Three ‘New iPad/iPhone Problems’ that Android Gadgets Had

March 27th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Around this time last week, Consumer Reports’ Donna Tapellini wrote about how the “new iPad hits 116 degrees while running games,” a fact that made it “significantly hotter” than the iPad 2 and had caused “numerous complaints” (even though it was “not especially uncomfortable”). Meanwhile, Anton Troianovski of the Wall Street Journal wrote a report on the “Video Speed Trap” that “lurks” in the new iPad, causing it to run through its 4G data plan very quickly.

The media attention to the new iPad’s perceived shortcomings is in many ways similar to the “Antennagate” controversy which surrounded the iPhone 4, shortly after its launch in 2010. It culminated in a class-action lawsuit, which was resolved when every iPhone 4 owner was given their choice of $15 or a case that would keep their fingers off the antenna.

The same problems that are new and noteworthy when one of Apple’s products has them, though, often go unnoticed when they’re on a device powered by Google’s open-source Android operating system. Here’s a look at the gadgets that had these problems before the iPad and iPhone did.

Tablets that run warm

“So much for ‘heatgate,'” says Melissa Perenson of PCWorld. The PCWorld staff put the new iPad through thermometer tests, alongside two Android tablets: An Asus Transformer Prime and an LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, both the most recent, top of the line gadgets from their respective manufacturers.

“Our results are likely to be reassuring to any potential iPad purchasers,” Perenson wrote. “Though the new iPad did run hotter than the iPad 2, the difference wasn’t great.” And not only was PCWorld unable to reproduce the disturbing results “that some sources have reported,” they found that it “was not drastically warmer” than the aforementioned two tablets, with a difference of only two degrees between the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab. Modern laptops, they found, ran much hotter while actually sitting on someone’s lap.

Tablets that eat through data

The new iPad’s data use problem is simply that its fast 4G connection combines with its HD Retina Display, to make it easy to eat through your monthly allotment of megabytes. It’s not the first 4G tablet, though, nor is it the first one with an HD display. The very first tablet running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the Motorola Xoom, was billed as “4G LTE upgradeable” from the start, and finally received its upgrade in September. And its “HD widescreen display” is capable of playing 720p video.

The new iPad’s Retina Display can play 1080p video and then some; it has a 2048 by 1536 resolution. And 1080p video uses up more data. It’s possible to set most streaming videos to play back at a lower resolution, however, and even 720p video can eat through a data plan quickly.

Phones that lose signal strength depending on where you hold them

The iPhone 4 was seen as unusual because of this problem. Many other smartphones face these issues too, however, and the Droid Eris’ manual even included a section cautioning you not to hold it in a certain area.

Jared Spurbeck is an open-source software enthusiast, who uses an Android phone and an Ubuntu laptop PC. He has been writing about technology and electronics since 2008.