I think you've hit the nail on the head.
My iPad 3 screen is white in most situations. Today in the car it had a dirty blue hue (it was rainy outside). In the lounge sometimes it can appear pinkish.
It's something to do with reflected ambient light.
I wasn't aware of that but i've read that consumer laws in Europe highly favor the consumer. While the US gets a 1 year warranty, i've read that in the UK some devices get a 2 year warranty.
In the UK, you are of course able to take a faulty product back to the store you bought it from for a refund/replacement, generally if it goes wrong within 28 days.
If you buy say a $49 tablet from china, then probably 12 months would be considered pretty good and if it went wrong after that, well, it was cheap anyway.
If you bought a premium product for a high price and a top brand (Apple) then one would REASONABLY expect it to last longer than 12 months
You might want to read up on how the law interprets 'faulty'. It has nothing to do with 'whatever standard the user wishes to apply'.
How does one determine the relationship between what a product costs and how long it can be 'reasonably' expected to perform? Did you obtain these numbers through legal precedent or did you just make them up?
Bad color uniformity has something to do with Samsung Retina display technology, used by Apple. After looking at messages in Makbook Pro forum about similar display issues with new Retina Macbook - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1387009/ and after seeing first pictures of boot screen Image - we have almost no chances to get perfect screen on new iPads.
Yes, there's a lot of people who suffered by some kind of color blindness and can't see this kind of color tint on iPads screen, even if it clearly visible for us. But, if you unsatisfied with color uniformity of Retina iPad - it's simply mean that your eyes is "not compatible" with current Retina technology and you have to wait to see if next generation Retina display will be better in this regard.
My iPhone4S has yellow screen but Im getting used to it.
Got my iPad on launch day and no issues.
Same with my iPad and iPad 2.
After 9 iPads I think the problem may be you.
When I say faulty, I mean a fault, a manufacturing fault, like the home button sticking down, the glass peeling off, the battery lasting 1 hour, the unit being dead, things that are practical and obvious faults due to manufacturing/quality of the item, any item.
You don't determine it, If is has to go the what we would call trading standards then a trained skilled person, or persons would use their judgement on each case on it's own merits.
This page explains what I have been saying. It's not specifically about computers, but anything...............
http://www.whitegoodshelp.co.uk/eu-...es-us-6-years-to-claim-for-faulty-appliances/
Hope that helps
It doesn't help because the obvious manufacturing problems you came up with aren't the type of complaints relevant to this thread; because the link just argues for the same interpretation of the law you did, it doesn't confirm that interpretation as what is actually and currently the case; and you are still making up examples about TVs and laundry appliances and assume that the functional life of tablets is as obvious and settled. It's like magic where you say 'obviously something which cost [exactly what the iPad costs] should last [as long as is convenient for my argument]' and then you make a circular appeal to common sense ("my interpretation is reasonable because any reasonable person would say the same thing, it's just common sense").
Well it's not what you think, it's what someone looking at the case would think
I can guarantee you that a premium product made by a leading company such as apple, would be deemed to be expected to last more than 12 months before developing a fault that was not obviously due to wear and tear on behalf of the user.
There is no way an iPad, iMac or MackBook, failing after, lets say 14 months would be deemed acceptable.
This is inexcusable.
Bad enough on a $800 machine, but on a $3000 machine????
Class action lawsuits will abound if apple doesnt fix this crap QC pronto.
This is inexcusable.
Bad enough on a $800 machine, but on a $3000 machine????
Class action lawsuits will abound if apple doesnt fix this crap QC pronto.
Class action lawsuit? You don't know what that term means if you think it applies here.
IMO I believe the yellow iPads are so much better than the pink ones, to get a perfectly white iPad isn't realistic.
it's a sad fact, but i think eventually Apple will work with the suppliers to get it right.
i'm just glad i went with an ipad 2 refurb 16GB wifi for $319. i was tempted to get the new iPad when i tried it out in the store. while i didn't see any yellow tinted screens, those iPads were insanely hot just for sitting there. now granted they were on 100% brightness, but i keep my iPad 2 at 85% so i'm not too far off
i think the iPad 3 or "new" iPad is a brilliant feat of engineering, i just think the way it was executed doesn't historically follow the polished nature of Apple's products
Your loss. The heat is well within spec and there are about a million or more happy ipad3 customers out there who don't have yellow screens or overheating issues. And I don't think you really know what you are talking about when you say the iPad 3 doesn't follow the polished nature of apple's products. The iPhone 4 had antenna and heat issues. The first MacBook pro had heat issues, iMacs have screen issues, the iPod classic had click wheel issues... The list is long and if anything this is par for the course. Sorry you couldn't enjoy the retina display like the other millions of people. IMHO you made a mistake.
oh trust me, i'm not at a loss at all. in fact i'm completely happy with my iPad 2 purchase and i saved a considerable amount of money. it's not considered "my loss" if i don't see the value of the benefits of the "new" iPad weighed against the negatives.
iPhone 4 was a flagrant design flaw and resulted in a class action suit. i don't think any of the negatives of the "new" iPad would result in that.
i'm not aware of these rampant screen issues in iMacs and Macbook Pros still tend to get very hot, but much of that is caused by the heat going through the unibody vs being insulated with plastic.
don't get me wrong, the retina display is wonderful as i also have it on my 4S. however, i did not find it to be the best choice for me. enjoy the retina on your ipad
I'm glad you are happy with the older model. It's just ridiculous that you think you somehow dodged a bullet with the supposed iPad 3 heat issues. The only bullet you dodged was a sharper clearer screen and faster processor and better battery life.
Who said it would? It still proves my point, lawsuit or not.
The early MacBook pros got hot due to ineffective application of thermal paste. It has nothing to do with being insulated. That's not even an argument.
Again, problems like this are nothing new, which is my counter to your claim that the new iPad3 doesn't follow the "polished nature" of apple products. Apple has had many problems with new products in the past, and this is par for the course. How they handle it is what makes them the successful company that they are.
Based on the fact that the reasons you gave in your post are invalid if you look at the facts, there is an overwhelming chance that you did not make a well informed ie best choice. Of course there could be other factors that you just haven't mentioned yet, but I didn't take those into account since I can only speculate.
faster processor? the bump in graphics was just to support the retina display, nothing else. your "new" iPad won't load anything faster than my iPad 2.
you have no basis for calling my reasoning invalid.
Yup, watching this Youtube video proves both the 2 and the 3 are on par with each other performance wise. And sometimes the iPad 2 is a wee bit quicker.
exactly.
every time i read someone state that their iPad 3 is faster than the iPad 2, i congratulate apple for brilliant marketing.
as they say - "you can't fix stupid"