Is iPad mini 2 screen glass or LCD??

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Is iPad mini 2 screen glass or LCD??

Is the iPad mini 2 screen a glass or an LCD??

With my first iPad mini - I bought a glass screen protector and used it with the iPad straight out the box. A short while later I had to return this as it was displaying yellow screen issues.

My second iPad mini that I received, I also applied a glass screen saver from first use but this also had to be returned for the same reason.

I'm now onto my 3rd iPad mini with retina and because I've wasted two screen savers (at £14.99 each) I've decided to wait to see if this one is ok before I buy/waste another screen protector .

When my son was using it I noticed that when he was dragging things across the screen it had that blurb of colour that you get when you press an LCD screen.

I assumed the iPad mini 2 had a tougher glass screen (than you would get with an LCD) in which case you wouldn't expect to get that effect when you pressed it.

Because I have never used the previous two iPads with just their own screen I can't compare.

I don't know if this is normal for the type of screens that the iPad mini 2 has or if it is a fault in mine.

Can anybody verify please???

Thanks in advance.

iPad mini (Retina) Wi-Fi, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on May 5, 2014 2:08 PM

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varjak paw

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May 5, 2014 2:13 PM in response to Pseudonym

It's an LCD with a glass front.

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May 5, 2014 2:21 PM in response to varjak paw

My sons tv is LCD but not glass, so if you touch the screen you get the liquid colour blurb under where you are touching.

Should that happen even if the screen is glass??

That's what I get on the ipad!

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varjak paw

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May 5, 2014 2:26 PM in response to Pseudonym

If you press hard enough, you can distort or crush the crystals on any LCD display. But with any normal touch in day to day operation no such distortion should occur. A firm press on my iPad Air shows no such problems. So if your son isn't pressing unusually hard and this is happening without the screen protector in place, talk to Apple about the problem.

Regards.

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Pseudonym Author

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May 6, 2014 4:04 AM in response to Pseudonym

Think it has a fault then as it doesn't take a hard press, firm yes, but not overly firm.

When he was doing a click and drag on one of the games and I noticed I tried it and it didn't take a hard press to distort it. Because I've always used a glass screen protector I wasn't sure if that was normal or whether there was a fault with it. It must have a fault then. Oh well looks like another return!!!

Really disappointed. Waited months for the mini 2 release, bought on release day and this is third one and looks like going on to 4th!

Like I say, my sons tv does it but his screen isn't glass and I thought a glass screen prevented that. That's why I was unsure of the ipad screen. Was pretty certain they had glass screens but wouldn't have expected the screen to distort with a press.

Thanks for your advice. :)

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