iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 15 vs 17 Display Tint/Color Temperature

[Scipster]

Hi all, I'm very excited to upgrade my iPhone 15 Pro to the iPhone 17 Pro. I recently arrived back from the Apple Store, completed the setup, and the first thing that struck me was the tint of the display. Here is an image of the two phones, side by side, with the same picture.

Which picture looks more natural to you? The left? The right? Or are they about the same?

Appreciate your feedback

Thanks!

P.S. For those wondering, one is a G9N and the other is a G9P. Settings under Display & Brightness are the exact same. One is in the ballpark of my iPad, MBP, and Studio Display, and the other runs cooler to the eye. I do a fair bit of color accurate work (will check against my office's ProArt on Monday). Can't tell if the discrepancy is minor and something I'll get over or if it's worth investigating further - is there even a way for Apple to re-calibrate the panel beyond the settings iOS provides?

 

[Starscape]

Never fails. The usual model-launch screen tint post. And from here there will be theories about which companies produced the display panels for the iPhone and the corresponding tint that specific manufacturer panels will exhibit. Then we move on to the serial number conspiracies where the big brains will work to decode hidden secrets about the date, time, and second each panel was produced, so as to know which serial numbers indicate the ‘bad’ phones.

And finally we will see some people return their phones multiple times in their quest to find a good one.

 

[Scipster]

Never fails. The usual model-launch screen tint post. And from here there will be theories about which companies produced the display panels for the iPhone and the corresponding tint that specific manufacturer panels will exhibit. Then we move on to the serial number conspiracies where the big brains will work to decode hidden secrets about the date, time, and second each panel was produced, so as to know which serial numbers indicate the ‘bad’ phones.

And finally we will see some people return their phones multiple times in their quest to find a good one.

Oh interesting, is this typical for launch? None of my other devices are launch day products (bought several months post-launch) so perhaps it gives Apple a chance to QA their products a bit better?

 

[Itsedstech]

Oh interesting, is this typical for launch? None of my other devices are launch day products (bought several months post-launch) so perhaps it gives Apple a chance to QA their products a bit better?

its a mixed bag. here's 3 iPhone 17 pro max. left one has a red tint especially when tilting the screen away from you, middle one was very yellow, and the one on the right has. more consistent inbtween tone. don't play the screen lottery game, you'll never win

 

[SumYoungGai]

Oh interesting, is this typical for launch? None of my other devices are launch day products (bought several months post-launch) so perhaps it gives Apple a chance to QA their products a bit better?

OLED displays have a certain level of color difference between each individual display, there is also the issue of uniformity of the panel as well. To answer your original question, the screen on the left looks yellow tinted while the one on the right looks more realistic color-wise to me, but it does seem like there is a pink/red tint on the right (where the road surface is) compared to the left.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/screen-brightness-on-16-pro-max-merged.2436942/

In case you are curious, there is an ongoing discussion on the most recent pages about the 17 series