Well, I've just exchanged my first iPad 2 for a replacement, due to a cluster of 6 bad pixels, and I have to stay that for the first time since purchasing my first MacBook in 2006, I'm completely disappointed with Apple's build quality on the iPad 2.
I'm please that Apple replaced the first iPad 2. A little hint on exchanging gear at an Apple Store: Don't even waste your time with the blue-shirts. Go straight to the Genius Bar. Better yet, make an appt before you even leave the house.
That said, my first iPad 2 had the dead pixels, and some tiny little nicks around the bezel, where the screen meets the aluminum. My replacement has them as well, and even includes another bad pixel. It's not as bad as the 6 bad pixels on the first, but even still, what's up with Apple relaxing their legendary quality control with iPad 2?
I always feared that if Apple continued to see massive success, they'd eventually go mainstream (I feel they already have) and we'd be stuck with mainstream products built for volume production, not quality.
I've never had to return an Apple product, so perhaps I've just been lucky? But after using several different generations of MacBooks, iPhones, iPods and iPads, I can definitely see a reduction in refinement creeping into the iPad2.
Bummer...
I'm please that Apple replaced the first iPad 2. A little hint on exchanging gear at an Apple Store: Don't even waste your time with the blue-shirts. Go straight to the Genius Bar. Better yet, make an appt before you even leave the house.
That said, my first iPad 2 had the dead pixels, and some tiny little nicks around the bezel, where the screen meets the aluminum. My replacement has them as well, and even includes another bad pixel. It's not as bad as the 6 bad pixels on the first, but even still, what's up with Apple relaxing their legendary quality control with iPad 2?
I always feared that if Apple continued to see massive success, they'd eventually go mainstream (I feel they already have) and we'd be stuck with mainstream products built for volume production, not quality.
I've never had to return an Apple product, so perhaps I've just been lucky? But after using several different generations of MacBooks, iPhones, iPods and iPads, I can definitely see a reduction in refinement creeping into the iPad2.
Bummer...