iPad mini Retina mini yellowish screen...it's this SITE!!!!

[pizzamampf]

Had the exact same issue. Very frustrated because I went to exchange and the New iPad Mini was WORSE than my original one purchased yesterday...... he wouldn't let me keep the original because he said the exchange had already been processed, but that I could swap it again when a new shipment came in.

2 of the associates agreed that they also saw the screen issue, we compared my original one versus the new one versus 2 on display. My original one was actually the best looking one go figure (but stood out more than the others because the yellowing was just on the bottom half of the ipad, whereas the new one I have is the WHOLE ipad screen being yellow tinted..).

Not happy and have never nit-picked before.

Thats really bad.
For this reason I hesitate.

My ultimate Test is the ifixit-site : Link
On the left and right you can see a small amount of the grey background.
If I turn the pad to landscape, the grey bar of the background next to the home button is rather green/yellow while the other is grey.

 

[i-aamir]

I went to Watford Apple Store today to pick mine checked it and there was a big yellow tint at the bottom half of the screen, apple guy saw it and went out back to get another one, same issue again but worse compared to their display models that were perfect! Had to walk out with a refund and no rMini!

In conclusion I've returned an Air and iPad Mini R in the span of a week due to yellow tinting in the bottom half of the screens!!

Dunno what to do now!

 

[prominence]

I went to Watford Apple Store today to pick mine checked it and there was a big yellow tint at the bottom half of the screen, apple guy saw it and went out back to get another one, same issue again but worse compared to their display models that were perfect! Had to walk out with a refund and no rMini!

In conclusion I've returned an Air and iPad Mini R in the span of a week due to yellow tinting in the bottom half of the screens!!

Dunno what to do now!

This is what I'm afraid of.. some are just worse than others, but most seem to have the issue. The display Rminis had the issue at my local apple store.. very visible. Due to the holiday return policy, I'm going to hang onto mine and return when new shipments arrive to see if there's improvement.

I also have an Air and the Air was even worse yellow tint than the rMini.

My iPad 3rd gen looked the best out of all 3, sadly.

 

[SaddleSC]

Apple may not have done themselves any favors by making iOS 7 so predominantly white. It makes any slight yellowish screen tint much more obvious/apparent (on these new devices) in many more situations then it would've appeared under iOS 6.

 

[i-aamir]

This is what I'm afraid of.. some are just worse than others, but most seem to have the issue. The display Rminis had the issue at my local apple store.. very visible. Due to the holiday return policy, I'm going to hang onto mine and return when new shipments arrive to see if there's improvement.

I also have an Air and the Air was even worse yellow tint than the rMini.

My iPad 3rd gen looked the best out of all 3, sadly.

I agree my old 4th gen iPad was perfect, it really seems that apple have rushed the process for both new iPads and are now facing wrath of all of our returns and exchanges. It maybe worth waiting until after Xmas or get a better one but then half the lifespan and prestige of having a new device will be gone and 8 months later another revision will be out!

I have to say I am disappointed with their Quality Control and it had deteriorated over the past few years.

 

[Fattytail]

I agree my old 4th gen iPad was perfect, it really seems that apple have rushed the process for both new iPads and are now facing wrath of all of our returns and exchanges. It maybe worth waiting until after Xmas or get a better one but then half the lifespan and prestige of having a new device will be gone and 8 months later another revision will be out!

I have to say I am disappointed with their Quality Control and it had deteriorated over the past few years.

I frankly think they're on the cutting edge of some of this display technology and we're dealing with the growing pains. I have no issues with any of my Apple products. If it weren't for the yellow tint on my Air, I'd have zero issues with it too. The build quality is otherwise just amazing.

 

[iosuser]

Mine does this as well. I noticed it the second I turned it on and was logging into iCloud. I'm going to return it, already have another reserved for pickup today.

Looks similar to one of the two I bought today.
The other one is better, but not perfect.
Please keep us informed.

Exchanged mine during lunch at Best Buy. 4 different people at the counter looked at it and all saw the issue. Before I requested the exchange I asked what happens if the next one is the same, and that I wouldn't want them to keep opening units. We agreed that if the first one opened is the same way I'd just get refunded.

It's better, and doesn't have the bluish tint on the top edge, but I can still see a bit of yellowish tint on the bottom if I'm looking for it. It won't be something I'll notice in actual use unlike the first one. I kept it.

I stopped by the Apple store before heading to BB. The two demo units there looked more vibrant, yes I brought mine with me to compare.

PS my iPad Air's screen is beautiful. Nice and white and vibrant. Now that I have them both, if I can only have one, it'd be the Air. Whereas display quality difference from the iPad 2 to iPad 3's retina was immediately jawdropping, the Mini I actually had to look closer to pick out which is the Retina and which is not from the demo units, maybe my eyes are going bad The difference from the regular Mini to the Retina just wasn't as jaw-dropping as I imagined.. It's OK, I won't be using it much. I got my Air

 

[Sean Dempsey]

You guys realize that the macrumors.com forums color profile is set to be slightly warmer in an sRBG space (what mac LCD's use) and that it's NORMAL for it to appear warmer, right? That's why when switching between tabs, other sites have a cooler temperature to their white.

I've attached a color sampling example below. Sheesh people!

 

[The Dougler]

Exchanged mine during lunch at Best Buy. 4 different people at the counter looked at it and all saw the issue. Before I requested the exchange I asked what happens if the next one is the same, and that I wouldn't want them to keep opening units. We agreed that if the first one opened is the same way I'd just get refunded.

It's better, and doesn't have the bluish tint on the top edge, but I can still see a bit of yellowish tint on the bottom if I'm looking for it. It won't be something I'll notice in actual use unlike the first one. I kept it.

I stopped by the Apple store before heading to BB. The two demo units there looked more vibrant, yes I brought mine with me to compare.

PS my iPad Air's screen is beautiful. Nice and white and vibrant. Now that I have them both, if I can only have one, it'd be the Air. Whereas display quality difference from the iPad 2 to iPad 3's retina was immediately jawdropping, the Mini I actually had to look closer to pick out which is the Retina and which is not from the demo units, maybe my eyes are going bad The difference from the regular Mini to the Retina just wasn't as jaw-dropping as I imagined.. It's OK, I won't be using it much. I got my Air

I took mine back and they exchanged it no issue. Opened the new one in the store and it was the same issue, so I had them issue me a refund. No hassle from the employees that could see what I was talking about. I have one on order from the site now hoping it's screen will be better. As you mentioned I have the old mini and the jump to the retina screen is not nearly as drastic as I first imagined it would be.

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You guys realize that the macrumors.com forums color profile is set to be slightly warmer in an sRBG space (what mac LCD's use) and that it's NORMAL for it to appear warmer, right? That's why when switching between tabs, other sites have a cooler temperature to their white.

I've attached a color sampling example below. Sheesh people!

In my experience it was not on this website. If I opened a blank safari page the colours were yellow at the bottom and blue at the top. Same if look at the settings page or a blank notes page. There's an issue with the screens.

 

[iosuser]

I took mine back and they exchanged it no issue. Opened the new one in the store and it was the same issue, so I had them issue me a refund. No hassle from the employees that could see what I was talking about. I have one on order from the site now hoping it's screen will be better. As you mentioned I have the old mini and the jump to the retina screen is not nearly as drastic as I first imagined it would be.

My wife just set the rMini down and I'm now taking it for a real spin. Lounging on the couch with this thing in my face, now I can appreciate the vastly sharper screen. Simply no going back to the regular mini now, especially after my daughter took possession of it

 

[Gix1k]

You guys realize that the macrumors.com forums color profile is set to be slightly warmer in an sRBG space (what mac LCD's use) and that it's NORMAL for it to appear warmer, right? That's why when switching between tabs, other sites have a cooler temperature to their white.

I've attached a color sampling example below. Sheesh people!

That's why I said it was this site. I had only been on here and I have yellow like right now. If I go to a different site it's solid white, no problem. Anyone having the yellow issue, you cannot use this site to judge.

 

[pizzamampf]

@ iosuser
Thanks for your feedback.
I hope my new one will be as good as yours.

 

[MrGimper]

That's why I said it was this site. I had only been on here and I have yellow like right now. If I go to a different site it's solid white, no problem. Anyone having the yellow issue, you cannot use this site to judge.

So go to a predominantly white page, as you mention, then bring up the keyboard. Either normal keyboard or split, at the bottom of the screen.

Does one side look less pure grey/white than the other side? Probably. Now rotate your device thru 90 degrees and check the keyboard. Keep going until you're finished. Bet your keyboard doesn't look the same across the whole keyboard in some orientations. Specifically on the left when in portrait mode home button on bottom, and on the right when in landscape mode home button on right.

 

[prominence]

It's definitely not just this site. Based on comparisons and visiting different sites, rotating the device, etc. After sleeping on it, probably going to return rMini, Air, and stick with the 3rd gen iPad. Very disappointed in Apple.

 

[pizzamampf]

Found a video on a german website. Scroll down a bit and have a look at the part from 1:23 till 1:33. The yellow tint towards the bottom is extremely obvious!
Link

 

[Gix1k]

So go to a predominantly white page, as you mention, then bring up the keyboard. Either normal keyboard or split, at the bottom of the screen.

Does one side look less pure grey/white than the other side? Probably. Now rotate your device thru 90 degrees and check the keyboard. Keep going until you're finished. Bet your keyboard doesn't look the same across the whole keyboard in some orientations. Specifically on the left when in portrait mode home button on bottom, and on the right when in landscape mode home button on right.

I would have to try that. I never hold my device in landscape.

 

[MrGimper]

I would have to try that. I never hold my device in landscape.

You don't have to hold it in landscape. Bring up the keyboard in the normal portrait orientation and compare both sides of the keyboard. The right will be bright white and grey, the left will look a little yellow and washed out.

 

[gtmac]

Maybe when the site was hacked and our email and passwords were stolen they added a yellow tint filter to Macrumors.

 

[Gix1k]

You don't have to hold it in landscape. Bring up the keyboard in the normal portrait orientation and compare both sides of the keyboard. The right will be bright white and grey, the left will look a little yellow and washed out.

My device is fine other than this site....

 

[rrjr80]

My retina mini definitely has the yellowing in the bottom left corner of the screen. I hate to nitpick, but at some point it's going to have to go back to the Apple store. Hopefully I get a "genius" that recognizes the issue. I suppose it is best to wait though, since it sounds like a lot of the devices have the same issue.

The screen would look so much better if it all just looked like the upper half of it.

 

[MrGimper]

My device is fine other than this site....

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My Air

Yellow on the right:

Yellow on the left:

 

[Gix1k]

My Air

Yellow on the right:

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Yellow on the left:

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That's odd...My Air is flawless. My rMini is suspect.

 

[threelions]

My Air

Yellow on the right:

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Yellow on the left:

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That's what I had on both of the Airs I tried and when I checked the display units in my Apple store they all had the same issue so I got a refund in the end. Shame because I really liked it but if people think the photo's look bad just try using it on a daily basis you can't enjoy anything without it sticking out like a sore thumb.

 

[MrGimper]

That's what I had on both of the ones I tried and when I checked the display units in my Apple store they all had the same issue so I got a refund in the end. Shame because I really liked it but if people think the photo's look bad just try using it on a daily basis you can't enjoy anything without it sticking out like a sore thumb.

What's really bizarre is that I only really notice it on the keyboard.

I've got a black carbon fibre looking home screen wallpaper. I put 2 similar icons in the top left and right corners, for example safari and the apple remote app, both blue and white. Then I rotate the iPad thru 90 degrees at a time, I seriously cannot see any difference in the colours of the icons in any orientation. I would expect the white to turn yellow in some, but it doesn't.

Very bizarre.

 

[threelions]

What's really bizarre is that I only really notice it on the keyboard.

I've got a black carbon fibre looking home screen wallpaper. I put 2 similar icons in the top left and right corners, for example safari and the apple remote app, both blue and white. Then I rotate the iPad thru 90 degrees at a time, I seriously cannot see any difference in the colours of the icons in any orientation. I would expect the white to turn yellow in some, but it doesn't.

Very bizarre.

I noticed it in anything white, it stands out more with the keyboard because the keys break up the background I think. But it was really noticeable for me in things like Flipboard, Gmail, any website with white background and black writing. Anything with colour and I couldn't see it.