[Nexus 10 General] supermi1:
I spent a good deal of time and called the local walmart daily for the original I got a week ago as well as this replacement.

The original had noticeable but not extreme light bleed and 3 dead pixels and a few other problems. This replacement has way way way worse light bleed!!! At zero backlight setting it is as bad as the old one at 50% and there seems to be a single dead pixel or dust under the screen on the left side. Also I do not think the white is as uniform as the last unit especially at the edges.

This one is going back and if the next one has any issues I will return it and sit on my money for a few months and either get one if the QC improves or just get another tablet maybe the dreaded IPAD or some other top tier table if one comes to market in the next few months.

This is pretty bad ... when I add my two units and all the reports from people in these forums it seems this tablet was well designed and totally cheaped out on with the build/QC!!!

UPDATE: the new unit has dust under the glass and not a dead pixel though it is the same to me as both are defects and neither is user fixable ... also the notification on this new unit works YAY unlike the first one which never worked , ever ... that white light is pretty cool ... I thought it would be at the top near the camera what a suprise it was at the bottom ... that being said this one is going back as well ... but I will use it till I find a walmart with one in stock or next weekend, which ever comes first.

WOW,

for all of you who are as excited and perhaps calling walmarts daily as I to get one just be prepaired or rather expect that your unit will likely have bad pixels, darker white edges than the center, dust under the screen, and of course very noticable light bleed so that you will not be to disapointed when you have to return it 2 or 3 times or more to get one that works properly (oh and let us not forget freezing and restarting one or more times a day and as in my first unit a notification light that did not work (yes it was enabled in the menu) and a scratch to the inside of the gorilla glass.

Then if you only have one or two of those problems or get the Unicorn which in this case is simply a unit without defects (rare indeed) you will be content and perhaps excited to not have to spend hours on the phone and driving for replacements that will likely be defect ridden.

I HOPE google or samsung is reading these forums and realized that far from being a champion product for android it is driving people to the ipad!!! I really dislike apple but if that is the only game in town for a defect free hi res tablet then SO BE IT!!! (yes I know apple has defects as well from time to time but it seems quite clear that defects are the NORM with the Nexus 10 and one that is defect free is probably in the realm of 1 or 2 in 100.

Any one who wants to argue or otherwise state that it the price for such a cheap tablet ... I would say CHEAP!?"! It cost's $500 for the 32gb and that is in line with any other top tear tablet when it is released (android) and ram/flash storage is far cheaper today than when my wife spent a little over $500 on her 32gb asus slider a year ago. There can be explanations for these things like a bad supply or just google/samsung realizing that they will still make more money on cost cutting (read quality control) and dealing with the relatively few customers who will actually return or complain than making sure the vast majority of units they are sending out are defect free or close to it.

I do not know if they realize how things like this affect user perception ... oh well they will , they will ;)

and to another poster it does seem my whites are not as even as the first unit and the edges (long edges) especially on camera side might be a little darker than the middle ... though I will have to recheck to be sure and my first unit had perfect white :)