"Yellow Tint" on my iPhone 4

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"Yellow Tint" on my iPhone 4

Hey there,

I recently discovered that my original iPhone 4 had a distinct yellow tint on the LCD. Please understand that I am not speaking of the yellow blotches that are apparently common. I am speaking of an overall yellow stain across the entire screen. When I compared my phone to Three of my friends' iPhone 4s there was a blatant difference between my screen and theirs.

I searched online and found a person who had the same problem as I, who reported That they brougt it to an apple store and had it replaced. Unfortunately I live in Newfoundland, Canada with no apple store for god knows how far. So I called apple and we arranged that they would send me a new iPhone and I would send my old one back. I received my new phone today... With one problem. It has a yellow tint.

Has anybody else had this problem? Is it a ridiculous coincidence that I got two yellow iPhones in a row? What do I do at this point? Ask for another one? I'm slightly worried that apple is going to charge me the price of a new iPhone for some reason. Sigh. I shouldnt have to be going through this after purchasing the "best phone" on the market.

iPhone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Jan 25, 2011 4:41 PM

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Jan 25, 2011 5:28 PM in response to Crummtastic

I'd suggest waiting it out and seeing if the condition improves at all. My money is on it being the glue behind the screen.

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Crummtastic Author

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Jan 25, 2011 6:04 PM in response to Side_Step_Society

Maybe but I don't think so. Neither of my friends have had this issue, and one of them only got his recently (after me) and it wasn't the case. Could there be a difference between suppliers?

And that's another question: if apple deems that there wasn't any fault to the phone, are they going to take the amount of money they have held on my credit card? Or just the repair bill of 200?

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sn4p2k

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Jan 25, 2011 6:10 PM in response to Crummtastic

there is definitely yellowish screens that do not fix over time there has been plenty of complaints over the course of time that the phone came out I cant tell you why its yellowish but it definitely can be keep returning it tell you get one that you are satisfied with

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Jan 25, 2011 6:15 PM in response to Crummtastic

Your glue may have been applied later than your friends or the temperature was different that day, there are many variables here, which is why I suggest simply waiting it out as nobody can say for certain.

As for the money, again, I can't say for sure, you'd have to call Apple and find out.

Best of luck!

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Feb 1, 2011 1:49 PM in response to Side_Step_Society

Side StepSociety wrote:
I'd suggest waiting it out and seeing if the condition improves at all. My money is on it being the glue behind the screen.

yellow tint is not caused by a glue.

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Ziatron

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Feb 1, 2011 2:27 PM in response to Crummtastic

What do I do at this point? Ask for another one?

I would, the resale of a yellow tint iPhone is not good.

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esycom

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Feb 1, 2011 4:26 PM in response to Crummtastic

My one Yes.
My original iPhone 4 was bluish tint but recently the replacement is yellowish tint due the original one was a hardware defect.

I spoke to Apple store that I don’t want the yellowish tint screen because it appears bit more dark & dingy and NOT as bright as bluish tint screen. Unfortunately, Apple refused it.

Very disappointed with this matter.
I upload the photo at below link, the right one is my current yellow scrren iPhone 4.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1000042&highlight=iphoneyellowtint&page=3

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KC7GNM

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Feb 1, 2011 6:19 PM in response to esycom

esycom wrote:
My one Yes.
My original iPhone 4 was bluish tint but recently the replacement is yellowish tint due the original one was a hardware defect.

I spoke to Apple store that I don’t want the yellowish tint screen because it appears bit more dark & dingy and NOT as bright as bluish tint screen. Unfortunately, Apple refused it.

Very disappointed with this matter.
I upload the photo at below link, the right one is my current yellow scrren iPhone 4.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1000042&highlight=iphoneyellowtint&page=3

The photos are not a fair comparison as you are comparing an iPod Touch with an iPhone 4 which both have slightly different screens.

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esycom

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Feb 1, 2011 7:56 PM in response to KC7GNM

Sorry I did not explain clearly, the photo I posted was under account name "samie88" on Jan 21, 2011, 10:15 AM. Not the photos in the begining of the page.

The left one (iPhone 4) was a display model in our local Apple store. The right one is my replacement, both are set to max brightness and turn off Auto-Brightness.

Anyway, our local Apple store does not want change for me, any idea please.

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Risky63

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Feb 2, 2011 5:16 AM in response to esycom

I have seen this on an iPhone 3Gs, the solution was to replace the LCD. That solution is a bit more expensive on an iPhone 4.

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esycom

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Feb 2, 2011 3:14 PM in response to Risky63

Thanks Risky63. But I think I may have to wait one year from the purchasing date or would break the warranty.

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Answer 12

Feb 2, 2011 4:47 PM in response to esycom

if you aint happy argue your point till you get a new one, i wouldnt like a screen like that, looks like it mucky from cigarette smoke

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esycom

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Feb 2, 2011 5:27 PM in response to DavidK2010

Me too, I dislike the colour, but Apple store did not agree to replace a new one. Even I complained this issue to Department of Fair Trading, but nothing these people can help it out.

Apple’s augment was there is no technical defect of the phone, so they would not agree for further replacement.

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