Help!! Helix Screen Issue - Refresh/Flicker in Some Cases: Do You Have the Same Issue?!

I'm hoping somebody reads this and does the quick test below to help see if I found a Lenovo Helix display issue, or if just mine is defective!
I just received my Helix Core i7/8GB RAM/256GB SSD/4G LTE.  (I have udpated all software, drivers, and Windows.  Screen set at normal 32 bit color, 50/60 Hz refresh rates tested - default options unchanged.)
Under some circumstances, I can see some flickering on the screen, like on an old CRTs when you set the refresh rate to very low.  I've done some tests, and here is one quick way to reproduce it....can someone else try it so I can see if my Helix is defective?
Keep your helix in normal portrait mode.  Open the Windows sticky notes (the built-in app since Windows 7 that lets you put a "postit" on the desktop).  Put that note in the upper right corner, so it takes like a quarter of the screen.  Leave it on for 2-3 minutes at least (5 minutes best). Then swipe on the right side to bring the charms menu, click settings: now the larger blue vertical bar showing settings/shutdown button etc shows up.  Right there, on the blue bar, where the sticky notes used to be underneath, mine flickers a LOT sometimes, and sometimes it's just a little.  It goes away after a few minutes.  It's exactly and only where the sticknotes were (the rest of my desktop pic is blue).
It's not a software bug.  The issue persists on that spot of the screen if you immediately reboot, and progressively diminishes until some time has passed (~2 minutes).  The issue also stays in the same physical location if you rotate the display to vertical.  It's not a software issue with stiky notes, it's just the color; if I take a screenshot of the color and leave it at the same location on the screen dsktop, then bring blue like the settings bar, it does it.  It seems that having yellow on the screen displayed for a few minutes, followed by blue, does it.
So this is visible easily if you have a desktop picture with blue on it (like ocean/beach).
On some occasions too, it just seems that changing completely colors make the overal screen refresh rate seem low; this is very subtle and lasts only for a few seconds.  What I'm more worried about is the above test, the flickering is obvious to anyone looking at the screen.
Can somebody try?  Again, the yellow of the sticky notes needs to stay on screen for a few minuets, then bring the blue bar of the settings menu on top, and see if you see the "flickering".
Thanks so much in advance!
Nicolas

Anyone?  At least someone from Lenovo?  I have a limited time to decide if I keep my Helix or not.  If I get no reply I'll just have to return it...and I haven't found another alternative tablet that works for me (12" screen, Core i5/i7 and 4GLTE).
BTW, the issue I have isn't hard to see on my tablet.  Just use the default windows sticky notes and bring the settings bar on top of it after a few minutes, and you'll see.
My guess is it could be related to the burn in issue posted on this forum.  I only see the flickering if the image is left on for a couple of minutes then changed.  Only a couple of minutes is needed, not long.  BTW I showed it to several poeple, without saying anything, they all saw it immediately.
Not a driver issue.  Tried latest drivers, no change.  Also, tried an Asus tablet (Vivo Tab) for comparison, I don't see this issue at all, no problem.
Even weirder, it really seems to be specific colors doing that.  Leave yellow on the screen and switch to blue.  But not any yellow.  like the sticky notes have a gradient in color, well only part of the color of the sticky notes make the screen flicker when blue is then displayed on top after that.

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