iPhone 16 Pro Max Screen brightness on 16 Pro/Max [MERGED]

[SumYoungGai]

for the uniformity test I recommend turning on night shift at 50% (slider at midline), enable “manually enable until tomorrow) and lower the brightness to about 50%. This might not be your usual use case but it accentuates things a little bit

On Samsung panels I have noticed the top of the display is brighter than the bottom, almost like a gradient. Very distracting when scrolling text to read a long article

On LG the bottom of the display edge may appear brighter when looking head on and the display will have a very bad green tint when tilting the bottom of the phone away from you and top toward you, even at a slight angle

 

[thadoggfather]

1. settings, accessibility, touch, turn on AssistiveTouch
2. Change top menu so one of the options is Analytics
3. Tap the AssistiveTouch button and run Analytics
4. After about 2-3 minutes go into settings > privacy and security > analytics and improvements (near the bottom) > analytics data
5. Find the sysdiagnosis file, tap it to open it
6. Share and save it to iCloud Drive or wherever
7. Open files app, decompress sysdiagnose file and it will create a new folder
8. Open the new folder, go into IOReg
9. Open IODeviceTree.txt
10. search the word “panel” without the quotes
11. One of the entries will say something like raw-panel-serial and right next to it will start with G9N, G9P, GVC, GH3

a little more convoluted than plugging into 3utools but you can do this in store without a computer within about 3-4 minutes if you get the sequence down. This works on display models too if anyone wants to add DPs

Thanks I figured it out good reference post though

 

[Kai Hawaii]

Oh Hello Panel Lottery! I know this game very well.

I can confirm.

This year it is quite interesting. My Pro Max 14 had a Samsung G9N Display which I always considered as very good.
My iPhone Air has an LG GVC Screen and on first tests I noticed the following:

The Air Uniformity is great, but the screen is not brighter than the Pro Max 14, which it should.
Colours on the Air pop a little bit more (around 5%). Off Axis is also slightly better.
In Dark Mode: Air is more black (more contrast). (Sorry for blurred photo)

Left Samsung (Pro Max 14)
Right LG (Air)

Depends on the Brightness Setting , both can look very similar. But the dark mode on the LG is definitely better.
I will do more tests in bright sunlight tomorrow.. Noticed that in bright sunlight the Samsung Screen had a better white point.

 

[thadoggfather]

The Air Uniformity is great, but the screen is not brighter than the Pro Max 14, which it should.



Depends on the Brightness Setting , both can look very similar. \

I do wonder how much of this is having the LG panel or Air specifically vs. this years phones just not being in practice as bright as Apple touted.

In store without doing direct comparisons, no models on the floor (17, pro, max, air) seemed blindingly bright or appreciably brighter than last year's.

it seems like it could possibly be how they touted how much more anti reflective the new panels or glass is, but in reality, it's not that dramatic.

Would love to find out more though, in case I am actually missing out.

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Are you gonna keep yours?

 

[SumYoungGai]

I do wonder how much of this is having the LG panel or Air specifically vs. this years phones just not being in practice as bright as Apple touted.

In store without doing direct comparisons, no models on the floor (17, pro, max, air) seemed blindingly bright or appreciably brighter than last year's.

it seems like it could possibly be how they touted how much more anti reflective the new panels or glass is, but in reality, it's not that dramatic.

Would love to find out more though, in case I am actually missing out.

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Are you gonna keep yours?

brightness might have something to do with ambient light, I am sure if you shine a flashlight into the pill at the top of the display it would become blindingly bright

 

[indezah]

Crazy how these variances get through QC, starting to wonder if there’s any actual QC at all.

 

[thatJohann]

sorry you're 1 for 3 but if you still have the ugly panel units can you post some pics for science? I'm curious how bad the lottery has gotten this gen.

Thx. Already returned them to the Apple Store this afternoon.

 

[fel10]

Got my 17 Pro Max today. It’s not perfect, and the picture makes it look worse than it actually is, but I refuse to go through multiple exchanges again. It feels like the same hassle every year, and I just don’t have the time anymore. So I’m keeping this one. Honestly, it looks almost identical to my 16

 

[DanRO]

1. settings, accessibility, touch, turn on AssistiveTouch
2. Change top menu so one of the options is Analytics
3. Tap the AssistiveTouch button and run Analytics
4. After about 2-3 minutes go into settings > privacy and security > analytics and improvements (near the bottom) > analytics data
5. Find the sysdiagnosis file, tap it to open it
6. Share and save it to iCloud Drive or wherever
7. Open files app, decompress sysdiagnose file and it will create a new folder
8. Open the new folder, go into IOReg
9. Open IODeviceTree.txt
10. search the word “panel” without the quotes
11. One of the entries will say something like raw-panel-serial and right next to it will start with G9N, G9P, GVC, GH3

a little more convoluted than plugging into 3utools but you can do this in store without a computer within about 3-4 minutes if you get the sequence down. This works on display models too if anyone wants to add DPs

Which panel is which?
G9N, G9P, GVC, GH3?

I got G9N on my iPhone 14 Pro Max, been pretty happy about it in the last 3 years, I do have some burn in due to the Always On display, but it’s only noticeable when the display is gray and in with low brightness.

Will test my new 17 Pro Max when I reach home.

 

[SumYoungGai]

Which panel is which?
G9N, G9P, GVC, GH3?

I got G9N on my iPhone 14 Pro Max, been pretty happy about it in the last 3 years, I do have some burn in due to the Always On display, but it’s only noticeable when the display is gray and in with low brightness.

Will test my new 17 Pro Max when I reach home.

First two Samsung, last two LG

 

[Kai Hawaii]

Which panel is which?
G9N, G9P, GVC, GH3?

I got G9N on my iPhone 14 Pro Max, been pretty happy about it in the last 3 years, I do have some burn in due to the Always On display, but it’s only noticeable when the display is gray and in with low brightness.

Will test my new 17 Pro Max when I reach home.

G9N one the 14 Pro Max was an excellent display.

 

[TheRdungeon]

BOE are only supplying China right? And is there a clear winner between LG and Samsung or just tastes?

 

[Seameadow]

Some photos of the Air next to 15 Pro Max.