Apple may be hunting down defective Verizon iPads
It seems Apple has provided a list of iPad 2 serial numbers to its retail stores detailing which iPad models are to be pulled from inventory, and so far all of the units are Verizon 3G-compatible models, according to 9 to 5 Mac.
The devices Apple is pulling back aren’t part of an official recall, and the company hasn’t made a statement about whether or not it actually is blocking the sale of specific units in its inventory.
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While there isn’t any confirmation, it appears that the pulled units are suffering from a problem where users can’t view or edit account information after activating the tablet’s 3G cellular connection. The issue is apparently hardware-related instead of a software bug and doesn’t seem to be a health or safety problem at this point.
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