iPad Air has serious display issue

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.

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 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 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.

Very disappointed in having to return two iPad Airs for the same display issue. Saw most darkening in C area in your picture. Also, something very surprising was that I noticed back of the iPad was dirty!! Not prestine clean as you would expect from a brand new Apple product that I unboxed personally. Sort of water or liquid marks on the back.Did not even remove the plastic wrapper on the second device I received. Dirt was inside the transparent wrapper around the iPad and I am not talking about the shrink wrap for the outside box. Very strange for an unopened shrink wrapped box.

I'm sorry some ip air owners are having issues. I bought the 16gb wifi for husband in November and the 64gb cellular for me. Now in December they are both performing brilliantly. If anything compared with the ip 4 which i sold the screen seems to be much brighter. I think that might be due to OS 7 not sure. I bought ip air wifi from curry's and cellular from john lewis.

Well mine has NO problems at first. But then I saw some lightning issues. I waited until the 1st Dec and everything was spotless. Wait until the 1st of any month and it will be fixed.

Thanks,

Mykola Bihun :)

That is because Apple has reduced the number of backlights of you ipad air lcd panel by HALF compare to ipad 4th gen. This is due to Apple's obssession of making thinest & lightest products. I noticed that ipad air screen is also dimmer compare to ipad 4th gen eventhough the brightness setting has been set to max. I own iPad 4th gen i have nothing to complain. The screen is very bright & sharp. I'd prefer having a little bit thicker & havier ipad but getting a much better display perfomance than having the thinest & lightest ipad but getting a lot of compromised

I ordered my ipad Air Wlan 32GB online in Germany and when I got it right after unboxing, I realized the problem but it has become more sever in a month's use. The brighter bar with dark border is there on left side of the screen and it gets really frustrating reading ebooks or using productivity apps. I am taking it to the apple store on Tuesday. Let's see how they resolve the issue. 😟

UPDATE

Today I took my iPad Air to the Apple store and the Genius acknowledged the problem right away and decided to replace my unit. There was only one Wlan 32GB iPad at the store. We unboxed it an there it is! The same problem in the replacement unit. I called the apple care in Germany and the decision was to 1st check another apple store and if the problem is not solved, send the unit to Apple for an evaluation. So Thursday is another round in turmoil of finding an iPad air with a decent display.

I also checked 5 silver and 2 space gray demo units at the store and all had the same issue expect for one space gray ipad. I also checked in another store( Saturn) and the only unit there had the problem. The ipad mini Retinas that I checked did not have any similar problems.

It seems to be an issue with the current available iPads in Germany unless Apple decides to take action and do something serious.

Below you find 2 videos from the same person (one in German and one English) from youtube. He was lucky his problem was solved 😕

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5bYnErqJX4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0oif81RT9Y

Same problem here. Swapped 4 times at Saturn and Conrad in Leipzig, all same problem although some were worse than others, plus the dark edge on left side which once you notice it on some white background, like in pdf books, your eyes can't avoid it.

I'll return the last one for good and get a refund.

I give up!

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

Make a Genius Bar Reservation

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

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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