iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 12 Pro “raised blacks” display

[gtg465x]

I've tested my iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone X in a pitch black room (It's night here).
Left is 12 Pro, right is X.
Both the same brightness (under 15%).

I don't see any difference.
I'm from Japan and Japan's iPhones are different in many ways compared to the rest of the world iPhones, like NFC is FeliCa (Japanese NFC module), camera shutter sound can't turn off etc.

Try at 50% brightness. Only seems to happen between about 30-70% for me.

 

[jairopena]

I have the same issue on my 12 Pro Max. I hope it’s SW as I see true blacks when I boot up the phone but then it starts to flicker. When watching DV there is no issue so hopefully it change with 14.3.

 

[Braindome]

Noticed this right from day one with my 12 Pro. I run a clock app on my night stand every night. On my XS, the screen was totally back apart from the clock digits. On the 12 Pro, I can see the whole screen lit up dimly Brightness is normally around 10% for me in the dark. Made the clock app myself, so I know the background is 100% off.

 

[Solenoid289]

I think all the NFC modules in iPhones have been the same for the past few years (supports Felica in Japan). I used my North American iPhone XS a few years ago in Japan and was able to use the Suica pass on my phone.

Oh I didn't know that...Thank you for the info.

Try at 50% brightness. Only seems to happen between about 30-70% for me.

I've tested again my iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone X around 40% brightness in a pitch black room.
Yes, you are right. I can see strange green light bleeding and flickering, especially the top of the screen.

It's very hard to see in the photo, so I changed exposure a bit.

12 Pro on the left, X on the right.

Hope iOS 14.3 fix this issue.

 

[djoliverm]

Tested this out on my Pro Max. Full brightness with pitch black image: screen is ‘off’ and is pure black. 50% brightness, phone thinks about it for two seconds, then turns screen off. Anything under 50%, and the screen doesn’t completely go black, ever.

another defect to add to the list of this 1300 phone.

I can confirm this is essentially my results on a Pro Max. Just underneath the sun in brightness on control center I get that green hue shift, which then goes away close to zero brightness.

 

[AGuerrav]

This is happening as well with Pro Max models?

 

[richard371]

This is happening as well with Pro Max models?

It’s far less worse on my max then the regular pro.

 

[chrizzz09]

It’s far less worse on my max then the regular pro.

Weird, for me it's the other way around. My Max is worse than my regular Pro.

 

[silvio.lnz]

Tested this out on my Pro Max. Full brightness with pitch black image: screen is ‘off’ and is pure black. 50% brightness, phone thinks about it for two seconds, then turns screen off. Anything under 50%, and the screen doesn’t completely go black, ever.

another defect to add to the list of this 1300 phone.

Just noticed the EXACT same behavior

 

[Alfieg]

I believe this affects them all and the variance where some are worse than others is due to variance between OLED panels and how they deal with grey. That can vary from panel to panel quite a bit.

Bit embarrassing that display mate didn’t catch this in their review.

 

[richard371]

Are the panels coming from different manufactures?

 

[silvio.lnz]

On my 12 Pro Max, i noticed another thing. Only if the brightness is set to 0%, the top portion of the screen has a different tint to it. You can test it in the YouTube app in dark mode, by tapping on the three dots. If I rotate the device, it is still on the top portion (where the notch is).
Anyone having this issue as well?

 

[Hno7]

On my 12 Pro Max, i noticed another thing. Only if the brightness is set to 0%, the top portion of the screen has a different tint to it. You can test it in the YouTube app in dark mode, by tapping on the three dots. If I rotate the device, it is still on the top portion (where the notch is).
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I can see that on my 12 Pro too.

 

[Stev150]

This is a oled display Panel issue , like for example lcd you get backlight bleed well with oiled you get this green tint. my iPhone 12 mini looked exactly the same as Silvio.inz post . I replaced it and my new iPhone mini has no green tint you can get Worse but it was bothering me , just google oled green tint and see for yourselfs.

I don’t know if what some ppls Issues here are software related or not but oled has uniformity issues especially with dark grey and low brightness,

you can test it on here

 

[ahilliker4]

On my 12 Pro Max, i noticed another thing. Only if the brightness is set to 0%, the top portion of the screen has a different tint to it. You can test it in the YouTube app in dark mode, by tapping on the three dots. If I rotate the device, it is still on the top portion (where the notch is).
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I have the exact same issue. It also glows green on boot up.

 

[Syre]

Experiencing this issue on my iPhone 12 Pro. Unfortunately I'm starting to be convinced that this is a hardware issue. There's a big YouTube Video demonstrating this problem and it is suspiciously blocked (by Apple or YouTube) from being viewed on iPhone/iPad, but can be viewed on a desktop/Android phone. Not to mention, the entire 12 lineup seems to be impacted (so display manufacturer doesn't matter) and the previous OLED iPhones didn't have this defect.

 

[goonie4life9]

There may be a hardware issue with some devices but I also think there is a software component. I’ve tested this with the Software Update screen in Settings. When I initially go to that screen, the background is grayish but after a few seconds, it turns to the proper black. To me, it looks like the backlight isn’t being properly turned-off in the areas that are black. I made a screen recording of it and when I pause, you can easily see the brighter area and then scroll to when it turns entirely black. To me, this suggests the software is taking a few seconds to turn-off the backlight for the black areas of the screen.

 

[thadoggfather]

On my 12 Pro Max, i noticed another thing. Only if the brightness is set to 0%, the top portion of the screen has a different tint to it. You can test it in the YouTube app in dark mode, by tapping on the three dots. If I rotate the device, it is still on the top portion (where the notch is).
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that looks horrible. I’d be bummed out

 

[Stev150]

Experiencing this issue on my iPhone 12 Pro. Unfortunately I'm starting to be convinced that this is a hardware issue. There's a big YouTube Video demonstrating this problem and it is suspiciously blocked (by Apple or YouTube) from being viewed on iPhone/iPad, but can be viewed on a desktop/Android phone. Not to mention, the entire 12 lineup seems to be impacted (so display manufacturer doesn't matter) and the previous OLED iPhones didn't have this defect.

all oled displays can have this issue from every company It’s the limitations of oled , and the previous iPhones did have this as its on my xs. im not saying it’s acceptable but All oled devices can have this issue.

 

[Alfieg]

That’s right. Uniformity variation on grey is normal on OLED. Not an issue as such.

 

[spacedmonkeys]

Can't believe people are defending this as "normal"! Blatant poor quality screens for a £1100 phone. Expect better for this premium price.

 

[tobiaskrautwald]

green tint on both iPhone 12 Pro Max at 0% brightness...
oh and true blacks are also glowing green (on boot up, Apple logo white, surrounding "black" is all green.)
how such displays can pass any QC is beyond me.

 

[Stev150]

I agree it’s definitely not acceptable but it is common on oled. It’s like panel lottery like with lcd and backlight bleed etc

 

[Stev150]

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green tint on both iPhone 12 Pro Max at 0% brightness...
oh and true blacks are also glowing green (on boot up, Apple logo white, surrounding "black" is all green.)
how such displays can pass any QC is beyond me.

That is horrible and extremely bad

 

[Warmy254]

My yellow tint wasn’t horrible with True Tone off but when I found out my phone had this issue, I’m returning it and trying again in February.

Hopefully, then the piss screen and flicker issue will be gone.