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iPhone 13 mini Does anyone actually use True Tone?
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Wow, I didn’t realize so many people use it. I hate it because it just drapes a yellow layer over everything. Gross. I turn it off immediately on a new device.
I don’t like it, but I’m glad it’s there for all those who do. And I’m glad I can switch it off. 
I don’t. I became too aware of it changing, sometimes changing back and forth while using it. I love night shift, but I don’t need TrueTone.
I hate it. It’s not accurate or consistent. I always turn it off.
It's so interesting seeing the divide. I just assumed people turned it off given all the complaints about yellow screens on other threads.
I'll trial it some more, if others feel there's a benefit for the eyes. Like someone else said, I'm glad Apple have created it for those who benefit, and allow it to be turned off for those who don't like it
I'll trial it some more, if others feel there's a benefit for the eyes. Like someone else said, I'm glad Apple have created it for those who benefit, and allow it to be turned off for those who don't like it
Not for me, I don’t like the colour cast it adds to the screen.
I am surprised many people like this feature. It looks worse to me so I have it off.
Also, I calibrate all of my home's TVs with a calibration disk and meter. One of the requirements to accurately calibrate your TV, is for it to be on the warmest setting (like Warm 1, Warm 2 for example). This is because it causes the white point of the TV to be a natural TRUE white and not an LED cold looking white. This is what directors, illustrators, etc go by and what they want the end thing to look like on our end. The interesting thing, is that you have to calibrate it in the lighting that you're going to usually be watching the TV in. Because that drastically changes the picture quality; like contrasts, white balance, colors, brightness, etc.
True Tone basically keeps the white point and colors as accurate as it can to the calibration specifications in all environments. I think it can still be improved and hopefully Apple does True Tone 2.
A calibrated monitor or screen isn't really a "preference" because the intended image or video is meant to look a certain way but the director or creator. This is where people are "wrong" and say a cold screen looks better. It doesn't lol and it makes everything else look incorrect.
As a person who calibrates his own stuff as a hobby, I was quite shocked Apple came up with it and made it go mainstream. Pretty cool stuff IMO
True Tone basically keeps the white point and colors as accurate as it can to the calibration specifications in all environments. I think it can still be improved and hopefully Apple does True Tone 2.
A calibrated monitor or screen isn't really a "preference" because the intended image or video is meant to look a certain way but the director or creator. This is where people are "wrong" and say a cold screen looks better. It doesn't lol and it makes everything else look incorrect.
As a person who calibrates his own stuff as a hobby, I was quite shocked Apple came up with it and made it go mainstream. Pretty cool stuff IMO
A lot of people are used to a cooler image and consider it “correct”. I had the same reaction when I adjusted my TV towards “warm” - as it is intended (generally, this is considered “correct”).
After you get used to it, the non-true tone view seems just too cool and wrong. When you look at the white colors around you, in nature, they are not cool, they are warm. Sunlight is warm, most of your lights at home are warm, white color is warm. For years we trained ourselves that bluish white is correct because that was how screens were. But the reality is different: take a white sheet of paper and compare it to a True Tone white and a non-True Tone white screen.
Give True Tone a chance, after a while it will be the new normal and all other screens will look pale.
This. Really nice explanation. True Tone is, actually, closer to calibrated screens - it’s just Apple “don’t think about it” automatic.
Always on. Less eye strain.
In fact, I even use Night Mode the majority of the time if I’m doing any extended use like reading or researching something. It’s much easier on the eyes.
In fact, I even use Night Mode the majority of the time if I’m doing any extended use like reading or researching something. It’s much easier on the eyes.
I really wanted to like it when It first came out. I tried it for awhile and finally admitted defeat and turned it off. For me it just makes everything look yellow. When I look at my photos or any pictures on websites they just look terrible. I’m happy to hear others are getting some use out of it. My best friend and I had a big a-ha moment when we found out we had different opinions of the feature but luckily the friendship survived.
Lots of sadomasochists voted they have true tone enabled. 😂
