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yes.. all 5... all 5 were also att 16gb ones... THO.. i did notice that the VZW one ON display was normal/blue/non-piss ... could have been by chance... but also at another store... they were demo-ing yellow ones too... and the one that was normal was a VZW one.. soo i dunno... time will tell... i will give it a good week or so of full brightness to see if things change
 
yes.. all 5... all 5 were also att 16gb ones... THO.. i did notice that the VZW one ON display was normal/blue/non-piss ... could have been by chance... but also at another store... they were demo-ing yellow ones too... and the one that was normal was a VZW one.. soo i dunno... time will tell... i will give it a good week or so of full brightness to see if things change

Well that sucks.....well good luck....give a update later.
 
Does anyone know what causes this uneven pink hue to occur in the LCD manufacturing process?
Yes. Uneven white balance is a result of alignment problems with the shutters, filters, polarizers, or backlight in the affected region. "White" on a transmissive TFT display is a result of all three subpixels being switched fully "on" and allowing the white backlighting to shine straight through. If the backlighting is not consistent to the same color temperature, you'll have uneven colors on the screen. With older CCFL backlights, this was easier to spot, because you had typically 1-3 lamps on the screen. LED backlights have many more elements, and can therefore be much more blotchy if there's pronounced unevenness in the backlight. Every individual backlight bulb, even of the exact same model, has a slightly different color temperature; you usually just can't perceive the variation.

But it's not always the backlight, either. When one or more of the filters or polarizers is out of whack, even a perfect white backlight could show as slightly off-color.

There are many ways this can come about, such as thermal or mechanical stress, very minor voltage variation causing the crystals not to "twist" or switch completely on, backlight leaks and bleeds, slight physical misalignment of the various layers of circuitry, pixel elements, polarizers inside the display.

Oftentimes displays even themselves out over time as various elements break in (just like you can sometimes fix stuck pixels by rapid cycling colors), and sometimes they don't. Considering that each pixel is built from close to 10 separate pieces, the display alone has 30 million parts. At least a few hundred of them are going to work slightly less than perfectly on every single display on the shelf. Some are more visible than others, and that's true even of units that fully pass QA.
 
Hi all,

I've had my iPad 3 since Friday & have decided this morning to send it back as overall I was happier with the display on the iPad 2!

There's no denying the increased number of pixels makes text look razor sharp but given that most web pages are a mix of bitmaps & vectors, the bitmaps look pixelated now.

My main issue however is media playback & colour balance. I use my iPad for watching downloaded 720p content as well as using iPlayer & live TV sites like FilmOn & TV Catchup --- I was EXTREMELY happy with the quality of the picture on my old iPad 2 but the new one doesn't have the rich contrast ratio of old (blacks aren't as black) and worst of all, skin tones have a horrible yellowy/green tinge. If I hadn't owned or seen an iPad 2 I'd obviously be none the wiser but my wife still has her no.2 so we compared side by side & no.2 just has a richer & more natural picture, skin tones don't have the jaundice look!

Also, the iPad 2 is brighter, no doubt about this one. I turned brightness all the way down on both & the iPad 2 was brighter. On full brightness the iPad 2 has whiter whites, whereas the iPad 3 again has that mild yellow tinge.

Another noticable thing is that the screen picks up fingerprints more easily than the iPad 2 -- again, I did a side by side comparison with my own greasy fingertips!

On the whole, aside from the sharper text, I prefer the look on the iPad 2 and regret selling mine to fund the purchase of the new one, so it's going back to Apple for a refund & I'm gonna wait a month or so to see what happens. It seems that the new screens just have a different colour profile, which to my eyes, isn't as good as on the iPad 2. If it isn't sorted out by Apple & is as they intended, I'll no doubt re-purchase an iPad 2, a device I was 100% happy with.

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I've had to return two Ipad 3rd gen's because of yellow tint. Saw the posts on the forum, realized this was a widespread problem, and decided the odds were low of me getting one with a proper screen (i.e. one that shows white as white and not as off-white). Got a full refund from Apple and will probably order an Ipad 2 refurb instead.

My iPad 3 has a slight yellow tint on the right hand side (landscape orientation, camera to left, home button to the right) but the left hand side looks as if someone spilled diluted coffee on it. I'm getting it replaced. The replacement will be here in a few hours. I opted for Express Replacement because it is a 150 mile round trip to my 'local' Apple store.
This is really unacceptable, I shouldn't have to spend half of my day off from work driving to and from the Apple store, waiting in line, and dealing with crowds. I've never had a problem with my other Apple products (Ipad 1, 2, and iPhone 3GS).

I've owned at least one of every iPhone except the original: a 16G, 32GS, two iPhone4s, an iPhone 4S, an iPad 1, two iPad 2s, and this 'new' iPad. This is the first iOS device I've owned with a display that totally sucks.
Very dissappointed about this, I tried hard to love my yellow tint Ipads, however I just can't accept less than perfection when I'm spending $700+ hard earned dollars. I'd rather not have one than have to accept compromises. This sucks.

The right side was decent and the colors accurately tracked those of my iMac (profiled with i1Display Pro) while my iPad 2 definitely does not but they are 'close enough' for showing snapshots to the family. Had the left side been the equal of the right I would have kept it.

I decided to try one replacement to get a better screen. If the replacement has similar problems I'll return it for a refund. I, too, cannot justify paying over $800 for what I consider to be a defective item. I would never be satisfied with it and would definitely have buyer's remorse. That would be a first for me after purchasing an Apple product.

When I spoke to the Apple Customer Support agent about the problem he said it definitely was a defect. He admitted that they were getting a few reports of display problems similar to mine. He also said the problem wasn't occurring often enough to justify flagging it as an issue. The new iPad had been available to consumers for about 30 hours at the time I called. If this thread isn't totally the equivalent of an ER situation then the problem may be much more prevalent.
 
I've owned every Ipad and Iphone Apple has released and the new iPad is a terrible dissapointment. Despite having a much sharper screen the display is the ipad's Achilles heel. The viewing angles are worst than the iPad 2, side by side, tilting the new iPad a few degrees results in slight but noticeable color shifts that are not present on the iPad 2.

Color uniformity is once again inferior on the new ipad. On a white screen viewing the ipad head on, colors are not as uniform showing distinct variation in color temperature from left to right of the screen. On a particular ipad unit I could discern pinkish hues on the top and yellowish ones on the lower quadrants. Contrast and brightness are better on the ipad 2, which gets noticeably brighter and has much deeper blacks. Colors are nowhere near as accurate, blue hyperlinks look purple in the new iPad!

The ultimate result is that despite having superior resolution, the new Ipad display can be worst than the previous generation iPad. A shame really...
 
I've owned every Ipad and Iphone Apple has released and the new iPad is a terrible dissapointment. Despite having a much sharper screen the display is the ipad's Achilles heel. The viewing angles are worst than the iPad 2, side by side, tilting the new iPad a few degrees results in slight but noticeable color shifts that are not present on the iPad 2.

Color uniformity is once again inferior on the new ipad. On a white screen viewing the ipad head on, colors are not as uniform showing distinct variation in color temperature from left to right of the screen. On a particular ipad unit I could discern pinkish hues on the top and yellowish ones on the lower quadrants. Contrast and brightness are better on the ipad 2, which gets noticeably brighter and has much deeper blacks. Colors are nowhere near as accurate, blue hyperlinks look purple in the new iPad!

The ultimate result is that despite having superior resolution, the new Ipad display can be worst than the previous generation iPad. A shame really...

What he said!

Pretty much mirrors my own thoughts.
 
On my iPad 3, if I just switch it on without having looking at my old iPad 1, it looks fine. If I really stare I might be pursuaded its a little towards yellow, but it doesn't bother me at all. There is some shift across different parts of the screen but I had that with the iPad 1 as well. However if I look at my iPad 1 first, then switch my eyes to the 3, then it looks more yellowy. So clearly I am afflicted by this, but I don't see it unless I compare it with something else. It looks right if its the only screen in front of me.

The screen I have seen with the biggest variance in colour temperature was the HTC EVO 3d...the swing between pinky to greenish was extreme.

Some variance across the screen is really normal. You could try 100 iPads before you found one you consider perfect. Clearly though there is a significant variance in colour temperature. The problem is we don't know what the intention actually was. As has been mentioned, D65 or 6500K is slightly warmish and if you are using the iPad to edit photos or watch movies, then it SHOULD be more in this direction than blue. The problem is I think some are too much in the yellow direction particularly if it looks like coffee is spilt on it.

Finally, LEDs do change slightly when they are new. Many think LEDs just stay the same and last forever. They don't. They actually do dim very very slowly over time, and they can also change their colour temperature around 5% in the first 100 hours of use. I did an experiment with two white LEDs on a circuit board, they started within 1% of each other in terms of light output and colour temperature. One was left on for 100 hours, and the other was kept off. After measuring again, one had lost about 2% of its brightness and had deviated around 5% from the other in colour temperature. This was measured using an i1 pro meter and a lux meter.
 
what yellow?

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I went through the whole yellow screen issue with the iPad 2. When LG displays were short in supply, Apple used samsung displays. From my knowledge, the Samsung displays were warm in color, while the LGs were a nice cool color. I returned each iPad until I got a cool blue colored iPad, even going as far as emailing tcook@apple.com and getting a call from one of his executive relations people, relations folk said it had to do with display supplier, and each has varying warmth. Needless to say I did one more replacement, and I got a beautiful white "cool" iPad 2, with no bleed.

For those of you saying that the warmer color is easier on the eyes, I beg to differ. Each screen provides its own eye strain. Both are bad for the eyes after prolonged use at 50% brightness.

This is the very reason I am not buying the iPad 3 right away. It seems Apple is mixing suppliers again, some will get the blue hue, others (majority) will get the warmer screens. When I buy my iPad 3, I will be going to the Apple Store and examine the iPad before walking out the store.

Keep returning, you are spending 400+ on a product, it should be perfect.
 
But these people are returning devices that are fine. Going through 3, 4, even 5 iPads because they aren't happy with the screen's overall color temperature. Now I know some screens truly have issues, but I would say 90% or more of these people are driving themselves crazy looking for problems.

I'm picky as hell with the stuff I buy. I went through two iPad 2's (first one had a nasty scratch out of the box, second one had bad light bleed) but this is a bit much.

I like the warmer color tone but maybe I am used to them since my calibrated plasma's have always looked that way.
 
FWIW...a guy in my office and myself both got new iPads last week. Mine has the yellow tint and his doesn't (or at least his is more neutral). I compared them side by side and he laughed and said I was too picky (which is probably true). Anyway, the serial number on his iPad starts with DN6 while mine begins with DMP. We both pre-ordered our devices but he ordered on the 8th while I ordered mine the afternoon of the 7th.

Now if there was any way to return and specify a device that begins with a certain serial number (assuming there's a correlation with the serial numbers).
 
I like the warmer color tone but maybe I am used to them since my calibrated plasma's have always looked that way.


I think that's it for people who have TV's that are calibrated. We are conditioned to believe overly saturated and bluish images are the norm.
 
FWIW...a guy in my office and myself both got new iPads last week. Mine has the yellow tint and his doesn't (or at least his is more neutral). I compared them side by side and he laughed and said I was too picky (which is probably true). Anyway, the serial number on his iPad starts with DN6 while mine begins with DMP. We both pre-ordered our devices but he ordered on the 8th while I ordered mine the afternoon of the 7th.

Now if there was any way to return and specify a device that begins with a certain serial number (assuming there's a correlation with the serial numbers).
Mine is a DN6 and it's yellow.
 
Mine is a DN6 and it's yellow.

Well so much for that. His was definitely cooler than mine. It's most definitely warmer than the older iPads though.

I've noticed that many of the iDevices have gotten warmer over the past couple of years. iPad 2 was very cool as was my original iPhone 4. I had to swap out my iPhone 4 last spring and ended up with a device that was much warmer than the previous phone and iPad. I swapped it out a few times but never found one that was as cool as my original iPhone 4. Now I have an iPhone 4S which was definitely warmer than my iPad 2 but it now it appears to have a cooler display compared to the new iPad.

My guess is the guy in my office has a warm device but not nearly as warm as some of the others we've seen. I feel like mine is very warm and I will probably swap it out at some point but will wait a bit until we hear of some success stories that don't involve 5 or 6 exchanges.
 
Mine starts with DLX and I can't tell if looks slight yellow compared to my 1st gen. Im at work with morning daylight through the window and looks cool blue.
Maybe im straining too much:rolleyes:
Also, the white bezel looks less white :)
 
I know this gets stated every 100 posts or so, but if Apple just allowed a color temp slider in the OS ALL OF THIS WOULD DISAPPEAR

I mean, I'm sure Apple has taken back thousands of devices over the years to returned yellow screens. These items have to be shipped to be refurbed, shipped back to customers upon being sold. Genius bar time is taken up, support calls cost money. Cross-shipping replacements costs money.

ALL OF THIS COULD BE GONE with a simple slider. In the past I could see why Apple chose not to include it, but with this new retina display, this is a professional device for those that produce media (digital portfolio)...color accuracy is a legitimate concern.
 
Love it

How in the world can Apple please everyone? I find the new iPad is the first eBook reader that I can really use for long periods without strain (I hate eInk). And the colors on the thing are wonderful for me -- saw a movie the other day and enjoyed the richer tone.
 
I know this gets stated every 100 posts or so, but if Apple just allowed a color temp slider in the OS ALL OF THIS WOULD DISAPPEAR.

That would be a good idea. Although, at that point, I'd also bet that arguments would ensue regarding how far over the slider must be compared to others.
 
Other people can say we're (the ones who dislike the new displays colours) being pedantic etc etc etc but I trust my own eyes & have compared both models side by side and apart from the sharpened text quality, everything else is better on the iPad 2 -- just go to a news website, Daily Mail for instance -- look at the photos in an article, iPad 2 is crisper, has better contrast ratio & more natural skin tones. End of story!
 
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