iPad Air has serious display issue

You should try it with a solid blue, green and red screen rather than the Home screen.

My iPad air had the exact same issue in the same areas you mentioned. I returned it and my second one also has the issue. I will be returning this second one as well.

Some have it far worse than others. My second unit was better but stil had the display issues.

My advice would be to return the iPad air and wait a few months if possible until apple fixxes this issue or open yours in store to ensure you like what you see first before leaving.

Make sure you check the edges and rotate the ipad to see the side dark cast move around. Check it on white (use the photos app for an almost white screen and backgrounds, etc).

Of course if you are not using the iPad air for any kind of serious photo work or dont mind the slight display problems (some are better than others) the ipad air itself works fine.

Sad to see this though. My old iPad 2 has no issues with the display.

Not normal. Take it to an Apple Store for evaluation.

Make a Genius Bar Reservation

http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

 Cheers, Tom 😉

There are several threads regarding this issue, wondering if only certain production batches are affected. I got mine on Friday 1st in Hong Kong and no issues whatsoever! I'm tethered nicely to my iPhone, have normal screen and normal wifi connection speeds! Guess I'm the lucky one!

I received my ipad air cellular + wifi today and it's absolutely fine. Already had ipad air wifi that is fine also. Both bought from general stores and no problems ( Not apple store ).

I'm having the same issue, although mine seems to be dark only on the left side. Got mine on Nov. 1st as we'll.

I got a 16 gb wifi on opening day and a 32 gb at the apple store. No issues with the screen at all. What color are the iPads that people are having issues with? Mine were both space grey. I'm willing to be the bad ones were white.

I was in the apple store 10 minutes ago. They just refused to solve the problem and said we can't see any difference...... Mine is 32G grey

I thought this article (linked below) was very interesting in light of this iPad Air display issue.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57610983-37/fewer-leds-mean-leaner-ipad-air-re searcher-says/

Note that the number of backlight LEDs has been reduced in the Air. Previous gen devices used 84 individual LEDs while the Air uses only 36. That's quite a significant drop (less than 1/2 the number of LEDs in previous gen devices).

I'm seeing this as well now in mine which I also purchased on Nov 1st. I originally came across this post as I was wondering if anyone else had issues with the sharp edges digging into their hands. This iPad is superb in so many ways, but the quality control may have been out to lunch.

Hi,

Be careful, I change mine 3 times. The first two was for 3 dead pixels and this one seems to have this issue.

I will wait another 6 month before change it.