and there are a bunch of other potentially suicidal compromises to the design which aren't so visually apparent.
(Score: 4, Funny) by edIII on Friday December 21 2018, @07:09AM (2 children)
Yes, but Apple's target audience would've also eaten up the following PR, had Apple thought of it:
"The bend is by design after careful study of ergonomics and it allows a slight shift in the center of gravity to make holding it more comfortable in our consumer testing groups"
Apple is more art than science :)
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Friday December 21 2018, @04:14PM (1 child)
Then you would have the other half that didn't get the bend, gripping that they didn't receive one with a bend.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Funny) by toddestan on Saturday December 22 2018, @12:08AM
Well, if they complain just tell them they're holding it wrong!