The flicker that they're talking about, is this a noticible flicker, or the PWM that's aggravating everyones' eyes?
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Apple Investigating Display Issues With iPhone 12 Models, Including Flickering and Green/Gray Glow
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Noticeable. It flickers the pixels on and off sometimes, sometimes it remains grey instead of off and sometimes is turns them off after some seconds.
There is also a STRANGE issue with the camera lenses in dark areas... you get a bunch of blue dots. I'll upload an example later, but my fiancees pro then pro max and my pro max all did it.
Other than maybe video game consoles, have there ever been devices with such massive releases as there are smartphones like iPhones and those made by Samsung and the like?
Defects are bound to happen.
Defects are bound to happen.
I've had no issues on T-Mobile with just putting in my old SIM and being up and running. Sounds like a provider-specific issue?
Also, coming from an XR, this antenna is way better. Now at home I get 1-2 bars normally when before it was 0-1 (I manage to live in a weak zone for all 3 major U.S. providers).
I find the yellow issue on my 12 mini is from true tone, as soon as I toggle it off the yellow goes away, could be a software fix coming
This sounds like an issue with new cellphone cameras industry wide. Light kicks, dots, stripes.... lots of photos floating around from both iPhone and Samsung phones.
If you can rule that out as the problem, go to Apple and exchange your phone.
I got a piss yellow 11 Pro Max in January of this year. Its replacement was better but still yellow. I think this year it has only gotten more aggressive with the problem but it was definitely there last year.
My wife has iPhone 10Max and I have iPhone 11 Pro Max; True Tone is off on both phones.
We have the same issues, green and yellow tint; Notifications and other info at the tope of the phones is blurred;
Only thing that has fixed bot phones is to do a hard Restart
We have the same issues, green and yellow tint; Notifications and other info at the tope of the phones is blurred;
Only thing that has fixed bot phones is to do a hard Restart
The green tint display issue wasn't this, it was weird uniformly green tint on the screen as a software bug triggered from a specific activity like unlocking the device from what I recall that was around iOS 13.5, not a problem at launch.
this looks like poor panels in circulation , since not all are impacted. If it's an LG or BOE issue (not saying it is, no idea what's in my 12 pro but it looks great), heads will roll. Not sure how software is gonna patch it up
I am interested to see where this goes, since Apple has acknowledged it now albeit seemingly internally only
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People keep saying, everytime Apple releases a new OS: "let's wait for the third or fourth update to install it". I say, everytime Apple announces a new iPhone or Mac: let's wait 6 or 7 months to buy a new one...
What happens if apple can’t fix these yellow/green tint dull contrast (iPhone 12 pro max) screens via a software update?
Really not enjoying using night mode at the moment, the yellow/green tint stands out like dog balls, especially at night. 😐
That’s horrible
dark mode on a good oled is such a joy with perfect blacks and nice enough greys
I would imagine their acknowledgment will stay internal and not be a PR statement or extended warranty. Right now seems like no service / stand still is the path. I wouldn’t be exactly comforted by it haha
Yep, my xs max oled panel was stunning to look at everyday. 😐
Regret selling it now. 🤦♂️😂
It’s not an issue. I don’t have a 5G sim and don’t live in a 5G area. My LTE coverage has improved dramatically and even the same LTE speeds went from 60Mbs to 180Mbs with my iPhone 12.
So no. It’s clearly not a blanket issue that affects everyone.
Apple suggesting that it's a software issue that will be fixed is reassuring.
My display is mostly great. When viewing a really dark gray image under minimal brightness, color uniformity is nearly perfect.
The only issue I've had with my 12 Pro is the "flicker" when viewing pure black images & video (#000000).
My display is mostly great. When viewing a really dark gray image under minimal brightness, color uniformity is nearly perfect.
The only issue I've had with my 12 Pro is the "flicker" when viewing pure black images & video (#000000).
That’s great if it works, but that’s one part of the problem, what about the yellow/green tint affecting grey colors, and the aggressive yellow tint when using dark mode.
I think that’s a gamble too honestly
both best radio I’ve used and best iPhone screen I’ve seen in my unit. Ever.
i have zero signal or screen fidelity issues
big ymmv tho
You have perfect deep blacks at any brightness less than 50% or so? Late at night in a dark room (i.e., right before bed) I have the raised blacks issue on my 12 Pro Max and it's infuriating. At 100% brightness, any black areas will turn the pixels completely off, but if you bring the brightness down, they then turn on again like an LED screen. I've saved a perfectly black PNG to photos and have tried this (all pixels turn off completely at 100% brightness but at 0% brightness for example you can see all the pixels are still on. Just below the sun, I can force the green tint issue, somewhere around 10-20% brightness I reckon.).
Apollo for reddit also has a pure black OLED theme which looked fantastic on my old XS Max (they did have to shift it slightly to compensate for streaking) and now on the 12 Pro Max, it looks horrendous without the black pixels turning fully off.