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iPad Pro dissapointment
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This will sound like a strange request, but is there a specific way to see this? I've tried several different solid colours at different brightness settings and in different lighting conditions and mine just looks normal.
It's not that I particularly want to see or find a problem with mine, I just like to have firsthand experience of these kinds of things for when i inevitably encounter someone I know with the problem, basically so I can just explain that it's normal.
Oh, while I'm here I might as well ask, what do you mean by the lack of a split screen? Do you mean when it's in portrait, or just that not all apps support it. Cant help it, I'm the curious type
The way to test such things is just get a full black/white screen/picture depending on what you need to spot.
Perhaps go to a youtube vid for backlight bleed test (which is for IPS pc monitors but its black) Or take a pciture with finger in front of camera.
Perhaps go to a youtube vid for backlight bleed test (which is for IPS pc monitors but its black) Or take a pciture with finger in front of camera.
Totally true. Life lessons can be expensive. Don't fret it so much to stop you from living life to its fullest. Sure, it'll sting now, but you'll get over it.
This will sound like a strange request, but is there a specific way to see this? I've tried several different solid colours at different brightness settings and in different lighting conditions and mine just looks normal.
It's not that I particularly want to see or find a problem with mine, I just like to have firsthand experience of these kinds of things for when i inevitably encounter someone I know with the problem, basically so I can just explain that it's normal.
Oh, while I'm here I might as well ask, what do you mean by the lack of a split screen? Do you mean when it's in portrait, or just that not all apps support it. Cant help it, I'm the curious type
Sorry, meant split keyboard in the portrait mode.
You're looking at it wrong.
The 12.9 is so big that you can't get uniformity across the screen when you are close to it; one side will appear to be washed out because of angulation. Look at the screen from another angle and the brighter / yellowed area will change spots.
The LCD screens on the smaller iPads have better viewing angles, it seems, and do not appear to suffer as much from this problem.
The 12.9 is so big that you can't get uniformity across the screen when you are close to it; one side will appear to be washed out because of angulation. Look at the screen from another angle and the brighter / yellowed area will change spots.
The LCD screens on the smaller iPads have better viewing angles, it seems, and do not appear to suffer as much from this problem.
If you're in the UK, my advice is to buy from John Lewis, same prices but better customer service.
If this is your reasoning then the iphone 6 SE will have the best viewing angles of all the current apple devices
I have no issue with screen uniformity on my large ipad pro.
What Apple stores or iPad stores are you hanging around at?
My screen is perfect, same with every in-store model i've seen. I even tried looking at mine at all different angles and besides the usual slight distortion that viewing angles cause... it's a perfect screen, (no yellow or pink on top or bottom, just white awesome-ness)Kal.
This is the best response to OP's problem. Bigger the screen, higher the chances of colors changing when viewed up close from an angle.
We have to wait for Apple to shift to AMOLED displays which offer slightly better viewing angles than IPS screens.
Even best of the best TVs will show shift in colors when viewed at an angle.
the screen size is perfect im happy with the size..the apple pencil is awesome and better in my opinion than Wacom and I own them also..bigger screens will get what is called colour shift and I don't mind that ..if you open settings and put your ipad next to the ones in the store even with the lighting you can see the discolouration..notes is a good one to also see it .even if the colour temp could be changed and really apple should have this as an option after all it is PRO..lol..I think apple use ,sharp.Samsung and lg for the panels..some are bluish tint some yellow .mine have all been patchy.blue tint to my eyes is white I love it and don't get headaches .yellow I suffer from headaches ..the reason I posted is so people can be aware of the problem and either accept it or complain ..ive been as far as I can go with complaining and they wont chage for a replacement so ive there isn't much more a I can do I may write to tim cook you never know he may reply ..my last words are superb product ,fantastic apple pencil screen needs better quality control
I went through 10 or so before I gave up earlier this year. The uneven tint was too distracting for me.
They might if you go into one of their stores, but I ordered online and returned them via UPS. Most of them, I'd open the box, turn it on, inspect the welcome screen, shut it off and send it back - a relatively painless process.
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It is actually taller and has more square inches than a 13.3" MBA because of the 4:3 display ratio. So it is "bigger". It even has more pixels than a 15.4" Retina MBP.
But it is still much lighter and thinner than a 13.3" MBA, especially if you also take the chargers into account...
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hi guys thought I would just post back on the situation.i got a phone call from someone from apple a really polite chap and he has told me to send some photos of my ipad in daylight conditions so I have done that abd will post back ,maybe I will finally get some luck with this matter ,as I say I think the apple pencil is the best device ever created for artists and this is why I want this sorted out
But you had to go through 10 brand new iPads before figuring out the display tint wasn't going to change? I would've given up long before that.
They all varied greatly in their issues. I didn't return all of them due to an uneven display - maybe 6 or so. A few were because of dust under the glass and one made a loud clicking noise when you'd barely touch the bottom half of the screen. That one had the best looking display, but it sounded like it was going to break any time you used it.
But you're right. 10 (and it might have even been a few more) was a bit much - I had just bought a lot of accessories I couldn't return, so I was determined to make it work. In the end, I gave up and got a Surface Pro and haven't looked back.
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hi everyone I thought it was worth posting back as the frustration is so annoying ..I want the ipad pro for sketching and the screen I am finding hard to get one that is even .the ones with the blue tint are true even the yellow tint ones arnt..I sent these pictures to the engineer team at apple and got a phone call back from the chap who was really nice and he said the engineers have looked at the photos and we will arrange a replacement brand new no brown box ..so today the new one arrived,excited and also anxious the screen would be even ,in afraid not its actually worse than the one I returned really noticiable ,no idea what I am going to do I know there are people with the blue tint versions and they are really uniform .its nice that the engineers looked at it when I sent it back and agreed it was a problem .I will attatch some photos and will see what they say another thing that I find interesting is displymate.com reviewed the ipad pro and never mentioned the uneven display but I cant see how there review can be accurate when apple use different display manufactures ie ,sharp,samsung ,lg maybe even some others
here is the replacement model ,on the right hand side it even has a tinge of red .its all over the place the photos don't really show the true extent of the uneven display.apple have been very helpful since the new guy go involved very polite and great response to my emails I cant fault them this time if this carrys on I may just wait until the ipad pro 12.9 version 2 comes out the 9.7 for me is far to small after having the 12.9 everyone is different maybe 12.9 screens are harder to make and that's why there is this problem what annoys me is I have seen people with the blue tint screens and they are perfect as far as uniform goes im not giving up yet i just need to get lucky with the screen
here is the replacement model ,on the right hand side it even has a tinge of red .its all over the place the photos don't really show the true extent of the uneven display.apple have been very helpful since the new guy go involved very polite and great response to my emails I cant fault them this time if this carrys on I may just wait until the ipad pro 12.9 version 2 comes out the 9.7 for me is far to small after having the 12.9 everyone is different maybe 12.9 screens are harder to make and that's why there is this problem what annoys me is I have seen people with the blue tint screens and they are perfect as far as uniform goes im not giving up yet i just need to get lucky with the screen
Funny today my friends came around and one had bought the 9.7 iPad Pro 128gb and the other friend got the same one was gold the other silver.the gold one had a brilliant uniform white and the silver one had the yellow tint when I pointed it out to my friend he hated the yellow tint I then showed them my new 12.9 and they were shocked at how bad the uniformity was so its looking like a bit of a lottery if I get mine sorted out I will report back I've almost given up all hope