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Does my iPad have the pink/green issue?

That's what I think. Most, if not all, iPads have some color shift when tilted. It's something inherent to LCD technology so you have to live with it. Obviously as all manufacturing processes, with its tolerances, there are some variations from each model to an other. People who think they can get a perfectly uniform white iPad under all circumstances are wrong IMO. To this add the fact that the iPad has a new technology with all those pixels crammed in a 9 inch display.

From wikipedia about LCD:

Disadvantages
Limited viewing angle, causing color, saturation, contrast and brightness to vary, even within the intended viewing angle, by variations in posture.
Bleeding and uneven backlighting in some monitors, causing brightness distortion, especially toward the edges.
Smearing and ghosting artifacts caused by slow response times (>8 ms) and "sample and hold" operation.
Only one native resolution. Displaying resolutions either requires a video scaler, lowering perceptual quality, or display at 1:1 pixel mapping, in which images will be physically too large or won't fill the whole screen.
Fixed bit depth, many cheaper LCDs are only able to display 262,000 colors. 8-bit S-IPS panels can display 16 million colors and have significantly better black level, but are expensive and have slower response time.
Low bit depth results in images with unnatural or excessive contrast.
Input lag
Dead or stuck pixels may occur during manufacturing or through use.
In a constant-on situation, thermalization may occur, which is when only part of the screen has overheated and looks discolored compared to the rest of the screen.
Not all LCDs are designed to allow easy replacement of the backlight.
Cannot be used with light guns/pens.
Loss of contrast in high temperature environments.
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Too hard to tell from the picture, but if you're seeing pink/green then it's there. My first one was like this and I tried replacing for a better one. Ended up with a piss yellow and uneven screen. Should've just kept the original one. This is almost as good as it gets with the new iPad.
 
If you really want to test it you need to display a grey scale. From your white screen pics it's not noticeable and is on some new iPads. If you can't notice it in normal use I'd just try to enjoy it. You could end up with other problems with a new unit and it will be a brown box refurb from apple and your retail packing serial number won't match up after replacement. I've returned 3 units, I'm writing this on my 4th and can see I bit of colour variation on my keyboard, it's the best of the 4 I've had and better than 3 friends who have new iPads. I think 'perfect' screens are pretty rare.
 
You are being OCD.

The fact that you trying to get forum-goers to find a problem in your iPad - because you can't see a problem with it - worries me. If you can't see a problem, then what is the problem!?!

I can just see it:

Apple Genius: "Hi what can I do for you today?"

You: "I'd like to return my new iPad"

Apple Genius: "What's the problem?"

You: "The screen has a tinted color"

Apple Genius: "Oh, okay. Let's take a look"
Apple Genius: "I can't see a problem. Could you point it out for me."

You: "Sorry, I don't see it either. Other people told me my iPad has a problem which is why I want to return it."
 
Just check if you dont have anything under the glass (circled zone on the picture). If not - just keep it, most of the New iPads looks the same.
 

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NoMoreSony said:
Just check if you dont have anything under the glass (circled zone on the picture). If not - just keep it, most of the New iPads looks the same.
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Jesus man, you must have really looked at that picture! I think you may need help! ;)
 
RobesNo1 said:
Jesus man, you must have really looked at that picture! I think you may need help! ;)
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On my 27" Apple Cinema Display this hair piece is so easily visible, so you don't have to look at the picture more than a second. Sure, if you reading this forum on the "resolutionary" screen, you will never get a chance to see it without long search.

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zooby said:
LOL! I just checked and didn't see anything Probably not good for my eyes to look at a 100% bright white iPad screen at night for a minute. xD Must have been a hair or something.
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If you don't see anything wrong, just keep it.
 
It looks fine to me. My eyes aren't the best mind you, but I'm not seeing anything that stands out as an issue. Enjoy your new device.
 
NoMoreSony said:
On my 27" Apple Cinema Display this hair piece is so easily visible, so you don't have to look at the picture more than a second. Sure, if you reading this forum on the "resolutionary" screen, you will never get a chance to see it without long search.
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I'm looking at it on a 30" HP screen 2560x1600 and I had to strain to see it! :)
 
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