New iPad Pros Perform Well in Bend Tests
Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac:
The new iPad Pro is here and the inevitable YouTube stress tests
are already online. JerryRigEverything and AppleTrack
posted their bend test videos, and both seemingly came to
the same conclusion: the new iPad Pro holds up well to extreme
force and seems pretty resistant to bending during normal use.
AppleTrack repeated the same bends with the M2 iPad Pro
and the new M4 iPad Pro to compare, and whereas the M4 iPad Pro
came away almost unscathed, the M2 iPad Pro had a definitive curl
in the corner near the cameras. JerryRigEverything praised the
device for its “black magic levels of structural integrity”, at
least when bent horizontally.
Good to know that they really are bend-resistant. But I can’t help but see some incongruity between the performative outrage over Apple’s “Crush” ad last week and the fact that the top-trending tech videos on YouTube today are of people destroying the very same iPads the “Crush” ad was promoting.
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Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac:
The new iPad Pro is here and the inevitable YouTube stress tests
are already online. JerryRigEverything and AppleTrack
posted their bend test videos, and both seemingly came to
the same conclusion: the new iPad Pro holds up well to extreme
force and seems pretty resistant to bending during normal use.
AppleTrack repeated the same bends with the M2 iPad Pro
and the new M4 iPad Pro to compare, and whereas the M4 iPad Pro
came away almost unscathed, the M2 iPad Pro had a definitive curl
in the corner near the cameras. JerryRigEverything praised the
device for its “black magic levels of structural integrity”, at
least when bent horizontally.
Good to know that they really are bend-resistant. But I can’t help but see some incongruity between the performative outrage over Apple’s “Crush” ad last week and the fact that the top-trending tech videos on YouTube today are of people destroying the very same iPads the “Crush” ad was promoting.