An issue has been noticed by customers of Apple’s new iPad Air 5 with multiple users of the new device saying the rear casing of the device feels thin and makes creaking noises.
The post that kickstarted the thread on Reddit states:
I ordered and received two blue iPad Air 2022 today and I’m a bit shocked. The aluminium backplate is a lot thinner than on the iPad 4 which I also have. You can almost feel the battery through the plate when you hold the device. Both iPads have the same feeling and are making creaking noises when you hold them. This did not happen on the iPad Air 4. Both are going back but is it just me? I also asked a second person and she felt it too.
Other new customers of the device immediately jumped in to say they had experienced similar issues, the first reply noted:
Confirm the same here on my blue Air 5. Feels like I can feel the inside from the back. More than OK once I put it in my folio case, but feels weird when naked.
Interestingly, the issue was not picked up on by any reviews that we could fin[d], with many actually praising the build quality of the device.
MacDailyNews Take: Attributable to a bad batch that somehow escaped the factory despite Apple’s stringent quality control?
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Bring on the LQMT iPad Air!!
No, next all iPad Airs will be LGBTQ++, with a special option to groom young children into depraved behaviors. The new Apple Way.
WHY are all these tRumptards on this site??
Go back into your closet, Kent…
Tell me how much you’re enjoying the awesome Biden presidency, hahahaha……..
Also egregious is MDN allowing such hate and denigration. Gone is MDN of yore; this version would easily splice into the Truth Social app.
“rear casing feels thin and makes creaking noises”
No Timmy jokes, please….
Hard to believe so many believe there should be jokes made at Tim’s expense.
Oh well…..
They said it on the internet so it must be true. I’m sure this has nothing to do with clickbait and. a coming lawsuit. We know that Apple and virtually every other new product doesn’t contend with someone claiming they were made sick by a rounded corner.
Do better MDN. The lawsuit racket is well known and at least deserves a mention in an article like this versus all the reviewers just missed something that can’t possibly be measured by reddit users who say it just feels thin.
I have been using iPad Air since its release and I absolutely love it. It is a fantastic tablet that has all the features of an expensive laptop but in a lightweight, portable form factor. It’s durable, stylish and easy to use. The only thing I don’t like about this tablet is the fact that it doesn’t come with any type of hard case or cover for protection from drops, bumps and dings.
Jeez, McFly, thats why Apple has the best ecosystem of accessories.
Just exactly how many of these complaints have folks made ? Thinking of getting another Ipad in the house & now I am leery ? Should I be that concerned MDN ?