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iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro screen uniformity issue
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I found someone who made a video to this topic:
His launch day 13PM has a red shift on the top half of the screen, the replacement unit has a red shift on the left side of the screen (2nd looks exactly like my 13PM).
please pay some attention at the ugly banding in the notch area on both devices…
I simply can not imagine there are any perfect screens on the pro models this year 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
His launch day 13PM has a red shift on the top half of the screen, the replacement unit has a red shift on the left side of the screen (2nd looks exactly like my 13PM).
please pay some attention at the ugly banding in the notch area on both devices…
I simply can not imagine there are any perfect screens on the pro models this year 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
There is no such thing as a perfect screen when it comes to oled, it’s a crap technology that apple needs to get rid of asap, hurry up with micro led already. 🤦♂️
Tint issues
Off axis color shift
Non uniform screens
Banding
Un even brightness
I made a comment about something similar earlier. I think the brightness from the text bleeds into the grey and then falls off the further right you go.
True, but that doesn't explain that e.g.
On this picture I artificially raised brightness and exposure to 100% just to show it (it's not what it looks like in real life but only like that you can really see the flaw in the screen)...
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I’m pleased with it and I’m very fussy on uniformity.
I have been unlucky with Apple products since 2006…….So I guess I was due a fault free unit at some point.
I personally think people that say “I’ve never had a faulty apple product” either have very poor eyesight or work for apple.
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Everyone’s use case is different. If you use a Apple product and don’t encounter an issue others are having and don’t know the issue exists, that user has had an experience without an issue. So yes it is possible to have zero issues with a product.
I think some people are happy if a product switches on and works and don’t look much further than that and that’s great.
I feel that way if I buy a washing machine……however with a tv, phone or tablet I tend to be more exacting.
Yeah, I’d say mine is ok, but for the £1,000 flagship, I don’t think ok is good enough. The screen should be flawless.
Some people playing washing machine lottery too and don’t care if a screen has a green vertical line running through the center. They’re looking for exacting vibrations and acoustics
Last year before the 12 Pro max came out I decided to switch to iPhone, and wanted to get the 11 Pro Max in silver. Because I am sensitive to uniformity issues, I ended up playing the lottery, and believe it or not here is how it went: I went trough 12 units of the 64gb silver, the next one worse than the previous one,from green tint, red tint, vertical and horizonal lines on gray and dark green backgrounds, including banding at the camera and white-ish vertical line on the side of the screen. I tried one gold unit because it was at a discount and it was bad, half the screen was green tinted. Then I tried one graphite and one forrest green unit, they were better, only had some mild green tint/red tint mostly on the top corners or towards the bottom but they were not great for the price. I almost gave up but I caved in for one more try and bought a 256gb silver unit which was 99% uniform to my eyes and kept that.
I intend to switch to the 13 Pro Max now, so I am curious, those of you that are having display issues, what variant and colour did you get? I ordered the 128gb graphite now.
I intend to switch to the 13 Pro Max now, so I am curious, those of you that are having display issues, what variant and colour did you get? I ordered the 128gb graphite now.
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Has anyone been able to get a phone that does look like this? Dark mode + True Tone and night shift. Clear Amber shift on the right side of the display. Trying to determine if it’s worth trying again as this really does bother me. (13 PM blue 128gb)
I had no issues like this with my XS, but it does remind me of issues I had with old Android phones using earlier-gen OLED.
I had no issues like this with my XS, but it does remind me of issues I had with old Android phones using earlier-gen OLED.
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My launch day 13 Pro Max has a very uniform display, no tinting issues either. I feel very lucky.Has anyone been able to get a phone that does look like this? Dark mode + True Tone and night shift. Clear Amber shift on the right side of the display. Trying to determine if it’s worth trying again as this really does bother me. (13 PM)
My first iPhone 13 mini looked worse than that. I exchanged and the new one while not 100% perfect is worlds better.Has anyone been able to get a phone that does look like this? Dark mode + True Tone and night shift. Clear Amber shift on the right side of the display. Trying to determine if it’s worth trying again as this really does bother me. (13 PM blue 128gb)
I had no issues like this with my XS, but it does remind me of issues I had with old Android phones using earlier-gen OLED.
Yep. I remember that. Hope you are doing well. Ain't seen you around for a while. 👍🏼
I sent back my replacement because the screen on it was worse than my original. However, that phone shipped out literally two hours after I submitted the CC hold, so I’m assuming they had stock on hand at the time?
Submitted a new request today and I haven’t gotten any ship notification yet, so I’m hoping that the new replacement has a newer build date with a better screen.
Submitted a new request today and I haven’t gotten any ship notification yet, so I’m hoping that the new replacement has a newer build date with a better screen.
Careful; the lottery applies to the entire phone. You *might* get a perfect screen but get a device with scratches, dust under the cameras, clicking back glass, uneven buttons, mushy buttons; the list goes on and on sadly. And yes, since my first iPhone I’ve had all of those happen! And it didn’t matter what “batch”; it’s all odds plain and simple, sigh!
For me, I’d gladly take a decent display over those other issues; that’s my story with my Pro 13. Absolutely flawless! The screen seems to have a slight gradient in the middle. I can only notice it while scrolling, and I have to look hard but it’s there … static images are perfect which leads me to believe it’s super faint.
So, tread lightly. It’s almost worse when you’ve got multiple phones on hand and you’re trying to decide the best of the worst, all the while dealing with the return hassle (and restock fees for providers). And if you’re beyond the 14 days you’d have to sell your “new” phone and take THAT hit. It’s insane and I’ve lived it LMAO 🤣
Yep 🙋🏽♂️Has anyone been able to get a phone that does look like this? Dark mode + True Tone and night shift. Clear Amber shift on the right side of the display. Trying to determine if it’s worth trying again as this really does bother me. (13 PM blue 128gb)
I had no issues like this with my XS, but it does remind me of issues I had with old Android phones using earlier-gen OLED.
My 13PM looks exactly the same, but only with truetone and nightshift on + this red tint also appears on white backgrounds.
If I turn off TT and NS I can barely see any of those tints … it’s crazy…
I have a launch day 13 Pro Max, 256 GB, graphite and not planning on swapping because I don’t feel like playing the screen lottery and don’t want to waste my time.
And to be honest I don’t believe a replacement device will be any better than my current one!