I gotta just say it, every iPad2 purchased from now until it is confirmed fixed, will have backlight bleed. Last Tuesday (3/15) I bought two White Verizon 64GB from an Apple Store and they both have it (not too severe). My friend bought a Black 64GB WiFi on launch day (3/11) from another Apple Store and he has it (worse than mine). I love this forum but everyone (including myself) is driving me nuts over this issue. I feel bad for people with dead pixels, scratches, dents, and glue seeping out of the edges, cus none of that is cool and they should return those units, but I think we should all give up thinking we can return our backlight bleed... because you will just get another backlight bleed. I really wish Apple would do something but I have a feeling they won't anytime soon, and I wish people who claim they don't have the backlight bleed would just shuttup because you do have it, search google images for "black" find an all black image, save it, turn your brightness to 100%, and get in a completely dark room and view the black image, you will see it, and if you don't, then take a pic and post it so we can see that there is hope.
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Face it, every iPad 2 has Backlight Bleed
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It wouldn't be driving you crazy if you didn't come on here and read about the issue. Clearly, it bothers *you* because you're posting about it. You can always return it and either wait for a fix or buy something else.
Look, if you don't have anything nice to say about the iPad2, don't say anything at all! Ignorance is bliss!! 
J/k. I think you may be right, a friend of mines co. Bought 10 iPad2 and ALL of them have it to some degree... They also have as many 1st generation iPads and the difference is dramatic.
J/k. I think you may be right, a friend of mines co. Bought 10 iPad2 and ALL of them have it to some degree... They also have as many 1st generation iPads and the difference is dramatic.Yes it did bother me, but like the first reply, I faced it now and I'm over it, I just want to crush people who believe they have a perfect one, and I'd like someone to prove me wrong and post a pic of a perfect one.
I am sure all of you complaining about backlight bleeding on the iPad 2 are the same ones that complained about the antenna on the iPhone 4! Save us all the trouble and stop buying Apple products! Go get yourself a Zune and a Dell laptop with Windows Vista.
Lawdy people. How many have the thing up on 100% brightness in a dark room?
Can you stand it. The thing is way too bright for me.
But yes it may have a widespread issue. I do believe however most will get better with time. I'm sure they pushed production to the limit to get these things out.
I say hold on to it & let Apple catch up with production and take it in later (summer) if it isn't better. That way you get to use it and you don't have to wait for a replacement. Plus people still waiting can still get theirs. I think that can be a win/win.
Can you stand it. The thing is way too bright for me.
But yes it may have a widespread issue. I do believe however most will get better with time. I'm sure they pushed production to the limit to get these things out.
I say hold on to it & let Apple catch up with production and take it in later (summer) if it isn't better. That way you get to use it and you don't have to wait for a replacement. Plus people still waiting can still get theirs. I think that can be a win/win.
I would agree that many/most will bleed at 100% in a dark room, but who does that? Mine is on auto and there would be no reason to run 100% unless outside and i will bet you will not see any bleed outside.
Admit that you are OCR and just can't stand that your little baby is not perfect in your eyes!
This is no different than the iPad1 introduction, it is the way it is!
I am sure all of you complaining about backlight bleeding on the iPad 2 are the same ones that complained about the antenna on the iPhone 4! Save us all the trouble and stop buying Apple products! Go get yourself a Zune and a Dell laptop with Windows Vista.
No offense but that's pretty . . . um . . . trying to be nice here . . . bah fill in the blank. ________
I was up at 3 AM in online hitting F5 for an hour to get an iPhone 5. I heard about the antenna issue but did not care because I use a case on all my phones.
I got a launch day 16gb white wifi. No screen bleeding, no dead pixels. 100% perfect. So, no. not every iPad 2 is defective.
I would agree that many/most will bleed at 100% in a dark room, but who does that? Mine is on auto and there would be no reason to run 100% unless outside and i will bet you will not see any bleed outside.
Admit that you are OCR and just can't stand that your little baby is not perfect in your eyes!
This is no different than the iPad1 introduction, it is the way it is!
Why do you think your preference in using the iPad is the only right one out there? How about this, Apple should just lower the brightness on the next update. This way we don't have a choice.
It's such a minor issue in the first place. Yes, I notice the light bleed when I turn it on but thats the only time. It doesn't hinder functionality and it doesn't reduce screen quality.
Time to move on.
Time to move on.
I haven't noticed it in mine at all. I've watched movies, read books, browsed the Internet. What's the use case where I'll notice it?
Most likely if the movie you're watching has letterbox or you are looking at something with a lot of dark areas around the edges. Low light to no room light viewing.
Mine is nice and uniform. Of course it's hard to take a picture of it but no obvious light bleed on any of the edges.
I also don't believe the people who say that have zero light bleed. I just haven't seen an iPad 2 yet that didn't have it. Both mine and my wife's has it...it doesn't bother me, but I still think they all have it.
If you have one that doesn't...I'd be curious to see it. But do a true test, not something skewed to show what you want it to show. That means full brightness with a black screen and the lights off in the room.
If you have one that doesn't...I'd be curious to see it. But do a true test, not something skewed to show what you want it to show. That means full brightness with a black screen and the lights off in the room.
Mine is nice and uniform. Of course it's hard to take a picture of it but no obvious light bleed on any of the edges.
I think the OP meant take a picture of it in the dark. Also, just curious, what are those dots on the bottom of the screen? They look too small to be icons.
To the OP, I think it's hard to argue your point based on 3 iPads (!) If every single iPad 2 had a manufacturing defect, I think Apple would've probably delayed the launch. I doubt they want to go through the iPhone 4 antennagate situation all over again.