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iFixit Digs Into M1 iPad Pro in New XDR Display Teardown
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You've just introduced another variable. You shouldn't have to take a picture with your phone, an imperfect device that renders reality imperfectly via exaggeration, in order to see it.
If you can't see it unaided with your own eyes, it's nothing to worry about.
You said it. These people get their kicks out of misleading others, or they have an agenda to try and make a company (like Apple) look bad.
I think this happens deliberately in many markets. It would be so easy to jump onto forums and complain about things that can’t be verified.
I noticed a lot of new users posting onto these forums in the last month, so this has made me wonder if there was a sudden upsurge in new users, and where these users are located.
Hopefully the people that are genuinely interested can make up their own mind, and not allow the lies of others to make it up for them.
I have seen little to no blooming. Locking yourself in a dark right at max brightness is not a realistic use scenario. Plus, few know how to properly compensate for the camera's natural inability to capture bright lights on dark backgrounds accurately. Especially on a smartphone. Some people may be more susceptible to seeing the effect than others, but most of the pictures are truly misrepresentative.
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Wait, are you trying to imply a device that is difficult to repair is going to receive a low repairability score? Say it isn't so. It's almost like the repairability score is based on how difficult an item is to repair.
They give good scores to the more repairable items like iPhones, Apple TV 4K, and the Apple Watch. They give lower scores to less repairable items.
Dude… I love the display. Better than my 10.5 pro. But don’t come on like you’re an expert when you looked at a model in the store.
I own one and while it’s better, there IS significant blooming with dark mode in a dark room. It did bother me enough that I turned off dark mode. 90% of the time it’s not noticable, but every now and again it slapped me in the face (again, mostly Apple Music in dark mode). Even my wife commented the other day and she used to use a non retina iPad until just a couple years ago. Barbaric.
Most of these photos do enhance just how bad it is. But I promise you, you would notice it in real usage if you used dark mode. Am I returning it? No. Could the variation in reports be software? I hope so. When you get one, try looking at the screen from a very low angle in dark mode. Things get really weird.
But seriously, don’t call people liars when you played with a store model under flood lighting… smh.
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FUD is always on the menu when Apple introduces or appropriates a new technology. We’ve seen this for years, sometimes warranted like with MBP butterfly keys, others hyped and beaten to the ground: antennagate, bendgate, TouchID privacy, FaceID privacy and accuracy compared to TouchID, AirPods versus wired headphones and now mini-LED against the time tested and often bragged about OLED. The cycle will keep going and going.
What happens is people wind up using it and it actually isn’t a big deal or realize it’s inaccurate, enjoy the product, the product catches buzz and sales go up. The big takeaway is that real world usage and public opinion is not reflective in an Internet forum.
I own a M1 iPad pro 12.9 and using it for about 10 days and I noticed blooming around Apple logo the moment I turned it on to activate it. I love my iPad pro but to say that there is no blooming issue would be an outright lie. You may have not observed it because of the lighting conditions but blooming is clearly visible (in certain conditions only) even on 50% brightness in a moderately lit room. The difference is obvious in comparison to an oled. But the screen is so gorgeous that 1-2 percent use cases where blooming is annoying could be ignored. 99% of the times the screen is spectacular. It is brighter, has HDR, has high color accuracy, less reflective than tab s7 + AMOLED, it also has deep blacks like oled.
But if you read half the threads on this issue and the associated photographs ‘proving’ it, you will see that they are lying, at least distorting the truth enough to sway opinion.
What? No, the higher brightness is what makes it more noticeable. It’s bleed from the backlights. Turning brightness down makes it go away…
I don't think people are lying per se, but many of the images are "lying" by showing an effect that wouldn't be seen by your eyes (exaggerated 'smudging' due to the way their iPhone exposes the image). There are some videos done with professional cameras that give a more realistic picture though.
It'd be like calling a computer fan noisy and recording the sound by setting your phone on top of it to record.
Good point.
For some, that is probably the case. And for others, I think they just don't know any better and are reporting as best they know how not realizing said reporting may not be in proper context of normal usage.
Yeah, after years of owning different MacBooks since 2016, I never once had a butterfly keyboard problem. Lol
I believe the original iPad was about 680g— so while we’ve gained back some weight, it’s still not bad for the size 😉
i suppose everyone has their thresholds. For myself, as long as I don’t go pick up a 2018/2020 12.9 again, I won’t notice the weight difference so much. It’s only when I handle both that I think the 2021 feels significantly heavier.
I’m on the lookout for an 11”, truthfully. I’m curious how it will feel compared to the 9.7” iPad Pro I just unloaded.Or an 11”
which feels
Comparatively perfect IMO
Ive read all those threads. As one does who owns the device being complained about.
Do you have one? Because I feel both sides have been doing that. Anyone who comes in here and says there is no blooming is just as much a culprit of this - which is why I called this person out.
I haven’t read many bloomers that seem to be lying to me. Maybe some have slightly worse blooming or others are slightly more sensitive to it, but “most” of the pictures represent my experience relatively well when you understand that the cameras will always exaggerate the issue naturally. How else are you supposed to share what you see with people?
Again, I have one and I’m keeping it. So, I’m not a hater. Doesn’t mean there isn’t a downside to the new tech.
I’m just tired of people chiming in on this site who don’t have the iPad who say there is no blooming.
Just sideload it like on MacOS, Windows, Android, etc. OH WAIT!!!
Other than making my point I’m not getting dragged into another blooming thread. Pun intended.