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Is this to much to ask?? Am I being fussy???
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I was checking the screen before I switched it on for white particles under the screen, then when switching it on I checked for stuck pixels on the black apple logo startup screen, then after activating it through the apple store wifi I opened up either the safari page or the email page which is white to check for dead pixels.... These defects WERE there and they WERE small, if I return my fist iPad because of a dead pixel then it's obvious I'm going to check the replacments, in fact I was invited to take as much time as I need. I use the iPad everyday and I take very good care of it so to know that it has a defect BEFORE I even take it home is not good. My iPad 2 had a couple of scratches on it but it didn't bother me as I knew that I caused them.... And to know in the back of my mind that apple will swap the iPad for a dead pixel this makes me want to swap it, even though it's hard to see.
Today I am going to a different apple stor where I will be asking if I can purchase an iPad with no dead pixels.... I will open it there and check for dead pixels before I leave... It seems a few people think I should just go in, buy an iPad, and take what is given to me????
I was checking the screen before I switched it on for white particles under the screen, then when switching it on I checked for stuck pixels on the black apple logo startup screen, then after activating it through the apple store wifi I opened up either the safari page or the email page which is white to check for dead pixels.... These defects WERE there and they WERE small, if I return my fist iPad because of a dead pixel then it's obvious I'm going to check the replacments, in fact I was invited to take as much time as I need. I use the iPad everyday and I take very good care of it so to know that it has a defect BEFORE I even take it home is not good. My iPad 2 had a couple of scratches on it but it didn't bother me as I knew that I caused them.... And to know in the back of my mind that apple will swap the iPad for a dead pixel this makes me want to swap it, even though it's hard to see.
Today I am going to a different apple stor where I will be asking if I can purchase an iPad with no dead pixels.... I will open it there and check for dead pixels before I leave... It seems a few people think I should just go in, buy an iPad, and take what is given to me????
An army of workers with your attitude and that number would probably be a lot smaller.
I'm sure it wasn't anywhere near the new iPad's resolution.
That's a great point. There are boatloads more pixels on this device than any other. For me, to have ONE dead pixel (as my iPad did), a pixel that is much smaller than those on my 1st Gen iPad (which had zero dead pixels), is not bad.
One dead pixel out of 3.1 million is fine with me. I've yet to notice it under normal circumstances. Only during a dead-pixel test.
Man you people that keep returning your iPads really have no lives. 4, 5, 6 or even 7 times you look for something that isnt there.
So for every device that gets released we have people like this. You guys make it seems like a widespread problem. Its not, the only problem is the one in your head. The Genius bar must hate people like you, maybe even more than the scalpers
Oh no, if I turn the brightness up tyo 100%, and turn off the light and restart the iPad to show only the startup screen then I can see Blacklight bleeding. How stupid do you people sound?
Newsflash, most LCDs have blacklight bleeding. Check it out on your TV.
I have owned 3G, 3GS, Iphone 4, iPad, iPad2 and the new iPad, a Macbook Pro, Airport Express, Apple TV and Apple TV3, and never had the amount of time wasting as some of you do with your products.
Do you do the samething when buying any other product, or are you just this anal about Apple products?
So for every device that gets released we have people like this. You guys make it seems like a widespread problem. Its not, the only problem is the one in your head. The Genius bar must hate people like you, maybe even more than the scalpers
Oh no, if I turn the brightness up tyo 100%, and turn off the light and restart the iPad to show only the startup screen then I can see Blacklight bleeding. How stupid do you people sound?
Newsflash, most LCDs have blacklight bleeding. Check it out on your TV.
I have owned 3G, 3GS, Iphone 4, iPad, iPad2 and the new iPad, a Macbook Pro, Airport Express, Apple TV and Apple TV3, and never had the amount of time wasting as some of you do with your products.
Do you do the samething when buying any other product, or are you just this anal about Apple products?
And I don't get the attitude that because someone claims to see a problem with an iPad, one that more often than not is unnoticeable except to those vigorously hunting for them, is in the right for messing over an entire store's stock of iPads to find the one perfect iPad? We're also supposed to accept that there are entire shipments of defective iPads out there as the OP claims to have run into, and yet this problem is only limited to his experiences? Reason suggests that there would have to be a significantly large number of defective iPads out there if one person encountered such a large sample size of flawed devices in just one store. And yet we know this isn't true.
But please continue to remove logic and common sense from the equation and keep feeding the few OCD-stricken users here. Continue trashing Apple's quality control and scaring people away from a great product by making a planet out of a pimple.
And to be clear, I'm not really trying to refute the OPs claims, but he started out his own post with the suggestion he may be too fussy, and then he describes a scenario which is certainly possible, but generally unlikely. The very fact even he thinks he might be too fussy, combined with the unlikelihood of finding so many "flawed" devices in one store, tells me that he probably is being too fussy and that those so called "flaws" were too minor to notice under common conditions.
If Steve jobs wanted everything to be perfect, I don't see why you as a consumer should not get a device without defects
It's not limited to his experiences. It's being mentioned by plenty of people here.
You're right though about your comment if reason is to hold true that this would suggest lots of "faulty" iPads out there. I happen to believe that this issue and others is quite common. Now I'm not suggesting that it is getting in the way of usage for the majority of people who buy these units. I'm saying those with a keen eye and who demand quality will see theses issues very quickly. If one iPad is near the quality we should expect why would the person next in line demand anything less?
Also I am not trying to scare anybody. I have one on order and a mountain of used Apple products in my house to prove I am a fan. So please stop the OCD hysteria and let's look at each case that comes up and try to help those who are seeking answers.
I do find it kind funny that we should be giggling with joy when we first put our eyes on the retina display but damn if that touted pixel perfection has a problem let's not look to closely at the less than perfect screen their attached to.
lol the manager said it was okay? but the other employees said you couldnt?? hmmmm well the manager is their boss?? sooooOOOOoooo..
I fully understand what the original poster went through, once you are aware of a defect, however minor, it is hard to ignore.
I have it myself now. When applying a screen protector on my 12 day old iPad 3 I found a spec of white dust under the glass about 1-1.5mm in from the screen edge near the home button. It has zero operational effect, is barely noticeable (particular when the iPad is as its normal 10-12 inches away) but now I know it's there it bugs me and find my eyes drawn to try and find it rather than concentrating on what I am using the iPad for. (similar with slight light bleed on right side of screen which I occasionally catch sight of when scrolling in Safari when a grey patch doesn't quite match the rest)
However I'm not going to try and exchange the iPad unless the device starts accumulating more dust somehow.
I have it myself now. When applying a screen protector on my 12 day old iPad 3 I found a spec of white dust under the glass about 1-1.5mm in from the screen edge near the home button. It has zero operational effect, is barely noticeable (particular when the iPad is as its normal 10-12 inches away) but now I know it's there it bugs me and find my eyes drawn to try and find it rather than concentrating on what I am using the iPad for. (similar with slight light bleed on right side of screen which I occasionally catch sight of when scrolling in Safari when a grey patch doesn't quite match the rest)
However I'm not going to try and exchange the iPad unless the device starts accumulating more dust somehow.