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my newest is dlxf and it's bleed is very very minimal. not noticeable unless i lock myself in a bathroom in pitch black and crank brightness to 100%. It's scratch free dead pixel free ect. so i'm keeping it.
Definitely....I was speaking more to those who are unhappy and are trying to find a magic serial number. I feel in a few weeks the kinks could be ironed out and nocguessing required.
Plus I'm tired or driving over there.....gas is $4.20 a gallon
Plus I'm tired or driving over there.....gas is $4.20 a gallon
As a follow-up to my previous post, I exchanged my iPad2 at Bestbuy yesterday. The one I have now is fantastic.
Below are some photos taken at 100% brightness.
Returned iPad
New iPad
Returned iPad
New iPad
And it only took four iPads to get a good one! Take that you 6 time offenders! HA!
who told you you can't get a refund? When I was getting mine replaced, I asked if I could still get a refund and they said you have 14 days from the day of replacement to get a refund if you're not satisfied. But...that was during the first month of release. I guess their answers vary but if you really don't want it anymore, I would suggest calling AppleCare.
Also, I don't mean to bring up more bad stuff, but can everyone seriously stop with the "So you only use your iPad in a pitch black room?". No, no one actually ONLY uses their iPad in a pitch black room, if you're really that stupid to ask. In life, things that you don't plan to happen - happen. Like having to take a plane trip from California to Singapore because a family member died, so now you're sitting in a dim cabin space for 27 hours trying to kill time watching a movie...or quite frankly burning up as the light bleed stares you right back in the face. I know everyone on here is a lot smarter than that, don't dumb down your intelligence by posting such inane, non-humorous crap like that.
so went to the nearest apple store and showed them the light bleed and scratches on my ipad. they gave me one on a brown box which has a very very minimal light bleed that is only noticeable on 100% brightness on the lower left corner. the color is a little bit warm but i can live with it. i only noticed it anyway when i compare it side by side with other ipads. i also raised it with the genius guy and he said its really hard to know which box contains the warm or cool lcd panels because they have different manufacturers for the lcd just like the iphones and ipod touches and they just can't open everything to check.
he also mentioned that the brown box are new and not refurbs and those are tested thoroughly compared to the white boxes.
Here are the serials if these help:
New serial DLX
Old one is DN6
As a follow-up to my previous post, I exchanged my iPad2 at Bestbuy yesterday. The one I have now is fantastic.
Below are some photos taken at 100% brightness.
Returned iPad
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New iPad
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Returned iPad
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New iPad
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And it only took four iPads to get a good one! Take that you 6 time offenders! HA!
Looks like my new one.. there is very minimal bleed on your new unit, grats go enjoy!!
apple taking the p***
Samsung LED tv in hotel...no bleed, I could post pictures for every other screen I've come across. The point is the ipad 2 has yellow uneven blotches on black screens, the majority of screens clearly exhibit a manufacturing defect. For a company that has multiple million dollars in reserve I would expect them to admit the problem and make it a serial number based replacement scheme. Its a premium product and essentially a handheld screen of which should be perfect.
My genius appointment is tomorrow.
Samsung LED tv in hotel...no bleed, I could post pictures for every other screen I've come across. The point is the ipad 2 has yellow uneven blotches on black screens, the majority of screens clearly exhibit a manufacturing defect. For a company that has multiple million dollars in reserve I would expect them to admit the problem and make it a serial number based replacement scheme. Its a premium product and essentially a handheld screen of which should be perfect.
My genius appointment is tomorrow.
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if they do serial number based replacement program, there will be millions of ipads need to be replaced. However, the situation now is thousands of people do not notice this issue...
And to those that say don't use your ipad in the darck etc... I work on a ship and use my ipad frequently in dark conditions, and i see yellow blodges coming up from the screen edges and its pathetic! I dont open my air, switch on my tv and see these blotches, why should i shell out 700+ on my ipad for the pleasure?! At the very least it makes the product appear as a cheap knock off its far below standards expected.
64GB 3G white
Girlfriends ipad, bought 1 week after mine back in the glory days of ipad2 arrival. Serial DQTFGO. Barely noticable bleed at 100% in total darkness.
Edit: barely noticable but she spent €1000+, bleeds still there, cheapest lcds they could find, not just gradual blending of light but specific spots of yellow. Its a manafacture defect.
Girlfriends ipad, bought 1 week after mine back in the glory days of ipad2 arrival. Serial DQTFGO. Barely noticable bleed at 100% in total darkness.
Edit: barely noticable but she spent €1000+, bleeds still there, cheapest lcds they could find, not just gradual blending of light but specific spots of yellow. Its a manafacture defect.
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For a company that prides itself in doting every "i" and crossing every "t" this is really disappointing.
For any company making screens this is disappointing, but they are buying the cheapest screens they can packaging them up with with a bunch of cheapest parts and selling it as the ipad 2, and the ipad 3 will be the same. I encourage people to return or at least query their ipads, its the only way quality standards will be improved/maintained. I had the original ipad as does my dad and it was of a higher quality.
Lcd is poor tech but good value, the yellow spots here are manafacturing defects and not consistent with any other lcd screen ive owned.
Genius appointment tomorrow not too worried about the outcome however want Apple to be aware of the problem and consider it me doing my part as consumer, if more people had same attitude things might change. Screens will be half yellow and all colours before long if people dont raise a query with the seller!
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I agree Hardluck. Apple is taking too much advantage of their market-leading position. This is how good turns to bad in a hurry.
I returned my iPad 2 because of this mess (and the retarded 'genius' who tried to scam me) and have been waiting for this issue to clear up. If it doesn't, I'll have to get an iPad 1 used or go Android assuming they ever release any apps.
This is why people should be happy Android is making a play. Competition helps us all. With more competition, Apple would be much more careful about QC.
I returned my iPad 2 because of this mess (and the retarded 'genius' who tried to scam me) and have been waiting for this issue to clear up. If it doesn't, I'll have to get an iPad 1 used or go Android assuming they ever release any apps.
This is why people should be happy Android is making a play. Competition helps us all. With more competition, Apple would be much more careful about QC.
Android is making a play, and judging by the engadget review of the samsung tablet its a strong one. It made me question my Apple purchase, as i have in the past chosen alternatives only to be pleasantly surprised by the quality and user friendly enchancements.
As a follow-up to my previous post, I exchanged my iPad2 at Bestbuy yesterday. The one I have now is fantastic.
Below are some photos taken at 100% brightness.
Returned iPad
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New iPad
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Returned iPad
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New iPad
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And it only took four iPads to get a good one! Take that you 6 time offenders! HA!
Wow....that looks great. Guess there are good ones out there. What's the beginning of the serial?
After playing musical iPads for 2 weeks, I decided to just return mine and wait it out, until reports come in of better screens.
for what its worth, reports are in, and this latest batch seems to be ok in London and in California so far from this thread..
I am extremely happy with my replacement and if you see the thread i went through 6 ipads... so I was not going accept BS
I am extremely happy with my replacement and if you see the thread i went through 6 ipads... so I was not going accept BS
DLXF
It's a black 32gb Verizon model. The one I brought back was a white 64gb Verizon, also DLXF.
It's not a brown box, open box, or refurbished one either. The BB salesman got from the locked case where they keep all their new iPads.
Awesome, My iPad 2 just arrived Black 32GB. Serial number DLXF no blacklight bleeding that I can notice
Ill get some pictures uploaded later on.
Edit: Tiny little bit on one side but only noticeable at 100% and even then it's very very small amount.
Ill get some pictures uploaded later on.
Edit: Tiny little bit on one side but only noticeable at 100% and even then it's very very small amount.
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