iPad Does anyone think the blue/green iPad Air 4 colors are a defect?

[jimp81]

So I got my Sky Blue iPad Air yesterday and I love it so far. But boy it only appears to be blue under the most optimal conditons. Otherwise its silver. Does anyone think its possible that this run of iPad Airs just didn't get colored right? Seems strange to advertise them in such bold colors only to have them be this weird chromatic sort of color thing.

 

[JagRunner]

I've watched reviews online and its odd how some you can tell are really sky blue and others look silver.

 

[jimp81]

I've watched reviews online and its odd how some you can tell are really sky blue and others look silver.

Do you have a link to a review where you can see a blue one?

 

[dmccloud]

The iPad colors are all either basic colors or pastels, so I'm not surprising that the blue model looks different in different lighting conditions. I wouldn't consider that a defect, just a function of how that specific color works on the iPad. When the new Air was announced, I noticed that the blue was a light pastel shade up front, so I expected some variation in its appearance based on lighting conditions.

 

[JagRunner]

Do you have a link to a review where you can see a blue one?

I don't remember offhand. I was just looking at random videos on Youtube. But what I noticed is that it depended on lighting in the video. Sometimes it looked silver, other times it looked sky blue. I also noticed that the color really popped when they put it next to a different color iPad. That is when you could really tell.

I saw one video where it looked silver until the guy put it in a deep blue apple folio case and THEN you could see it was sky blue.

Just weird all around. The colors are cool, but they are really pastel and too light IMO.

 

[AutomaticApple]

Seems strange to advertise them in such bold colors only to have them be this weird chromatic sort of color thing.

Marketing is deceiving, my friend.

 

[kristalsoldier]

Marketing is deceiving, my friend.

Alternately, it could be argued that Apple is giving its customers more value for money...pay for one colour get two sheens instead!?

 

[JagRunner]

I went to Best Buy and looked at it. It's a VERY LIGHT blue. I don't think it's a defect, but Apple could have made them more blue.

 

[unchecked]

MKBHD did say he had to put an effort to bring out the green on his unit.

That said, I think with the cases and folios, what’s going to stand out will be the coloured side rims.

 

[joeblow7777]

I’m not sure if “defect” is the word you’re looking for. Misleading, maybe, but I don’t doubt that they appear the way Apple intended.