iPad Air : taping on its glass is louder than before?

Hey! I also noticed the slighty different sound and tapping rebound immediately, yet it doesn't bother me, I think it's just a question of getting used to it.

But the Air I got came with a faulty Touchscreen. After 1 week of sporadic news it became more and more apparend that the Touchscreen just stopped working spontanously, and it had nothing to do with the OS lagging etc. I work at an Apple Reseller, I have to say this did not feel like a one time error and just for interest I'll monitor it a bit if I come across that problem again.

My new iPad works just fine though.

The hollowness also adds a distracting noise to the audio when listening to music or watching videos.

Hello! I was just now researching this very issue. I thought maybe I received a defective device. I already have an iPad2 and noticed the sound immediately. I ordered mine online and received it this week. However, I have to say, I tried it out in the store but didn't notice the sound because it was so loud in the store the night I went. I love the retina display that I didn't have before. I am tired of looking at the lines in the display of my iPad2. To me the sound and feel is annoying. I am torn. Thinking of sending it back and waiting on iPad 6. I did order a tempered glass screen protector instead of the plastic film ones. I will try that out before I make my final decision.

I Agree. The glass is too thin and will break quicker than all previous generation iPad.

It is not the best decision. I don't like it.

Same here, I just done a search for "plastic screen" and this came up, the loud tap tap tap when writing is very annoying and feels so plasticky. On the plus side it is a lot lighter but I wish I had had a look and feel of one before I bought it, wish I had my ipad 4 back :-(

just return it and get a refurbished ipad 4 🙂

I can CONFIRM this. I have owned ALL generations of iPad and I have all of them on my table except the 1st Gen. Here are my Observations:

>>>iPad 1, 2, 3, 4 Does NOT have this "fragile thin" glass feel.<<<

1. Non Air iPads all feel solid. Original poster gave a very good description of the feel. You feel alot of vibration on the second finger when you type with another finger.
2. There is a HOLLOW feel when you tap on the iPad Air. Feels like there is a GAP in between the screen and glass.
3. You can DISTORT the lcd graphics with a stronger tap on screen which almost never happened on original iPads.

I believe that this is due to a thinner glass being used to minimize the unit thickness to absolute minimum. I have NO reason to believe this thinner glass is weaker. I certainly hope it isn't. ONE friend of mine broke her screen today. I will be much more cautious. It DOES give an INFERIOR feel when you touch and interact with the screen. the iPAD Air is lighter and holds much more comfortably in my hands.

I guess that's the compromise that we have to make. Don't break your screen!🙂

This has caused me the most consternation. Althought that word is a tad strong. A brief history. I'm not an Apple guy. No iPhone, no Mac, no iPod. Nothing. Got an iPad 2, loved it - changed my life, disliked iOS. Sold it, got a Galaxy Tab, prefer Android. And while the plastic vs metal builds were not an issue - the Galaxy is sturdy for a plastic device - I, of course, love the Apple hardware.

After a couple years of enjoying Android, I used the pad less and less - and, in my primary work fields (digital film work and photography) there is a great void of Andoid apps.

Switched back to iPad4. Grew to accept what I hate and deal with what is wrong with iOS, and used the Galaxy for file management, but all work done on the iPad4.

Got the iPadAir. LOVE IT, but because of this screen thumping plasticky hollowness, it now feels cheaper and less sturdy than the Galaxy.

I'm firmly in the Apple camp now for tablets; I haven't seen any Android I would go back to. But I have this nagging feeling that the Air is not as sturdy and is not robust enough for daily work. I hope I'm wrong.iPad

TL;DR : iPad Air feels cheaper than plastic Samsung tablets. That makes me sad.

The springiness and slight hollow sound is due to the small air gap between the screen and the glass.

Why Apple didn't go with a fused glass display is for Apple to know, but it does make replacement much easier and cheaper if the screen were to crack (which my guess is the most likely calamity to befall an iPad).

A v. hollow sound, indeed. Everything else is awesome though.

sun john take it back to where you bought and exchange it.I bought an iPad 4 sept 24th this year it's great. Wednesday the 27th I bought a 32 gig IPad air at the sprint store.I haven't had any of the problems that you and the other people are talking about .I'm thinking that maybe a bad shipment of devices got through. It's just my thought but if was me I would take back.

I was also bummed at first but I know I'll get used to it. But I did notice my music sounds a lot fuller and that's probably attributed to the air (no pun intended) between the glass and LCD.

What a great shame that the iPad Air has a distinct plastic feel to it as far as the screen goes. All previous iPads have been a thing of beauty and lovely to handle. OK so the 3 & 4's were a little heavy but when tapping on the screen there was a nice feeling of quality. Now with the Air that feeling has now gone. I never felt the need to have a screen protector on the iPad's 1, 2 and 3 that I have owned. But it looks like one is going to be needed with the Air. I guess that is a penalty of being an early adopter.

I reckon most of the hollow feel is down to the sound it makes when you tap the screen rather than the actual screen flexing. If you use it somewhere with background noise you don't really notice it. Plus I actually prefer typing on it - the little bit of give compared to my iPad 1 makes it more tactile.

If everyone on here is so dissatisfied with your ipad air take it back to where you bought or give apple a call to get it straighten out.Dont ***** about it and not do anything about.I have a forth generation 16 gig retina display and a 32 gigipad air I bought the 16 gig sept and the 32 gig air November 27th I dont have the problems with the air period. Like I said in an earlier post it might have been a bad shipment.