Gosh. Well, well, well
"...what iPad 3 owners already knew..."
And, given that iPad 3 owners are the only people likely to care...
Thermal camera imagery has confirmed what iPad 3 owners already knew: the new Apple fondleslab runs hotter than its predecessor did. The guys over at Dutch-language site Tweakers.net took an infrared camera and snapped the tablets alongside each other. Both iPads were set running GLBenchmark to thrash their CPUs, and after …
is not exactly hot. And as others already said: A 70% larger battery being depleted in the same time means 70% more energy is turned into heat.
I'm pretty sure that the next generation will have a more efficient SOC. It's somewhat amazing that Apple managed to pull this off right now, the huge battery and waste heat is a sign that it wasn't easy at all. A 45 Wh battery in a tablet is quite a stunt.
You are, of course, correct. But your extremities regularly run at much lower temps than the standard 37'c, which may make the heat perceptible. You're not a uniform temperature (though warm-blooded biology tries to beat physicals where it can here).
If you have a faster processor, running in a similar configuration, and run that faster processor at full power of COURSE it's going to run hotter than a lower powered one. Even my nan could have told you that.
I think we need a investigation to show if a Ferrari 458 engine runs hotter than a nissan micras just to round off this informative and logical test.
"I think we need a investigation to show if a Ferrari 458 engine runs hotter than a nissan micras just to round off this informative and logical test."
Actually I think you'd find that they run at roughly the same temperature, because Ferrari are smart enough to install a cooling system capable of handling the extra power of their engine.
and using them at home be taxed on the benefit in kind for the free home heating that they'll be getting?
I see an employer installed app opportunity here involving GPS tracking and consequent re-charging (in the sense of billing).
Plus a range of knitted covers so it can be used as a bedwarmer.
I'll wait for the 7" version to slot into pockets in my anorak though, do Millets still do the ones with the furry ring around the hood?