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Anyone else's iPad have light bleed when displaying black?
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Just out of curiosity....based on this logic, how have prices gone down on iPods and iPhones over the past few years?
Micro economics 101. But, lets say they went down $50, could they have gone down $100, or even started $100 lower? Apple knows, I don't.
I can guarantee there is no such thing as a free lunch. Similarly when someone sues a large corporation or insurance company. It eventually makes it to the consumers.
I don't know the breakdown, but I envision a spreadsheet something like this.
Material Cost 50%
Marketing 10%
Labor 30%
Delivery 5%
Defect Cost (Returns) %5
Again, I don't know what it is, but I bet Apples is higher on Defect than most, because we are perfectionist like that.
Just checked my Australian 64GB iPad in a pitch black bathroom and no bleeding whatsoever even when playing Avatar, no strange colour light.
Supply and demand brother. Let's just say they lowered the price by $50 and they didn't sell.....do you think they might lower it more to hit the consumer sweet spot? They are a smart company, they push the market for as much as they can make....when iPhones weren't selling as well as expected up front, they dropped the price, and then people bought. Do you think the returns had anything to do with that, or just the fact that they weren't selling?
Or maybe their defect cost is higher than most because their quality control has taken a nose dive in recent years.
iPad 2 screen light bleed / display problem
Yes. I went through THREE iPad2 64GB WiFi models today at the Apple store in Mississippi as well as one 32GB WiFi model.
Each time, we has to go to the hallway in the store so that the screen bleed could be seen in dimmer light. YOU CANNOT SEE THE BLEED IN THE STORE LIGHTING! Once you click on the VIDEO APP, you can see the bleed through around the edges.
After four tries within 24 hours, I finally just purchased the old iPad with more memory. There is something very wrong with this batch.
Worse yet, folks around me were overhearing it and asking me about it. Had to be honest with them saying that I hope the replacement would work because I really wanted the new one.
I told the folks how disappointed I was, but it is not their fault that Apple did not test their products. (Originally, it was the iPhone 4 with the yellowish tint of the screen.)
Apparently, the "rumors" of screen problems with the manufacturer pre-launch were true.
Wait a couple of months for the next batch to be produced.
Yes. I went through THREE iPad2 64GB WiFi models today at the Apple store in Mississippi as well as one 32GB WiFi model.
Each time, we has to go to the hallway in the store so that the screen bleed could be seen in dimmer light. YOU CANNOT SEE THE BLEED IN THE STORE LIGHTING! Once you click on the VIDEO APP, you can see the bleed through around the edges.
After four tries within 24 hours, I finally just purchased the old iPad with more memory. There is something very wrong with this batch.
Worse yet, folks around me were overhearing it and asking me about it. Had to be honest with them saying that I hope the replacement would work because I really wanted the new one.
I told the folks how disappointed I was, but it is not their fault that Apple did not test their products. (Originally, it was the iPhone 4 with the yellowish tint of the screen.)
Apparently, the "rumors" of screen problems with the manufacturer pre-launch were true.
Wait a couple of months for the next batch to be produced.