iPad 2 Owners Complain of Backlight Bleeding

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Posted March 12, 2011 at 6:17pm by iClarified

Numerous reports of blacklight bleeding on the new Apple iPad 2 are surfacing online. Engadget and MacRumors forum users are posting images of their devices online and some have already returned the affected units to Apple.

Engadget notes that this is not to be confused with the yellow tint issue.

The second issue, which is being conflated with the first, is characterized by light bleeding through from the outer edges of the LCD panel. The bleeding is most noticeable when watching a dark scene in a movie or using an app with a black background as demonstrated in the picture above and video embedded after the break. For those affected, the issue can be minimized or exacerbated by adjusting the brightness in settings.

Are any of you experiencing the same issue?

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AJ - March 14, 2011 at 10:41am

Do any of these people have TVs? Bleeding naturally occurs on all displays. It's called turning the brightness down

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User - March 14, 2011 at 3:32am

Ppl, before writing bullshit here, please navigate to wikipedia and read about "Backlight". "Bleeding" is a normal effect among LCD panels.

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drebin - March 13, 2011 at 6:06pm

I have a 1st gen, with the problem in 4 places...

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iceblu121 - March 13, 2011 at 3:54am

does it really matter if its bleeding light or bleeding BLOOD! people will still buy the damn thing lmao.i myself have a ip4 love it! but no matter what flaws apple makes APPLE KNOWS they will still make BILLIONS! at the customers price. ipad 3 should fix this issue i also just heard the cameras are both less then 2 megapixel? how the hell does a 1 megapixel cam take HD 720P but the iphone 3gs did not ?

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Phil - March 13, 2011 at 2:11pm

Apple blocked it, not because the processor couldn't handle it, but because of the battery and because of the less difference with iPhone 4 I guess.

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Junaid - March 14, 2011 at 4:16am

if you have 3gs there is a cydia tweek by which u can record 720p video on 3gs, i have iphone 4 & 3gs, i tried that on my 3gs and did compare both cam result they were same.

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AlanLEIMobile - March 12, 2011 at 11:20pm

Yep! I have the same issue, damn it. Mine's not that bad like the white iPad though, mine has it on the right side of the screen though. :(

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Sidd - March 12, 2011 at 10:24pm

My ipod is also having the same problem ..whenever any notifications comes the notification box screen gets coroupted

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mcf3778 - March 12, 2011 at 10:22pm

good job apple and foxcon for pushing out another crap product

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MrEdofCourse - March 12, 2011 at 9:20pm

Are memories really this short? Just like the first iPad and some iPhones, the bonding agent will dry and the effect will go away. My first iPad had it for a week. My new iPad has it but it's already mostly gone away

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Junaid - March 14, 2011 at 4:18am

dude! u mixed two issues the one you are talking about is the yellow tint and that gets away after using the screen and bonding agent gets dry, the one they are talking here is another, please read the article and see the video then comment.

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Hec - March 12, 2011 at 8:51pm

I have an iPad 2 and noticed it last night ans was waiting to see if anyone else reported it.

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Hec - March 12, 2011 at 8:51pm

"and"

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Corrector - March 12, 2011 at 10:11pm

Thanks. Didn't understand what he was trying to say before u corrected him

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LongDong - March 13, 2011 at 8:44am

It was the same person...fail

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AndroidLover - March 12, 2011 at 6:41pm

First timers always pay the price.. Clearly YOU are not holding it right.. hehehe

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dt - March 12, 2011 at 6:54pm

@Androidloser, Let us know when an Android tablet are projected to sell over 600K devices in only 3 days.

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Stewy - March 12, 2011 at 9:26pm

I think what you meant @jon was "iDiot" -loser

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iceblu121 - March 13, 2011 at 3:50am

i was just told by steve jobs himself that it is not a defect. in fact it is a ipad 2 exclusive addon! it seconds as flashlight for when in very dark lighting areas never need a flashlight with ipad2 its already built in on the sides of the screen this light effect is also PATENT PENDING :-)~~~~

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