iPad class action lawsuit heats up

Yet another example of people trying to get money for doing exactly nothing. No free rides, people.

Um. I have seen this with my own eyes on a few different wifi iPads here in California.

To be clear, we aren't talking abut iPads sitting on in the blazing hot sun for an hour then shutting off. I have seen it happen within 5-10mins on iPads sitting on desks inside of offices near sunny windows.

And in San Francisco kids, it doesn't get that hot and takes HOURS for a window to get to 'sunny' this summer.

It may be unreasonable to assume that folks are doing something 'obvious' to make this happen.

Same was said about the iPhone 4 issues (signal drops, proximity issues).

Just sayin'

-K

Welcome to America, where people will create lawsuits over ANYTHING. This really reminds me of a lady who attempted to sue McDonalds for burning herself on their steaming hot coffee, even though there's clear labels saying "Warning: HOT"

Same applies here, its another case of RTFM. Almost every device's manual will say "Please do not use at (such and such) temperature". They will declare the minimum and maximum temperature the device should be used at. I've been though two summers, one where one day it got 99F, and was humid and my old iPhone 3GS didn't fail.

Also, ANY device is going to potentially overheat when using out in the summer sun, especially in a place like California. Infact, being a Dell On-Site repair tech, they recommend customers to NOT use the laptops for extended periods of time in the sun due to overheating.

I hardly consider this an issue to sue anyone over. Then again, as mentioned, this is the land where people will sue over literally anything...

I love how people are having all these problems. Overheating iPhones and ipads. iPhone4 reception problems proximity problems etc etc. Lol glad I have none of these problems.

In today's litigious society people will sue over anything. It's pathetic.

That said, I was very disappointed in how fast my iPad overheated when I took it on vacation to St. Maarten earlier this month. I was looking forward to siting by the pool and enjoying several books while only having to bring my iPad as opposed to a bundle of novels. Within 20 minutes the iPad overheated. I was not able to read for longer than that when in the direct sun. Certainly not worth suing over, but it eliminates the iPad as a replacement for vacation books if the poolside is where you like to read.

Apple should settle by offering refunds ... they then use them as replacements....most will opt to keep their iPads since they are hoping to "cash" in on a silly suit...

This suit is likely to end in failure for the moving party. Apple is very clear that one of the worst things you can do to the battery is heat it up in the sun. Do you think the next class-action suit might be over operating the iPad under water? Just my two cents.

I think this story of warm iPad are greatly exagered. I live in Paris (In France, not in Texas), and in early july, it was very hot, 40°C, and never I've got problems with my iPad, even when I use him when there is no shadows.

I was responding to thelongmile. Take not tak!

I'm in the UK too, and have been using the iPad sitting on my front doorstep in full sunlight and the screen set to brightest setting, reading for hours and no shut down.

Just tak yours back to the Apple Store and get them to swap it out.