There's also that. Now do you know or has it been confirmed what type of defect yet? Could a firmware update fix it? Is it the iPad's battery? Dock section? Power Management Chip? Transfer Cable? Or Charger?
All Apple has told me is that they are aware there is an issue that is affecting a lot of units and the engineers are trying to determine how to fix it, if fixable without doing a recall on those units. As I posted yesterday I think it was, they have received many calls about the battery issue but even more calls about the heat and screen yellowing. Keep in mind the average user may not be as acutely aware of this issue as the more technologically apt individuals. Most users aren't going to be paying attention to how much the unit is charging so it wouldn't surprise me if less people are reporting it even though it may still occur on their unit.
I agree. A more powerful tablet with 4 times more pixels on the screen that gets very warm (not uncomfortably so) and has issues holding a charge while running the most taxing app on the market is not much of a story (if it was, my HP laptop would be an even bigger story..I actually had to get a laptop cooler to sit it on so my legs wouldn't burn). For the few folks that play games for several days straight and/or don't plug in their iPad at night, it may pose a problem. For the rest of us, it is not an issue at all.
I personally believe that iPodPJ has an issue that is not normal. Otherwise, I and several others must have gotten very lucky. They sold 3 million units over the weekend, so I would not be surprised if there were more than a few faulty iPads on the market. iPodPJ, you have posted several news stories that are mainly posting the same thing as the CR story. I have not seen any of your links that make the same claims you have made...which is why I believe you have a faulty iPad. I also have first hand experience with my own iPad and it does not have the same issues you are having.
Conversely, the iPhone 4 issue affected every iPhone on the market and was something the could affect everyone that made a call and held the phone in a certain way.
Laptops are known lap warmers, the iPad is not. They could have relocated the A5X processor which is the source of the heat to the middle left of the unit instead of the bottom left where people hold it. That would have been proper planning and development.
The new iPads were made at different Foxconn facilities at different times so it could be that several batches are defective and not all. I just find it more likely that more units are defective than not, because I've already had two from different places, and the stores that I've visited and called have noticed their iPads not fully charging either.
If you read the reviews, everyone is stating different charging and depleting times. Some, like me, drop 20% or more in an hour and can't charge while using. Others only drop 15% in one hour and it takes them longer to charge up when powered down than even mine! So there are lots of different charging and depletion times which means that something isn't operating consistently, whether it be the charger, processor, battery, light bar.....
I believe it was also mentioned somewhere that at the very beginning of production Apple was using Sharp and LG as well as Samsung for the display portion but they couldn't maintain a high level of consistency so Apple switched to Samsung entirely. Perhaps the earlier Sharp and LG versions, if they are out there, are functioning properly but the newer Samsungs aren't, or vice versa.
It's all just speculation for now as to WHAT the exact problem is, but there is certainly a problem. If you have a unit that doesn't get too hot, charges while plugged in while you're using it, and don't have any yellowing of the screen then consider yourself very lucky.
My personal hotspot won't activate either for some reason, it just spins and spins forever, but that's an issue I'm not really concerned with until the other ones are resolved.
To conclude, like the one article mentioned.... If the new iPad is showing double the power draw as the iPad 2 but only has a 70% larger battery, well then you can do the math and see why the charger isn't charging it while in use.
