Exactly what just happened to me. Swapped out my ipad with bad bleed the day it arrived and the brown box was perfect.
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Exactly what just happened to me. Swapped out my ipad with bad bleed the day it arrived and the brown box was perfect.
Haven't noticed any bleeding, but then I'm not looking for it either. The worst thing about my iPad is the glossyness of the screen, and being able to see my mug when the screen is dark. 
Nothing is perfect. I can agree with that but it would be nice.
But. . . perfection is one thing and obvious defects that we've seen are another. I don't buy this use it and enjoy it line if you purchased something with a major flaw. You're doing yourself a disservice and just because you don't use your device in "OCD" mode someday you might.
We get what we deserve I guess.
Agreed--However, I was referring more to the people who are taking it to extremes. I have gotten myself caught up in the exchange cycle before with my iPhone 4. I had various functionality issues with my first few units, but also some pretty glaringly obvious cosmetic damage on the replacements too.
In the end, Apple finally sent me a new in the box unit because I'd had so many problems with the refurbs. The second I got it, I was inspecting it with a fine tooth comb, not for functionality issues, but for cosmetic stuff. Of course I found a couple of very very tiny minor marks on the antenna band. They bugged the crap out of me, but they were present on every other unit I had gotten as well--always minor, but always there. It still bugs me to this day, and it's just such a waste of time to worry about it.
I feel like that's how people are getting with the light bleed stuff. If you get into that exchange cycle, you start looking really hard for light bleed. At this point you've been to the Apple store like 8,000 times and spent about $8000 in gas doing it, and now you are looking for utter perfection. If one MILLIMETER on your screen has light bleed, after all these exchanges, it just kills you. You are now no longer enjoying your iPad, you are devoting your life to it. At that point, you need to decide if you're going to live with it or return it/sell it.
I have seen people post pictures of their "unacceptable" light bleed after 8 exchanges and been amazed at how picky they have become--sometimes these units are perfect! Then again, I am not that amazed--I have gotten to that point myself with my iPhone.
If people brought this up with that kind of bleed I'd be right there with the OCD remarks.
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Ordered mine within the first ten minutes of online sales. Got it in the "first wave" of deliveries. My officemate and I received them in the same FedEx delivery. So we turned them on at pretty much the same time. Within about 5 seconds, he says, "Dude! You have that backlight bleed problem!" I did, indeed, and it was pretty bad.
But with all the hype and long lines and such, I was reluctant to go into the store and try to wrestle an exchange.
So, I waited. And I read the forums here. And I waited. And I tried to convince myself that I was just being OCD. But I've probably handled a few dozen iPads (not counting the ones in the Apple Stores) and I finally decided to exchange it. I made an appointment and feared the worst, based on so many comments here at MacRumors.
I'm elated to say that it was a wonderful experience! The Genius validated my feelings with an "Oh! That's a really bad one!" Got a "brown box" out, swapped my SIM card, and sent me on my way. It's gorgeous: no noticeable backlight, no dead pixels.
thanks.
Ordered mine within the first ten minutes of online sales. Got it in the "first wave" of deliveries. My officemate and I received them in the same FedEx delivery. So we turned them on at pretty much the same time. Within about 5 seconds, he says, "Dude! You have that backlight bleed problem!" I did, indeed, and it was pretty bad.
But with all the hype and long lines and such, I was reluctant to go into the store and try to wrestle an exchange.
So, I waited. And I read the forums here. And I waited. And I tried to convince myself that I was just being OCD. But I've probably handled a few dozen iPads (not counting the ones in the Apple Stores) and I finally decided to exchange it. I made an appointment and feared the worst, based on so many comments here at MacRumors.
I'm elated to say that it was a wonderful experience! The Genius validated my feelings with an "Oh! That's a really bad one!" Got a "brown box" out, swapped my SIM card, and sent me on my way. It's gorgeous: no noticeable backlight, no dead pixels.
thanks.
No bleed on my white 32g (launch day). After seeing some pictures of bad light bleeds I understand why some people would be so upset - I feel fortunate that I got a good one.
Maybe my standards are not that high, but that looks like a perfect screen to me.
Congrats on getting an excellent screen.
Same story here, except I purchased directly from Apple Store in Santa Monica on 5/13. Brought it back to Genius Bar at Manhattan Village Apple Store that afternoon with bad bleed, and the brown box replacement was perfect.
I ordered mine on March 17 from ATT (delivered first week of April) and have no bleeding. But I bought my husband one from the local Apple store a couple of weeks ago and his has some even at 40% brightness. But he won't be using it to watch many movies, etc. So he says it won't bother him. Hope he's right because he went overseas for a few months so I can't take it back.
i have no backlight bleed...finally, unfortunately i did do the "tests" but without knowing i was performing such "tests". I simply was watching aliens while on a plane trip back and saw the bleed...and again while playing dead space. My new unit that was just delivered yesterday morning has no bleed. I'm satisfied...has a dinged dent on the back end of the aluminum but i'm done going back and forth and dealing with support and possibly swapping out my unit for one that has bleed again...so...done.
off topic : ...OCD just becomes a bunch of letters put together when you read it so often it loses its meaning. Reminds me of that commercial I just saw that says don't call retarded people retarded cause it's hurtful. Although, I don't believe theres nothing wrong with someone inspecting their goods after a purchase no matter how much it costs them, we all have different jobs and means of making money so our moneys worth varies for each person, please don't put each other down for inspecting their purchase. just a thought.
off topic : ...OCD just becomes a bunch of letters put together when you read it so often it loses its meaning. Reminds me of that commercial I just saw that says don't call retarded people retarded cause it's hurtful. Although, I don't believe theres nothing wrong with someone inspecting their goods after a purchase no matter how much it costs them, we all have different jobs and means of making money so our moneys worth varies for each person, please don't put each other down for inspecting their purchase. just a thought.
My issue with the whole thing is that Apple CAN put out a bleed free iPad2, as evidenced above, just like the consumer is paying for, but they don't care about the customer enough to make sure they do. I have returned THREE that out of the box and NEVER touching the brightness control, were streaked from all four sides when watching letterboxed movies. No OCD mode here. To me that was unacceptable and unattractive. I had paid hard earned, taxed dollars for a device that looked to me to be flawed. Now almost all the "genius" replacements are reported bleed free too. How about getting it right the FIRST time around? You people who accept a sub par device for your money are just cheating yourselves. Do you accept less than you paid for in all aspects of your life, or just when Apple tells you to?
I got mine about a month ago here.
No issues I read it a lot and I'm sure the units that were affected are in the any retail stores any ordered from Apple should have no issues.
So I'm pretty sure any with issues are only early models right?
No issues I read it a lot and I'm sure the units that were affected are in the any retail stores any ordered from Apple should have no issues.
So I'm pretty sure any with issues are only early models right?