A. Why do you care?
B. The people on here that spend a sad amount of time dwelling on other people's nitpickiness are no different than iPad nitpickers...and certainly no less annoying. Do you hang out on the weekends at the Best Buy customer service counter and try to talk people out of returning things? Because that's basically what you're doing now...
C. Who are you to say what I or anyone else should be happy with? Should I be happy with a broken stereo speaker because YOU can't hear out of your left ear? Should I stay at a concert that I think sucks because it's YOUR favorite band? Should I accept a pink blotchy iPad because your sensitivity to the color pink is lower than mine? Seriously, random internet guy, don't flatter yourself.
After 5 iPad 3s, all returned for various problems, I finally got one today that's acceptable. Is it perfect? No, but I am a reasonable person. I had exactly one iPad 1 and one iPad 2....both were basically perfect out of the box. No returns necessary. I'm a picky customer, but they were great.
Fact is, this time around, Apple made A LOT more iPads than last year's launch, potentially creating big QC problems, which will compound issues with an already challenging new technology in the retina display.
I'm glad you're happy with your iPad. But an increasing number of increasingly vocal people here on MR are not happy with theirs. That's why you keep seeing more and more posts about it...duh?
Apple has built their $600 billion empire on selling sleek, sexy, high quality goods. Maintaining that quality in the face of exponential popularity and massive sales is a huge challenge. I maintain they bit off a bit more than they can chew by launching the new iPad in so many countries simultaneously.
Is it any mystery that Tim Cook is a supply guy and that his first major product at Apple's helm was an exercise in pushing the supply limits rather than the typical Jobs era method of a smaller, more controlled US only launch? Is it any wonder that producing a few extra million iPads might have some effect on QC?
If the Tim Cook megalaunch is here to stay, and quality does in fact slip, and no one calls them out on it, then as many pundits predicted, Steve Jobs passing will have in fact been the beginning of the end of Apple.
Is that what you want? Because by telling people with QC complaints to effectively shut up, you are effectively calling for the downfall of Apple.
If you want to see less nitpicking posts, then ironically, it's YOU that needs to pipe down. Let people complain. When enough do, it will get noticed...first by the blogs, then by the press. Then Apple will be forced to do something about it. When they step up QC, there will be less nitpickers.
Think different.
