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... I'm not trying to argue, I'm stating a fact - screens do NOT change tints over time. Your Air most likely has a worse yellowing screen issue than your iPad 4. But your iPad 4 still has the same "yellow screen issue" that it had since the beginning.

I beg to differ.... After 3 overnight sessions of my screen being left on with a white background and 100% brightness, my slight yellow tint in the bottom left has pretty much gone
 
I beg to differ.... After 3 overnight sessions of my screen being left on with a white background and 100% brightness, my slight yellow tint in the bottom left has pretty much gone

What brightness do you usually keep your iPad at during normal usage?
 
Here is my 128gb WiFi Space Grey on 100% brightness. I am very happy with my screen, I can't notice any of the issues you guys are mentioning (pink/yellow tinting or the grey line on the left side going down).

White Photo

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The black photo was taken on 400 iso. There is very very slight bleed in top right corner but definitely not noticeable at all even in movies. Alot better than my first iPad 2 that I had to return that was very bad with bleed.

[url=http://i.imgur.com/Vj28980.jpg]Image[/URL]

Since you posted the image, I can see the yellower left side (and the whole bottom section), and the grey bar on the left is faintly visible in this image.

But this is a classic example of how Apple gets away with it. My iPad Air doesn't have the grey bar, but it is certainly yellower on the left, quite similar to this image.
 
Here is my 128gb WiFi Space Grey on 100% brightness. I am very happy with my screen, I can't notice any of the issues you guys are mentioning (pink/yellow tinting or the grey line on the left side going

You're not staring at it right. :D I'm going out to get an Air for my wife, and this thread has made even me afraid to buy another....LOL! I haven't mentioned this issue to my wife, and unless her Air is more than slightly tinted on one side, I'm not saying a word. Maybe in six months, I'll ask her how she likes the screen. She loves mine, and tossed out the idea of a retina Mini.

A few people said the tint might fade, and I'm barely noticing my barely noticeable tint. I bought mine on launch day, and my wife was away all weekend at a convention, so I have a considerable number of hours on this device. Take that FWIW, and I'll give an honest assessment of my wife's Air. I will return it in a heartbeat if it's not as good as mine, so that means opening it in the store or parking lot..."...
 
Just got back from replacing my Air. My original had a weird pink/green/pink shift from top to bottom in portrait mode. My replacement has only a very slight left-to-right yellow tint shift. It's noticeable if you're looking for it but only subtly noticeable in most use cases.. even reading articles.. going to spend more time with it but I'm pretty happy with this one. There are very few absolutely perfect screens. My ipad3 wasn't perfect but I didn't notice any flaws after getting used to them.

My recommendation. dont go in expecting perfection.. but you will likely find a very good screen with minor imperfections that should be more than acceptable.

edit: aannd.. i spoke to soon.. the screen itself on my new air has a few small dents in it.. i thought it was dust at first but it wouldn't wipe clean.. guess this one's going back.. now i'm trying to decide if i want to just skip the air altogether again :(
 
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My wife's Air is downloading all of her apps right now, and the screen is much more blue tinted than mine. I took a pic of them together, with the screens on this very thread. Now if it ever arrives in my email, I'll post it here... :confused:

Kidwei,
Bummer! We just got back from Best Buy, but I examined my wife's Air in the parking lot. I used a strong lamp before I even removed the plastic around the device, and then did it again.... a few more times. I was a bit concerned to see scuff marks on the plastic wrapping, but it turned out fine.

EDIT: My pic came through. You'll have to ignore the rainbow effect on my Air's screen protector. She'd never notice if I gave her my yellow tint Air. :D
 

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Since you posted the image, I can see the yellower left side (and the whole bottom section), and the grey bar on the left is faintly visible in this image.

But this is a classic example of how Apple gets away with it. My iPad Air doesn't have the grey bar, but it is certainly yellower on the left, quite similar to this image.

His screen looks fine. Most people don't do these tests on their iPad and won't notice something so insignificant. These things probably happen on every other tablet. I guarantee if I turn on my Nexus 7 and do these tests, I'll probably find that the screens not 100% perfectly white even though I've never noticed anything before. If people are returning their iPads because it looks like that, then I don't know what to say. There are some pictures of screens on here that have pretty significant discoloration, but that's not one of them.
 
My wife's Air is downloading all of her apps right now, and the screen is much more blue tinted than mine. I took a pic of them together, with the screens on this very thread. Now if it ever arrives in my email, I'll post it here... :confused:

Kidwei,
Bummer! We just got back from Best Buy, but I examined my wife's Air in the parking lot. I used a strong lamp before I even removed the plastic around the device, and then did it again.... a few more times. I was a bit concerned to see scuff marks on the plastic wrapping, but it turned out fine.

EDIT: My pic came through. You'll have to ignore the rainbow effect on my Air's screen protector. She'd never notice if I gave her my yellow tint Air. :D

fourth time seems to have been a charm for me. i don't want to get too excited yet but this is by far the best screen of the four I've gotten. No apparent color shifts or yellow tint.. no pink or green haze.. and nearly zero backlight bleeding.. (and no dents on the screen as far as i can see!) i didn't think I'd get one this good, but I'm now almost glad I returned my last one, which was acceptable but not GREAT like this one.

I was about to give up completely on the Air but now I'm pleased as punch.

for what it's worth.. the two that I got today had very similar serial numbers, but have very differently performing screens.. so hang in there everyone.

and kudos to my local apple store (hillsdale, ca). the employees there were incredibly apologetic for my troubles and didn't ask any questions when i went in for an exchange :)
 
I think the settings screen is the best way to assess your screen. A pure white is okay, but the settings screen, notes app or MacRumors really allows you to test it in actual usage conditions. Both mine so far have failed miserably in these three field tests and as such have been returned. I'm not OCD and My iMac and 5s were great out of the box.
 
Here is my 128gb WiFi Space Grey on 100% brightness. I am very happy with my screen, I can't notice any of the issues you guys are mentioning (pink/yellow tinting or the grey line on the left side going down).

White Photo

[url=http://i.imgur.com/3rkIwmW.jpg]Image[/URL]

The black photo was taken on 400 iso. There is very very slight bleed in top right corner but definitely not noticeable at all even in movies. Alot better than my first iPad 2 that I had to return that was very bad with bleed.

[url=http://i.imgur.com/Vj28980.jpg]Image[/URL]

Posting this just to make a point but here is an image of your same screen which shows it had the shadow bar issue, but my point is that it is normal due to only one backlight bar.
 

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I went to the Apple store today and when I checked my display I could swear the yellow tint on the left side of the keyboard.

The Genius said that honestly he couldn't see anything and said to download a white image so we could check it together. We did so and I couldn't see any yellow. I went home, checked everything and I have a really good screen, no bleed, good whites.

Now, the strange thing is that indeed the settings app is a bit on the yellow side, but if I open the calendar is pure white again, so I guess it has to do with the app opened.

I believe the ultimate test is still the white image. If you can spot anything there, then by all means return it. I'm happy I was lucky.

On a side-note, I learned my lesson that is very easy to become OCD when one reads this posts and literally your brains starts thinking it's seeing things while in reality it's not.
 
Every apple product release there is a group of people that claim everyone has the issue that they have. They have apparently verified their findings at a minimum of 2 Apple stores. Their family members who traveled overseas, also saw the same issue on those items as well.
 
I think the settings screen is the best way to assess your screen. A pure white is okay, but the settings screen, notes app or MacRumors really allows you to test it in actual usage conditions. Both mine so far have failed miserably in these three field tests and as such have been returned. I'm not OCD and My iMac and 5s were great out of the box.


The best way to test your i-device screens in my opinion is with this little app.

https://itunes.apple.com/app/flashlight./id285281827?mt=8
 
His screen looks fine. Most people don't do these tests on their iPad and won't notice something so insignificant. These things probably happen on every other tablet. I guarantee if I turn on my Nexus 7 and do these tests, I'll probably find that the screens not 100% perfectly white even though I've never noticed anything before. If people are returning their iPads because it looks like that, then I don't know what to say. There are some pictures of screens on here that have pretty significant discoloration, but that's not one of them.

My iPad looks similar. I'm not exchanging it. :)
 
I went to another Apple Store

I went to the second Apple Store today (Grand Central in NYC). All the iPads Air in display had the left side slightly yellower/darker than the right. There was not a single one with the screen completely even. In some iPads the effect is more subtle, but it is still noticeable when bringing up the keyboard on the screen (in portrait mode).

A couple of days ago I went to the SoHo store and also all the units in display had the same kind of unevenness.

I am starting to think that this is just the way this technology works. I don't believe in the theory that the yellow is glue which "cures" after a while and disappears. I guess that is wishful thinking.

Both iPads at home are presenting the yellowness on the left side. In one the variation is more pronounced than in the other.
 
I went to the second Apple Store today (Grand Central in NYC). All the iPads Air in display had the left side slightly yellower/darker than the right. There was not a single one with the screen completely even. In some iPads the effect is more subtle, but it is still noticeable when bringing up the keyboard on the screen (in portrait mode).

A couple of days ago I went to the SoHo store and also all the units in display had the same kind of unevenness.

I am starting to think that this is just the way this technology works. I don't believe in the theory that the yellow is glue which "cures" after a while and disappears. I guess that is wishful thinking.

Both iPads at home are presenting the yellowness on the left side. In one the variation is more pronounced than in the other.

I have noticed this on every iPad Air I have seen too, although on some it's more pronounced than on others.
 
I went to the second Apple Store today (Grand Central in NYC). All the iPads Air in display had the left side slightly yellower/darker than the right. There was not a single one with the screen completely even. In some iPads the effect is more subtle, but it is still noticeable when bringing up the keyboard on the screen (in portrait mode).

A couple of days ago I went to the SoHo store and also all the units in display had the same kind of unevenness.

I am starting to think that this is just the way this technology works. I don't believe in the theory that the yellow is glue which "cures" after a while and disappears. I guess that is wishful thinking.

Both iPads at home are presenting the yellowness on the left side. In one the variation is more pronounced than in the other.

You might be right. I've seen a handful now, either my own exchanges or friends, and every single one had this issue. I'm just going to live with mine.
 
I've tested a lot of colors as backgrounds and the one that really shows the Air's weak points is this...
 

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Just out of curiosity, what is it about this color?

If you have a yellow left/blue right screen, it mixes with the blue to make greenish or yellow-green on the left and accentuates the blue on the right.

If your screen is yellow left/pink right, it makes the right side more purpley.

It's about how the defective shift is changing the base blue. The eye sees the changes more readily against a blue rather than a white screen because the changes are to the spectrum opposites of blue...yellows and pinks.
 
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