Evidently one bad pixel is enough

Interesting, as I believe their policy with older units was three, not just one,

I could be mistaken though.

Cool story!

 

You've got a true defect that can be viewed by another person. I say exchange it. Since its not accidental damage it won't count as the two you are allotted as replacements if you were to go swimming with it or smash the screen.

How much time do you need to review the screen? I've seen people sit the genius bar for an hour even at busy times.

 

It's interesting that they accept a return with just one dead pixel, considering they advertise "Retina" as the inability to distinguish individual pixels at a normal distance away from the device.

 

I think it's 3 for computer screen.
I had a pixel stuck in red on my iphone 3G and got a replacement without much questioning at all. on such small devices just one pixel is annoying enough.

 

It's difficult to distinguish pixels when they're working properly. However, I can definitely see a bright pixel on a dark background (or vice versa) as being VERY noticeable, and thus worthy of replacement.

 

That's distinguishing between pixels of the same colour/part of an image.
When a pixel is dead it will show up black, it's noticeable.