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just wondering because i think i am being a bit nitpicky so i'd appreciate your opinion, as i posted i probably might keep the latest one i got because out of the 3 that's the only one with no dead pixel so far. the problem is the 1 backlight bleed can be seen even at semi dim rooms even at less than 100 percent. the other one i got before had more bleeding but they weren't noticeable in semi dim rooms. my hassle free on the spot replacement only lasts 7 days after that i have to go through the waiting hassle and stuff. anyway my issue is i'm bothered by it but whenever i watch a movie i can't even see it anyway since the movie overlaps that part plus in a low brightness setting which is how i use my gadgets around 30percent it looks fine. should i change it and risk the chance of getting something worse? or stick with it and stop wasting my time staring at black screens=)
DLXFV - Lessons Learned
RIGHT YOU ARE BADGERS! In the review of my wife's DLXFV the other day (post #3813) I said it had NO bleed. Quite true. It was, and still is, stunning. But last night I experienced something that proves what others besides us have alluded to as the problem. In landscape mode, I grasped the unit just above the home button with my right thumb and forefinger. It shot out a flare like a carbon arc lamp at a premiere! I quickly took the unit in hand, and the flare disappeared. So, the problem is NOT bad panels from LG or anybody else. It IS compromised design to get the thinness the Stevenator wanted. Can't you just hear him saying to Johny Ive back in the design phase, "I want it thinner than that upcoming iPhone 4 we're working on" ? Sure! So Johny took out the clips that held the screen in place in the original iPad (so he could shrink the case) and used glue instead to hold it in, and the problem of squeezing the LCD was created, causing the flares, blobs, and flashlights.
Time was needed to learn a better way to glue the panel in and assemble the case without too much pressure on the edges, which it seems they are now getting better at implementing (which is why I FINALLY took the plunge: can't wait FOREVER!) Your original DLXFD was built in week 11 (March 13-19); your first replacement, apparently worse, was the week before (Mar 6-12); and your new one is week 24 (June 12-18), same as my wife's. And it's good too!
So, don't hold it with just two fingers, but put your hand underneath. Should you HAVE to do this for 500 - 830 bucks? NO! But that is the way it is with the iPad 2, and it's NOT going to change; they are NOT going to re-tool. That is, until the iPad 3. You can bet Johny is coming up with something else!
In the meantime folks, just get a good one; the chances are much better that you will now. Happy hunting!
RIGHT YOU ARE BADGERS! In the review of my wife's DLXFV the other day (post #3813) I said it had NO bleed. Quite true. It was, and still is, stunning. But last night I experienced something that proves what others besides us have alluded to as the problem. In landscape mode, I grasped the unit just above the home button with my right thumb and forefinger. It shot out a flare like a carbon arc lamp at a premiere! I quickly took the unit in hand, and the flare disappeared. So, the problem is NOT bad panels from LG or anybody else. It IS compromised design to get the thinness the Stevenator wanted. Can't you just hear him saying to Johny Ive back in the design phase, "I want it thinner than that upcoming iPhone 4 we're working on" ? Sure! So Johny took out the clips that held the screen in place in the original iPad (so he could shrink the case) and used glue instead to hold it in, and the problem of squeezing the LCD was created, causing the flares, blobs, and flashlights.
Time was needed to learn a better way to glue the panel in and assemble the case without too much pressure on the edges, which it seems they are now getting better at implementing (which is why I FINALLY took the plunge: can't wait FOREVER!) Your original DLXFD was built in week 11 (March 13-19); your first replacement, apparently worse, was the week before (Mar 6-12); and your new one is week 24 (June 12-18), same as my wife's. And it's good too!
So, don't hold it with just two fingers, but put your hand underneath. Should you HAVE to do this for 500 - 830 bucks? NO! But that is the way it is with the iPad 2, and it's NOT going to change; they are NOT going to re-tool. That is, until the iPad 3. You can bet Johny is coming up with something else!
In the meantime folks, just get a good one; the chances are much better that you will now. Happy hunting!
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Just got another "brown box" 16GB WIFI replacement.
serial - DLXFV92
JUST ABOUT PERFECT. Only one, small, and i mean..barely noticeable at full 100% brightness bleed point to the right of the home button.
Very Happy.
Slightly warmer than my orignal unit, but much "whiter" than a previous replacement that was also a brown box, with very little bleed which went to my mother.
So total: 2 new online shipped units, both of which shipped in the past 2 weeks, both horrible bleed, replaced with 2 brown box units in store over the past week, both with little to no bleed.
serial - DLXFV92
JUST ABOUT PERFECT. Only one, small, and i mean..barely noticeable at full 100% brightness bleed point to the right of the home button.
Very Happy.
Slightly warmer than my orignal unit, but much "whiter" than a previous replacement that was also a brown box, with very little bleed which went to my mother.
So total: 2 new online shipped units, both of which shipped in the past 2 weeks, both horrible bleed, replaced with 2 brown box units in store over the past week, both with little to no bleed.
I'm just speculating on the following & given my stupidity, I'm most likely gonna be wrong. Hope I do not offend anyone & if I do, I sincerely apologize & ask that you kindly excuse my stupidity & ignorance.
Part of the reason could also be that the glue used to hold the glass in place is not evenly spread out. I think it may be a bit similar to those "horror" 2011 MBP thermal paste applications. I may be wrong but I think the areas where the glue are near those portions of the light "bleeds/blobs" must have more glue (which create more pressure in those areas) than the areas that do not exhibit the light "bleeds/blobs". Since there is probably no way to ensure that the glue is being applied evenly throughout the screen bezels & depending on how each individual iPad 2 is being assembled, that probably also explains why the screen "bleeds/blobs" are inconsistent among different iPad 2 units.
With those poor FoxConn workers doing their best to rush out as many iPad 2 units as they possibly can, I simply cannot blame them if they are not able to take extra care to ensure that the glue are evenly spread out & applied. Therefore, I agree that this "issue" will only totally go away with a complete re-design of the iPad, which will probably mean we have to wait till iPad 3 to solve this "issue".
In the mean time, all we can do is hope that we all are able to get an acceptable iPad 2 unit. Good luck to everyone.
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I wanted to know is it all of you guys get a brand new iPad 2 replacement within 14 days or with the Apple care (Refurbished) iPad?? Cheers
I was told by one of the geniuses that once you go the 'brown box' route, you can't return it for money back anymore.
I would just get money back and buy again if I were you. However, chance of you getting an acceptable unit is slim to none from my personal experience.
Good luck!
How's the backlight bleeding in the newest shipments lately? I'm expecting mines soon, and hope that Apple at least made there display much better. Anyone just go there iPad 2 lately from China?
new additions: T-(6-jaav88-OK) D-(X-badgers-bad) C-(X-badgers-bad) V-(X-badgers-OK) V-(X-Mechinyun-OK)
Looking at the table, the problem is not yet solved, but I think is clear that by getting a unit from later weeks (T=13% bad), you have much more posibilities to get a good screen than for example week P (P=70% bad). Good luck to Extract0r by the way, he's not been very lucky in many weeks, even later ones.
Read it as: week-(factory-user-condition).
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iPad2 BACKLIGHT BLEEDING issue from forum reports:
5 week 05 (seems none manufactured before week 5, well maybe... (X-stevejobs-OK))
6 week 06 (X-bruinsrme-bad)
7 week 07 (X-realjd-OK) (X-rollingstart-OK)
8 week 08 (X-xaldafax-OK) (X-SPEEDwithJJ-bad) (X-rabdel12-OK)
9 week 09 (X-jps1012-OK) (X-Firestrife-OK) (X-peaceActivist-bad) (X-mrt209-bad)
C week 10 (X-TheMarkness-bad) (X-Danny133-bad) (X-badgers-bad)
D week 11 (X-danito85-bad) (X-thisisfunah-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-kfscoll-OK) D-(X-taipan61-OK) (X-Smoothie-OK) (X-badgers-bad)
F week 12 (X-mvp2206-bad) (X-KevinM2-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (X-Hello-bad) (X-aerion-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (T-aeiron-bad) (X-sfe80-bad) (X-billinaz-bad) (X-andrew.danney-OK)
G week 13 (X-kiko-OK) (X-roflc0pter-bad) (X-bruinsrme-OK)
H week 14 (X-aimhigh-bad)
J week 15 (X-ClairebearZac-OK) (X-boraxatude-bad) (T-spiderman0616-OK) (X-Brad02-bad) (X-Brad02-bad) (X-Brad02-OK)
K week 16 (X-nickbarbs-OK) (X-sword28-OK) (T-hughmann-bad) (T-jaikob-OK) (X-built-OK) (X-built-OK) (X-hughmannVendor-OK) (X-chinit0-bad) (X-Satdude-bad) (X-jbud72-OK) (X-bcterp-OK) (X-andrew.danney-bad) (X-bpd115-OK) (X-rworne-OK) (T-slicecom-OK) (X-aimhigh-bad) (X-lostboyz-OK)
L week 17 (X-Tobster3-bad) (6-tehstk-bad) (6-gkarris-bad) (X-hoanganh-bad) (X-Grimes-OK)
M week 18 (6-ryxsolo-bad) (X-Jrfowlessc-bad) (6-blarivee-bad) (6-rummelx-bad) (X-iSamurai-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-OK) (X-BearsFan34-OK) (X-vicenturri-bad) (X-pinkmechanic-bad) (6-jrolson-bad) (6-headhoncho123-OK) (6-head_honcho_123-OK) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (X-boraxatude-OK) (T-allantheking-OK)
N week 19 (T-hughmann-bad) (X-RossMc-OK) (6-jogales-bad) (6-awjvail-bad) (6-catalyst6-bad) (6-rummelx-bad) (6-Clusty-bad) (X-jason910-OK) (6-doubledown7d-bad) (6-tYNS-bad) (6-Jay858-bad) (6-Grimes-bad) (6-Jay858-bad) (6-doubledown7d-bad) (X-cole01-OK) (X-Antonio456-bad) (6-rabdel12-bad)
P week 20 (X-alexwai-bad) (X-dquek123-bad) (X-chaicka-OK) (X-ryxsolo-OK) (X-Tobster3-OK) (X-catalyst6-bad) (X-gusnyc-bad) (6-smokingmonkey-bad) (X-corvus32-bad) (X-satdude-OK) (6-catalyst6-OK) (P-bcterp-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r2-bad) (P-blarivee-bad) (6-syclick-bad) (6-Hardway-bad) P-(X-HoriZonUK-bad) (X-teatang-bad) (X-aeiron-bad) (X-TheMarkness-bad) (T-sam1990-OK) (X-mrt209-bad) (X-TheMarkness-bad) (X-blue43fan-OK) (6-gusnyc-bad) (X-angelmouse-bad) (6-meagain-bad) (X-sandylp-OK) (P-petechan-OK)
Q week 21 (X-corvus32-bad) (X-GadgedtAddicted-OK) (X-spazer-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (L-Jay858-bad) (T-ZoomLens-OK) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-xaldafax-OK) (6-HoriZonUK-bad) (6-user512-OK) (6-tmt345-OK) (6-bobright-bad) (X-bruinsrme-bad) (X-jedivulcan-OK)
R week 22 (X-Macdude2010-bad) (X-lavrishevo-OK) (X-Jay858-OK) (X-Extract0r-bad) (X-Jay858-OK) (6-smokingMonkey-OK) (6-AdLion-OK) (6-tYND-OK) (X-meagain-bad) (P-petechan-OK) (6-bluer101-OK)
T week 23 (X-lostboyz-OK) (6-blarivee-OK) (X-angelmouse-OK) (X-SA22C-OK) (X-xaldafax-OK) (6-TSloper-OK) (6-jwmac1975-OK) (6-gusnyc-OK) (6-deathcab4xtina-OK) (6-Extrac0r-bad) (6-maverick86-OK) (6-lakerchick4life-OK) (6-corvus32-bad) (6-TheMarkness-OK) (6-jaav88-OK)
V week 24 (X-sandylp-bad) (6-blarivee-bad) (6-reactions-OK) (X-Revolver01-OK) (X-YOkris3-OK) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (X-DeeGee48-OK) (6-Roessnakhan-bad) (X-ihatephish-OK) (X-badgers-OK) (X-Mechinyun-OK)
W week 25 (X-Extract0r-bad)
X week 26
Y week 27
(*) X-user-bad, means 'X' is factory DLX, '6' is factory DL6, 'T' for factory DQT and 'P' for factory DMP, all taken from the first 3 of the serial.
(**) 4th character is half of the year. Will be 'F' for first, 'G' for second half.
(***) 5th character is week of manufacturing from previous table.
ps.- If your serial# starts with DLXFP. You have an iPad2 made at (DLX) factory, is made in the first half of the year (F) and on week 20 (P)
ps2.- post your first 5 characters of your serial and if you have a good backlight or the bleeding problem.
ps3.- any error in the table?, let me know.
Looking at the table, the problem is not yet solved, but I think is clear that by getting a unit from later weeks (T=13% bad), you have much more posibilities to get a good screen than for example week P (P=70% bad). Good luck to Extract0r by the way, he's not been very lucky in many weeks, even later ones.
Read it as: week-(factory-user-condition).
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iPad2 BACKLIGHT BLEEDING issue from forum reports:
5 week 05 (seems none manufactured before week 5, well maybe... (X-stevejobs-OK))
6 week 06 (X-bruinsrme-bad)
7 week 07 (X-realjd-OK) (X-rollingstart-OK)
8 week 08 (X-xaldafax-OK) (X-SPEEDwithJJ-bad) (X-rabdel12-OK)
9 week 09 (X-jps1012-OK) (X-Firestrife-OK) (X-peaceActivist-bad) (X-mrt209-bad)
C week 10 (X-TheMarkness-bad) (X-Danny133-bad) (X-badgers-bad)
D week 11 (X-danito85-bad) (X-thisisfunah-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-kfscoll-OK) D-(X-taipan61-OK) (X-Smoothie-OK) (X-badgers-bad)
F week 12 (X-mvp2206-bad) (X-KevinM2-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (X-Hello-bad) (X-aerion-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (T-aeiron-bad) (X-sfe80-bad) (X-billinaz-bad) (X-andrew.danney-OK)
G week 13 (X-kiko-OK) (X-roflc0pter-bad) (X-bruinsrme-OK)
H week 14 (X-aimhigh-bad)
J week 15 (X-ClairebearZac-OK) (X-boraxatude-bad) (T-spiderman0616-OK) (X-Brad02-bad) (X-Brad02-bad) (X-Brad02-OK)
K week 16 (X-nickbarbs-OK) (X-sword28-OK) (T-hughmann-bad) (T-jaikob-OK) (X-built-OK) (X-built-OK) (X-hughmannVendor-OK) (X-chinit0-bad) (X-Satdude-bad) (X-jbud72-OK) (X-bcterp-OK) (X-andrew.danney-bad) (X-bpd115-OK) (X-rworne-OK) (T-slicecom-OK) (X-aimhigh-bad) (X-lostboyz-OK)
L week 17 (X-Tobster3-bad) (6-tehstk-bad) (6-gkarris-bad) (X-hoanganh-bad) (X-Grimes-OK)
M week 18 (6-ryxsolo-bad) (X-Jrfowlessc-bad) (6-blarivee-bad) (6-rummelx-bad) (X-iSamurai-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-OK) (X-BearsFan34-OK) (X-vicenturri-bad) (X-pinkmechanic-bad) (6-jrolson-bad) (6-headhoncho123-OK) (6-head_honcho_123-OK) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (X-boraxatude-OK) (T-allantheking-OK)
N week 19 (T-hughmann-bad) (X-RossMc-OK) (6-jogales-bad) (6-awjvail-bad) (6-catalyst6-bad) (6-rummelx-bad) (6-Clusty-bad) (X-jason910-OK) (6-doubledown7d-bad) (6-tYNS-bad) (6-Jay858-bad) (6-Grimes-bad) (6-Jay858-bad) (6-doubledown7d-bad) (X-cole01-OK) (X-Antonio456-bad) (6-rabdel12-bad)
P week 20 (X-alexwai-bad) (X-dquek123-bad) (X-chaicka-OK) (X-ryxsolo-OK) (X-Tobster3-OK) (X-catalyst6-bad) (X-gusnyc-bad) (6-smokingmonkey-bad) (X-corvus32-bad) (X-satdude-OK) (6-catalyst6-OK) (P-bcterp-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r2-bad) (P-blarivee-bad) (6-syclick-bad) (6-Hardway-bad) P-(X-HoriZonUK-bad) (X-teatang-bad) (X-aeiron-bad) (X-TheMarkness-bad) (T-sam1990-OK) (X-mrt209-bad) (X-TheMarkness-bad) (X-blue43fan-OK) (6-gusnyc-bad) (X-angelmouse-bad) (6-meagain-bad) (X-sandylp-OK) (P-petechan-OK)
Q week 21 (X-corvus32-bad) (X-GadgedtAddicted-OK) (X-spazer-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (L-Jay858-bad) (T-ZoomLens-OK) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-xaldafax-OK) (6-HoriZonUK-bad) (6-user512-OK) (6-tmt345-OK) (6-bobright-bad) (X-bruinsrme-bad) (X-jedivulcan-OK)
R week 22 (X-Macdude2010-bad) (X-lavrishevo-OK) (X-Jay858-OK) (X-Extract0r-bad) (X-Jay858-OK) (6-smokingMonkey-OK) (6-AdLion-OK) (6-tYND-OK) (X-meagain-bad) (P-petechan-OK) (6-bluer101-OK)
T week 23 (X-lostboyz-OK) (6-blarivee-OK) (X-angelmouse-OK) (X-SA22C-OK) (X-xaldafax-OK) (6-TSloper-OK) (6-jwmac1975-OK) (6-gusnyc-OK) (6-deathcab4xtina-OK) (6-Extrac0r-bad) (6-maverick86-OK) (6-lakerchick4life-OK) (6-corvus32-bad) (6-TheMarkness-OK) (6-jaav88-OK)
V week 24 (X-sandylp-bad) (6-blarivee-bad) (6-reactions-OK) (X-Revolver01-OK) (X-YOkris3-OK) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (X-DeeGee48-OK) (6-Roessnakhan-bad) (X-ihatephish-OK) (X-badgers-OK) (X-Mechinyun-OK)
W week 25 (X-Extract0r-bad)
X week 26
Y week 27
(*) X-user-bad, means 'X' is factory DLX, '6' is factory DL6, 'T' for factory DQT and 'P' for factory DMP, all taken from the first 3 of the serial.
(**) 4th character is half of the year. Will be 'F' for first, 'G' for second half.
(***) 5th character is week of manufacturing from previous table.
ps.- If your serial# starts with DLXFP. You have an iPad2 made at (DLX) factory, is made in the first half of the year (F) and on week 20 (P)
ps2.- post your first 5 characters of your serial and if you have a good backlight or the bleeding problem.
ps3.- any error in the table?, let me know.
This may be true. I was in my 14-day window (the next day after purchasing the original the previous day) when I was returning my brown box iPad, but it was like pulling teeth trying to get a refund. The Genius told me they would replace it and I asked her how can we be sure the replacement won't have the same issue? She responded that they'll make sure it doesn't. I pressured her if we are going to just keep opening boxes until we find a bleed free unit, of which she just stared back at me realizing that wasn't going to happen and finally refunded the replacement ipad with a gift certificate for the purchase price. :/
is there some way of requesting what weekmade unit you can get?the number/letter isn't shown on the box and for some weird reason in the store near me we can get units in the same week that are p and v. my v is acceptable enough might try getting a better one but it looks good enough because bleeding is hardly noticeable under normal use when i make it 100percent in a pitch black room to try and watch a movie (xmen 2) even less when i dim it to my normal mode. so v is acceptable and my aunt wants her unit to be v as well.
I know why you are tracking these serials, but isn't this effort futile? You are relying on subjective feedback from owners, each of whom has a different standard. But more importantly, if you look at the results it's pretty clear that there is no pattern of improvement. The results look pretty random to me, slightly weighted toward the negative since we are looking for faults here.
Looking at the latest results, it doesn't appear Apple has done anything to change its production methods or Q/C. It's becoming obvious that we won't see any changes until iPad 3. The problems don't appear to be bad enough for even Consumer Reports, who usually picks up on these types of flaws. It took a name like Consumer Reports to force Apple to make a statement about the iPhone 4's antenna. The situation is no different here. Until a big name gets behind this story, sadly we aren't going to see anything change.
I will wait for iPad 3. Who knows, maybe we will see one later this year.
Looking at the latest results, it doesn't appear Apple has done anything to change its production methods or Q/C. It's becoming obvious that we won't see any changes until iPad 3. The problems don't appear to be bad enough for even Consumer Reports, who usually picks up on these types of flaws. It took a name like Consumer Reports to force Apple to make a statement about the iPhone 4's antenna. The situation is no different here. Until a big name gets behind this story, sadly we aren't going to see anything change.
I will wait for iPad 3. Who knows, maybe we will see one later this year.
Color Convergence
How is the color convergence on your iPad 2's? Every display unit I've seen in stores has a color convergence problem. For example, if I pull up the keyboard I see red, green and blue fringing around the edges of the gray keys. This along with the bleeding has kept me from making a purchase.
How is the color convergence on your iPad 2's? Every display unit I've seen in stores has a color convergence problem. For example, if I pull up the keyboard I see red, green and blue fringing around the edges of the gray keys. This along with the bleeding has kept me from making a purchase.
Here's any interesting article comparing the iPad 2 display with that of the Motorola Xoom and Asus Transformer. The author gives the iPad 2 display a very good review. No mention of backlight bleed on any of the devices.
http://www.displaymate.com/Tablet_ShootOut_1.htm
http://www.displaymate.com/Tablet_ShootOut_1.htm
I humbly think that Apply "cherry-picked" those iPad 2 units with little to no light bleeding specifically for their brown box shipments. Apple probably decided this is the best way to go about with the backlight bleeding "issue" in the sense that if one complains to them, Apple will replace it with a "good" one, if one do not complain, Apple will just "act dumb" & pretend that such "issues" do not exist.
Of course, I know that I'll probably be bashed by most people around here & I sincerely apologize to anyone who are offended by my above comments, but I can definitely see the financial benefits of doing that from Apple's standpoint. I mean Apple is in the business of making as much profits as possible. No?
Retrun policy
Here's what they did to me at apple store:
I returned mine cuz I saw ppl were getting good ones.
I got an even worse one. Went in and guy checked another downstairs in dark and said it was bad too i just went home
Called in morning to get my original one back.
They said it's shipped out sorry.
Went in to swap worse one out. Was frustrated I ever swapped to begin with.
They said only one return that's it...policy! He realized they didn't tell me
The policy or whatever so did "one last swap" Hey I'm not the one selling crap screens! So anyway they gave me one and thank god it's pretty good. Still has a bit of light next to home key but is ok for me. (second one was unbearable)
So the moral is they only let you do one swap for this issue. If you can live with what you got..which I could've ...don't bother.
Be warned.
Here's what they did to me at apple store:
I returned mine cuz I saw ppl were getting good ones.
I got an even worse one. Went in and guy checked another downstairs in dark and said it was bad too i just went home
Called in morning to get my original one back.
They said it's shipped out sorry.
Went in to swap worse one out. Was frustrated I ever swapped to begin with.
They said only one return that's it...policy! He realized they didn't tell me
The policy or whatever so did "one last swap" Hey I'm not the one selling crap screens! So anyway they gave me one and thank god it's pretty good. Still has a bit of light next to home key but is ok for me. (second one was unbearable)
So the moral is they only let you do one swap for this issue. If you can live with what you got..which I could've ...don't bother.
Be warned.
I humbly think that Apply "cherry-picked" those iPad 2 units with little to no light bleeding specifically for their brown box shipments. Apple probably decided this is the best way to go about with the backlight bleeding "issue" in the sense that if one complains to them, Apple will replace it with a "good" one, if one do not complain, Apple will just "act dumb" & pretend that such "issues" do not exist.
Of course, I know that I'll probably be bashed by most people around here & I sincerely apologize to anyone who are offended by my above comments, but I can definitely see the financial benefits of doing that from Apple's standpoint. I mean Apple is in the business of making as much profits as possible. No?
I can assure you they did not cherry pick them. I got a worse one and another one was unacceptable.
Totally agree. No cherry picked iPads in the brown boxes.
Two weeks ago, I took a 'brown box' unit into the Apple store bathroom and it turned out to be the worst one I've ever seen. Of course, I rejected the replacement and ended up returning the iPad back to Sam's Club for money back.
Seriously? What you're seeing is a result of the way the individual LCD sub-pixels are aligned. It's the nature of the beast and EVERY iPad 2 will be the same way.