Until you stare at this thread a little too long and suddenly your iPad will develop uneven tints and a mysterious bookspine effect ...
Because it is .... Never heard about those kind of "defect" if it wasn't for thread like this.
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iPad Air screen defect?
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Until you stare at this thread a little too long and suddenly your iPad will develop uneven tints and a mysterious bookspine effect ...
I never heard of these defects before either, but then again I never had a tablet that had them before buying the Air.
My new Air looks good but I wonder if the anti-glare screen protection will not tell the difference? 
My new Air looks good but I wonder if the anti-glare screen protection will not tell the difference?
Here we are ... Two users with no problem that read this thread and now are frantically looking for a problem on their perfectly working iPads ...
Here we are ... Two users with no problem that read this thread and now are frantically looking for a problem on their perfectly working iPads ...
I'm just wondering if this is a contained problem to just the retina screens.
We are speaking about a lot of issues more or less real and more or less subjective.
Technically they could affect any LCD display.
In my opinion NO, but feel free to get influenced by some picky guy on this thread and check your iPad thoroughly
Btw a defect is present or is not, so if you are happy with your mini move on and use it
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im satisfied with it and was just wondering if it were possible- my ipad has a blue tint on the entire screen and my iPhone 5c has a yellow tint on the entire screen but it doesn't bother me a ton...
im satisfied with it and was just wondering if it were possible- my ipad has a blue tint on the entire screen and my iPhone 5c has a yellow tint on the entire screen but it doesn't bother me a ton...
Take a look at this thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5515024?start=870&tstart=0
"Today I went to the Apple Store seeking an iPad Air, DMPLX serial model. The salesman was very sympathetic when I explained why I was looking for that particular serial number. He brought out a DMPLT model and opened it for me (I did not even want to open it because it wasn't a DMPLX). He even took me to a halllway behind the "employees only" door to view the iPad in dimmer light. He immediately noticed the book spine shadow and advised me not to buy it."
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5515024?start=870&tstart=0
"Today I went to the Apple Store seeking an iPad Air, DMPLX serial model. The salesman was very sympathetic when I explained why I was looking for that particular serial number. He brought out a DMPLT model and opened it for me (I did not even want to open it because it wasn't a DMPLX). He even took me to a halllway behind the "employees only" door to view the iPad in dimmer light. He immediately noticed the book spine shadow and advised me not to buy it."
He doesn't say. I'll have to keep watching that thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5515024?start=870&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5515024?start=870&tstart=0
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Until you stare at this thread a little too long and suddenly your iPad will develop uneven tints and a mysterious bookspine effect ...
Because it is .... Never heard about those kind of "defect" if it wasn't for thread like this.
Hasn't happened yet!
It's a thread like this one, and I'd not be surprised if most of the people was actually the same people on both threads ...
Bought an iPad Air at Black Friday and realized the shadow on the left-hand side. Returned it and got a new device which was even worse.
Btw, experienced the same with an iPad 3 (in 2012?!?) which I also returned. Even the Apple Support admitted the problems dealing with the Air this time. So you should be worried, as Apple continuously fails to balance demand and quality....
..... And BUY a Nexus 7......... Seriously it's not as good as an Air but a viable rMini alternative.
You do understand what a screen cap is and why that obviously wouldn't show any issues, right?
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