Will do when I get home!
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It is a DL
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iPad 10.5 Yellow tint/uneven brightness
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Will do when I get home!
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It is a DL
Lol!
Yeah iOS 11 will take care of that mess
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Sorry you went through return hell to be left empty handed. I think that's the worst case scenario
Thats what I did, left empty handed. I'm too busy to deal with multiple defective iPad Pro returns. No desire. Might try again this fall one more time, if that proves futile I'll only revisit if one day they offer an OLED iPad, otherwise no iPad for me. Extremely happy with my new Kaby Lake MBP.
I have tried several 10.5, with auto brightness and true tone off, yellow tint next to home button can be seen with 50%, when set the brightness to 100%, it will not show up.
But these 10.5 iPad I bought have dead pixels, panel scratches (inside the glass) and silver dot (i suppose it should be some sort of dust, but it is in silver)
really fed up
But these 10.5 iPad I bought have dead pixels, panel scratches (inside the glass) and silver dot (i suppose it should be some sort of dust, but it is in silver)
really fed up
Same for all of the iPads I've bought in the last year. Dead/ stuck pixels and dust are becoming more prevalent than ever. I also see the little specs you mention as well - I always assumed they are tiny particles of glass as they seem almost clear sometimes, other times metallic like you mention. It's a shame, especially for the Pros. How am I supposed to draw on a white screen and not be bothered by these things? I don't understand. Any fellow artist should be able to easily see and be distracted by these things.
Want to add that these issue might be very well ignored as they are hard to detect by ordinary people. Those Silver dots are most easily seen even without turning the device on, esp when some are right below the front camera. Those dead pixels are easily seen on green test image.
I am still wondering if I should check in the store - I worry that it would easily get past 10 units for getting these device screen defect free
I was wondering when someone would notice the tiny silver glitter specs LOL. The last 10.5 Pro I had that was returned had them. You could see them when the screen was off and certain natural or halogen lighting shined on the screen. I saw maybe 4 or 5 of them inside the display. I haven't seen a dead or stuck pixel in years though, perhaps because they've become so small??
All of these iPad issues boils down to SLOPPY MANUFACTURING and zero QC. I don't care how many millions are sold, the bottom line is that along the manufacturing process there are many faults.
My iPad has a really slight faint yellowing near the home button on the left bottom when in portrait but you really need to look for it. 3 out of the 4 iPads in the Apple Store had the same if not worse effect, so chances are if you replace the screen it most likely will have some degree of this issue. Which in most cases normal users wouldn’t see. I just happen to see it because I use the iPad to draw on a white background for extended periods. My iPad is also dead pixel/particle and dust free and honestly that would bother me way more....it’s a toss up. Not sure I want to play the exchange game anymore.
Honestly I am beginning to think this is normal as LCD screens can never truly be uniform. Dead Pixels and dust particles can be prevented but screen uniformity is never perfect - look at other manufacturers tablets and they have a lot worse uniformity and backlight bleed.
See picture for my display (home Button on right) and tell me what you think:
Honestly I am beginning to think this is normal as LCD screens can never truly be uniform. Dead Pixels and dust particles can be prevented but screen uniformity is never perfect - look at other manufacturers tablets and they have a lot worse uniformity and backlight bleed.
See picture for my display (home Button on right) and tell me what you think:
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Same as mine. I barely notice it anymore and the rest of the screen is perfect.
Neither. Serial numbers having nothing to do with yellow tint.
Anecdotally I’d opt for dL if given the choice but I too would say it’s just a lottery most likely
There are bad dl’s For sure tho
he said better DISPLAYS. this thread is way beyond yellow tint now.
from anecdotal incidents I've experienced myself and read here, I'd opt for DLs.
They have nothing to do with better displays either. It’s still a lottery.
Yes it is. And has been with other iPads to a lesser extent and iPhone SE. Apple isn't likely to fix the issue.
All the iPad's displayed in the stores had a varying degree of a shadow above the home button in portrait - some more prominent then others. Most of them you could see only when looking at a pure white screen (which most people do not do). I am done playing the "lottery" as I am happy to have a dead pixel/dust particle free display which I find to be even more annoying then the slight shadow by the home button.
I have also come to the conclusion that this is just how they are manufactured, similar to the iMac and Cinema display bottom shadows in years past (google it). LCD perfect uniformity is impossible to achieve at the scale of manufacturing these displays.
If something stands out on your iPad and your unhappy with it, exchange it, but to find an absolutely perfect display is pretty impossible. See attached for my display (home button on bottom)
I have also come to the conclusion that this is just how they are manufactured, similar to the iMac and Cinema display bottom shadows in years past (google it). LCD perfect uniformity is impossible to achieve at the scale of manufacturing these displays.
If something stands out on your iPad and your unhappy with it, exchange it, but to find an absolutely perfect display is pretty impossible. See attached for my display (home button on bottom)
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I forgot what iPhone it was but there were slightly warmer screens. There was also a very severe light bleed issue with the early iPad 3 (not to mention that battery that refuses to charge..takes FOREVER). There was (and possibly still is) a dual lens calibration/math issue with the iPhone 7+ lenses. Most people don't see these issues and that's great. There are people that do. Some are OCD. Some looking for it...and some just have an eye for it. I don't know which one(s) I am but I did test devices for many years for a living. I don't tell people about the 7+ issue because they love their phone. I went through about 4 of them before going back to the 6S+. I provided Apple and their engineers real test results so they could work to resolve the issue. I will check the iPad Pro 9.7 and 10.5 screen as I have both. So far, I have not seen anything that stands out.
[doublepost=1501902618][/doublepost]So I just did a quick test of screens of the iPad Pro 9.7 and the iPad Pro 10.5. I made sure that True Tone was turned off, Night Shift was turned off, Auto Brightness disabled, full brightness, and even checked General - Accessibility to make sure Reduce Transparency and Darken Colors were disabled.
The iPad Pro 10.5 is SLIGHTLY warmer than the 9.7. When I say slightly I would guess that unless prompted, most people would never notice. I would say less than 5% difference in warmth. I should add that screens, even from the same manufacturer will have variations. Then you have screens that are sourced by different vendors. I think this is the case with the pee screens on the iPhone. Back to the test....
The screens are both very nice. The 9.7 isn't too cool and the 10.5 isn't too warm.
I checked the 10.5 for light bleed and I see none. I did notice with the 10.5 that if you look at pretty non-normal viewing angles you can see what might be the coating on the glass. You can tell it's not bleed as it 'moves' as you angle the iPad screen around to see different angles.
I checked the 9.7 for light bleed and it actually does have two small spots at the bottom left of the screen. I had never actually noticed until now.. and honestly I don't care. It isn't nearly as bad as the iPad 3 at launch.
All screens will have a slight light variation near the corners. I think it may have something to do with bezel pressure but I am not an engineer.
That's my $0.02.. more like $2 but oh well.
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I just checked my 10.5 for this. I see nothing and historically if it's there I can see it. Not saying yours doesn't have it. I am just saying I have looked at many color tests, including white, and I don't see any shadow or tint.
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This screen would be going back immediately.
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Same here. I am surprised Apple lets me still buy iPads after the iPad 3. My 10.5 looks perfect. Slightly warmer than my 9.7.. love the slightly warm versus cool.
I recently bought an iPad Pro 10.5 256gb WIFI space grey but it had the white static on booting up the device. I then had it exchanged and I still have it. Is it possible that it's a software issue? For those running iOS 11 have you seen it happen at all? Also another issue I've encountered is when the dark keyboard is used in third party such as Netflix the keyboard flickers when pressing the shift key. Has anyone else experienced this? It happened on both my first iPad Pro 10.5 and on my replacement. Last question: I had my iPad Pro exchanged by returning it and then buying a new one. The process was simplified by wiring the money to a gift card so I wasn't charged twice. I just wanted to double check that my unit is a retail unit and not a refurbished/remanufactured one. I did check with them but you never know. My serial number starts with DMPV.