My Retina Display has stain damage, HELP!!!

it's hard to make out what your point is other than over-the-top arrogance.

The fact is that my problem persists, the coating continues to deteriorate and new users are joining the complaint list daily.

"I think all serious arguments are over" Who made you the ultimate decider of this forum? if you weren't so serious you would be a funny caricature.

While i can't stop you from your snide comments and bullying behavior i will no longer respond to you after this. I am sure you will continue to attempt to engage with personal negative and disparaging attacks and try to one up and put down.

Hey you two lovebirds, calm down. The matter is too serious to fight over it; at least in-between each other. Save your energy for Apple.

As to the argument, let us assume Apple is right and the damage is cosmetic. I'm actually astonished - the least to say - that Apple comes up with that argument. This as frankly speaking consumers of Apple products are willing to pay double the money compared to competitor products precisely because of design, aesthetics, cosmetics and last but not least quality. If we Apple consumers wouldn't care for that, we wouldn't be Apple consumers in the first place. Functionality in contrast was never a selling argument for me.

So whether this is a cosmetic damage or a functional damage is a pretty mood argument in respect to Apple products.

Another aspect of cause is the loss in value in this case. I used to be able to sell my Apple products 2nd hand (before purchasing the new and latest products) to a very good price because of the quality of manufacturing. My Macbook Retina is no longer sellable at all or if at quite a reduced price. This makes my Macbook Retina even more expensive.

Hi all.

Thanks for your post, flexier. Good points.

There is a lot of disappointment, anger and frustration in the air. And rightfully so.

We all feel cheated and on top of this Apple is behaving shamefully and arrogantly.

But lets keep the ball on Apples side.

And lets stand together in this matter.

This is the only way we have a chance - if any at all...

Many gretings

Joakim, Denmark / Ethiopia

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it's hard to make out what your point is other than over-the-top arrogance.

Oh, Man. I'm sorry, I did not mean to offend You. 😕 I should polish my English before I'll start to by funny again.

Of course I was talking about this situation not about You and not about your post. If you read previous post, it is hard 15 pages,I know, You would find what

I wrote about it. More, I made little movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mchm7jFTZwE (btw 23000 views)

... I know...my english.... but I was so angry that I have not bothered.

That's why now I think there is no more to say on THIS Apple Community Forum.

It might be useful to post which screen you guys have, LG or Samsung. I'm wondering if it happens on both screens.

How to check:

Go to your Applications folder and launch Terminal. Paste in the following and hit return:

ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

Look at the beginning of the second line to see which manufacturer made your display. If it starts with LP then you have an LG display. Samsung displays start with LSN

Hey guys!

If anybody of us wants some answer from Apple within this thread we need to put preasure on Apple regarding this issue!

AND more important spread the word within your home country and language. Meaning: get in contact with potential computer magazines, suitable forums, etc. - making this issue even more public!

It is on us, if we can make Apple show some reaction to us!

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How do you tell whether it is LG or Samsung

Added to the post above

Looks like mine is a Samsung:

Color LCD

LSN154YL01001

DLM23010447F49HBK

@Alex: Good idea, wonder why this didn't pop up in my mind before.

Regarding the output mine's a Samsung too:

Color LCD

LSN154YL01-A01

DLM339503FVFF0PAC

Maybe this will lead to identifying a certain range or batch so I'd also encourage to gather and post this info here.

ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

It returns only:

@.`0 6

Color LCD

This command probably doesn't work with MBPr13''

ioreg -lw0 | grep -i "DisplayVendorID"

returns

"DisplayVendorID" = 1552

and I can't find what does it mean

Color LCD

LSN154YL01-A01

DLM3492000LFF0PA3

Samsung

rafal_jot wrote:

ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

It returns only:

@.`0 6

Color LCD

This command probably doesn't work with MBPr13''

ioreg -lw0 | grep -i "DisplayVendorID"

returns

"DisplayVendorID" = 1552

and I can't find what does it mean

ioreg -lw0 | grep -i "DisplayProductID"

"DisplayProductID" = 40984

Rafal you can look up the model of the screen under settings, display, color tab, then select the top one and open profile, lookup the model A00.....( on my cellphone right now)