Originally Posted by
Prop swinger
. . . covering up poor design.
In their quest for form over function they built a product with inadequate ventilation/cooling & try to cover up by shutting it down. If anyone complains, they're told "they're using it wrong."
I can do 4 or 5 hour flights with my device plugged in & charging, with the screen turned up to maximum brightness & it barely gets warm.
Not really, Apple are renown for good thermal management in both their prtable and desktop devices.
If your Android is 'barely warm' then it isn't being fried in a greenhouse cockpit.
As I said, it's down to thermal risk management - Apple play it safe, it's easier for them to do it, whereas the Android market has its usual fragmentation problem.
Ask yourself why really there's only two players in the commercial and military EFB market.
iOS and Windows.
ie. USAF use 21,000 iPads. Delta use 10,000 Surfaces.
You won't find many Android tablets amongst the major players.
Two main reasons, security and, yes, thermal control...