iPhone 4 Yellow Screens to be Fixed Soon; Just Leave Them Alone

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Okay, so the main problem of the new iPhone 4 is not that it scratches easily but that it drops signal very fast if held in the owner’s left hand for a certain period of time. We now know this since the other main concern, the yellow dots, lines, and other geometrical shapes, seem to be fixable.

And I don’t mean you should take your iPhone to the nearest Apple store (yet!) and have it replaced, but rather wait a while and see if the yellowness disappears. Last time we saw yellow tones on an Apple product was this winter when we all remember how Apple’s iMac flagship all-in-one had some serious screen issues for a longer period of time.

In both cases there’s a manufacturing issue, but the iPhone 4 has been affected by a minor one. It would appear that the glue used to hold the screen and front glass panel together is not yet evaporated. The new iPhones are so fresh that the Organofunctional Silane Z-6011 (I guess that’s what they call glue over in China at those Foxconn-for-Apple plants) has not been able to evaporate completely. Here’s a quote from a person that has been selling this glue to Apple:

Apple is using a bonding agent called Organofunctional Silane Z-6011 to bond the layers of glass. Apparently, Apple (or more likely Foxconn) is shipping these products so quickly that the evaporation process is not complete. However, after one or two days of use, especially with the screen on, will complete the evaporation process and the yellow “blotches” will disappear. How do I know? I was involved in pitching Z-6011 to Apple.

Given the fact that the post above was found on a forum, we’re not going to take it to the bank yet and wait for some official confirmation from Steve Jobs or his minions. What I’m still interested to know is how and where will this glue go? It won’t disappear miraculously but it will be released in the atmosphere, and I’m not talking about that big blue thing that surrounds our planet, but rather about the air that iPhone 4 users breath. Anyone cares to explain how this Organofunctional Silane Z-6011 is supposed to evaporate and what it could do to, say, one’s lungs?

Now that I think about it, you’d be better off taking the iPhone back, ask for a brand new one or your money back, and return once the evaporation process has taken place.

Anyone has different thoughts on the matter?