First, the good news in Cupertino: Apple claims new iPad sales topped three million units on opening weekend-a new iPad sales record-and this doesn't include marked-down iPad 2 sales. UBS analyst Maynard Um predicts 12 million , if supply can keep up with demand.

But Apple's huge iSuccess also paints a bulls-eye on the company's back.

Whether the outrage is over at Chinese supplier Foxconn, enterprise security on the iPad, battery life on the iPhone, or the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" controversy, Apple is often held to a higher standard than other consumer electronics makers. Critics have also blasted Apple on (or lack thereof) and its mysterious App Store app approval process.

Let's take a closer look at some of these examples:

Foxconn supplies components to other major American companies, such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard. is better than Android tablets by far. The iPhone 4S doesn't use power-inefficient 4G chipsets (even though the connection), yet no one complains about Android 4G phones draining batteries like a sieve. Antennagate? It proved to be a non-starter.