Let’s try and beat third time lucky, maybe 2nd time lucky or best still 1st time ? It’s all in Apples court, both my 1st iPhone 12 and 13PM had frame gouges out of the box regrettably.
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iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro screen uniformity issue
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I am leaning towards just keeping my phone, but they seem very close.
Which one is better?
beside compare the screen on those apps, try on the note app (light mode) or just white background with under 15% brightness.
which one show least red corner/red tint, keep that one
I compared both screens at all brightnesses in a dark room, in dark mode apps and in about:blank in Safari. New phone has a green tint at lower brightnesses but both look pretty much equal at >10%, aside from my old one having the obvious left tint/dimness. I can deal with some green tint at low brightness in exchange for a pretty much uniform display. The new one looks marginally more red than the old one on a full white screen. Looks like my replacement saga has come to an end!
After doing my testing, I plugged the new phone in and it has the elusive G9L screen... I know that the serial number thing has been debunked, but I do know that the L is more rare than the N and P. Just an interesting tidbit.
The one in Graphite seems abnormal to me. I’m not sure if it’s just me, but I can’t notice the dark green tint under a pitch black room but my eyes are more sensitive to the red tint under the same lighting condition.
The Graphite 13 PM I used to own had a similar cast to yours. I wonder if this issue is tied down to a specific model of the 13 Pro series.
That alarm clock screen test you’re conducting doesn’t show much for most the lower half of the display.
Download the attached save it to photos and view as full screen.
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Got another iPhone 13 Pro Max now after returning/refunding the first one I got during launch week. I bought this completely new so none of that refurbished crap.
This one still has the same screen issue and it’s even less uniform than the first.
Absolutely unacceptable for a flagship phone of this price range. I’ll be returning this one too and hopefully third time’s the charm?
Edit: this second phone’s display protrudes ever so slightly more from the casing. I strictly remember it was flush in the first.
This one still has the same screen issue and it’s even less uniform than the first.
Absolutely unacceptable for a flagship phone of this price range. I’ll be returning this one too and hopefully third time’s the charm?
Edit: this second phone’s display protrudes ever so slightly more from the casing. I strictly remember it was flush in the first.
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My 13 Pro Max also has this issues (3rd one so far). I am really tired of playing this lottery. I will replace it one more time and hope it’s the one! If it’s still faulty, I’ll just use the device until January (extended Christmas return period) and hope they stabilized their QC. A red tint is unacceptable .
My thought would be why not just keep the one you just picked up the SB one. If you purchased it on nov. 1, you do have till 1/8/2021 to return it. Apple has just begun the Extended return policy effective Nov. 1 through 12/25/2021. Just saying. Probably by the time, QC may have improved, who knows.
Personally, regardless of that green tint on the SB one you got, i think that one is good. But that’s your choice lol.
Why the logic makes sense, its a long shot to believe QC is going to improve in only two months. It might be it is just how these are and nothing will change. Demand is going to be strong well into the New Year though so at that point (for me at least) that is getting too far in the product cycle to care.
@SumYoungGai IMO the one on the left looks horrible but that is just my perception. That green hue bugs the crap out of me. Your view might be different though. The more I see these displays the more I think I may have lucked out with my last one unless these are coming across differently than seeing them in person. The range of quality (or lack there of) is just crazy this time around...more than I recall in the past.
I totally agree that the green is not great, BUT at least it is uniform green. My old phone is darker & very orange on the left at low brightnesses and that bothers me more. It's a matter of picking your poison ??♂️
My current phone was purchased before the extended period, so I have until this Friday to make a decision as to whether I want to keep it. If both were after Nov 1st I'd take my sweet time
Yup I hear ya there....I give up on playing the game of returning/repurchasing. No sense in wasting more effort and time going place to place when nothing has changed to expect a different result. At least my bank will be happy all these charges and refund activity are going to stop LOL...honestly surprised they didn't flag for fraud with the same amounts posted over and over again.
Yep can’t stand green tint. Plus personally I normally test uniformity issues based on my usage. I’m not on the clock alarm screen often but I am on a white or black background.
My own favorite setting is True Tone off but nighshift on at slightly above min level.
I see.Same here. I plan on keeping this one as its perfect to my liking.My current phone was purchased before the extended period, so I have until this Friday to make a decision as to whether I want to keep it. If both were after Nov 1st I'd take my sweet time
It’s as good as it gets. Some pink tint uniformity on the far right and upper area. All good. Similar to my third one.Any comment about my new iphone 13 pro?
Any comment about my new iphone 13 pro?
Any comment about my new iphone 13 pro?
Is the bottom a little brighter ?
Did I win the lottery??I cant see it the pink tint, I think it’s a chance to keep this unit
I feel like that would fall on deaf ears. There is no way Apple internally doesn’t know about the declining quality control standards for their own OLED displays. This is kind of getting into conspiracies territory but I think they made QC less strict on purpose in order to meet the high demands and hoping people wouldn’t notice.
It’s like how they knew way back the iPhone 6 was less durable and more prone to bend than it’s predecessor.
I double checked it and I my eyes can see the same brightness
Edit:I ve just see that True Tone was on
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