im in aus and the blacks look HORRIBLE! they look like absolute ****! i would take it back but it seems they're all yellower and once i send my original one away i wont notice, still annoys me and ill be complaining to apple
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iPhone 3G Yellow Screen Issue
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I bought mine at the O2 store and they do not open it before you buy it. It is given to you all sealed.
No, the screen is the same size. This thread is about the yellow tint, please can I ask that we stay on topic.
From the 4 recent photos, the screen don't look that bad, just a bit warm. 
I prefer the older screen as well, but if you can set the white balance on the screen via a setting, it looks like you can fix it.
I prefer the older screen as well, but if you can set the white balance on the screen via a setting, it looks like you can fix it.
thats what i was thinking... if its a matter of calibration/white balance, that should be easy to fix with a software update.
For those who think this is not a issue, you obviously haven't got the problem we are talking about.
The whites are yellow! It appears to be a backlight problem as all the spectrum is affected, turning brightness up does not cure this and full brightness on my 3G is nowhere near as bright as 80% on the G1.
This is not acceptable and I will not get used to it - either Apple will replace my product with one with the wonderful screen ppls are talking about or I will get a refund and ask for compensation for the unprofessional way O2 handled this upgrade fiasco!!
The whites are yellow! It appears to be a backlight problem as all the spectrum is affected, turning brightness up does not cure this and full brightness on my 3G is nowhere near as bright as 80% on the G1.
This is not acceptable and I will not get used to it - either Apple will replace my product with one with the wonderful screen ppls are talking about or I will get a refund and ask for compensation for the unprofessional way O2 handled this upgrade fiasco!!
you could argue that the previous model should not be blue, but that's how it is. Colour temperature is a funny old game, but there's certainly more than one white.
It looks like its varying from iPhone to iPhone as to how yellow the screen is. The colours *definitely* look wrong on my 3G iPhone, my background image looks all iffy too due to the yellow tinge.
Its probably another case of a batch of not-so-good screens. A lot of them could probably be rectified with a bit of gamma adjustment (not that there's an option to do so in the current iPhone software) while others are much worse. Although the picture I put up is blurry, it is colour-true.
Edit: BTW, I would add that on my iPhone 3G turning up the brightness to full does not make the yellow go away, if you'll note, the brightness is set to full in the picture in my first post and its distinctly more yellow and dimmer than my 2G iPhone.
Its probably another case of a batch of not-so-good screens. A lot of them could probably be rectified with a bit of gamma adjustment (not that there's an option to do so in the current iPhone software) while others are much worse. Although the picture I put up is blurry, it is colour-true.
Edit: BTW, I would add that on my iPhone 3G turning up the brightness to full does not make the yellow go away, if you'll note, the brightness is set to full in the picture in my first post and its distinctly more yellow and dimmer than my 2G iPhone.
I bought a 16gb touch last year after seeing the Iphone screen and thinking the touch would be the same, it was'nt, and even thou the touch I got did'nt suffer from the reverse black issue , it was a noticibly Inferior screen, washed out, no vivid colors. Apple is cheaping out on these screens and its a damn shame.
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the yellow sceen issue is now on the iphone
YES....Glad I slept in
the yellow sceen issue is now on the iphone
YES....Glad I slept in
Hi everyone,
Does anyone else's iPhone 3Gs have a yellow screen tint?
You can see it clearly in the following photo. The iPhone 3G is on the left, my old iPhone 2G is on the right. The 3G's one is distinctly yellow and dimmer than the 2G one when set to identical brightness.
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I'm on the phone to Apple Support now to try to look into this fault.
How do the ones look on display at the store, if someone brings a 2G to compare it to the demo are
they seeing the tint?
Good question!
I couldn't get a new iPhone this morning (ran out), so now after reading this I'm hesitant to get one.
This is definitely an issue. I would like to see some pictures from somebody who doesn't have this yellow tint problem.
I agree with your post, I compared my old w/new and you can see a different color balance. I haven't really stared at it much or synched my movies, but i think parts of it look better then before. The old one has more blue tints. When you're looking at it w/out comparing to the old I think so far it looks great.
Macs in the past have used a Gamma of 1.8 on their Imacs and the norm is 2.2...It looks like this is running a stronger Gamma....However that can be corrected in an update if they choose to do so....Most likely they wont anytime soon....With the 2.2 gamma the screen is going to appear darker than the older version and your pictures and apps will look differnet....
The 2.2 Gamma can give deeper sat of colors and maybe this is due to gamming....Remember White Balance is totally subjectiv...Some like it warm some like it cold...Nothing wrong with the phone just different...
This is the price you have to pay esp when you were completely satisfied before and now see a difference not to your liking...I hate to say it but its better to wait esp when Jobs is strapping it on
To view this correctly take your phone in a total dark room...Better yet hold a white peice of printer paper next to the phone and see if the yellow cast is more visible...That would be interesting to know....
The 2.2 Gamma can give deeper sat of colors and maybe this is due to gamming....Remember White Balance is totally subjectiv...Some like it warm some like it cold...Nothing wrong with the phone just different...
This is the price you have to pay esp when you were completely satisfied before and now see a difference not to your liking...I hate to say it but its better to wait esp when Jobs is strapping it on
To view this correctly take your phone in a total dark room...Better yet hold a white peice of printer paper next to the phone and see if the yellow cast is more visible...That would be interesting to know....
The blacks are horrible even on the 2g phone, the Itouch and Phone just lack contrast.