Common YouTuber Zack Nelson — he of the JerryRigEverything channel — has taken his software equipment to Apple’s latest iPad in a sturdiness check that, we could as nicely say it now, doesn’t finish nicely for the machine.

Launched a few months in the past to lukewarm opinions, the brand new iPad is the Tenth model of Apple’s finances iPad, which is available in a variety of colours.

Choosing the pink iPad, Nelson begins by noting how the brand new machine has “formally caught up with the remainder of the world” by putting in a USB-C port, changing Apple’s proprietary Lightning port.

Earlier than taking his knife to the iPad, Nelson additionally highlights the absurdity of Apple’s choice to maintain the Lightning connector on the iPad’s appropriate Apple Pencil, guaranteeing you’ll have to get the $9 dongle to attach it to the USB-C port. “Apple’s loving it, although,” Nelson says, including: “I hear they’re even altering their catchphrase from ‘suppose completely different’ to ‘suppose dongle.’”

Nelson’s scratch check utilizing the Mohs hardness scale exhibits harm on the iPad’s show beginning at Degree 6, with deeper grooves at Degree 7. “Fairly commonplace,” the YouTuber says.

Subsequent, the knives come out and a substantial amount of scratching and scraping ensues. A warning to extra delicate souls: This a part of the sturdiness may have the hairs on the again of your neck standing up, so finest watch this bit with the quantity down.

After making an attempt to carve out a cartoon character on the again of the iPad (“Not my finest work,” Nelson admits), the iPad is beginning to look slightly ragged. Then, out comes the lighter, with a unadorned flame going up in opposition to the iPad’s show, a process that causes some somewhat funky conduct with the glass.

Lastly, the bend check, the place Nelson makes use of all his would possibly to push the iPad’s construction to its restrict. Positive, nobody goes to bend it like this in an on a regular basis state of affairs, and it’s by some means little shock that the iPad breaks into two items. Simply don’t stand or sit on the factor. Nelson notes that the iPad’s weak spot seems to be the keyboard connector factors on the aspect of the machine.

Holding a mangled iPad, Nelson finishes the video by inspecting its innards. This exhibits up a number of surprises, together with an abundance of empty house, and a speaker that is a long way from the grill gap.

For a full evaluate of a pristine iPad Tenth-generation that options no sharp objects or burning flames, Digital Traits has you coated.

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