Might be true. They were generally hard to get, but somehow one week before christmas every shop near me had them suddenly available. They were dead focused to deliver so people can buy them as gifts.
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Might be true. They were generally hard to get, but somehow one week before christmas every shop near me had them suddenly available. They were dead focused to deliver so people can buy them as gifts.
I had a SnapDragon S21 Ultra. If you can get it cheap do so, but it wasn’t a fantastic phone. Usual Samsung BS. It’s like p0rn once you see it, you’ve seen it all. This is coming from a guy who’s owned multiple Samsung flagships since 2013.
I don't believe standards have fallen. I think it's always been this way. A brief history of some of my Apple purchases:
- iBook G5 back in 2005: Colours were just crazy. Some blues would look green. Tried to return it but the local Apple repair centre showed me other iBooks that all had weird colour skews all of their own.
- iPad bought in 2012 (first Retina model): Had a magenta/pink tint. Returned it.
- MacBook Pro 15in in 2015: Grey-ish tint to screen with white backgrounds. Was like looking at the screen on a rainy, cloudy day. Returned it.
- iPhone 13 Pro Max in 2021: As described – top half darker than the bottom. Looked like I was looking at it off-axis. Returned it.
I suppose it should be added that I've had other MacBooks, iPhones and iPads that have had OK displays without the need to return them.
But this does affect my buying decisions. I was thinking about a newer iPad or MacBook Air in the coming year, but will the screens have yet more issues? It depresses me.
I haven't yet had a recent gen ipad that didn't have a screen issue. The 2020 pros have evidently darker right corners of the display. Most visible on the 11 inch models. I've had budget tablets and big monitors with better white uniformity.
I went through 7 copies of 13 Pro Max with various kinds of screen uniformity issues and settled on the one that looks the best. On this one I really have to try to notice it. My partner got a similar / better 13 Pro screen right away.
Regardless, this 13 Pro Max screen, which has a slight brightness / hue difference between top and bottom half, still is the best OLED display I've ever seen or had. Unfortunately, according to my experience and knowledge, color shift is a fundamental property of the current OLED screens and general color (hue) non-uniformity of various degree on white is almost guaranteed. This might change with QD-OLED tech - it's possible that those screens will be inherently more uniform.
Regardless, this 13 Pro Max screen, which has a slight brightness / hue difference between top and bottom half, still is the best OLED display I've ever seen or had. Unfortunately, according to my experience and knowledge, color shift is a fundamental property of the current OLED screens and general color (hue) non-uniformity of various degree on white is almost guaranteed. This might change with QD-OLED tech - it's possible that those screens will be inherently more uniform.
If anything, the situation with 14 Pro is going to be worse. The thing is rumored to be a redesign, with a pill hole instead of a notch, 48MP sensor with 4-to-1 binning and 8K video, and possibly with USB-C.... That'll create a demand much higher than 13 Pro, and with high demand we can expect manufacturers to cut corners and lower the QC.
So I tried with a regular iPhone 13. The screen had a red tint all around the it. I could have settled on it - because I need to upgrade from my iPhone 6s that I have to charge 3 times a day, even with a new battery - but I couldn't, because the screen had an issue while scrolling : I'll get red shadows from dark grey boxes when scrolling up and down.
Auto brigness on, nigth shift on and also true tone on (about 10% of brigness) .
The rigth it's the replacement unit of my iPhone 13 pro max bougth on november. (Today received).
The left one it's my original 13pm from november...
I don't know if I still see a little bit of pink or its just a placebo effect (or my mind) but I think that I Will keep this one, I took me about 7 weeks to get this replacement.
The rigth it's the replacement unit of my iPhone 13 pro max bougth on november. (Today received).
The left one it's my original 13pm from november...
I don't know if I still see a little bit of pink or its just a placebo effect (or my mind) but I think that I Will keep this one, I took me about 7 weeks to get this replacement.
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My girlfriend has an iPhone 12 without any of this defects. Welcome to 2021.
People reported defects with their iPhone 12 screens (such as green tinting, etc.). If you go back to older threads people were reporting defects with iPhone X screens. Unfortunately, it really is part of the OLED tech. Welcome to the 21st century.
Moot point. The quality is not up to the price. Period. This shouldn’t be a lottery.
With iPhones we don’t have a choice anymore, but the situation with smaller phone screens has always been better than the rest of the products. Aside from some extreme cases I’ve seen in this thread, the relative quality overall seems pretty high to me. At least that’s my impression after handling 7 different devices. Unacceptable for a device of this price, and not good in absolute terms, but good compared to what is out there.
Just make sure to make your long term purchases like iPad Pros and MacBook Pros before they switch from mini-LED backlight LCDs to OLEDs. The tint lottery and other bs on those screen sizes will be bad. Even things like reading PDFs or websites on bright backgrounds without being disgusted may become a thing of the past way sooner than you expect.
For example, the situation with OLED TVs is so bad, that I’m seriously considering a “downgrade” to a slightly cheaper 4K LCD with plethora of its own issues or an upgrade to a 3x more expensive 8K LCD which doesn’t even come in sizes below 75”. And that’s for a tin can apartment designed for 0.5 people to live in it.
Just make sure to make your long term purchases like iPad Pros and MacBook Pros before they switch from mini-LED backlight LCDs to OLEDs. The tint lottery and other bs on those screen sizes will be bad. Even things like reading PDFs or websites on bright backgrounds without being disgusted may become a thing of the past way sooner than you expect.
For example, the situation with OLED TVs is so bad, that I’m seriously considering a “downgrade” to a slightly cheaper 4K LCD with plethora of its own issues or an upgrade to a 3x more expensive 8K LCD which doesn’t even come in sizes below 75”. And that’s for a tin can apartment designed for 0.5 people to live in it.
What are you going on about. Every manufacturer of phones that use OLED displays have the same issues that Apple has. It is crappy OLED tech.
Swap phones with her then. Welcome to 2022. 🤣
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Hey Guys, I have the same problem and I'm not sure what to do. Thinking about trying the lottery again but I'm scared that the next screen will have more tints than my current one. The first picture is not what it actually looks like thats just how the camera picked it up. The second pic is pretty close to reality. What do you guys think? Should I try again?
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I used a very green iPhone 12 Pro Max for a year without problems. I rarely noticed it unless I was in a dark room with brightness all the way down. Despite that I kept it for a year. Imo nothing is perfect. Id try to live with it. Looking for defects - you’ll find them. Does it affect normal use?
Not really during the day, but when brightness gets below 20% I can definatly see it whenever I'm in the settings or apps with a grey background. Just kinda bumped that I spent this much on something that I'm not fully happy with. I planed on using it for atleast 2 years, not so sure anymore.
If it’s affecting your normal usage - definitely move on if you can. Apples 14 day return window or sell to family friends. Good luck
