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iPhone 14 Pro It seems this year I won the screen lottery!

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Every single year it comes up, it never fails. It used to drive my OCD completely bonkers, but then I eventually learned to live with it. I never returned a phone for a yellow, red, or green screen. The only way I ever would is if the uniformity was just terrible. Even a little bit, I could dismiss.

My iPhone 14 Pro 256GB Gold.. it’s perfect. Beautiful, bright, pearly white screen, perfectly even. It’s almost like reading fresh ink on a book or newspaper. The last time I had a perfect screen like that was my 6S.

Anyone else get lucky?
 
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There's definitely some "... in the eye of the beholder" that goes on with this screen lottery thing. Some people notice, some don't. But this monster of a thread shows just how much it bothers some people (understandably in some situations):

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Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!

Reports are already surfacing of a classic annual tradition in iPhone land - the dumping of yellow tinted reject screens on unsuspecting consumers. This happens literally every year, since the iPhone 3G. Every. Year. without fail. Same tint. Same excuses from Apple apologists. The fact is, not...
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Edit: that thread shows just how OCD some people can be about this issue. And that's no judgment from me, I definitely have my "things" that I'm OCD about. The 14 line is already being talked about in there...
 
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There absolutely can be variance between units, sometimes significantly. Those with keen eyesight can pick up on the color differences. Apple does have good tolerances, but there are multiple display manufacturers which throughout the years has led to significant variance on Apple products. I remember even getting a response to this from the sJobs email a long time ago.
 
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ACE_350 said:
Every single year it comes up, it never fails. It used to drive my OCD completely bonkers, but then I eventually learned to live with it. I never returned a phone for a yellow, red, or green screen. The only way I ever would is if the uniformity was just terrible. Even a little bit, I could dismiss.

My iPhone 14 Pro 256GB Gold.. it’s perfect. Beautiful, bright, pearly white screen, perfectly even. It’s almost like reading fresh ink on a book or newspaper. The last time I had a perfect screen like that was my 6S.

Anyone else get lucky?
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Yep same here on my 14 pro max. Perfect and uniform and crisp. First try~
 
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What do you think of uniformity? Brightness at 10%
 
My two eyes don't even see precisely the same colour temperature so I'm not even sure what's 'correct' anymore. Objectively if there's such a thing as an iPhone service manual it probably quotes a certain °K that a completely white iPhone background should read ±'n' °K variation, but I couldn't tell you what it is or whether my own iPhone complies.
 
Screen lottery doesn’t even exist. All the phones come out of the same factory, same process to make them all, all the same. All screens are the same. It’s the same with TVs when people complain they can see dead pixels or their screen isn’t what it should be, it’s all nonsense
 
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DD88 said:
Screen lottery doesn’t even exist. All the phones come out of the same factory, same process to make them all, all the same. All screens are the same. It’s the same with TVs when people complain they can see dead pixels or their screen isn’t what it should be, it’s all nonsense
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The biggest variance probably comes in the fact that there are multiple display manufacturers and brands that Apple uses.
 
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The biggest variance probably comes in the fact that there are multiple display manufacturers and brands that Apple uses.
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And all of those screens should be manufactured to the same specs and tolerances that Apple specify, and tested and calibrated in the same way. There shouldn't be any differences.

There was a story awhile back about a supplier cutting corners and that got them cut out of the supply chain.
 
kitKAC said:
And all of those screens should be manufactured to the same specs and tolerances that Apple specify, and tested and calibrated in the same way. There shouldn't be any differences.

There was a story awhile back about a supplier cutting corners and that got them cut out of the supply chain.
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I would assume that unless they're all using the same machines and equipment on similarly-configured production lines then there will be inherent differences between i.e. Samsung and LG displays.

Of course a majority of users aren't even aware of the difference, and there's no good way to check without deciphering the serial number.
 
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