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m1maverick

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Question for other iPad Air 4 owners. I recently purchased an Air 4 as an open box. Very pleased with it except for one very minor thing. There appears to be a minor "bump" on one side of the USB C connector. It's not a nick, scratch, or other damage nor is it of any real significance, it just looks as if the connector wasn't fully installed / pressed / machined into the rest of the chassis. It's really minor and I only notice it in landscape mode when I run my finger along the side. In fact I didn't notice it for approximately a week. As this was an open box and the issue is so minor I was fine with it being the way that it is.

Recently I came across the option of buying another one as an open box. I am thinking of returning this one and purchasing the other one. Has anyone else experienced this? I don't want to go through the effort to swap them only to find the second one has it too. Assuming not what are others thoughts on doing a swap? It's not an issue to do but with Christmas shopping and COVID upon us wait times are longer than usual. The issue is so minor that normally I wouldn't be considering a swap. But since the opportunity is available to do so I was thinking why not?

Any advice?
 

m1maverick

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Decided to look at it closer under a magnifying glass and discovered it was just some hardened plastic which was easily removed with my fingernail.
 
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