I like the yellow tinted iPad
Comparing the others on the side, the middle one looks best to me. hmmm
Comparing the others on the side, the middle one looks best to me. hmmm
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that's why you always open it before you leave the store. Vital when it is a launch model as there will always be a small cut of items that are less than and you don't want to be part of that unfortunate 1/10% for any longer than you must because they sold out while you were driving home
I replaced my wifi only model that had a perfect display (no leakage, bleeds, dust, etc) with a VZW model. And although I did check it at the store, the new VZW model has a bad yellow tint to it. And I can appreciate both a "warm" and a "cool" display and I wouldn't complain about a properly calibrated "warm" look.
I only got it yesterday but as soon as I got it home I noticed it was off. I don't like the swap game for minor OCD issues, and I am trying to adjust to this look, but the truth is, it's not warm. It's an annoying, almost a bruise type of yellow tint. I am going to hold off judgement for another day or so and do some comparisons with other ipads. But when I got my original wifi model I absolutely loved the display. But this one, not so much. Its just not right.
Hopefully today when I get home it will look a lot better to me then it did last night. I really don't feel like taking it back.
If they were not defective then why did Apple yank such screens from use with the iPad 2. They don't do that unless something isn't to spec.
in the end it isn't whether something is defective that is the issue. There will always be defects in some units for all electronics. it's just part of the game.
The real issue is the rate of incidence and the easy to resolution plus the willingness of the company to actually resolve the issue. Apple does rather well in all cases. Most of their defects are under 1% of a rather huge number of units (particularly with iOS devices) and they have support systems in place to work on the issue. Even to the point of doing retroactive repairs and refunds on things that might be to spec but pushed that limit so high that they feel it unacceptable.
Compare this to things like the whole XBox incident where something like 60% of units failed in the first 3 months only to be replaced by a unit with the same likelihood of failure while Microsoft did nothing to try to uncover and fix the problem.
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The only way to know is to crack it open but then you can't return it or get it serviced.
Folks that get a bad screen will likely just assume they got one from Sharp
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Apple doesn't talk about their supplier so we don't know that that is true. I'm sure Samsung would love for us to think it, until bad screens start turning up and then they will say 'nope we were wrong, there were some Sharp screens in the first group of units'. They will want to remind folks about Sharp getting pulled last year so that the implication is that the bad screens are again from them and can't possibly be Samsung screens
I bought mine last Friday at the 
Store...seems like it was a later build; when I opened it, the battery was at 98% charge! I browsed the first few pages of the battery thread and didn't see anyone who got an initial charge that high...
Anyway, mine is definitely not yellow...in fact in it's very very close in white balance to my (late 2011) Macbook Air. Compared to my 23" NEC (EA321WMi) IPS monitor I use for photo editing, it seems a tiny bit red-tinged. I'm relieved that mine is neither too cold nor too warm, this one's a keeper
Store...seems like it was a later build; when I opened it, the battery was at 98% charge! I browsed the first few pages of the battery thread and didn't see anyone who got an initial charge that high...Anyway, mine is definitely not yellow...in fact in it's very very close in white balance to my (late 2011) Macbook Air. Compared to my 23" NEC (EA321WMi) IPS monitor I use for photo editing, it seems a tiny bit red-tinged. I'm relieved that mine is neither too cold nor too warm, this one's a keeper
"There has been some debate about Apple's suppliers for the new iPad display. The initial batch seems to be supplied solely by Samsung, but both Sharp and LG are reportedly expected to provide displays as well."
Then why is mine not coming until April 3RD?
Then why is mine not coming until April 3RD?
I have a new iPad (3?) on order, should I consider canceling the order until these bugs are worked out?
I'm new to the iPad early-adopter crowed so I'm lookin' for input, thanks!
I'm new to the iPad early-adopter crowed so I'm lookin' for input, thanks!
Can we stop the threads about Samsung "clearly" having what it takes to "beat Apple" at their own game now?
Please?
Oh ok, Samsung has iOS,apples design team,apples patents, and apples marketing team? and Samsung has made so many nice tablets in the past so...
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I have two TINY specs of dirt under the glass, will they swap mine out with a new one you think? I mean there hardly noticeable but annoying me
Honestly, this sounds like screen calibration. It's not just about the "temp", there are many possible settings that could be off. I don't see how RGB cells could create yellow with a hardware default, only on some screens. It would be random pixels across all displays if it were inherent to the cell design. Software is a much more likely cause.
If it doesn't clean up in a day or 2, take it back. You can't calibrate an iPad display. Do any other tablets offer calibration?
You may be on to something there. I noticed a yellow tint (viewing macrumors) on my new iPad on Friday, but it seems fine today...
Yellow tint
I noticed the yellow tint the first day I open my iPad. I compared it to my iPad 2 and realized immediately there was a big difference. I didn't like it. I'm glad this article came out because I'm dissatisfied with the color. But as far as people not being able to notice it, It was clear to me before anything was even posted on MacRumors, and I assumed that all of them looked like mine. what a relief. I will get the Apple Store as soon as possible.
I noticed the yellow tint the first day I open my iPad. I compared it to my iPad 2 and realized immediately there was a big difference. I didn't like it. I'm glad this article came out because I'm dissatisfied with the color. But as far as people not being able to notice it, It was clear to me before anything was even posted on MacRumors, and I assumed that all of them looked like mine. what a relief. I will get the Apple Store as soon as possible.
Mine was the same. I toggled the auto brightness off, raised the brightness and re-toggled the auto brightness on. For some reason it has made a big difference.
Yes, now we can feel vindicated. Here's what DisplayMate said about the color temperature of the new iPad display.
"7,085 degrees Kelvin Slightly Too Blue"
http://www.displaymate.com/iPad_ShootOut_1.htm
If you have a warm display, you probably have a more accurate screen. Alas...
Properly calibrated is yellow pffft, says the experts? Ha i'd rather have my whites looking white and my blacks looking black, you can't tell how red something is suppose to look or how blue or how green or how yellow etc but you can always tell a white looking yellow or a black looking grey.
It shouldn't look yellow on immediate viewing. However, our perception of white is radically different depending on the ambient lighting. There is no single definition of white. That is why cameras have white balance adjustments. What is considered white on a sunny day, vs a cloudy day, vs the colour of a light bulb are all different. A white piece of paper will look different under each of those lights. Our eyes automatically adjust to different lights, so we need our electronics to do the same. Generally it has been agreed for film and photo, that the correct "white" is D65 or in looser terms 6500k. D65 is a more accurate definition thab 6500k because it is an absolute point in terms of green, red and blue. 6500k primarily refers to the scale between red and blue. This correct white is based on daylight. When you are indoors however, looking at a screen calibrated to D65 it can appear towards yellow until your eyes adjust. But we need to establish a standard so that when we view a photo or a film, we are seeing it as originally intended without any additional mutation.
I pick up my iPad 3 and it does not look yellow. But if I hold it next to my iPad 1 it does look very slightly yellow. Clearly it is not far enough wrong to upset me when viewing it in isolation. I recommend people do not look for a problem by comparing against every monitor or screen in their house. If it looks normal to your eyes when you switch it on, then its fine. Some people clearly do have a problem though.
That was a great post ! Explains a lot and certainly makes me look at this in a different light (no pun intended).
I guess what i'm meaning when I say it has to look white, i'm meaning while under the same lighting conditions it must be comparative to being like the white of a piece of paper.
Wow, I just did a comparison between my iphone 3GS and my iPad 2 and the ipad is yellowish. I never noticed this before. I got my ipad day one and have been enjoying it for almost a year now. I would say I have had my moneys worth and more of enjoyment from it. Guess it's not just the 3rd Gen.