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Finally, I got an iPad with an awesome screen
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augustya, I think your way too freaked out. I have a week 7 iPad and have had NO issues. Screen is fine, everything else is fine. I'm certainly not going to look for things that don't exist just because some are convinced most/every new iPad is flawed. Obviously some have flaws, but the majority don't. The majority who got iPads that are just fine aren't going to post about it on an internet message board. The posts will be heavily weighted to people with issues and will make it seem like its a bigger problem than it is.
Mine is a grandpa ! 
iPad 3rd gen produced last year. Bought on day one.
Overall way too yellow in my tastes, essentially on the left half of the panel. I've waited for a month to see if things get any better (burning, etc.). It doesn't.
I'm going to my local Apple Store next week to compare display models and to get a replacement if I see better screen over there...
iPad 3rd gen produced last year. Bought on day one. Production year: 2011
Production week: 53 (January)
Production week: 53 (January)
Overall way too yellow in my tastes, essentially on the left half of the panel. I've waited for a month to see if things get any better (burning, etc.). It doesn't.
I'm going to my local Apple Store next week to compare display models and to get a replacement if I see better screen over there...
Looks like Week-15 is overall good batch of iPad screens
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Yes may be I am too freaked out, but reading the stories here any ardent Apple Fan would be. Yellow Displays, Backlight Bleeding is certainly not what I am gonna pay my money for...so wanna be very sure what I am getting in to and what am I gonne likely to get !
Looks like Week-15 is overall good batch of iPad screens
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Yes may be I am too freaked out, but reading the stories here any ardent Apple Fan would be. Yellow Displays, Backlight Bleeding is certainly not what I am gonna pay my money for...so wanna be very sure what I am getting in to and what am I gonne likely to get !
My week 15 has a severe yellow tint on the entire right half of the screen (when held with the home button down).
Looks like Week-15 is overall good batch of iPad screens
My week 15 and it really does look like that in real life.
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Looks like total garbage.
Here's my Week 14, equally garbage.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/802/photonck.jpg/
You have posted a capture of the iPad's framebuffer, by pressing the home button and the lock button simultaneously. I do not know if this was intended as humor, or if you actually don't understand why that doesn't represent what your physical display looks like.
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Week 8 perfect
No reason to downvote someone claiming to have a perfect screen. Had it not been for the dust, my first Week 14 was perfect*. They are out there, and that is good news.
* Perfect meaning as perfect as you can expect an LCD to be. Whites were white, not pink and green.
I have a week 14 too that I'm going to keep. The display is amazing compared to some other ones I had. It has 2 specks of visible dust that I'm willing to live with. In my experience, after opening up 7 iPads, it's just rare finding one with a good display and no dust.
That one looks pretty good! If it has a warmer tint to it, it's certainly not uneven and splotchy.
At least it is first yellow iPad from Apple
. Just check the colors on the borders. White balance of the picture is totally wrong, so it make no sense to speak about color tint.
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At least it is first yellow iPad from Apple
I'm going to say it's tough to call from that picture. I've noticed with the iPhone 4 camera, depending on lighting conditions, taking pictures of what look like uniformly bright LCD screens results in a brighter effect in the center.
Also, the iPad looks to be at a bit of an angle.