The iPad Air 2 vibrates with sound. It is not a defect or design flaw. Yes, it should have been mentioned by Apple and in reviews and was not. It is annoying and a deal breaker for some, but with Apple's generous return policy no one is stuck with a device they aren't happy with. I doubt Apple will make any changes this year, so those who can't tolerate the vibration should probably pass on the Air 2 and hope for better next year. Fortunately for me it is a non issue and I love my Air 2.
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iPad iPad Air 2 sound vibrating!
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I highly doubt they are going to buy another from the same brand....
Apple is doomed every year according to whiners on this forum. Just to see another sales record the next year.
Stop thinking the only illuminates bright mind are on this forum: people are voting with their wallet out there. And the ratio is 1.000.000:1 in favour of happy customers.
Whiners??
Pure arrogance on display here.
I'm in the auto industry. People do in fact buy a brand that is wrought with defects unknowingly.
By the way, you are not a mathematician either.
Yes it is. They designed it to be thin and the flaw in that was the vibration from the sound resonating into the chassis. That is a flaw. Sorry.
No it's not. It is a product model characteristic. The fallacy in your statement is that since a product characteristic doesn't please you that it's a flaw.
It's not a flaw. It's a design choice.
And like any other choice, it couldn't be shared and approved by all. In this case the majority seem to appreciate it.
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You are in the Auto industry and you are speaking about "a brand wrought with defects" ? A brand ???
I can figure you are the CEO of Buick or General Motors
I really don't care who you are, this is not personal to me.
The iPad air 2 is a good product, by far the best tablet ever in the consumer market. But like almost every other thing in this world, its design has compromises the engineers took. Being light and thin, the rear case resonates.
It's an imperfect design, therefore fits the exact definition of a flaw. It's a flawed design, plain and simple.
It's not a flaw. It's a design choice.
And like any other choice, it couldn't be shared and approved by all. In this case the majority seem to appreciate it.
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You are in the Auto industry and you are speaking about "a brand wrought with defects" ? A brand ???
I can figure you are the CEO of Buick or General Motors
I really don't care who you are, this is not personal to me.
The iPad air 2 is a good product, by far the best tablet ever in the consumer market. But like almost every other thing in this world, its design has compromises the engineers took. Being light and thin, the rear case resonates.
Yes, so it's a flaw in the design. You're saying it is a flaw, renaming it to a "compromise". Then say it's not a flaw. :roll:
English isn't my primary language, but last time I checked, a compromise and a flaw aren't the same thing.
'flaw' found in these entries
In the English description:
blemish - chip - fault - faultless - hole - imperfection - kink - latent defect - patent defect - perfection - shortcoming - weak link - weak point - weak spot
'Compromise' found in these entries
In the English description:
abase oneself enough to - give - give and take - happy medium - middle ground - soft - strike a balance - strike a balance between - tradeoff
Definitely not the same.
No it's not. Plain and simple.
You can call it a goat as much as you want to as well, but that doesn't make it a goat.
That's about as accurate as you saying "it's not", so, that means it's not.
Anyways...
It's a flawless iPad. Yeah...
Correct! Finally we agree on something. Just because you or I declair something doesn't make it so.
BTW "It's not"!
If it weren't a flaw in the design, that would mean Apple designed the iPad Air 2 with a specific goal of making the tablet vibrate when using a single tick of volume.
Now you're being silly and you know that. At this point I think you know better and just want to spar with this old man. Anyway, my nurse is here for more blood and I have to put my flawless iPad down.
Happy Newyear!
Now you're being silly and you know that. At this point I think you know better and just want to spar with this old man. Anyway, my nurse is here for more blood and I have to put my flawless iPad down.
Happy Newyear!
Happy new year!.
When I was trying out an iPad Air 2 last night after finishing work I loaded up Leo's Fortune, one of the pre loaded games on the demo units, and when I turned the volume up full I was pretty shocked at just how much vibration was coming through the back casing.
Guys stop these silly fights.
I purchased two Air 2s even after being completely aware of the vibrations problem. Yes. Both my tablets vibrate when volume goes beyond 60%. But the specs doubling over Air 1 is a far bigger and better upgrade compared to vibrations. I also use ear plugs 99% of the time so thankfully I am not affected by it.
Consider that you have got a tablet which also gives you hand massage as your fingers get tired from continuous use.
I purchased two Air 2s even after being completely aware of the vibrations problem. Yes. Both my tablets vibrate when volume goes beyond 60%. But the specs doubling over Air 1 is a far bigger and better upgrade compared to vibrations. I also use ear plugs 99% of the time so thankfully I am not affected by it.
Consider that you have got a tablet which also gives you hand massage as your fingers get tired from continuous use.
True, but it's the screen resonating that's the real problem. Typing on the thing or playing a game with sound is a dodgy affair. The rear vibrating isn't the real problem, IMO.
The screen is just attached to the rear case, what would you expect?
Honestly, I'd expect the screen to be isolated better from any rear chassi vibrations. That's the problem I had with the Air 2 demo model I tried when they came out. I'm not a headphone user so my use case falls into the category of being "affected negatively" by the screen vibration problem.
That's all.
What would you use? Dampers on a tablet screen?
I can't see how someone could use a tablet without headphones/earbuds.... On a train, on a plane, even in my own house I'm not alone and I don't want to annoy others with my movie or my music.
I'm not going to debate about your habits or your education, it's not my business, but I think most of the complainers here are making up things from nothing.
That's my personal opinion, so subjective by definition.
Absolutely!
For anyone to say "it's not a defect, it's not a flaw", they're actually stating that it's a "feature". Obviously anything that is not flaw has to be a feature. In this case, a vibrating display panel is not a feature nor does it have any function therefore it has to be a design flaw.
Do people enjoy having a vibrating iPad? Appart from Eric Cartman's mom.
It may not be a deal breaker for some but it is still a flawed device which you're paying premium dollars for and which will no doubt have a decreased resale value especially if future Air's have eliminated this problem.
Perhaps someone should invent a sound absorbing screen protector? That would be an awesome solution.
In which parallel dimension something that isn't a feature must be a flaw?
What kind of logic is that???
The iPad is not "vibrating" like some are trying had to convince. Its back case is just resonating from the internal speakers.
And the concept of "premium dollars" is the typical BS of this forum: you are paying dollars. Period.
There's nothing premium.
What kind of logic is that???
The iPad is not "vibrating" like some are trying had to convince. Its back case is just resonating from the internal speakers.
And the concept of "premium dollars" is the typical BS of this forum: you are paying dollars. Period.
There's nothing premium.
iPad Air 2 sound vibrating!
First off vibrating and resonating are synonymous, so I don't know how you can say it's resonating, but not vibrating.
Second, it's not the back case that resonates, it's the whole iPad itself. Apple seems to have designed it so the inside of the iPad acts as a resonance chamber to make the sound louder, though strangely it's not really that much louder than my old iPad 2. Either Apple meant to do that, in which case it's a feature (albeit a questionable one), or it was an unintentional result of the design in which case it's a design flaw.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonance_chamber
Lastly there seems to be problems with the speakers in the Air 2 as they tend to "pop". I noticed this periodically and just found a large forum thread about it. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6631203?start=0&tstart=0
First off vibrating and resonating are synonymous, so I don't know how you can say it's resonating, but not vibrating.
Second, it's not the back case that resonates, it's the whole iPad itself. Apple seems to have designed it so the inside of the iPad acts as a resonance chamber to make the sound louder, though strangely it's not really that much louder than my old iPad 2. Either Apple meant to do that, in which case it's a feature (albeit a questionable one), or it was an unintentional result of the design in which case it's a design flaw.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonance_chamber
Lastly there seems to be problems with the speakers in the Air 2 as they tend to "pop". I noticed this periodically and just found a large forum thread about it. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6631203?start=0&tstart=0
What does education have to do with it? I could be a Harvard grad or a high school dropout and the vibration still exists.
Making things up? Lemme explain again: when the sound is turned up to even a 1/3 of its max level, you can feel the screen resonance through your fingers when using the tablet. It gets annoying and is caused by the extreme thinness that apparently everyone is so enamored with. That's fine.... But not all of us like it.
As for headphones, you might use them on a plane but for those of us that aren't spending a lot of time on planes and use the actual speakers, the vibration issue is a problem.
Really, Max, WHY is this real problem so hard for you to get and understand? Cmon, man.
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