Gen 5 iPad Pro 12.9, display very dim/blurry

Unfortunately I came to he same conclusion, just hoped someone might be aware of some magic elixir that’d fix it for good. Further, I suspect the 3.5 hour drive to the nearest Apple Store will only delay the inevitable return for repair/replacement.

I waited 2-months for it after ordering and yes, it was definitely on the expensive side of things, but it’s my attempt at laptop replacement. Really don’t want to send it away, but I fear that’s exactly where I’m headed.

Be that as it may, thank you for taking the time to answer. Your logic follows mine, and I can find no fault in that.

FWIW, this is the “Apple” while rebooting:

4 days after shipping it to Apple I received an e-mail saying my replacement iPad was en route. Said it should arrive in 2 business days, 5 business days if the original iPad has a personalized engraving (it did).

The new iPad arrived two days later sans engraving. After having the original die in less than 2 months, I’ll keep this one as long as it continues to work, engraved or not.

Thank you again for your time & assistance.

Thank you once again. I had no idea shipping kit option existed, an outstanding alternative to a 7-hour round trip thru the south side of Memphis.

And yes, that is indeed the boot screen. So dark you can’t see it in normal light, and as you can see, it’s identifiable as an Apple only from memory.

Will do. The plan - send it to Apple for repair.

A brief discussion with a semi-local authorized repair shop crystallized the fact that sending it in is my only real option. So I wiped it clean via iCloud.com on my MacBook Air last night and now I’m just waiting for the mail-in box/kit to arrive from Apple.