“Apple Inc’s new iPad topped Consumer Reports’ list of tablets despite the influential watchdog stoking doubts two weeks ago by saying the latest iteration of the best-selling tablet threw off more heat when used heavily,” Poornima Gupta reports for Reuters.
“The widely followed group that reviews everything from electronics to cars, said on Monday that it did not find the higher temperatures to be cause for concern,” Gupta report. The nonprofit organization also tested the iPad for concerns about poor battery recharging when playing an intense video game. ‘The problem was limited to times when the device was playing a demanding game with the screen fully bright,’ it said.”
“The third iteration of the iPad is off to a strong start with sales of more than 3 million units since it hit store shelves last month,” Gupta report. “The iPad’s ‘retina’ [sic] display impressed Consumer Reports, which said the tablet had ‘achieved the highest score we’ve ever recorded for color accuracy in a tablet.’ U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Communications Inc also drew praise for its 4G network, which the group said was fast and dependable.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Meaningless advice we’ve already seen from many other places with much more credibility than this antiquated rag (see related articles below). If you still subscribe to Consumer Reports, you really should cancel your subscription. Their so-called testing and conclusions are generally crap or worse.
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CR is trying to recover their tarnished reputation from the other Apple product put downs.
Shit magazine with asscrap writers.
Too little and too late. The good guys left after the iPhone debacle, and never looked back, if they were ever there to begin with.
This publication has been biased the last 50 years that I have subscribed. I just use their data as additional input.
‘Apple’s iPad tops Consumer Reports’ list of tablets’.
Well who’da thunk it? CR is dodo like.
They’re like a broken calendar. Right about once a month.
How can a calendar be broken?
Same as a CD – put it in the freezer until brittle, then hit sharply with a hammer!
Soak in water, dunk in liquid nitrogen and hit it with a hammer.
“Apple Inc’s new iPad topped Consumer Reports’ list of tablets despite the influential watchdog stoking doubts two weeks ago by saying the latest iteration of the best-selling tablet threw off more heat when used heavily,”
“Influential watchdog”? HAHAHA! Yeah, right! Maybe for cars and kitchen appliances. For computers and tablets? Not so much.
——RM
Does anyone really care what CR thinks?
Don’t I have to be a Senior Member of AARP to subscribe to this outdated rag?? 😉