Hot iPads are a different kind of problem than hot phones. iPads are more often caseless, since many users keep them at home, and they often rest directly on a user’s lap. An iPad is also huge compared to a phone, and the Pro version is often used in processor-intensive ways—such as for music recording, gaming, and onboard AI apps, all of which can be slowed down for safety when that powerful M5 starts pulsating with heat.

But cutting-edge vapor cooling looks like it’s coming to the rescue. According to Mark Gurman , the Apple leaks guy at Bloomberg, a vapor chamber for the iPad Pro is now “on the company’s road map.”

Heat became a major problem for the iPad’s sibling the iPhone back in 2023, probably brought on by the switch from stainless steel to titanium for the device’s frame. It

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