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There is DEFINITELY a screen issue with the new iPad
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Just to add my last 2 cents on this matter for me. I bought an AT&T 64GB new iPad on the Friday of the release. I was stoked. I got home, played around for a couple minutes, and found a large row of dead pixels. Small but very noticeable on a screen other than black. Damn. Oh well. Returned and wanted to downgrade size and switch to Verizon. While I really awed at the form factor (upgrading from iPad 1), its super sharp screen, and its features over these last 2 weeks, I couldn't help but notice a yellowish, darker upper left hand corner and left side when looking at it in portrait mode. I use iPad mostly for web browsing, reading email, and iBooks. All white background means the "yellow" and I were in a staring contest.
I thought I would wait a few more weeks to see if things improved, but I decided to roll the dice. Life is short. I returned and went back to an AT&T 32GB. I wasn't liking what I heard so far about the customer service from Verizon, and I live in an AT&T LTE city. Barring a truly stunning defect, I was going to keep this bad boy. It also seemed as though less people were complaining about uneven, yellow screens.
This screen is much better. No dark corner, slight green/red thing going on, but much more even. I'm really happy.
People have become obsessed themselves with calling people OCD. I think that's really negative. Just look at the stats. Recently a poll put 98% of new iPad owners as very satisfied to somewhat satisfied. At an estimate of 5 million sold since day 1, that means 2% or 100,000 left unsatisfied. Even if just half had real problems, that leaves 50,000. Compared to the number of actual posts, I think we're fine according to the stats.
I hope people either find their iPad issues totally acceptable, have none or find an iPad that seems fine to them. I think there are bad ones, good ones and better ones out there. It's simply statistical. People use the panel variation within LCD technology argument to prove that there AREN'T screens with real issues? Huh?
A lot of us work hard to buy iPads. I want a good one. If you can't enjoy your iPad, what's the point?
Hope you all find good ones out there. Stay thirsty my friends.
I thought I would wait a few more weeks to see if things improved, but I decided to roll the dice. Life is short. I returned and went back to an AT&T 32GB. I wasn't liking what I heard so far about the customer service from Verizon, and I live in an AT&T LTE city. Barring a truly stunning defect, I was going to keep this bad boy. It also seemed as though less people were complaining about uneven, yellow screens.
This screen is much better. No dark corner, slight green/red thing going on, but much more even. I'm really happy.
People have become obsessed themselves with calling people OCD. I think that's really negative. Just look at the stats. Recently a poll put 98% of new iPad owners as very satisfied to somewhat satisfied. At an estimate of 5 million sold since day 1, that means 2% or 100,000 left unsatisfied. Even if just half had real problems, that leaves 50,000. Compared to the number of actual posts, I think we're fine according to the stats.
I hope people either find their iPad issues totally acceptable, have none or find an iPad that seems fine to them. I think there are bad ones, good ones and better ones out there. It's simply statistical. People use the panel variation within LCD technology argument to prove that there AREN'T screens with real issues? Huh?
A lot of us work hard to buy iPads. I want a good one. If you can't enjoy your iPad, what's the point?
Hope you all find good ones out there. Stay thirsty my friends.
I dont think anyone would call you OCD based on dead pixels and blotches visible during normal use. It's the nutty crank the brightness up while sitting in a pitch black closet looking at an angle nonsense that is generating the flak.
This is correct.
This seems to be a common trend when dealing with Apple fanboys on macrumors.
Not sure who the "he" is you are referring to - but the satisfaction for iPad 3 is at the tops.
MORE data here - not just BS whining http://www.nasdaq.com/article/ipad-3-tops-consumer-reports-tablet-survey-20120402-01307
Love mine as well. I have no doubts that there are some defective units out of the millions sold. But man made products don't get much better than this, especially when produced in these volumes.
I also got mine on day one, and would include myself in that 98% who are very-to-somewhat satisfied. I have an iPad 1, iPad 2, and the new iPad. Side by side, there are definite differences in the color or shading of the lighting.
I've not had any issues with mine, thinking I got a "good one", but this past weekend, I turned it on while sitting in my car. It was a sunny day. I noticed, immediately, that the display looked dim and pink. I have a white iPad, so with a nice white bezel to compare it to, it definitely looked not-so-good.
This morning, in my darker office, the LCD looks white and normally bright (mine, even at full brightness, doesn't seem that bright).
Could it be that the apparent color/shade of the backlighting depends on the ambient lighting? Sun gives a dim pinkish shade to the display. Inside, under artificial lighting, the display looks more neutral/grey.
I'll probably go to our local Apple store and look at theirs, maybe even bring mine to compare. It does seem that if the iPad isn't aimed directly at my eyes, the shade changes slightly. I don't remember my iPad1 and iPad2 being so sensitive to angle.
And, no, I'm not OCD.
I've not had any issues with mine, thinking I got a "good one", but this past weekend, I turned it on while sitting in my car. It was a sunny day. I noticed, immediately, that the display looked dim and pink. I have a white iPad, so with a nice white bezel to compare it to, it definitely looked not-so-good.
This morning, in my darker office, the LCD looks white and normally bright (mine, even at full brightness, doesn't seem that bright).
Could it be that the apparent color/shade of the backlighting depends on the ambient lighting? Sun gives a dim pinkish shade to the display. Inside, under artificial lighting, the display looks more neutral/grey.
I'll probably go to our local Apple store and look at theirs, maybe even bring mine to compare. It does seem that if the iPad isn't aimed directly at my eyes, the shade changes slightly. I don't remember my iPad1 and iPad2 being so sensitive to angle.
And, no, I'm not OCD.
I also got mine on day one, and would include myself in that 98% who are very-to-somewhat satisfied. I have an iPad 1, iPad 2, and the new iPad. Side by side, there are definite differences in the color or shading of the lighting.
I've not had any issues with mine, thinking I got a "good one", but this past weekend, I turned it on while sitting in my car. It was a sunny day. I noticed, immediately, that the display looked dim and pink. I have a white iPad, so with a nice white bezel to compare it to, it definitely looked not-so-good.
This morning, in my darker office, the LCD looks white and normally bright (mine, even at full brightness, doesn't seem that bright).
Could it be that the apparent color/shade of the backlighting depends on the ambient lighting? Sun gives a dim pinkish shade to the display. Inside, under artificial lighting, the display looks more neutral/grey.
I'll probably go to our local Apple store and look at theirs, maybe even bring mine to compare. It does seem that if the iPad isn't aimed directly at my eyes, the shade changes slightly. I don't remember my iPad1 and iPad2 being so sensitive to angle.
And, no, I'm not OCD.
This is exactly what I'm noticing with my white iPad, too. The type and intensity of ambient lighting definitely seems to affect the screen. If so, is this just something we have to live with?
I read somewhere n here (cant find the link anymore) that the screen technology they use for colour reproduction/enhancement is based around filters as the screen used is so thin, i think when you have direct sunlight on the screen it reflects in a pink hue off these colour filters on the screen. I think this is a fact of life with the technology used. Can someone remember the article i am talking about?
Exactly I got a iMac 27" and I love the machine, their is a single lazy pixel I only notice it on very few colors and then I have to be looking, am I returning this machine? no.
I adore how it works and I know that returning it is my right but I could end up in a spiral of returns and dissatisfaction with Apple on a whole.
This is exactly what I noticed with my iPad today. I traded my 16 gb for a 32 gb Verizon model. It looked fine in the house last nigh but today in the car it looks extremely pink. Can anyone else confirm this as I really don't want to make the three drive back to the apple store tomorrow.