Screen scratch scare unboxing 3G

[ZBoater]

Was I the only one who thought the screen was all scratched when you first turned the thing on and then realized it was the shooting stars of the stock wallpaper?

(I did a search and couldn't find it)

 

[emaja]

Was I the only one who thought the screen was all scratched when you first turned the thing on and then realized it was the shooting stars of the stock wallpaper?

(I did a search and couldn't find it)

Some others thought the same.

I opened mine and saw marks on the plastic wrapper that looked pretty bad and thought, "Oh crap!" All is well though.

 

[Stealthipad]

I though the same and so did many others with the WiFi units. Our 3G units have the same wallpaper

 

[Sailorloco]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one....Thought the same.

 

[tacoshell]

I remember seeing those at the apple store when I was demoing and thought people had scratched the **** out of them and the screen sucked. When I got mine, I was relieved to know a screen protector was not as mandatory as I first thought.

 

[antiprotest]

I didn't think that at all.

 

[jackiegd]

i thought that too for about 1 sec

 

[nj-mac-user]

Perhaps its time for Apple to consider changing the wallpaper?

 

[kallyq]

My plastic wrap was pretty banged up too! So far so good though.

 

[maggie2101]

I thought it was cat hair all over the screen.

 

[ZBoater]

I think I remember seeing a discussion about Apple paying good money for that wallpaper. I don't know, maybe its me, but I can think of 10,000 better pictures (and not necessarily of the Apple Bikini Chick) that would have showcased the iPad screen a LOT better.

 

[infosprt]

When we got the wi-fi version my wife was sure the screen was scratched. It wasn't until I changed the wallpaper that we were both sure it wasn't scratched.

 

[BeyondtheTech]

Ya, the scratches-looking streaks, as well as the water droplets are a little unnerving.

 

[fishmd]

Glad you all or enjoying your new toys. But yes, this was posted before when the WiFi only version came out in several places.

 

[phpmaven]

I knew about the "scratches" on the home page screen but my heart still skipped a beat for a second when I opened the box. I had to laugh at myself. My first thought was: what moron chose this wallpaper? Didn't they know that people would freak? I think they did it on purpose just to have a bit of fun.

 

[Sketchr]

I knew about the "scratches" on the home page screen but my heart still skipped a beat for a second when I opened the box. I had to laugh at myself. My first thought was: what moron chose this wallpaper? Didn't they know that people would freak? I think they did it on purpose just to have a bit of fun.

Jobs loves freaking people out. This "late April" launch was a good example.