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Smoking iPhone emphasizes importance of authorized repair work

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2012)

An iPhone self-ignited during a Regional Express flight in Australia due to a faulty repair. According to a Sydney Morning Post article, the smoking phone was spotted by a cabin crew member, shortly after the plane landed at the Sydney Airport on November 25, 2011. The crew member asked the ...

Apple addresses supposed iPad heat issues

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 20th, 2012)

Apple contacted The Loop with a statement about the iPad heating issue that is making the rounds this week. Apple representative Trudy Muller said, The new iPad delivers a stunning Retina display, A5X chip, support for 4G LTE plus 10 hours of battery life, all while operating well within ...

Infrared images show new iPad screen running warm

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 20th, 2012)

Remember when we said there were reports that the new iPad was running hot? Thanks to the folks at Tweakers.net, we now have some quantitative measurements to support these observations. The Dutch website ran a GLBenchmark test on the new iPad and the iPad 2 and compared the infrared profiles ...

Customers complain of overheating iPads

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 19th, 2012)

Is your new iPad too hot to handle? Literally, too hot to handle? If it is, you may not be alone. A growing number of people on Apple support forums and MacRumors say the lower, left-hand corner of their new iPad gets overly hot. Others say it gets warm, but that is to be expected with a ...

Three stories of Mac woe

by Mike Schramm (Aug 20th, 2007)

Maybe there was something about this weekend, but we received not one but three stories of busted Mac stuff in the past few days. Warning, these pictures are pretty graphic, if you consider seeing computers worth thousands of dollars in disrepair graphic. First up, we have Katie W's iPhone vs. ...