iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro screen uniformity issue

[Taz Mangus]

I’ve gone through a few iPhone 13 Pro’s and iPhone 13 Pro Max’s. All the 13 Pro’s have a much warmer tint compared to the 13 Pro Max’s. Here are 2 different 13 Pro Max’s. The one on the left has more of a blue hue than the one on the right but it has this awful red tint towards the bottom. Which do you think looks better?View attachment 1861928

Which one bothers you more? That is the one you should send back.

 

[tenlow]

Tried to capture my screen at night but only had a bad iPad Pro camera to do that. I think the problem is clearly visible, even though the camera, as always, exaggerates it in comparison to what I see in real life.

First two pictures are at 20% brightness (one with Night shift off and one with it enabled.
Second two pictures are at roughly 50% brightness (same thing one with Night Shift on and one off)
Pictures 5 and 6 are at 100% brightness.

The final 3 pictures show a “pure white” YouTube video at 0% brightness, 50% brightness and 100% brightness.

 

[jjamesv]

Tried to capture my screen at night but only had a bad iPad Pro camera to do that. I think the problem is clearly visible, even though the camera, as always, exaggerates it in comparison to what I see in real life.

First two pictures are at 20% brightness (one with Night shift off and one with it enabled.
Second two pictures are at roughly 50% brightness (same thing one with Night Shift on and one off)
Pictures 5 and 6 are at 100% brightness.

The final 3 pictures show a “pure white” YouTube video at 0% brightness, 50% brightness and 100% brightness.

I went back in the Apple store to look at other 13 Pros. They all have some variance in either tint or brightness from side to side or top to bottom. In every case, it was very slight, but if you look long enough, you'll find it. Mine is maybe a bit yellower in general, but also was brighter than 3 or 4 of the display units I looked it. Some of the variances in uniformity that I saw on my phone were either less pronounced or I couldn't really see them when comparing to the displays. Last, I don't know the technical reasons, but there does seem to be some kind of light bleed on grey backgrounds when the display shows some brighter color on a field of grey at low brightness. I say this because in the photos you posted where the tint seems to be different in the grey surrounding the text, I think that's something to do with OLED tech. I've seen it consistently now where a bright red logo in a menu or white text on a grey field at low brightness affects the grey surrounding. To a point, I don't think that's a "defect".

 

[Bstephens]

Tried to capture my screen at night but only had a bad iPad Pro camera to do that. I think the problem is clearly visible, even though the camera, as always, exaggerates it in comparison to what I see in real life.

First two pictures are at 20% brightness (one with Night shift off and one with it enabled.
Second two pictures are at roughly 50% brightness (same thing one with Night Shift on and one off)
Pictures 5 and 6 are at 100% brightness.

The final 3 pictures show a “pure white” YouTube video at 0% brightness, 50% brightness and 100% brightness.

Looks good enough to me.

 

[dantay]

I have attached a long exposure pic of my 13 Pro at 15% brightness. The screen looks perfect to the naked eye at all brightness levels and has no green push.

Maybe there is more than one screen vendor for the 13 Pro and Pro Max?

I always seem to get an uneven screen and have to go through return roulette…….this is the first year I haven’t.

 

[Taz Mangus]

I have attached a long exposure pic of my 13 Pro at 15% brightness. The screen looks perfect to the naked eye at all brightness levels and has no green push.

Maybe there is more than one screen vendor for the 13 Pro and Pro Max?

I always seem to get an uneven screen and have to go through return roulette…….this is the first year I haven’t.

I don’t see any red tint on your display. Can you post a picture showing your display all white.

 

[tenlow]

Looks good enough to me.

Yeah, that's why I keep it but "good enough" is correct. It's absolutely not perfect. There is a clear red tint / spot on the right side but well you cannot have it all There are definitely worse ones out there, true..

 

[DiSC0]

Tried to capture my screen at night but only had a bad iPad Pro camera to do that. I think the problem is clearly visible, even though the camera, as always, exaggerates it in comparison to what I see in real life.

First two pictures are at 20% brightness (one with Night shift off and one with it enabled.
Second two pictures are at roughly 50% brightness (same thing one with Night Shift on and one off)
Pictures 5 and 6 are at 100% brightness.

The final 3 pictures show a “pure white” YouTube video at 0% brightness, 50% brightness and 100% brightness.

Your screen looks totally fine.
Grüße aus Hamburg

 

[tenlow]

Your screen looks totally fine.
Grüße aus Hamburg

Besides that red spot on the right side, I agree with you Viele Grüße zurück!

 

[DiSC0]

A short story:
I used many phones with OLED panels (Galaxy S3, S4, S5, Note 4, 2x S7 Edge, S8+).
In 2017 I switched to iPhone and since then I had the X, Xs, 2x 11 Pro Max, 12 Pro Max and now 13 Pro Max and I can tell you:
ALL of them where not perfect on grey and/or pure white backgrounds (at 0-20% brightness, in a dark room!).

My launch day 11 PM midnight green had a really bad panel (banding + un-uniformity). I couldn’t live with it and swapped it for a gold 11 PM after 6 months, which at the end was even worse than the midnight green. I regretted it so much.

The 12 PM was slighty darker around the borders (vignette) especially in the notch area, but it was ok for me.

My 13 PM has a slight but noticeable reddish shift/hue on the right side of the screen but only at 0-15% brightness on white and grey backgrounds WITH nightshift and Truetone on + slight banding in the notch area, but I can live with it.

For work I’m currently using a S21, same imperfections on 5-20% grey backgrounds at lowest brightness (blue light filter off).

I spent so many hours in forums and blogs to read about the problems of OLED the last couple of years and here is my conclusion:
See you guys next year! 😂

 

[dantay]

I don’t see any red tint on your display. Can you post a picture showing your display all white.

Hi, here you go.

Both taken at 15% brightness in the dark and also in a dimly lit room.

The faint diagonal lines are the result of PWM and not visible in person.

Screen looks like a pure white to my eyes.

No screen is ever perfect but this one is more than good enough for me to not look further.

 

[Natrous527]

A short story:
I used many phones with OLED panels (Galaxy S3, S4, S5, Note 4, 2x S7 Edge, S8+).
In 2017 I switched to iPhone and since then I had the X, Xs, 2x 11 Pro Max, 12 Pro Max and now 13 Pro Max and I can tell you:
ALL of them where not perfect on grey and/or pure white backgrounds (at 0-20% brightness, in a dark room!).

My launch day 11 PM midnight green had a really bad panel (banding + un-uniformity). I couldn’t live with it and swapped it for a gold 11 PM after 6 months, which at the end was even worse than the midnight green. I regretted it so much.

The 12 PM was slighty darker around the borders (vignette) especially in the notch area, but it was ok for me.

My 13 PM has a slight but noticeable reddish shift/hue on the right side of the screen but only at 0-15% brightness on white and grey backgrounds WITH nightshift and Truetone on + slight banding in the notch area, but I can live with it.

For work I’m currently using a S21, same imperfections on 5-20% grey backgrounds at lowest brightness (blue light filter off).

I spent so many hours in forums and blogs to read about the problems of OLED the last couple of years and here is my conclusion:
See you guys next year! 😂

I have been lurking this post for the past week or so. My 13PM is amazing but I felt like i could see a slightly darker/redder tint on the right side of the screen when I was laying in bed looking at it in otherwise complete darkness (at 0% brightness). Your comment in particular gives me some solace knowing that my fancy new device isn't actually defective. Like everyone else, I want it to be absolutely perfect but that usually isn't the case. So with that said, I appreciate your realistic approach to the situation.

 

[Haamur]

My 13 mini looks fine. Min brightness and 10% grey.

 

[DiSC0]

I have been lurking this post for the past week or so. My 13PM is amazing but I felt like i could see a slightly darker/redder tint on the right side of the screen when I was laying in bed looking at it in otherwise complete darkness (at 0% brightness). Your comment in particular gives me some solace knowing that my fancy new device isn't actually defective. Like everyone else, I want it to be absolutely perfect but that usually isn't the case. So with that said, I appreciate your realistic approach to the situation.

I wouldn’t worry, because like I said, there are always some flaws and complaints with OLED.
But also they get better every year imo.
Yes my 13 PM has a slight reddish hue on the right side when I read text especially on white background (only at lowest brightness) but overall it’s a great display this year: cooler whites than last year models, brighter and best overall calibration so far and FINALLY 120hz.

Based on the fact how many OLED devices I owned, I can tell the screen of the 13 pros are great

enjoy your phones guys

 

[Bstephens]

I have attached a long exposure pic of my 13 Pro at 15% brightness. The screen looks perfect to the naked eye at all brightness levels and has no green push.

Maybe there is more than one screen vendor for the 13 Pro and Pro Max?

I always seem to get an uneven screen and have to go through return roulette…….this is the first year I haven’t.

Same here. Both mine any my wife's have no red tint. My 12 PM was pretty good but it was my 2nd replacement.

 

[Taz Mangus]

Hi, here you go.

Both taken at 15% brightness in the dark and also in a dimly lit room.

The faint diagonal lines are the result of PWM and not visible in person.

Screen looks like a pure white to my eyes.

No screen is ever perfect but this one is more than good enough for me to not look further.

The first photo looks red tinted. If your eyes are seeing white with no red tint, then what accounts for the red tinting in the picture? The phone camera? Which phone did you use to take those pictures?

 

[Taz Mangus]

Tried to capture my screen at night but only had a bad iPad Pro camera to do that. I think the problem is clearly visible, even though the camera, as always, exaggerates it in comparison to what I see in real life.

First two pictures are at 20% brightness (one with Night shift off and one with it enabled.
Second two pictures are at roughly 50% brightness (same thing one with Night Shift on and one off)
Pictures 5 and 6 are at 100% brightness.

The final 3 pictures show a “pure white” YouTube video at 0% brightness, 50% brightness and 100% brightness.

You have a nice uniform display that appears to not have any tinting issue. My display looks very like yours. I unfortunately, I don’t have a way to take a picture of display.

 

[tenlow]

You have a nice uniform display that appears to not have any tinting issue. My display looks very like yours. I unfortunately, I don’t have a way to take a picture of display.

The whites are nicely uniform but in low light at low brightness the greys are red on that part of the right side. Turn your brightness up when watching the picture and you can definitely see it. I'm still keeping it nonetheless.

 

[Amabile Ricci]

How about??

 

[tenlow]

How about??

Looks very good, I think. Is that 0% brightness? Night Shift and and True Tone on or off?

 

[abcedfg]

My 13P @ 15% brightness

 

[kalel9005]

I'm going to be perfectly honest as im seeing a lot of people saying its just how oleds are. No red shift on these screens should be acceptable. I've had the s21 ultra, a52 5g, galaxy flip 3 5g, galaxy fold 3 5g, iphone 13, 13 pro and 13 pro max in the last 2 years. Guess which 3 phones are the ONLY ones with a noticeable uniformity issue? This issue was pretty common with s20 and older devices and some devices like the pixels that used cheaper panels but it absolutely should not be something that is happening on the highest tier samsung panels. So unless apple is using lower than the highest tier samsung panels none of this should be acceptable.

 

[chadmclark]

I'm going to be perfectly honest as im seeing a lot of people saying its just how oleds are. No red shift on these screens should be acceptable. I've had the s21 ultra, a52 5g, galaxy flip 3 5g, galaxy fold 3 5g, iphone 13, 13 pro and 13 pro max in the last 2 years. Guess which 3 phones are the ONLY ones with a noticeable uniformity issue? This issue was pretty common with s20 and older devices and some devices like the pixels that used cheaper panels but it absolutely should not be something that is happening on the highest tier samsung panels. So unless apple is using lower than the highest tier samsung panels none of this should be acceptable.

Agreed. I’ve read that Samsung does not source their highest panels to Apple (kinda makes sense as it would canabalize their sales potentially). With that said, Apple’s calibration is unmatched, regardless of which batch may make color shifts or uniformity more/less evident.

 

[kalel9005]

I'm going to be perfectly honest as im seeing a lot of people saying its just how oleds are. No red shift on these screens should be acceptable. I've had the s21 ultra, a52 5g, galaxy flip 3 5g, galaxy fold 3 5g, iphone 13, 13 pro and 13 pro max in the last 2 years. Guess which 3 phones are the ONLY ones with a noticeable uniformity issue? This issue was pretty common with s20 and older devices and some devices like the pixels that used cheaper panels but it absolutely should not be something that is happening on the highest tier samsung panels. So unless apple is using lower than the highest tier samsung panels none of this should be acceptable.

This is from the 13 pro max I returned for the 13 pro hoping for a better panel but alas it was not meant to be.

 

[chchchttt123]

I have attached a long exposure pic of my 13 Pro at 15% brightness. The screen looks perfect to the naked eye at all brightness levels and has no green push.

Maybe there is more than one screen vendor for the 13 Pro and Pro Max?

I always seem to get an uneven screen and have to go through return roulette…….this is the first year I haven’t.

There's a reddish tint on bottom right area, but not other region. (Comparing the region around "About" and botton right.)