Well, it’s bleeding, yes, but the “blood” is backlight poking through around the edges of the screen, as defective LCD screens tend to do. Ultimately, we’re unsure whether or not this is a widespread issue.
From an anecdotal perspective, I can attest that one of the two iPad 2′s I’ve handled since Friday had the exact same issue, in the exact same spot, as the one presented in the accompanying YouTube video.
Uneducated alarmists would assume that this, coupled with a video depicting light bleed on another iPad 2, means 66% of all iPad 2′s shipped this week are defective. Outrageous!
Of course that’s not the case, and I’m being facetious, but nevertheless there appears to be at least two iPad 2′s in existence today that have light bleed issues. Adjusting the brightness level helps somewhat.
That there are some minor hardware issues with a small percentage of units in new product launch is, of course, nothing new, but I’m curious to hear from the readers anyway. What has your experience with the iPad 2′s LCD screen been like? [Engadget]
Verkonika
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 7:50 AMI bought iPad 2, 64Gb black WiFi and don’t have that issue.
Andrew
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 9:05 AMGiven that this is the Australian comment thread, and the iPad 2 isn’t released in Aus until later this month, I’m going to straight out call you a liar. Fat trucker fangirl-sheep LIAR!!
Andrew
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 7:52 AMLike some guy already said in a comment thread somewhere.. “It’s not light bleeding around the edge of the screen, it’s magic leaking through from another dimension.”
Peter
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 11:16 AMWell played, old chap!
Doofus
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 7:57 AMI had/ have this issue slightly with ipad 1. Different spot though
Angrypeanut
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 9:11 AMBrian Brushwood from Scamschool tweeted about having the same issue. Might be more than a very select few with this issue :(
https://twitter.com/shwood/status/46437576135032832
Dean
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 10:46 AMi dare say this is a doctored image which he saved on his ipad, put on youtube, all to promote his buisness by spreading a rumor which is clearly a fake. why did he not try and zoom in on the image? i are say, because if he did so, the “bleed” would have been enlarged too… meaning a fake.
Chris
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 1:23 PMI bought four iPad 2s in 24 hours and had to return all of them due to light leaks from the bezel. I still have all four receipts with serial numbers if you doubt it Dean. All were purchased at apple store in MS.
DF
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 11:24 AMHey Dean, what video were you watching? Didn’t you see him zooming in on the bleeding area??? Besides there are few others complaining about the same issue.
DarkMess1ah
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 12:41 PMThese news and pics of peoples iPads with leaking light are all over mac rumours, which actually sucks because I was looking forward to grabbing one of these on launch…
Det
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 12:44 PM3 out of 4 in my family have this issue. And one of them was purchased in another state, so I’m guessing this is a bigger issue then it seems, but some may not catch it right away.
Liam Johnson
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 5:16 PMIt’s not a fault, it’s a feature.
Geeps
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 1:01 AMSteve Jobs will say you’re holding it wrong.
Ps. I have the same problem – 16gb wifi. Returning it tomorrow
julian
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 8:40 AMNo, it’s a divine sign!
http://kiwileaks.org/leak/iPad-2-screen-bleeding-issue-the-Church-takes-up-a-position/
True or not, the moral message at the end of the article is worth to be considered!…
Mike Partridge
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 1:54 PMI bought 2 black 32 gb wifi models from the chatswood chase store here in Sydney yesterday. Both have the bleeding screen issue. I returned one to the store this morning for a full refund. I’m keeping the other one for now since the “bleeding” is not as rampant as the one in returned.
While I was at the store another lady came in and returned both of her iPads shbe bought yesterday for the same issue. From my conversations with the other apple staff it appears they have already faced more than a few complaining customers. They are apparently waiting for an official announcement from apple before deciding what to do.
Mike Partridge
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 2:00 PMI’m going to be returning the other iPad I have before the end of next week unless a solution is found. I do not want an exchange since apple cannot guarantee that the exchange will not have the same problem. Also it does not look like this issue affects the white models only. The lady who returned her iPads for a refund had one black and one white, and they both had the dodgy screens.
Mason
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 1:57 PMThe same thing happens to my iPad 2. I have the bleeding all along the bottom side with the home button. Black 64gb 3G.