Consumer Reports Sensationalism ⇥

Our test finds new iPad hits 116 degrees while running games

Oh fuck, 116 degrees? That sounds blazingly h…

it felt very warm but not especially uncomfortable if held for a brief period.

Oh. Never mind then. Or as Marco Arment put it:

Any reasonably competent, well-intentioned writer or editor would assume that most people reading this would think the new iPad gets hot, implying severe discomfort and a significant flaw that will affect nearly everyone who uses it, rather than merely warm, which would imply an occasional minor inconvenience for the few people who might notice and care.

As someone who has a new iPad, I can assure you, dear reader, that the increase in surface temperature is so unnoticeable I had to double-check I wasn’t using my iPad 2 to read these articles. Actually, I didn’t have to check, because OMFG RETINA DISPLAY.