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No "Blur"-Effect on the iPad 3

Yesterday I installed iOS 7, just when it came out. I was really fascinated about it. Everything looked wonderful and totally new, but after a while I thought that something is missing - the blur, that looked so wonderful. First I thought it was a wrong setting, so I checked out the settings, but even after turning on and off the contrast, it only was transparent, but not blurred. Even a reset didn't change anything, so I started searching for the problem.

I found out, that the blur-effect has been removed on beta 5, even if it worked good in beta 4. But why? I'm sure the iPad 3 is capable enough and even if it would have decreased performance, there would have been the option to turn it off in the settings (like on the other devices).

My device is only 14 months old, that's by far not the age to say it is outdated or not capable of something softwareside.

As it seems, I'm not the only one that noticed this, so I wanted to ask, who also noticed that.

And a question to the iPad 2-Users: Do you have the blur-effect? Or do you also have transparency?

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 10:11 AM

44 replies

Sep 22, 2013 4:06 AM in response to Pfahli

The iPad mini has this effect and, like the iPad 2, it has the A5 chip. The screen is smoller, ok, but i think that it is not a really big problem that stops Apple to add this feature to the iPad!

The same thing of Siri between iPad mini and iPad 2, just a way to drive customers to buy new product; nothing else!

Pfahli Author

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Sep 22, 2013 2:10 PM in response to Simos805

Sadly, that's not possible yet and won't become possible officially.

Sep 23, 2013 5:11 AM in response to Pfahli

My iPhone 5, iPad 2 and iPhone 4 have the same problem!
Seems like a bug to me. Does anyone know how to fix this?

JiLiszt

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Sep 23, 2013 5:16 AM in response to Pfahli

I sent a feedback to Apple. I hope they will hear us. We gotta fight! 😉

Hello,

I have an iPad 2 and my brother has an iPad Mini. I know they are identical. They've got the same A5 CPU, the same amount of memory.

The point is he has the blur effect everywhere and I don't.

I'm sure it's a bug because my iPad supports it. It can render the blur effect and it actually does in the multitask menu (the springboard thumbnail is live blured).

Thank you.

Simos805

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Sep 23, 2013 9:07 AM in response to Pfahli

Guys, if this is a bug, apple will fix it with iOS 7.0.1 update in October. So, all we have to do is wait...

Pfahli Author

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Sep 23, 2013 1:32 PM in response to Simos805

I don't think its a bug, since they already removed the effect in beta 5, they should have noticed it before beta 6 or the gm-version.

lokanata

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Sep 24, 2013 9:39 AM in response to Pfahli

yes . my ipad also lose this fascinated design.

instead Blur Translucent that Apple promised, they gave us Transparent non-Blur in control center and notification center same as my iPhone4.

but weird, they enabled paralax in ipad 3, in iPhone 4 they dont give.

we want experience as Apple promised ! the way it looked and the way it feel.

surely there are many No for every Yes.

can this Yes become so amazing and stunning?

Repoles

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Sep 25, 2013 5:41 AM in response to Pfahli

This is very disappointing! I've sent my feedback to Apple. Hope they can fix it in the 7.0.1 version.

Hi.

I've bought the 3th generation iPad last years, just a few months before Apple release the 4th generation.

I'd like to know why that beautiful translucent blur enhancement of the iOS7 is not available on my iPad. Is it a bug or something?

This feature is available on the iPad Mini and as I know, the 3th generation has a much better hardware. What is the purpose of that?

Thanks,

-- Lucas

Sep 29, 2013 6:36 AM in response to Repoles

Still no fix in 7.0.2 -.-.

Oct 1, 2013 5:12 AM in response to bacid90210

I wonder why the 4S got blur but not the iPad 2? They have the same processor? I think the iPad may be clocked higher?

Does yours look like this: image

or this: image 2

My iPad2 looks like image 2!

JiLiszt

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Oct 1, 2013 8:50 AM in response to JohnAlanWoods

Same processor, 800Mhz for the iPhone 4S, 1000Mhz for the iPad 2.

The ipad 2's processor doesn't have to deal with phone services like the iphone does (SMS, phone, data) so it is faster and has less work to do.

Plus the iPad mini is exactly as fast as the iPad 2 and has the blur effect !

Oct 1, 2013 9:03 AM in response to JiLiszt

Thanks for the info Jilist, so my ipad2 isn't broken, it's meant to have no blur right?

David_10

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Oct 1, 2013 1:29 PM in response to JohnAlanWoods

Yes, it's meant to have no blur. I can sort of understand it with the iPad 2, but the iPad 3 has an extra graphics chip. As people have been saying, there's no functional reason why the iPad mini has it and the iPad 3 doesn't. The only reason is because the mini is still on sale!

JiLiszt

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Oct 1, 2013 10:16 PM in response to David_10

The iPad 3 is slower than the iPad 2. Its GPU is 2 times faster but it has 4 times more pixels (retina display) http://m.androidauthority.com/why-the-new-ipad-3-may-be-slower-than-ipad-2-wait- what-61643/

The iPad mini has the blur effect and is a small version of the iPad 2.

So the iPad 2 is meant to have blur effect and not the iPad 3.

Oct 1, 2013 11:08 PM in response to JiLiszt

Not a problem with our ipad2 hardware. Ipad2 doesn't get blur http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/dont-let-me-down-apple-ios-7-on-the-ipad-2/

No "Blur"-Effect on the iPad 3