My launch day iPad 1 had light bleeding, but my mom's (purchased in October 2010) doesn't have any light bleeding. Now, my iPad 2 has light bleeding in the top right corner. Maybe it has to do with the rushed production for launch day, and the quality will be better in the future. This isn't a huge issue for me, and I probably won't exchange since there's a high chance I'll just get another iPad 2 with light bleeding.
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I would be lovely if we knew what the screens performed like before assembly.
Does anyone know any of the "teardown" people, who might be able to run an iPad2 with the screen out of the unit, or just resting in place without the corner screws pulling it down and the front glass stuck down?
I'm betting this is far far less an issue with the raw panels before assembly.
Does anyone know any of the "teardown" people, who might be able to run an iPad2 with the screen out of the unit, or just resting in place without the corner screws pulling it down and the front glass stuck down?
I'm betting this is far far less an issue with the raw panels before assembly.
LOL um... no. I bought the "cheap" model - $499 is a lot for me and wound up being close to $575 with the smartcover. For me that "really hurts". If I have bleeding, it's not livable. Just because I happen to need less storage space doesn't mean I should be more okay with backlight bleeding. Also, every unit does not have the issue. Try again.
WHo watches a black screen in a dark room looking for any backlight bleeding? Mine has it and I still love the Ipad 1. WHo cares if it is slightly lighter in 1 corner of the screen than the other corner? Most of the time the screen we are viewing has dark text on a light background. Sure i have noticed it slightly when watching movies, but it really didn't bother me.
If these same people scrutinize other products like they do Apple's products, than I guess they spend a great deal of time in the return lines.
Absolutely amazing.
Yep. I checked a black screen sitting on my couch with no lights on, but the blinds open--so fairly dim lighting since it's a dreary, foggy day.
I didn't notice any bleeding in that condition. I don't see a need to check in a dark room as I'll never use the iPad in the dark. Even it bed I'll at least have my little reading lamp on if watching a video etc. If I notice it then, that's a different story. Hoping I don't, but time will tell.
I'll mostly use it for bright content etc. like newspaper apps, pdfs, web surfing etc. About the only time I'd watch a video is on an airplane or in a hotel room etc. as I'd rather watch on my big screen.
If you say so my friend
(It appears that many other people here can read though)
Yes, like me... And your point was what?
What's strange is that if there are actually non-defective iPad 2 screens, I have yet to see any posted here about their iPad 2 NOT having the screen bleeding issues.
If there is JUST ONE ipad 2 without the screen bleed issue, then you know this is a serious problem. Unless you want to think backwards and say the iPad 2's that don't have screen backlight bleeding issues are NOT the normal ones
Because you gave no information. Did you 'test' it like others, or did you notice it during normal usage ? Normal usage, take it back. Dark closet, screen at 100% ? Anyway, do you think that people are not smart enough to take back faulty products ? Why do you feel the need to start another thread?
It is discussed in other threads.
We'd never see any new products from Apple then.
OMG, LOL... this is sooo true!
lmao, i read someone say "what part of 'i dont care' do you not understand" and thought, why the hell would you post a 3 word response that NO ONE would care to read. Way to give great feedback. Might as well don't chime in, it would save that much more time and people wouldn't have to sift through bs responses like that just to find a productive answer.
in any case. I exchanged my first iPad2 for huge backlight bleeding...it crossed into the middle of the screen. I got another iPad2 with backlight bleeding but its not as bad, just on the bottom right corner where the home button is and along the left edge by the home button. Its annoying to deal with, but i doubt exchanging for another one will be better. I'll see if it bugs me in the next couple of days.
a friend of mine has an iPad 2 that has minimal light bleeding but thats the best I've seen so far. I know 7 people who've bought the iPad 2 with me and the all have light bleed issues but haven't noticed it until i pointed it out. Maybe that's the issue, you read it somewhere and now its subconsciously eating away at your sanity that anything less than perfect is defective. I'm not defending that you don't have the right to return or exchange if you're not satisfied, i'm saying that maybe you notice it because you read it. would you notice it otherwise? I didn't. But here I am, worried that I was sold a defective unit.
I'll exchange down the road if it still bugs me. Paid 700+ for mine, so I'm going to take advantage of their exchange/warranty policy until I get one I'm satisfied with. If that upsets some of you, I don't apologize, I value my money and I want it to be well spent and also be 100% satisfied.
in any case. I exchanged my first iPad2 for huge backlight bleeding...it crossed into the middle of the screen. I got another iPad2 with backlight bleeding but its not as bad, just on the bottom right corner where the home button is and along the left edge by the home button. Its annoying to deal with, but i doubt exchanging for another one will be better. I'll see if it bugs me in the next couple of days.
a friend of mine has an iPad 2 that has minimal light bleeding but thats the best I've seen so far. I know 7 people who've bought the iPad 2 with me and the all have light bleed issues but haven't noticed it until i pointed it out. Maybe that's the issue, you read it somewhere and now its subconsciously eating away at your sanity that anything less than perfect is defective. I'm not defending that you don't have the right to return or exchange if you're not satisfied, i'm saying that maybe you notice it because you read it. would you notice it otherwise? I didn't. But here I am, worried that I was sold a defective unit.
I'll exchange down the road if it still bugs me. Paid 700+ for mine, so I'm going to take advantage of their exchange/warranty policy until I get one I'm satisfied with. If that upsets some of you, I don't apologize, I value my money and I want it to be well spent and also be 100% satisfied.
It does seem like all of them will have some level of bleeding. Probably just a result of the way they just glued the screens together rather than using clips or screws.
So just a matter of getting one that doesn't have the extra bad that's visible during normal use, and just not buying one if your OCD about seeing it on black screens in the dark unless Apple does something to change the design.
Maybe some are right and it's a glue drying issue and it will get less severe as the glue dries and turns opaque.
I'll exchange mine if it bugs me during normal use, but so far I haven't noticed it. I don't care if it's noticeable on a black screen in a totally dark room as that's not a real use scenario for me.
So just a matter of getting one that doesn't have the extra bad that's visible during normal use, and just not buying one if your OCD about seeing it on black screens in the dark unless Apple does something to change the design.
Maybe some are right and it's a glue drying issue and it will get less severe as the glue dries and turns opaque.
I'll exchange mine if it bugs me during normal use, but so far I haven't noticed it. I don't care if it's noticeable on a black screen in a totally dark room as that's not a real use scenario for me.
First off, I'd like to thank Apple, Inc. for having retail stores.
Secondly, I want to thank the trainers at Apple Retail for being so damn professional, it makes me wonder why the hell would anyone buy an apple product from anywhere else!
Thirdly, I'd like to thank the wonderful staff at the retail stores for being beyond accommodating to me for the brand new exchanges. It's not even a warranty thing anymore.
For those who say this is a "normal" problem, you are half right. But if you are seeking for a good ipad 2 without the lcd light leak issues, you have to return until you find it. I'm very positive there is hope for all you folks who have bad defective LCD's and you guys are just in denial if you don't think it's a problem!
On the LEFT is an iPad 2 black 16GB - the right is an iPad 32GB WHITE. This is BEFORE EXCHANGES - this is FULL BRIGHTNESS:
After having the staff help me go thru FOUR (4) BRAND NEW IPAD 2's (literally opening them up new in shrink wrap and then testing for me in their "lab") - I was able to secure ONE very good iPad 2 and ONE that still has issues. I WILL RETURN the 16GB black model but not at this time because I feel it's gonna be a while before I come across a good 16GB model.
This is AFTER the exchanges (again 16GBbalck on left, 32GB White on right; both FULL BRIGHTNESS):
The 16GB still has issues - but the 32GB White is almost clean. I'm so happy for at least one good one. I'm telling you guys who don't believe this is a real issue that if I'm able to secure a good one (on the right), this is truly a defective batch of iPad 2's.
Thank goodness for these exchanges - these weren't even replacement units - they were fresh off the truck models in shrink wrap. Apple has gone thru much lengths to accommodate me and I am so happy about the service, I want to let you all know that Apple stands behind their products. Even the genius I was working with said it's defective obviously. So there you have it, defective LCD's in the new iPad 2. I'm gonna just use my 1 year warranty and get a service replacement on the 16GB black 6 months from now when the kinks hopefully are ironed out.
Good day everyone!
Secondly, I want to thank the trainers at Apple Retail for being so damn professional, it makes me wonder why the hell would anyone buy an apple product from anywhere else!
Thirdly, I'd like to thank the wonderful staff at the retail stores for being beyond accommodating to me for the brand new exchanges. It's not even a warranty thing anymore.
For those who say this is a "normal" problem, you are half right. But if you are seeking for a good ipad 2 without the lcd light leak issues, you have to return until you find it. I'm very positive there is hope for all you folks who have bad defective LCD's and you guys are just in denial if you don't think it's a problem!
On the LEFT is an iPad 2 black 16GB - the right is an iPad 32GB WHITE. This is BEFORE EXCHANGES - this is FULL BRIGHTNESS:
After having the staff help me go thru FOUR (4) BRAND NEW IPAD 2's (literally opening them up new in shrink wrap and then testing for me in their "lab") - I was able to secure ONE very good iPad 2 and ONE that still has issues. I WILL RETURN the 16GB black model but not at this time because I feel it's gonna be a while before I come across a good 16GB model.
This is AFTER the exchanges (again 16GBbalck on left, 32GB White on right; both FULL BRIGHTNESS):
The 16GB still has issues - but the 32GB White is almost clean. I'm so happy for at least one good one. I'm telling you guys who don't believe this is a real issue that if I'm able to secure a good one (on the right), this is truly a defective batch of iPad 2's.
Thank goodness for these exchanges - these weren't even replacement units - they were fresh off the truck models in shrink wrap. Apple has gone thru much lengths to accommodate me and I am so happy about the service, I want to let you all know that Apple stands behind their products. Even the genius I was working with said it's defective obviously. So there you have it, defective LCD's in the new iPad 2. I'm gonna just use my 1 year warranty and get a service replacement on the 16GB black 6 months from now when the kinks hopefully are ironed out.
Good day everyone!
You realize at full brightness pretty much any device which is border lit will bleed SOME light right? The white examle above is roughly what mine looks like..maybe it has a bit more bleed than mine.
You should probably return that one too, you can do better.
You should probably return that one too, you can do better.
Full brightness is for the camera. You can see it at 20% brightness.
I know you feel bad about your defective lcd - don't sweat it, take it back
Yellow + bleed = return.First off, I'd like to thank Apple, Inc. for having retail stores.
Secondly, I want to thank the trainers at Apple Retail for being so damn professional, it makes me wonder why the hell would anyone buy an apple product from anywhere else!
Thirdly, I'd like to thank the wonderful staff at the retail stores for being beyond accommodating to me for the brand new exchanges. It's not even a warranty thing anymore.
For those who say this is a "normal" problem, you are half right. But if you are seeking for a good ipad 2 without the lcd light leak issues, you have to return until you find it. I'm very positive there is hope for all you folks who have bad defective LCD's and you guys are just in denial if you don't think it's a problem!
On the LEFT is an iPad 2 black 16GB - the right is an iPad 32GB WHITE. This is BEFORE EXCHANGES - this is FULL BRIGHTNESS:
After having the staff help me go thru FOUR (4) BRAND NEW IPAD 2's (literally opening them up new in shrink wrap and then testing for me in their "lab") - I was able to secure ONE very good iPad 2 and ONE that still has issues. I WILL RETURN the 16GB black model but not at this time because I feel it's gonna be a while before I come across a good 16GB model.
This is AFTER the exchanges (again 16GBbalck on left, 32GB White on right; both FULL BRIGHTNESS):
The 16GB still has issues - but the 32GB White is almost clean. I'm so happy for at least one good one. I'm telling you guys who don't believe this is a real issue that if I'm able to secure a good one (on the right), this is truly a defective batch of iPad 2's.
Thank goodness for these exchanges - these weren't even replacement units - they were fresh off the truck models in shrink wrap. Apple has gone thru much lengths to accommodate me and I am so happy about the service, I want to let you all know that Apple stands behind their products. Even the genius I was working with said it's defective obviously. So there you have it, defective LCD's in the new iPad 2. I'm gonna just use my 1 year warranty and get a service replacement on the 16GB black 6 months from now when the kinks hopefully are ironed out.
Good day everyone!
whoa! those first two are pathetic! as much emphasis as Apple puts on form, you wouldn't think such a miserable flaw wouldn't be present, that being said, I've noticed back-light bleeding on almost every apple product sold in the last 3 years... our cheap ass asus netbook, none, dell and samsung monitors, zip, zero... mbp uni, ipad, imac, ip4 all have it to some degree... macbook air 11 is the only recent mac that I've purchased that hasn't exhibited this defect... you'd think they would get on top of this ugly problem by now.
I'm sorry, but you are wrong about this. Backlight bleed is not inherent with LCD technology. It is produced by poor assembly techniques. Until the iPad 2, I have only seen backlight bleed in cheap electronics made by third-tier companies. I own a range of LCD displays. Only the cheap ones have this problem. My Sony TV, my NEC monitor, my Canon dslr, and my iPod Touch 4th Gen do not have any backlight bleed visible on a black screen viewed in the dark. Apple has made a mistake with their premium product and this issue needs to be addressed with immediate revisions in manufacturing and assembly.
Well the problem is, they can "Get Away With It" in the vast number of cases I guess.
The more media attention this gets, and the more people return them for this single fault the better things will be.
Not for Apple in the short term, but for us all in the long term.
This is what's so annoying about a group of people saying we are being too fussy and should just accept them.
How are products going to get better and companies going to search for solutions to bring out improvements, if they know customers will just accept any old junk they turn out.
I know it won't happen, but just say 10% of every iPad2 was returned for this, so say 2 million iPads returned. Apple would be like, Woah!! This is serious. What changes can we make to the iPad3 design to minimise this issue, perhaps not 100% eliminate it, but drastically reduce the issue.
We, as consumers are fools to ourselves for not making an issue out of it to such an extent that the manufacturer deems it important enough to deal with.
^^^All the above posters and more:
Thanks for being rational about this problem. I know it's hard to see Apple fault but this is a serious problem. The LCD is the most important component in the iPad and I've said it before. You just can't accept this kind of fault - if you do, then you become that % of the group of iPad 2 owners who have defective ipads and apple won't do anything about it.
Return it. You paid full price and spent time in line for the best. You are entitled to nothing less than great from Apple. Why else would you pay such a premium for Apple gear over any other product brand!?
Thanks for being rational about this problem. I know it's hard to see Apple fault but this is a serious problem. The LCD is the most important component in the iPad and I've said it before. You just can't accept this kind of fault - if you do, then you become that % of the group of iPad 2 owners who have defective ipads and apple won't do anything about it.
Return it. You paid full price and spent time in line for the best. You are entitled to nothing less than great from Apple. Why else would you pay such a premium for Apple gear over any other product brand!?
Yeah, those in the picture are very bad.
I don't notice any on mine with the lights online in the pics. I can notice it some if I go in total darkness, but still not as bad as the picks above (though I've left brightness at 50% default).
Unless mine bothers me when watching letter box videos, I think I lucked out and got one with minimal bleeding.
Some have posted that theres got better after a couple of days, so maybe there is a glue drying factor that will lessen it some over time.
I do agree that these should have no bleeding problems, especially not so many as bad as those in the pics above and pics in other threads, given the price tag.
I don't notice any on mine with the lights online in the pics. I can notice it some if I go in total darkness, but still not as bad as the picks above (though I've left brightness at 50% default).
Unless mine bothers me when watching letter box videos, I think I lucked out and got one with minimal bleeding.
Some have posted that theres got better after a couple of days, so maybe there is a glue drying factor that will lessen it some over time.
I do agree that these should have no bleeding problems, especially not so many as bad as those in the pics above and pics in other threads, given the price tag.
Did you have to call ahead or did you just show up at the Apple store? Does each store have replacements on hand? Thanks.
They weren't replacements - they were new shrink wrapped retail ipad boxes. I know what the service replacements look like they are not those. I feel bad knowing so many people were in line still awaiting their first ipad but I waited day one for 6 hours+.
Thanks I'm in the same boat. As soon as I turned on mine on it was evident.
Sorry I forgot to mention - make an appointment - talk to a genius dude and he/she will take care of you. I was so surprised at how much of an effort these men/women do for you! Everyone I know now buys apple stuff from apple store because these people really do take care of your needs!