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iPad Pro screen is yellow

Just got my new iPad Pro and love it, best iPad ever. But I've noticed the screen color temperature is significantly shifted more toward the warm/yellow tones than my other two iPads, which are cool/bluish. I like th blue better, it makes whites look cleaner. I was wondering if this is a common issue?


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Posted on Nov 14, 2015 7:08 PM

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Dec 14, 2015 6:43 PM in response to traceyfromwirral

I've seen a couple that had really nice, neutral and even displays. Unfortunately, I've had two that have had uneven displays - the top half yellow, the bottom half bluish. I could handle the screen being all warm or all cool, but the gradient look doesn't work for me. I'm going to give it one more try, and if the screen is similar, I'm going to give up.


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Dec 14, 2015 9:20 AM in response to shawnbuddy

I Don't think it is a location problem. I think it is a problem related to the production date. Surely Apple has more than one supplier for the displays. So, probably the iPad's produce in different periods could have displays of different producers, with different calibrations. Yesterday, after 3 iPad's 4 Mini with the yellow screen, I have decided to change model. So I bought an IPad Air 2. The problem is still present, but it is less visible tha on Mini's. Moreover, it seems than the yellow tint have increased after the update from the native OS version (iOS 9.0) to iOS 9.2. I hope the issue is really related to the production process and will disappear after a couple of weeks, because I'm tired to change IPad's.

Nov 23, 2015 7:45 PM in response to shawnbuddy

Bought mine on 15 Nov. I have equal share of the screen colour problem too. Screen 1 was from WeChat where left edge has patches of blue/green colours. Screen 2 was from Chrome where the top of screen was tainted with pink.


Shown these screens & brought the iPad Pro to the Authorised Service Centre. Service report confirmed there was a light leakage on the display. I was told to bring the Service Report (together with the faulty iPad Pro) back to the sale outlet to get replacement unit on the spot. The sale outlet questioned the authenticity of the report and called for verification. Despite confirming the report is duly issued, the sale outlet was still put me on hold for 30min and gave me lame excuse "Sorry Sir, the color that you wanted is currently out-of-stock"


I am looking for avenue to bring my case up to Apple US. If anyone knows how can it be done, appreciate if you could let me know in your reply. TQ.

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Nov 23, 2015 7:41 PM in response to Cherry63

I took a pic of my ipad pro 128gb screen....the one on the right bottom corner is my ipad air, which has a nice white screen. If anyone wants to buy my yellowed screened ipad pro or wants one just like this go buy the 128gb units now..they are all like this...lol...By the way i have all the contact info from the apple specialist..and she escalated it to the engineers..they have my phone number..I told them. I would even be happy if apple would open a box and find me one that had a white screen..at this point i'd even exchange mine for an opened box from apple...as I think its hopeless at this point in finding a good 128gb unit....I just am keeping my fingers crossed..they resolve this..by the way im not keeping this unit just using it..till hopefully this gets resolved...Everyone that buys from apple now has until jan 9th to return the units..



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Nov 28, 2015 7:51 PM in response to shawnbuddy

well I got a replacement no 6 exact and its better than the last one..but still showing signs of off white yellow tones...but to boot, the apple pencil is not seen by the ipad....this thing is a disaster..i knew in my heart that apple rushed these out....so now i have an appointment at the genuis bar to check on this ...of all things..here is a screen shot of what i get..it doesnt see the pencil as a legitimate attachment...this just keeps getting worse and worse...if this doesnt work out..i will have to wait 3 months..from now and hopefully they sort everything out....fingers crossed....User uploaded file

Nov 30, 2015 8:24 AM in response to Naif SA

I went to the Apple store this WE to compare demo iPad Pro Screens because mine has a non uniforme screen : a side more yellow and another pink.

All demonstration units have different screens : yellow, blue, green, pink tint and a non uniform color tint from top to bottom and right to left.

I had that kind of disappointments with all my iPads and iPhones and I ha owned all models.

Same thing with my Macbook Pro retina 15''.

Just have a look to the pictures below. You know what, i asked to an Apple boy why screens tint is so different.

He told me that for him it was exactely the same and maybe it was the border color that make this...Ridiculous.

II think my eyes are different than most of people...

Now I keep my units because I dont want to play to the screen lottery anymore.

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Dec 2, 2015 8:15 AM in response to GodGirl2015

So just wanted to let you know, my theory was not totally correct that the yellowing is limited to the 128gb units...I had gotten another 128gb unit my 6th and probably my best, because I cant stand even the slightest yellowing on any unit..I know Im picky. So I figured my wifes unit was really white and was a 32gb. Im so crazy I decided that i'd rather have a white 32gb unit than a yellowed 128gb unit and even though this last one was relatively decent I wanted even a better looking display and i'd live with 32gb. So I went yesturday to get the 32gb unit figuring by now they would have sorted out this screen problem, how wrong was I...below to the left is the 32gb unit and the right is my 128gb unit for comparison...I will be keeping the 128gb unit....also as an update, my apple pencil would not be recognized by the ipad pro. Something was wrong with the way it communicated with the unit...so I brought it into apple..but instead of them offering me a new unit...they ordered a part for repair...so they must know about this problem. I was going to just give it back, but they are so hard to come by i guess i'll have to get it repaired..by the way if your apple pencil fails..the repair is 76.00 ouch......anyway below is the screenshots..interested in comments.

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Dec 18, 2015 1:20 PM in response to andrewfromwallasey

I really didn"t want to bring my back, but seeing that there are still users getting iPad Pros with the yellow screen prompted me today to return mine both to see if I can get the color I really wanted and to see if I could get one that either wasn't as yellow or was the normal cooler blue.

I brought my good iPad as a comparison, but I think the flourescent lighting in the Apple Stores makes it hard to make a comparison in the store.

I think i did better this time, but the screen is still slightly yellow,

Here was my original iPad Pro alongside my iPad 3.


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The iPad Pro I had was somewhat yellow overall.

We use standard incandescent light in out apartment. So, I think the camera is exaggerating the yellow tone more than what I was observing with my own eyes.


The replacement iPad Pro below. Looking at it with my own eyes looks much whiter in person next to my iPad 3.


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I think the slight yellow in this image, again, is more exaggerated from the camera and room lighting, but it is much, much less yellow than my originally purchased iPad Pro.

In person, the display appears to be almost as white as my iPad 3.

Dec 19, 2015 7:17 AM in response to andrewfromwallasey

here are some pics..the ipad pro from hong kong is close but has white at the bottom of the screen then at the top it goes yellow .the uk one is patchy yellow.the ipad air is a nice white great uniform white..the Samsung tab s2 is the best followed by the Samsung tab s 10.5 ..im going to wait until a couple of months im not willing to spend that sort of money on poor screens and the quality control needs to be looked at from apple..blotchy dirty looking screens its just horriable to look at the yellow tint and blotchiness is awful for this price point .most people wont be bothered but if you compered then I think you would change your mindUser uploaded fileUser uploaded fileUser uploaded fileUser uploaded fileUser uploaded file

Mar 4, 2016 3:47 PM in response to Mitch2016

hi guys thought I would mention my experience..i bought another ipad pro silver 128gb from hong kong ..at the back it had a date of January..the screen was much better than any others I have had but still had white tint on the right hand side and the left side a yellow tint so not even .I decided to get it changed and apple were great the man in apple told me the other one I had was manufacture date November so oldish.the new one in the shop had slightly less yellow but when I got it home its white tint on left side and yellow on right ..in the shop they had a gold 128gb and the screen was perfect I mean I said to them can I take that one even though it was full ofUser uploaded file finger prints maybe even scratched ..it was superb you could clearly see the difference..they said they cant do that. i decided to put procreate on the ipad air 2 and the ipad pro and noticed something very bad.the red levels on the ipad pro are almost orange they just don't look rite to me ..ill attach a photo to show you..im going to take this one back and see what they can do .its a superb machine and for drawing I think better than Wacom ..I noticed it first in the app notes the red just isn't correct..im so disappointed and I don't think this is being picky ,im going to try and get one that maybe has a late feb code maybe the quality control has gotten a bit better.ive almost given up but im going to carry on as I think the ipad pro is a dream come true for artist s

Apr 9, 2016 8:39 AM in response to shawnbuddy

Has anyone had a result when waiting a couple of weeks for the glue to dry? I just purchased mine from Boston, it is a 128 gb wifi. The screen is yellow compared to my iphone 6 plus. You can check the photo. What can we do about this. It seems the time is passing by but there is no change on the screens of Ipad pro 128 gb.User uploaded file

Nov 15, 2016 5:43 PM in response to shawnbuddy

Just got my new iPad Pro 9.7" 257/WiFi/Cellular. Was super stoked about it but once I started setting it up tonight, I noticed the yellow tint vs my iPad Air 2. True Tone and Night Shift are both off. As a graphic artist/illustrator and photographer, color is vital. For nearly $2000 with case, Apple Pencil, and taxes, this isn't acceptable.


Quality control has shifted down significantly since more devices were being manufactured and assembled overseas. Its frustrating that our excitement is squashed and we now have to take time to play a guessing game and hope that any of the exchanged ones have been resolved. My bet is that they just don't care at this point as the general public won't notice or care. Sad.User uploaded file

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