iPad: iPad 4 image retention

[tim100]

Originally Posted by JacksterD

How can you tell which company manufactured the screen? Is it just judging by their traits (e.g. image retention means it's probably an LG) or is there a definitive way to find out the manufacturer?

ipad 3 display are made by samsung
ipad 4 display are made by lg

[anubis1980]

Yep I have it on my ipad 4 . Not a big issue though really. Doesn't affect my general use

[shauny89]

I can confirm I have this, too! I've tested iPads I've come across in stores, and virtually all of them have some degree of image retention.

[tarasis]

Not seeing it on my iPad 4 but do have a duller edge.

[thadoggfather]

My ipad 4 does it but so does a family member's launch ipad 3, does that mean both are LG?

I thought at ipad 3 launch, all screens were samsung?

[Samtb]

Originally Posted by SBruv

Hi all,

My iPad 4 seems to be having image retention issues. I'm wondering if this might be a common problem due to the LG display, so would anyone care to try this and confirm/deny? This is only for iPad 4 users.

Download the attached PNG (it's a screen from Letterpress, since that particular grey seems to highlight the problem particularly well) and load it into Photos on your iPad 4. Zoom in on it a bit to get rid of the text and make the whole screen grey.

Then, either…

1. Load the App Store and just leave it sitting on the front page for a couple of minutes without moving it at all, or...

2. Load Chrome and leave it on screen for a couple of minutes.

Then, flip back to the grey picture (get rid of Photo's top and bottom bars to make it fill the screen). Do you see retention of either the app icons from the App Store, or the URL bar and tab top from Chrome?

Post your results!

Cheers,

SB

How do you know you have an LG display?

[lazuliblue]

I did the test, and there's no image retention on my ipad 4.

[Sowelu]

Originally Posted by tim100

ipad 3 display are made by samsung
ipad 4 display are made by lg

Apple typically uses multiple display suppliers (like Samsung, LG, Sharp, etc.) and they are picked and used at random depending on stock and availability. While you can try to guess which one you have by color temperature (based on previous posts and complaint patterns here), it's impossible to know for sure unless you take the iPad apart.

[thadoggfather]

Tried two demo display iPad 4's at best buy. Both of them had IR

AND... The display iPad mini did as well.

[Jimbo47]

I've always had this problem on my iPad 2.

[Tsepz]

My iPad4 has it, but it's so minor, really had to look hard for the Chrome address bar, and when I saw it it was quickly fading away. Nothing major , IMO.

[thadoggfather]

Definitely nothing to sweat too much IMO.

Laptops I could see why it's more of a nuisance though