Or you're not able to notice differences in screen quality. It's no different than when I can tell that olive oil has gone "off" a bit and my roommate still thinks it's perfectly fine. Some people's vision is a little more acute and they notice the colour differences - the point is that the vast majority of iPad 2 screens didn't have this problem, while a large number of third-gen screens do...if people are able to notice the issues and it's bothering them, they should by all means return the units. If you're happy, then good for you. No need to call anyone OCD.
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This season's screen tint is pink......
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Or you're not able to notice differences in screen quality. It's no different than when I can tell that olive oil has gone "off" a bit and my roommate still thinks it's perfectly fine. Some people's vision is a little more acute and they notice the colour differences - the point is that the vast majority of iPad 2 screens didn't have this problem, while a large number of third-gen screens do...if people are able to notice the issues and it's bothering them, they should by all means return the units. If you're happy, then good for you. No need to call anyone OCD.
And if for no other reason, people shouldn't call someone OCD because it's completely wrong. Not only because the definition doesn't even fit well (OCD has little to do with being nitpicky) but mostly because you don't say "someone is so Obsessive Compulsive Disorder". That's just idiotic; almost as idiotic as calling something "fail".
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I'm pretty sure most people here could care less.
Sad but true. Internet speak is slaughtering language. We'll be back to grunting in 100 years' time.
Loosely quoted anecdotal chat today with a manager at an Apple store.
"Corporate are aware there are color variations in the screens. If the customer does not like the appearance of the screen, you may make one exchange, no questions asked. If the customer complains again, you may make a one time exception and replace the second one."
When asked directly, there was no indicated knowledge of a plan to eliminate or correct the screen variations.
I figure the number of discolored screen is high, but the level of scrutiny of the average consumer is far lower than that number.
I don't know I'd this is the case for everyone else, but interestingly enough it appears my pink tint likes to appear in rooms with dim ambient lighting and disappears in very well-lot rooms or in broad daylight.
They all have this issue (if you want to call it that). I rarely notice it on mine unless I look for it, and it is only noticeable on perfectly white backgrounds with display brightness way up. Under normal circumstances I can't see it even if I try, has to be bright white background and a bright screen in a dim room. If I'm in a dimly lit room the brightness goes down so its not a problem.
I returned my 2nd ipad3, here is why.
I bought the first iPad on the launch day. After a few day usage, I found that the top left corner is greenish and the bottom right is pinky. That's so obvious that the "genius" who was checking my iPad immediately decided to give me a replacement and said he had seen a similar one before.
Then I got the second one, this one is much better. But, when I open a safari page, not the top of the screen, where the url and bookmark bar are located, the left part of the par is yellow/grey while the right part is blue. It's obvious when you see a transition in the bookmark bar from yellow to blue...
I heard lot of people calling others OCDs, but the only thing matters is what you get and what you feel. Once you notice the unevenness of the screen, especially something that obvious, you will want to exchange it.
Of course I know that iPad is built with a consideration on cost and mass production. So I went to apple store in NY, Soho today. And I saw some of them are better, and some of them are just like mine, which has a yellow/warm to blue/cold transition on the bookmark bar.
So I realized that the perfectness we are looking for, if you call an even screen perfect, is not in the requirement of QC of Apple. So it will just depend on your luck. Then I simply returned it and get my money back.
Now I will just be using my MacBook Air/Pro and the first iPad.
If it's that hard to find a screen that meets my standard, then I just gave up.
I dont' want swap it more than once...
Last comment, I sincerely hope Apple can improve their screen or use Super AMOLED on the next gen ipad, since the introduction of hi-def screen makes long time reading on iPad possible, then there are more and more people care about the evenness of the screen when seeing webpages or document when the background is pure white most of the time....
I bought the first iPad on the launch day. After a few day usage, I found that the top left corner is greenish and the bottom right is pinky. That's so obvious that the "genius" who was checking my iPad immediately decided to give me a replacement and said he had seen a similar one before.
Then I got the second one, this one is much better. But, when I open a safari page, not the top of the screen, where the url and bookmark bar are located, the left part of the par is yellow/grey while the right part is blue. It's obvious when you see a transition in the bookmark bar from yellow to blue...
I heard lot of people calling others OCDs, but the only thing matters is what you get and what you feel. Once you notice the unevenness of the screen, especially something that obvious, you will want to exchange it.
Of course I know that iPad is built with a consideration on cost and mass production. So I went to apple store in NY, Soho today. And I saw some of them are better, and some of them are just like mine, which has a yellow/warm to blue/cold transition on the bookmark bar.
So I realized that the perfectness we are looking for, if you call an even screen perfect, is not in the requirement of QC of Apple. So it will just depend on your luck. Then I simply returned it and get my money back.
Now I will just be using my MacBook Air/Pro and the first iPad.
If it's that hard to find a screen that meets my standard, then I just gave up.
I dont' want swap it more than once...
Last comment, I sincerely hope Apple can improve their screen or use Super AMOLED on the next gen ipad, since the introduction of hi-def screen makes long time reading on iPad possible, then there are more and more people care about the evenness of the screen when seeing webpages or document when the background is pure white most of the time....
Wouldn't it be more noticeable because of the contrast with the white bezel? With the black, its much harder to see the tone
this is exactly why i returned my new iPad today. don't know if i'll get another one.
I have heard from more than one source that white devices, including iphones, are manufactured differently than black ones, to account for the differences in color and contast perception brought on by a white bezel.
I can also confirm that a survey of white vs black iPads at different Apple stores yielded the same results...all white iPads I saw had a noticeably pink tint compared to black ones.
I think you might be onto something here. I ordered the black 16Gb WiFi from Apple and got stuck with a half yellow screen. I exchanged 2 more with yellow being a common denominator. I decided to try the white instead as I've already had black iPad 1 and 2 already. And wouldn't you know it? I got pink on my first attempt. I was NOT looking for it or was I aware of the tint at the time. But the screen was otherwise much whiter. I returned it for another white WiFi and got slightly less pink but deal pixels. Not satisfied, I tried one more white WiFi and got one with the light bar showing at the top. I've since given up and just will wait it out.
It doesn't surprise me that perhaps in internal testing that Apple discovered that the white bezels made the warmer tones inherent in some screens very obvious and decided to work with panel vendors for a solution. I did read that LG has been supplying limited quantities of displays on BGR.com and their panels have always been cool white with a tiny amount of pink if viewed at more extreme angles like my iPad 2. Only Apple would know the true answer but it doesn't surprise me one bit that they would set aside different spec panels for the white iPad.
Just noticed my pink issues today but it's only when I put it 100% brightness and on an all black screen; at some ungodly crazy angle. I'm enjoying my pad so much. A lil pink never hurt anyone unless it's beef.
Wait, I thought beef was BETTER when pink.
The "real" pink issue, as I understand it (and experienced it), involves a pink hue across part or all of the screen when you're looking at it straight on. Appears on an all white screen or a screen that is primarily white (like ebooks or webpages).