"Yellowgate" identified by handful of iPhone 4S users

Posting communications at the Apple Support Forum, voluminous customers say that the screen acts washed out and which the whites look a lot of yellow, predominantly when laid next with the iPhone 4. Some say the tricky is specific to the black iPhone 4S, noting that the display within the white version looks fine. This has prompted a few to name it as a "Yellowgate" defect.



As a would-be interpretation, a handful of commenters said they consider the yellowish display is the consequence of the glue used to place the screens composed not having absolutely cured or hardened. One poster remarked an identical downside with the iPhone 4 last year and said it grabbed about 2 weeks for the yellow tint to wane. Nevertheless, a few of other users countered the glue argument by citing that the screen seems washed out, that wouldn't principally be caused by the glue not having hardened.


Summing up the problem, one person marked that "my 4S screen is less contrasty, and hence the whites are a lot of yellow (beyond 'warm') paralleled to my iPhone 4 screen. The colours are less vibrant, and a few are pretty washed out. I've additionally detected that the screen is a lot of directional than the 4 screen, and in some viewing angles it's a lot of yellow, and in others it's more contrasty. I am extremely anticipating this can be a glue issue that might recover. I don't suppose I will be set to get used to the current."


Yellow tint is a tricky that has affected Apple devices in the past. Some iPhone 3G users criticized of this downside, that one researcher said was caused by certain cases blocking the light sensor. A spherical of iPad 2 holders conveyed the same glitch earlier this year that was attributed to the glue not having hardened. And as directed in the support forum, new iPhone 4 users jerked into a similar issue last year, complaining of a yellow discoloured area or yellow tint on the screen. In maximum of the cases, Apple presented to give-and-take the phone.


Supposing it's a glue issue, the problem should resolve itself before too long. If it remains, then affected iPhone 4S holders can wish to fall by their local Apple stores to express to the techs at the Genius Bar.


Have any of you new iPhone 4S holders run into a related display issue? If so please dingdong in via the comments section.