iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro display is NOT yellow/too warm this year!!

byron_hinson said:
But by god does it now heat up and then drop the brightness down when it overheats for no apparent reason.
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Stehsegler9 said:
Of course the excessive auto dimming due to too much heat is another story.
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Huh. So far the heat on mine has been pretty good compared to my XS Max. And that included using outside on a hot day. No dimming or over heating. My XS Max would become a stove top if my wife hotspotted with it for over 30 mins. New one, warm but no dimming happened.

Plus the thing has a massive battery in it. I think we have to expect it's gonna get warm.

And if you're doing something highly intensive they are going to get quite warm. No getting around that.

Stehsegler9 said:
Notice the 13 Pro Max has significantly more yellow tint than the 11 pro max. However different people seem have different levels of yellow. This makes me wonder if there is a big variance in the calibration of the screens ex factory.
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There has to be a big variance because mine is absolutely not warm and neither is my mate's. I get the feeling that warm screens are far less for the 13, based on nuttin' but my feeling. And I think that goes for every single post in this thread. We're all just flappin' in the wind as the sample size is way too small.
 
It’s the pictures, cameras can not duplicate what is true, I reviewed my pictures on my phone (the ones I posted) and saw reddish tint, as the rest of my screen was pure white.
So for the reddish pictures here, you most likely have a perfect screen.
 
I returned my 13 pro max within a week, it was very warm and yellow compared to my X which seems to run very cool which I love. With 13, everything was pale, there were no whites anymore, only yellowish gray. I might wait a while and try my luck, but hate to return again.
 
DontSweatIt said:
Reddish tint?
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Only slightly, it’s more comparable to my previous iPhone X display vs the yellowish one for iPhone 11 Pro Max. It’s uniform and doesn’t get brighter from top to bottom like it did for previous OLED displays I’ve had. Overall pretty satisfied.
 
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To keep this issue in the proper perspective, just some points:
  1. Apple claims to use the DCI-P3 standard to show a "pure" white color reproduction, tested and measured to be true. There are tests out there that confirm it.
  2. D65 white (6500k) will look warmer (ivory white) for some people since some of us are more biased toward the blue side spectrum than others.
  3. Stop saying that all OLED technology is flawed because of these issues. OLED technology is more than able to reproduce almost perfect white temp and color gamut. There are OLED panels that look amazing. For example, my LG OLED TV looks unrivaled. My previous iPhone X looked better than my new 13 Pro Max.
  4. The real problem with the iPhones right now (and in previous years) is the inconsistencies in the series. I had witnessed different white color temperatures between multiple iPhone 12 and 13 Pro and Pro Max when comparing my phone to others. These comparisons were made after turning off AB, NS, TT, and RWP and setting the same brightness level.
Yesterday, I compared my 13 Pro Max (graphite) with my friend's newer Pro Max (sierra blue), and his panel looks yellower or more biased towards red tint. Also, his panel's right side shift to the red tint like a gradient. He is now in the process of replacing the phone. I also compared mine with another 13 Pro Max at best buy and the display looked bluer than mine but just slightly.

I decided to keep mine since the warmer tone is not that significant. It is like having the TT on but in reality, is always off. Also, my screen is very uniform.
 
PandaShake said:
I returned my 13 pro max within a week, it was very warm and yellow compared to my X which seems to run very cool which I love. With 13, everything was pale, there were no whites anymore, only yellowish gray. I might wait a while and try my luck, but hate to return again.
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If you had True Tone turned on, the display will appear warmer. With True Tone off, the display will appear cooler. That is my experience with my 13 Pro Max and the reason I have True Tone turned off all the time.
 
Taz Mangus said:
If you had True Tone turned on, the display will appear warmer. With True Tone off, the display will appear cooler. That is my experience with my 13 Pro Max and the reason I have True Tone turned off all the time.
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Unfortunately no TT. Same settings side by side in the settings screen, it was strikingly warm. I'll play the lottery again some day, was really impressed by the 120hz.
 
So many color grading professionals here! Clearly the iPhone screen must be junk this year. Lets see what Displaymate.com has to say since they have all the tools and skills required to scientifically determine how the iPhone 13's screen is when it comes to objective issues like color accuracy....

"· Very High Absolute Color Accuracy (0.5 JNCD) that is Visually Indistinguishable From Perfect."


Well thats really weird! There is no way its can be "visually indistinguishable from perfect" if a fundamental setting like the white point is off!

Anyway, to most people that are used to seeing consumer TV displays in their uncalibrated state a display that is calibrated will appear warm. 6500k isn't "warm" however if you are used to blue light it will appear yellowish to your eyes.

There isn't a "pure white", everything you see that is white is your brain telling you its white.

Someone posted a picture above somewhere with their iPhone sitting on a "white" sheet of paper. Toward the top of the page I pulled the color from the top part of the paper and filled in the right side of the image with its "white".

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Clearly its not white, however our brain will tell us its white if we were in that room looking at it. A snow cover field can look blindingly white however its reflecting the sun....its not white.

The importance of an accurate white point for the color space is so you can view the image/video as intended by the person/people that produced it. A scene from a movie where the papers on a desk look yellow is because they look yellow in real life, its the yellow incandescent bulbs reflecting their light off of them. If that is adjusted to be cooler then scenes outside will look unnaturally blue.

The image on the right has a neutral gray and its a much more accurate image. It does appear more yellow, because it is more yellow and its the way it would have looked in real life. The image on the left is just how the camera captured the image.

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I definitely think everyone should get what they prefer. Its your money spend it on what makes you happy. However I would just suggest turning on True Tone on your iPhone, going to rtings.com and finding your TV(s) and using their generic calibration (be prepared to set color tone to WARM2) and just trying to get used to it. After a few days your brain will start seeing the searing blue in cooler images.

Again though, you do you its your money.
 
iPhone 13 Pro
Picture one and two: true tone on
Picture three and four: true tone off

For me, the Display is slightly red or yellow.

What do you think?
 

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I had an 11 pro with the screem too warm , I had to sell it ... I was going to try for a 12 pro last year but I was reading some similar things about yellow red pink screem, now the same with the 13 pro...
 
atxyde said:
To keep this issue in the proper perspective, just some points:
  1. Apple claims to use the DCI-P3 standard to show a "pure" white color reproduction, tested and measured to be true. There are tests out there that confirm it.
  2. D65 white (6500k) will look warmer (ivory white) for some people since some of us are more biased toward the blue side spectrum than others.
  3. Stop saying that all OLED technology is flawed because of these issues. OLED technology is more than able to reproduce almost perfect white temp and color gamut. There are OLED panels that look amazing. For example, my LG OLED TV looks unrivaled. My previous iPhone X looked better than my new 13 Pro Max.
  4. The real problem with the iPhones right now (and in previous years) is the inconsistencies in the series. I had witnessed different white color temperatures between multiple iPhone 12 and 13 Pro and Pro Max when comparing my phone to others. These comparisons were made after turning off AB, NS, TT, and RWP and setting the same brightness level.
Yesterday, I compared my 13 Pro Max (graphite) with my friend's newer Pro Max (sierra blue), and his panel looks yellower or more biased towards red tint. Also, his panel's right side shift to the red tint like a gradient. He is now in the process of replacing the phone. I also compared mine with another 13 Pro Max at best buy and the display looked bluer than mine but just slightly.

I decided to keep mine since the warmer tone is not that significant. It is like having the TT on but in reality, is always off. Also, my screen is very uniform.
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Very entertaining post. Cheers 👍🏼😂
 
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