iPhone 4S White Camera

[nomik2]

I knew about this problem before hand but thought Apple would have fixed it by now. Upgrade to the 4s, very disappointed. Going to take it to the Apple store, not sure if I can return/exchange it for black.

Same picture taken at night from my bed.

iPhone 4 Black (This is seriously impressive as the room is pitch black at night)

iPhone 4S White (...and then this mess)

 

[mkrishnan]

I just went into a dark room in the office and took a picture with my white iPhone 4S, and it worked (gimme a few minutes to post it, and I will), FWIW. Plus this is the first I heard of this supposed defect... are you sure you don't just have a bad unit?

 

[nomik2]

I sure hope that's all it is. Just took two more at work.

Flash OFF

Flash ON

 

[mkrishnan]

This is a fairly (but not 100%) dark interior room (no windows). Just a little bleed light from under the door. White 64GB iPhone 4S, which I got right before Thanksgiving, auto flash in the standard camera app.

 

[Givmeabrek]

Looks like flash back due to a case, bad screen protector or very commonly your fingers or hand. Make sure nothing is blocking the flash.

 

[nomik2]

Looks like flash back due to a case, bad screen protector or very commonly your fingers or hand. Make sure nothing is blocking the flash.

Checked all. I'm going to take it in, chalk it up to being a defective part.

 

[sweetbrat]

That's how mine looks with my case on. When I take the case off, it's much better. It's amazing how much some of the cases interfere with the flash.

 

[M Quick]

That also looks like the problem people have when they haven't removed the protection from the rear of the iPhone..

 

[CBR900RR]

To OP, do a clean install before you head down to the apple store, if not, they will do a clean install for you and make you take it home to try it for a day or two, and you need to go back for the 2nd time to do an exchange.

 

[TM WAZZA]

White 4S user here, photos with flash look very good.

 

[rgarjr]

how often does someone take pictures of a pitch black scene.

 

[nomik2]

how often does someone take pictures of a pitch black scene.

I first noticed when I was at a concert and none of the pictures would come out right.

 

[gschumsky]

To be fair to the OP, I've noticed even with my case off, the flash at times can be a bit too intense. I've never experienced what they first posted, though I know some other users who have white iPhones (4 and 4s) experience "ghosting" or whatever you call it with a case on the phone.
It would be nice if the led actually "flashed" like a normal camera flash, or the phone camera would expose accordingly when the flash is triggered.

One other ongoing issue: focus. It seems to constantly be focusing no matter what. Not too much of a bother on taking photos, but is when shooting video - and locking the AF/AE though a workaround isn't so great when you're panning from a brightly lit scene to something a bit darker or vice-versa.