Wow, that is crazy.
Doubtful, ours is on a multiport charger which is the same 5-12w range as yours and they all developed the issue. All got replaced under apple care, so far so good. But only happened in December
Ours were just over 2 years old when they got replaced. I meant the new units are good but they are only a few months old so they obviously should be lol
The bright spot issue started on my 2017 iPad Pro 10.5 about a year after purchase. It never bothered me enough to do anything about it. The bright spot stayed steady for the next several years, but over the last 6 months I began to notice it has been spreading down the center of the screen and along the bottom. I tried to take a pic of the spots and it is a little hard to see them, but they are more pronounced in person:
It is a shame to hear that Apple won't address the issue. At this point, there are probably enough people who have moved on from the 10.5 that Apple will never have to do anything about it. Other than the bright spot, I really do love the iPad and would love to continue using it for next several years (until a OLED iPad comes out).
I may need a new battery sometime this year. If I ask Apple to do it, I'll pay for the battery replacement and lobby for them to replace the display at the same time at their cost since this is honestly a design defect. I'll do my best to remember to update the thread after that conversation happens. In the mean, I and everyone else should be sure to submit the problem to Apple through their product feedback form: https://www.apple.com/feedback/
I now have this on my iPad Pro 10.5 2018
about 2 inches above home button
This is exactly what my iPP 10.5 looks like. Its battery is not as good as before but I am not planning to upgrade because I mainly use it for YouTube and note taking anyway.
Damn! That looks terrible. I had the 2017 10.5” Pro. I was using it with no issues but then suddenly began reading about this problem in threads here.The bright spot issue started on my 2017 iPad Pro 10.5 about a year after purchase. It never bothered me enough to do anything about it. The bright spot stayed steady for the next several years, but over the last 6 months I began to notice it has been spreading down the center of the screen and along the bottom. I tried to take a pic of the spots and it is a little hard to see them, but they are more pronounced in person:
It is a shame to hear that Apple won't address the issue. At this point, there are probably enough people who have moved on from the 10.5 that Apple will never have to do anything about it. Other than the bright spot, I really do love the iPad and would love to continue using it for next several years (until a OLED iPad comes out).
I may need a new battery sometime this year. If I ask Apple to do it, I'll pay for the battery replacement and lobby for them to replace the display at the same time at their cost since this is honestly a design defect. I'll do my best to remember to update the thread after that conversation happens. In the mean time, I and everyone else should be sure to submit the problem to Apple through their product feedback form: https://www.apple.com/feedback/
Odd how Apple doesn't accept it and won't acknowledge the issue. Samsung took my 10.5 pro with the white spot and gave me $320 or $220 for it when I traded it in for the Galaxy Tab S7+ last year. I just wanted to get some value for the my white spot iPad at the time.
This is precisely the reason why I preemptively sold my 10.5 Pro back to Apple and bought the 2020 11” Pro even though my unit had no white spots at the time. But having read post after post of this problem cropping up, I knew it was likely just a matter of time before I would also face the problem at which point it would have been too late.
I doubt anything will happen. Meanwhile my 12.9in first gen from 2015 had never had any issue, but the replacement model I got last year when I did the battery service is now developing a bright spot. It's very faint, but might become more visible and/or spread over time. I really didn't want to sell this iPad, as it's still fast enough and even when it loses support it will still be great for videos (large screen, great speakers) or as an external display for a Mac/PC.
The spot on my 10.5 Pro has actually remained the same as far as I can tell. I don’t use that iPad very often anymore, so that might be a factor in it not changing much.
Mine was faint at the beginning, and over 6 months it became more evident and spread. That's also why, when my replacement 2015 12.9 unit (I had a battery service) developed a faint spot after little more than a year (the original never did in 6 years) I just sold it when it was still barely visible. Once the spot is really ugly it destroys the resell value of the device to peanuts
