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

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I also have a New IPad AIr, and the first i noticed was this plastic sound from the screen. Suprised, because in the shop i didnt notice this sound. Maybe i will change to mini retina, but is the screen the same? I mean the same feel of plastic?

I have returned my IPad Air and bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition. It's a totally new experience. I can't compare it with the Air. I've totally realized that iPad Air doesn't worths it's price. Not at all! Stay away from this generation of Ipad. It's like the Vista.

With great excitement and anticipation, I took possession of my new iPad Air after thinking about buying it for months. But in the process of setting it up and visiting a few web sites, I became painfully aware of this issue of the screen sounding and feeling like plastic. This is the fifth Apple product I have owned that involves interfacing with a glass screen, and I am used to a certain feel of quality that is definitely lacking here. I decided that, unlike other posters to this thread, I was not willing to "get used to it" and immediately returned it. I plan to replace it with an iPad from the previous generation.

Normally I wouldn't care about the sound and feel of a touchscreen device as long as it works well, but I have two points of contention:

1. Apple specifically designs products to be pleasant to hold and touch as well as to use. That is why I switched form Android tablets to my iPad. If I had wanted cheap plastic feel I would have bought a Samsung tablet.
2. I used to be able to use my iPad as a serving tray without having to worry about scratching it. I would set a coffee cup or plate of food on it without worry of damaging it. Now that it's made of plastic that takes away some of the functionality, so it now takes up more table space.

The iPad Air's screen is made of glass not plastic. If you use your iPad as a serving tray and spill hot coffee on it you'll have a serving tray that looks like an iPad.

You might want to read the rest of the thread.

It's actually cyclo olephin polymer film, which is a plastic.

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That film has been on all iPads and is on top of the glass. Nothing has changed but the thickness of the glass.

This is totally normal. That sound you hear when tapping on it. Is the air gap between the LCD light and the glass. All of the iPad airs are like this. However, in the new iPad Air 2. They have optically bonded them together so you get a thinner iPad and you loose that sound. My aunt has the iPad Air and it sounds like taping on plastic. But I have the iPad Air 2 and it is solid. Hope this helps!