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Who has a perfect new iPad?

Is your new iPad perfect?

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Poll seems to reflect a pretty good ratio of perfect devices. Mine is, and so were the two before it....Lucky with stuff I guess.
 
akdj said:
3 million, one hundred thousand and some change in pixels...in less than a square foot...and you found a bad one? Really?? How???

---whoa! Never mind!! That's something you should try to reverse engineer in your mind. 'How to spot bad pixels...in Any display...unless you've got a 'white hot' one in the middle of your 60" LED'! Is that possible? 🙂 I'm kinda being sarcastic...but kinda not. One of my other hobbies is audio and video at home which includes a home theater that I've traded out (over the past decade) a 65" Mits CRT, to a 60" DLP, to a 65" LED, to now including a front projection 110" with a Stewart screen...the accompanying audio rig is awesome...and while I will spend the time rolling tubes and spend money on moving magnet cartridges...I stay far, FAR away from the critical video section at avsforum.com. There is knowledge there (macro blocking, moiré, aliasing, light bleeding, DEAD pixel spotting, et al) that will destroy anyone's enjoyment of today's video technology. There are limitations...both technically and cost-wise...that prevent the perfect display technology to exist today. There are flaws in all display technology...BUT those flaws are becoming harder and harder to see and/or distinguish (is it the source/camera/BD player or the display itself). Those of us old enough to remember the 20" being a big TV--the price difference between choosing black n white vs. a color TV for the bedroom--no remote control--UHF/VHF selection switch and maybe three network channels to choose from--think back to what that looked like for a moment! I think only then can we appreciate the 'non-issue' a single dead pixel is in a sea of 3,100,000 and some change🙂

Try to unlearn what the so called 'video-philes' have taught you. It makes it too hard to enjoy and appreciate today's technology sometimes when you 'over' learn. Just my incredibly humble opinion.

As in all situations---YmmV

Jer
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You would easily over react to someone posting about a deadpixel but if it was on your device Im sure you would feel the same despite your long speech, also it is his expectation for a premium device, dont force your level of expectations to him/her.
 
In addition to my last post, perfection is subjective. The word perfect and its meaning are located on a slippery slope, which I generally try to avoid. If I truly recognized perfection, could I relate to it? Or, if I recognized perfection: how would that influence my day to day life? Would everything else not measure up to perfection?
 
Haven't plugged it in for a charge yet. It came with something like 81% battery and we have been using it off and on for the last two days and it's still at 28%. I cranked the brightness up to try to kill the battery a bit quicker. I'd like to drain it down to zero and let it fully charge....
 
it looks pretty perfect to me. of course I didnt do any of the crazy stuff you guys do on here to "check" it because if I cant notice it in normal use I dont want to know about it because then ill focus on it and I just want to enjoy the ipad.
 
Completely perfect, I'm used to having alignment issues with my first ipad and several replacement iPhones. I was very shocked at this one's build quality!
 
I haven't noticed anything wrong with mine. Mine doesn't seem to have the yellow tint that others have commented on and I like everything else. The battery takes longer to charge, but that's expected so I don't consider that a flaw.
 
Wow, you guys have way too much time on your hands! That is like reading a freaking short story. Really! 🙂

No electronic device is EVER perfect, there is always something that could be better.

The display though is a hell of a lot better than the 1 or 2. Nuff Said!
 
OTACORB said:
Wow, you guys have way too much time on your hands! That is like reading a freaking short story. Really! 🙂

No electronic device is EVER perfect, there is always something that could be better.

The display though is a hell of a lot better than the 1 or 2. Nuff Said!
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Mine is perfect...

(except for not having 2TB storage, but that's for another thread...)
 
100Teraflops said:
Ok, I'll bite. Firstly, the form factor didn't exist 24 months ago, but yet today it is perfect by your standards? Cool! Furthermore, there is room for improving everything! Even if you have owned all of the tablets on the market. I'm glad it has met your expectations, because it met mine, however it is not perfect!

A few caveats with the "New iPad" are as follows: my screen is slightly tinted yellow. Not a big deal, but after comparing the new iPad to an iPad 1, the difference is quite obvious. How will the yellow tinted screen affect viewing photos? The New iPad has pretty much the same processing speed as the iPad 2, which is not satisfactory in my opinion. The positioning of some of the buttons are not ideal either. The sleep/wake button is positioned on a curved surfaced. Sometimes I push something, but not the button, hence giving the effect as a false positive. I'm coming from iPad 1, which didn't utilize a curved body. While typing or executing different commands which require the use of sound, the New iPad has diiferent noise levels. Don't ask how this can happen, but I have noticed. I changed the position of my hands while holding it thinking that I am muffling the speaker, but it still sounds off differently at times. While voice dictation is still an under appreciated endeavor due to its infancy, voice commands for apps would be a plus in my book! Maybe ipad 4? These are a few caveats I have found and I'm not done! Am I nit picking? Sure, but do we nit pick on the way to perfection or do we except items as the way they are?

Secondly, I'm not sold on the notion that Apple didn't hold back technology while creating the new iPad. They have to withhold something in order to sell iPads tomorrow. What did they withhold from the iPad? I have no idea, but it makes sense if you think about it. If they created the perfect iPad: nobody would buy an iPad for several years, which would disrupt Apple's business strategy. Remember you have owned all three iPads within a two year period and claim to achieve perfection! FFT

As I stated in my original post, the "New iPad" is a quality piece. Furthermore, it is a vast improvement from iPad 1 and an earnest update from iPad 2. As you mentioned, doubling the ram is something I sought, so is the improved screen. Bluetooth and LTE are features I did not seek, but I'm happy with! I can verify that LTE is a great feature and it is just the beginning!

Jer, as far as you are concerned: Apple should stop producing iPads right now, since the new iPad is perfect? Which technology do you seek today that is not implemented in the new iPad? Furthermore, is this considered improving upon perfection or the path to perfection? I think it depends who you ask, as each person has different expectations and the qualifier is every product sold in the open or black market. Also, I cannot speak for the needs and desires of the Macrumors community. Although, I understand your emphasis on the community in which the needs of the community were met by one degree or another.
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Nope...not at all...iPad should continue to innovate and continue to achieve perfection in each release....not what I said at ALL! I simply stated that in today's dollars, with the constraints of today's technology, Apple has achieved, yet again, a perfect device. Will in continue to improve? Absolutely! What did they hold back? You're not even sure...so how in the world are they supposed to add this 'feature?"

As far as the rest of your 'nit-picking'--it's exactly that. The iPad 2 screams. It's performance (for a tablet and a low power CPU/GPU that runs on it's internal batteries for the better part of the day) is and was excellent...it wasn't necessary for Apple to forsake battery power for more 'speed'. The yellow tint, I believe is a natural color in comparison with the iPad 1 or two. Those two are too 'Blue' where as the new iPad has a much better color gamut and reflect skin tones almost perfectly...you are used to your original iPad. That's cool...but the new one (in most cases) isn't 'Yellow'...it's "Warm"...and closer to what a calibrated monitor would look like (whether it's your TV or professionally calibrated computer monitor). As far as your opinions on where the buttons are positioned and the sound challenges you're facing...I can't help you there, but those are both subjective opinions. You'll get used to the new form factor. As far as critical listening to the iPad...buy yourself a decent pair of cans. You'll hear each noise the 'Same'.

Again...my point WAS and still IS...most if not ALL of our desires and concerns and wants and challenges...ALL have been addressed according the massive 'what do you want out of the new iPad threads' that preceded this unit's release. IMHO...this is near 'perfection'

Each rollout of each iPad, in my opinion was 'perfect'...in that this form factor didn't exist 24 months ago...each unit gets better but I had NO idea of what 'perfect' was before I bought my first one! I didn't ever have a complaint about it...other than the fact multi tasking and it's lack of RAM to render web pages was a bit slow....however, I didn't even know I needed this device before release! Now...at 40 years old, I've never stood in line for anything in my life... until the release of each new tablet🙂 That's my point...perfect lies in the hands of the beholder...if your nitpicking the perfection almost 87% of the people in this pole have exclaimed makes your rest better at night, COOL! More power to ya...however...in my simple world of audio and video production...this tablet, and each of it's predecessors have made my world, my job, and my business MUCH more efficient...Much more mobile...and quite honestly, I just can't put my finger on WHAT Apple could add to make my device that I picked up on March 16th any closer to perfection.

Now software, different story. I'm definitely interested in Adobe and Microsoft jumping on board with their production and office management software. That's truly my only desire at this point...and I've got plenty of work arounds for both as I wait.


EarlZ said:
You would easily over react to someone posting about a deadpixel but if it was on your device Im sure you would feel the same despite your long speech, also it is his expectation for a premium device, dont force your level of expectations to him/her.
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I'm not sure I over reacted to his dead pixel post. If I did, my apologies. I was simply trying to state that if you go looking for imperfections on most products on today's market...no matter how much you've paid for your 'premium' device, you're bound to find one, two...or more. And in the world of video, this is more evident that most technologies. As I said and I stand by the statement, NO video technology is perfect...not LCD, not LED, not DLP, not CRT...none of them. They ALL have their weaknesses and achilles heal. Whether it be light bleed, over saturation, crappy blacks, macro blocking, moire and aliasing, motion blur, et al. The list truly goes on and on. Dead pixels are another in that long list...but when we are discussing a single dead pixel, in a sea of 3.1 million...it's a non issue and 'within the tolerances' of each and EVERY manufacturer. Whether it be 2, 12, or 1% of total pixels (Sony did this for a while on their LCDs...that's upwards of 2,000 pixels before replacement!!!!). Again...my point was that to NOT take the time to educate yourself on how to spot these anomalies. A HOT pixel is a different story and can be very, VERY distracting (constantly on, bright white, red, blue...whatever). However...a dead pixel with this many pixels is significantly less of an issue. And one (again, not being critical of his/her post and certainly not attempting to over react) that I believe MOST folks should stay away from educating themselves about.

It can detract from ALL viewing experiences...believe me. As a long time video production geek, I notice all instances of source moiré and aliasing while watching TV...bad aspect ratio stretching drives me nuts...and the light bleed on dark screens on my 4 year old LCD Sony XBR4 drives me nuts (especially considering I could pick up 3 of them in today's dollars compared to the price I payed in 2008🙂)

Again...my apologies if my post seemed over-reactive. It certainly wasn't my intention. If she or he is unhappy...by all means, Apple is about as awesome as it gets as far as customer service and exchanges to get the product a consumer is happy with.

Jer
 
ZBoater said:
I'm curious. How many of you have a perfect new iPad?

No yellow tint, no bleeding, no warming up, no wifi disconnect, no battery charging shenanigans. Just a purely perfect iPad specimen.

I seem to have two. 😎
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I think both of mine work as designed.

In other words yes they get warm, and yes they take forever to charge.

But the screen looks amazing and all in all I'm very happy with my purchase.
 
After playing with mine over the weekend I'm going to join the perfect crowd. I don't have any problems with the screen (in fact I fully expected there to be a least some light bleed), and the only thing I have noticed is that it can get a little warm. Not really warm enough that is causes me any concern, just an observation.

Honestly the only thing I wish was that the iPad was a little bit lighter. This is my first iPad, so I'm a little surprised at how heavy it is. However other then that I'm really blown away by how much I enjoy the product.
 
Agree 100% with Terraflops... the use of "perfect" to describe any device is truly problematic.

Even when it's used relatively:

"Compared to the iPad 2 this one is perfect."

Hmm... I detect a bit of hyperbole! 🙂

New iPad = yellowish tint, warm to the touch, slow battery recharge, non-upgraded apps displaying poorly, similar speed, minor difference in text or photos for many users, etc.

We're now thinking about getting an iPad 2 instead of an iPad 3!

In any event, much thanks to the OP for the poll that shows most, overwhelming majority, really like their new iPad and find nothing wrong with it!
 
Microphone not working on mine 🙁 Otherwise it was perfect but it's too important a feature of the new iPad that I am going to send it back. Worried though I'll get one back with a screen problem of course.
 
I wonder what the actual defect rate would be if an independent evaluation was performed on everyone's iPad who responded to this survey?

I suspect there are a number of iPads with dead pixels, tint that is out of spec, uneven lighting and color, etc. where the owner voted "Perfect" because they didn't (or were not interested in) examine it closely.

I was at a Best Buy this weekend looking at the samples. At first I thought the one sample's screen tint looked fine (Perfect), then when I turned on the camera and looked at my hand on the screen, I was shocked at how much the color was off.
 
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Mine came with one complimentary scratches, bleed and yellowish screen,

For $829 I think anything less than perfect is unacceptable?

Anyone is more than welcome to accept mediocrity, however I worked a lot of ot to get this. I am not settling. I'll let others accot the ones I don't accept.
 
Perfection here.

If only they could make an iPad that lasts for 24hours with Wifi, Bluetooth, Full backlight and a DSLR quality camera.

Oh wait, when they do, it will be the iPad24 and all of those things will be considered crap.

I love my iPad, would like it to last longer on a single charge, but I am getting a full day of occasional use with some heavy gaming before bed.
 
iPad yellow

Mine is week 7 and serial begins with DL ... the yellow tinge is noticeable whenever the iPad is other than 90 degree viewing. It is really annoying ... and I compared the same image on my iPad 2, so this is not me grousing about a minor defect. The colour shift is intrusive and ruins what otherwise is a brilliant bit of engineering.
 
I just got mine and it is amazing. The screen is mind-blowing and seriously makes my Macbook Air's screen look like crap.
 
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