I bought an Air 2 for a present for my family after researching it and deciding it was worth the extra cost over the original Air. Then, started reading about problems with the screen showing finger tip "ghosting" when pressed from the back (some YouTube videos were so bad you could see the marks from simply holding it). Other reported problem was a random popping noise, as if from a static discharge.
I looked at the demos of the Air and Air 2 at Best Buy for about 15 minutes, and the finger tip ghosting on the Air 2 was definitely there, but somewhat minimal, and didn't hear any of the random popping during the short time I played with them. I also looked at the Air 2 at Costco, and again, no popping, and it was almost impossible to duplicate the finger tip screen ghosting.
People over at the Apple forum have a 28 page thread going about the popping issue. Some have returned theirs two and three times, and still have ones with the issue, some never get it at all.
I have to decide which one to keep, and don't want to end up stuck with a defective Air 2 if this is a common thing. I know most of the forum posts are by people with a problem, and all the people with defect free iPads don't say anything, but what's been your guys experience? Did the original Air have similar growing pains a couple months after it was released, or is the Air 2 more of a lemon? Has anyone with the problem gotten Apple to repair it?
Thanks!
I looked at the demos of the Air and Air 2 at Best Buy for about 15 minutes, and the finger tip ghosting on the Air 2 was definitely there, but somewhat minimal, and didn't hear any of the random popping during the short time I played with them. I also looked at the Air 2 at Costco, and again, no popping, and it was almost impossible to duplicate the finger tip screen ghosting.
People over at the Apple forum have a 28 page thread going about the popping issue. Some have returned theirs two and three times, and still have ones with the issue, some never get it at all.
I have to decide which one to keep, and don't want to end up stuck with a defective Air 2 if this is a common thing. I know most of the forum posts are by people with a problem, and all the people with defect free iPads don't say anything, but what's been your guys experience? Did the original Air have similar growing pains a couple months after it was released, or is the Air 2 more of a lemon? Has anyone with the problem gotten Apple to repair it?
Thanks!