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iPad mini rMini Image Retention Problem-Tested
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I have 2 coming late next week that I couldn't cancel in time. I'm tempted to open them and see if they are any better. I hate to return a bunch of open devices to Apple but I want one that right.
Anyone with a cellular 16g white mini and no retention? Mine apparently has the problem.
Btw it's not first four letters of serial numbers. There are 4-5 serials per model. So it can be anything.
Today I went on it the apple store and saw minis on display didn't have the problem they were wifi versions 16g
Btw it's not first four letters of serial numbers. There are 4-5 serials per model. So it can be anything.
Today I went on it the apple store and saw minis on display didn't have the problem they were wifi versions 16g
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Son-of-a-xxxxx. So here's a screen shot of mine. The image faded away after about 4 minutes. But it still pisses me off.
32GB Verizon Space Gray. Serial #starts with DLXL.
The question is... what should I do. Just tested this on my Macbook Air and it was fine. Obviously my new iPad mini isn't. Grrrrrrr
32GB Verizon Space Gray. Serial #starts with DLXL.
The question is... what should I do. Just tested this on my Macbook Air and it was fine. Obviously my new iPad mini isn't. Grrrrrrr
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I talked to folks in Apple store, he said you can keep swapping until you find a display which doesn't have the problem. But the question is, is there a version for the same specs which do not suffer from this. If apple divided display work by wifi/cellular or memory size, we are out of luck. But if they gave equal production for each model to each producer (sharp, lg, samsung) we just need to keep swapping.
DLXL 16gb wifi no image retention problem. Color gamut, on the other hand...
It's no different than the original mini, they didn't change anything regarding gamut.
I've been looking for a test like this because I thought my iPad 2 had IR, but I wasn't sure. Well, I actually stopped it at around 30 seconds and the image didn't fade until a couple of minutes later. Do you think apple will replace it since it is really bad, even though it is way out of apple care?
I've read through the whole post. Someone please explain what's going on. So display text with white rectangle, grey back ground, and then zoom in on grey? The text and white rectangle not supposed to be there? Briefly, someone walk me through. Want to test my iPad rMini
What I did was follow the link in OP. Then, I agreed to the message that popped up and let the image of the checkerboard stay on the screen without scrolling, zooming, or rotating the iPad screen. Next, I pressed the "switch to gray" button. If your ipad has a faint ghost of the checkerboard on top of the gray, you have IR. If not, well, you don't have IR.
Do you losers normally leave a test pattern on your iPad for 10 minutes then reach to use it only to bitch about something you'd never experience under normal use conditions? If so, you're using it wrong.
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Why?
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If it takes you 2 minutes to read a page of text, you have bigger problems. I'd look into Hooked on Phonics.
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your eyes are defective! Take them back and demand a REFUND!
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You're wasting a lot of time and gas over a non-issue/something you'll never experience in real-world use. It's like you people are firing dead cows into a jet engine to see if it'll break. Cows don't fly, morons.
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Then buy a god damned Kindle or a Nexus and just quit your ridiculous bitching.
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Why?
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If it takes you 2 minutes to read a page of text, you have bigger problems. I'd look into Hooked on Phonics.
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your eyes are defective! Take them back and demand a REFUND!
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You're wasting a lot of time and gas over a non-issue/something you'll never experience in real-world use. It's like you people are firing dead cows into a jet engine to see if it'll break. Cows don't fly, morons.
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Screen savers were invented for burn-in, back when we used CRT and Plasmas. Image persistence/retention is a different kettle of fish.
I can't speak for others, but I want to stress the device when testing it because I know from personal experience that image retention gets worse with time. After a few months I'd read through one page of iBooks, and by the time I've read it, and switched to a different app, I'd still have the text from the book displaying for the next few minutes. Not what I want from a £500 ($800) tablet.
Then buy a god damned Kindle or a Nexus and just quit your ridiculous bitching.
All those returned devices must cost apple a fortune... no wonder they are so expensive
Apple builds in huge profit margins to cover the cost of their returns. Customers pay and Apple profits, that why they are the most profitable company year after year. Master marketers Apple doesn't miss a trick. You've got to give them credit for that. They've built a brand that sells no matter what.
I see burn in of your face! TAKE IT BACK!! APPLE SHOULD HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS!!!
Agreed. I had a 2013 Nexus 7 for a while. It's a great device. These people don't understand the concept of choice.
I believe I explained why further up in the thread. I don't like reading on it nearly as much as I do the iPad Air. Simple as that. IR didn't affect normal use and isn't the reason I'm returning.
That was your first post in the thread. Not sure of your reasons for returning a perfectly good device aside from the BS image retention "test".
I bought 2 rMinis, and their displays look different. Here are my perceptions.
1. 128GB WiFi Silver which has a lower contrast ratio, lower brightness and less accurate colors. No image retention.
2. 128GB Sprint 4G LTE Silver which has a higher contrast ratio, higher brightness and better looking colors - more accurate and slightly wider gamut. White looks white, as it should. Has some image retention - after 10 minutes of testing it took about 30-45 seconds for the pattern to disappear.
rMini #1 is a definite downgrade from my Air and looks dull and washed out.
rMini #2 is less saturated than Air but otherwise looks just as good. Does not look washed out, just less saturated. It looks much better than rMini #1.
I much prefer rMini #2, and if I could pick I would accept some image retention for a display that looks much better.
I assume my rMini #2 has a Sharp LCD. Could it be that except for Image Retention, Sharp's display looks much better than Samsung or LG?
1. 128GB WiFi Silver which has a lower contrast ratio, lower brightness and less accurate colors. No image retention.
2. 128GB Sprint 4G LTE Silver which has a higher contrast ratio, higher brightness and better looking colors - more accurate and slightly wider gamut. White looks white, as it should. Has some image retention - after 10 minutes of testing it took about 30-45 seconds for the pattern to disappear.
rMini #1 is a definite downgrade from my Air and looks dull and washed out.
rMini #2 is less saturated than Air but otherwise looks just as good.
Does not look washed out, just less saturated. It looks much better than rMini #1.I much prefer rMini #2, and if I could pick I would accept some image retention for a display that looks much better.
I assume my rMini #2 has a Sharp LCD. Could it be that except for Image Retention, Sharp's display looks much better than Samsung or LG?