iPad Air 2 sound vibration

I Just pushed mine through latest titles for an entire hour. Dont notice any tearing issue. Battery life is great. Nor have I noticed anything with pressure mark yet. I guess I will use it for a week or so under full workload first. See if anything shows up on top of the three issues I have now. It does work beautifully.

Windsor, I live in the USA. I only returned one item back in 2007 to Bestbuy it was a laptop and they hit me with restocking fee for it back then. That thing was running Vista and a nightmare haha Anyway, main reason I began hanging out this forum is because I really want to know if video tearing is normal for new ipads, and new ios. Because if its the normal mines probably okay. I bumped to other threads in google about the original iPad Air having some video issues in the beginning. So makes me feel unsure whether I have good reason to return it, to me it feels like I do. Plus I just didn't know that claiming refund just based on the speaker vibration was considered a good reason, all of them do it so in a way its a feature? Maybe they design it that way so they did not have to put a vibrator in there?

This is my first iPad and although I love the display and usability, when I play any sound through the speakers, whether it's music or a game, the back vibrates too much (or resonates as some have mentioned). I hold it all the time and don't plan on having a case except for travel, so I'd be having to deal with the vibration and have to get used to this if I kept it? I think I'm returning mine and maybe it will be fixed? This is not acceptable for such an expensive electronic device. Maybe it's just a defect. BTW, if there is anyone out there that "doesn't" notice a vibration? This would mean that this is just a defect and can be fixed.

Same issue for me, this is unacceptable for happening in such an expensive device.

I hope Apple will face the situation, make improvement and let all the customers

exchanged their products.

I have Returned my iPad Air 2 because of sound viberating problems I got a full Refund including Refund for case My opinion is the new iPad air 2 is very flimsy and I would not buy another one We have an iPad Air the 1st one in the family and when I buy an iPad that is the one I will buy. If you live in England buy Apple iPads from John Lewis.com or one of their shops Because they give a full Refunds & a 2 year Garatee. Cheers Brian

Return to store only had iPad Air 2 for 2 days poor sound & it Viberates When you play music I played a track on Air 2 then played the same track on iPad mini And the sound was a lot better on iPad mini So i returned iPad air 2 got a full refund including refund for case We have an iPad Air 1 in the family and when I buy another iPad that is the one I would buy I would NOT buy Air 2 it is very flimsy Also Wifi is a bit hit & miss other iPad in house work great on iOS 8.1 If you live in England buy Apple from John Lewis Shop or john Lewis .com They give a full refund if any problems also a free 2 year gaurantee. Cheers Brian

Mine is going back tomorrow! It's a tablet for goodness sake, it's not meant to vibrate through your hands. Massive oversight here from Apple design team yet again, what planet are they on these days. Just not good enough.

And I have to add it's a huge shame, because everything else about this device is fantastic. Can't believe Apple are making mistakes like this in 2014.

Tried to force myself to live with it, but it went back today. Vibration for such a device is unacceptable.
I will not pay $700+ to be a Beta Tester.

I'm a musician and I'm not hearing any errant vibration coming out of my iPad Air 2. Actually, the audio sounds way better to me that the iPad Air. There is vibration just from the speakers working, but it doesn't seem like a defect... This is of course just from me using my machine. Your may be different.

@groovy

I think you misunderstood. People aren't talking about an audible vibration. The issue is the back panel is so thin with the Air 2 it is vibrating like a diaphragm on a speaker or a passive radiator in our hands. Use the speakers and play some music while holding it in landscape mode while surfing the web for an hour or so. Prior generations didn't really have this issue.

Apple could use diff speakers, spray in some deadening material like dynamat, or put the speakers on a subframe to isolate them.

I went down to local Apple Store, every demo unit on the floor vibrated like a product from Adam & Eve. Genius knew nothing about it but was surprised once I showed him. He submitted a ticket to the engineers.

#fail

#ipadair2designflaw

#ipadair2vibrator

I can confirm, it's not all ipad air 2 units that have the same issue. My gold iPad has way too much body resonance than the silver model. Both do resonate of course, almost to an uncomfortable degree. It's a manufacturering thing and maybe the little extra resonance is specific to the gold model, who knows. I can't keep the one that vibrates like crazy, the other one will stay.

Although you are thinking of returning your ipad, just use it for a few days and see if it's something your brain starts getting used to.

Vibration and bass resonance are two very different things.

My iPad 2 Air does not "vibrate" in the sense that something is loose or producing any sort of rattling sensation, but I do feel bass resonance right along in perfect harmony with the music or sound being produced.

This sensation is very odd to all of us, as we've become so accustomed to a slab that makes virtually no noise.

My personal opinion, Apple may very well have engineered vibration into the unit, as the speakers are definitely louder than previous generation iPads.

Hi Because of the Viberating problem I returned my new iPad Air 2 after 2 days for a full refund I did a test played a music track on new iPad air then played the same track on ipad 4 The iPad 4 sound was good But the iPad Air Viberating even a low volume. Also when typing I could feel a tingle through my fingers like static. The Wifi was a bit hit & miss no problem with other Apple devices all running iOS 8.1 Battery life was a lot shorter than other iPad 4 Also it is a very flimsy iPad and I would NOT BUY ANOTHER IPAD AIR 2 Going to buy iPad Air 1 32G £120.00 cheaper now and in my opinion a better iPad Cheers Brian

I used the work 'vibrate' in the context of sound, which is resonance of course. I think we are all on the same page here 🙂 Also, I just did a couple of external speaker tests. Putting the iPad close to an external studio monitor (speaker) vibrates the body, that's with the internal speakers turned off. I also made a bunch of spectrographs to see how long the resonaces in specific frequencies take to decay (really nerdy audio engineering stuff). Bottom line the body itself is prone to resonance if a sound below 1 KHz or so is playing anywhere in proximity. So, they might have been able to put some sort of padding throughout the inside of the metal back to eliminate this, or they could have stuck closer to the older speaker/body design of the iPads. I do understand the challenges now, it most certainly wasn't an easy thing to engineer.