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iPhone 15 Pro Max Screen uniformity and cast

vlad_d said:
Guys, how can you comment my screen? Got my 15PM yesterday, a couple of hours later while reading noticed that the right side is more pink/red than the left side. The display is G9P. Night shift and TT on, brightness 10-15%.
Would you try to replace it? I’m in Europe.
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Looks typical G9P. Mine has practically the same discoloration (tint) pattern but from the photos it is hard to say if it as bad. Mine using daytime with TT on (and NS obviously off) screen looks pretty uniform. But during nigh time with both TT and NS on, it has some red tint in the same areas shown in your photos, especially if turning NS to 100% strength.

So far every 15PM with G9P I have seen has the same tint patterns, just strength of it vary. Like one demo model I saw was so bad it could be clearly seen even in bright shop lighting.

If you feel lucky, then you might try replace it but it might be even worse if you are not lucky. Probably finding a unicorn G9N would be good. I was unlucky with G9N we have here, it has red tint on the upper half and also some on the left side, probably even worse than my G9P but again it is hard to judge since each show tint a bit different depending on what is displayed on the screen. Also from what I've seen in this thread, even some LG screens might be more uniform but I've not seen those live myself so hard to say for sure.
 
exup86 said:
How do you think my screen quality came out?
(LG GH series )

Only when I turn it sideways too much, the screen colour shifts to yellow. Screen protector is installed, maybe it may be affecting it

No problem at normal angles. No yellowish image
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That is actually very nice looking screen in term of uniformity. If it has bright image and good colors, I'd say it is a keeper. Pretty much all of these have color shift when viewing from an extreme angle. As long as it has no uniformity and color shift issue viewing straight angle and in normal viewing angles, I would not worry about that at all.
 
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janeauburn said:
Always turn off True Tone (which should be called Yellow Tone), and use the Color Filters feature (Accessibility -> Display & Text Size -> Color Filters) to adjust to taste. I've been doing this since the iPhone 8 to get rid of the color cast. Works fine.

In Color Filters, select the Color Tint option (ignore the other silly options), and then set the Intensity slider all the way to the left. Then use the Hue slider until the white text in the Color Filters screen looks white. (Ignore the crayons.) For me, that's about three quarters of the way to the right. Color cast gone--and consistent color throughout the day.
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I don't like to use that trick myself for several reasons. Number one being that it will mess up with all the colors in the screen and knowing iPhone OLED screens come from the factory very well calibrated to D65 and to color accuracy, doing this trick will mess up the colors and white balance very badly. Surely turning screen to bluish will mask panel uniformity issues pretty well but I'd rather take uniform panel at factory settings or even live with non uniform screen with accurate colors.
 
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sdante said:
I don't like to use that trick myself for several reasons. Number one being that it will mess up with all the colors in the screen and knowing iPhone OLED screens come from the factory very well calibrated to D65 and to color accuracy, doing this trick will mess up the colors and white balance very badly. Surely turning screen to bluish will mask panel uniformity issues pretty well but I'd rather take uniform panel at factory settings or even live with non uniform screen with accurate colors.
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Exacto munto^. Color filter just isn’t it. First one that I got was a G9N, it was okay but it had a dead pixel on the top left in camera photo’s only when I took a picture in timer mode. Talking about OCD. Second one was a GVC panel, which was so yellow and the colorshift to yellow/white was horrible. Third one is a G9N and perfect one for me! My findings is that the G9N screen panels were more vivid, clear but less bright and the GVC was a little bit washed out but much more brighter and warmer.
 
sdante said:
That is actually very nice looking screen in term of uniformity. If it has bright image and good colors, I'd say it is a keeper. Pretty much all of these have color shift when viewing from an extreme angle. As long as it has no uniformity and color shift issue viewing straight angle and in normal viewing angles, I would not worry about that at all.
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Honestly, this is the whitest panel I've ever used.
Yeah, straight angles are fine. There's another phone on the way. I'll open it and decide if it's Samsun. I'll make a comparison.

Sorry for my bad English. 🙃

Lg gh vs Samsung g9n 👇
 
exup86 said:
Honestly, this is the whitest panel I've ever used.
Yeah, straight angles are fine. There's another phone on the way. I'll open it and decide if it's Samsun. I'll make a comparison.

Sorry for my bad English. 🙃

Lg gh vs Samsung g9n 👇
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Which panel do you prefer more at the moment? If you get the other phone, make the comparison swiftly and enjoy your purchase. Don't make it too hard on yourself.
 
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Aegyo said:
Which panel do you prefer more at the moment? If you get the other phone, make the comparison swiftly and enjoy your purchase. Don't make it too hard on yourself.
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Yeah, I'll do that.

For now, the LG screen is better quality. I'll try it when I can. But this confusion is confusing. It's like a lottery.
 
I don't know which screen I have, but when I tilt it at an angle (in any direction), it shifts towards a green hue. Is this normal?
 
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The display should be uniform and should be halfway uniform. The shift should be no there if you tilt it only some degree (10-20 degree). If you tilt it more a shift is normal.
G9P or G9N. Both have their advantages and disadvantages 😃
 
ExploRichie said:
The display should be uniform and should be halfway uniform. The shift should be no there if you tilt it only some degree (10-20 degree). If you tilt it more a shift is normal.
G9P or G9N. Both have their advantages and disadvantages 😃
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Thanks.

Do you prefer a green shift or a pink/rainbow shift?

Edit: just saw you add more to your post.

Could you tell me those advantages and disadvantages? I'm curious!
 
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I have a G9P and if you look straight from the side 150-180 degree the shift is clear white. A G9N is green on this angles.
But a G9N can be slightly brighter and there some G9N 100% uniform displays. I did not see a 100% uniform G9P. But I had also a bad G9N so my G9P is better. I think I prefer the green shift 😃
 
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ExploRichie said:
I have a G9P and if you look straight from the side 150-180 degree the shift is clear white. A G9N is green on this angles.
But a G9N can be slightly brighter and there some G9N 100% uniform displays. I did not see a 100% uniform G9P. But I had also a bad G9N so my G9P is better. I think I prefer the green shift 😃
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Just to confirm, when you view your G9P from an angle and it’s white, is it whiter than when you view it straight on under normal use? Or the same (aka doesn’t actually shift colour).
 
Very interesting. I can’t decide whether I would prefer that or the green. White looks nicer, but with green, at least it is “better” when head on.

Mm.

Why can’t they all just be the same 😂
 
It not a written rule. I got 3 G3N panel and the cast was the same. Slight pink/red tint.

It’s harsh to say which one is better: talk about SLIGHT tint, the green one gives a more neutral white, on the other side the SLIGHT pink tint makes the screen brighter and a bit more vivid.
 
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ExploRichie said:
Green Shift is Samsung G9N
Pink/White Shift is Samsung G9P
Pink/Rainbow Shift is LG
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My G9P shifts slightly blue with no hint of pink anywhere and is perfectly uniform. I returned 2 prior 15PM due to pink hue and poor uniformity / dark gray uniformity. No issues at all on my current one.
Scott M said:
Which is ideal/preferred?
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Again, unless someone posts data on hundreds or thousands of panels, there is no pattern to this, it is all luck and depends on where the screen was cut from the main sheet.

There are trash G9P and G9N panels.
 
Harthag said:
My G9P shifts slightly blue with no hint of pink anywhere and is perfectly uniform. I returned 2 prior 15PM due to pink hue and poor uniformity / dark gray uniformity. No issues at all on my current one.

Again, unless someone posts data on hundreds or thousands of panels, there is no pattern to this, it is all luck and depends on where the screen was cut from the main sheet.

There are trash G9P and G9N panels.
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Can you post a dark grey picture with 10% brightness and a white screen with 10% brightness?
 
so after 2 devices with big gaps(oled panel-titanium frame) I bought used one 15 pm a3105 cause only such way I could see gaps and display before paying money here in Turkey! my panel is uniform or close to, not so bright but brighter then 14 pm, without yellow tint! -G9N 3335P8541PHRAM (so August 2023, battery September, should be sold like in middle of October due to imei sites).
on ~15-20% brightness(10% is dark) with tt on and night shift on- the low part of screen is like 10%? more gray then middle and up. on automatic mode with tt and ns 0ff the low part like 10% less bright...
on max brightness- minimal pink mosaic all over screen.
also about buying later date of production-look at more higher Eid and imei.
 
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I found out something strange.
Hold the phone in landscape mode but disable the RotateFunction and test the following:
Open a 100% white test picture with 10% brightness NightShift 100% / TrueTone On the display is complete uniform.
If I change immediately to settings the bottom of the screen becomes blueish/greenish and the top reddish.
What the f*** 😳



Is this a software bug because if the panel will be bad the 100% white picture also has to be uneven?! 😳

UPDATE: If I disable the HDR function in settings under photos the 100% white picture also becomes uneven. The brightness is on both tests unchanged with 20%.

What is that 😳
 
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I don’t even care about the screen anymore because I noticed a new scratch whilst changing my case yesterday. A nice shiny silver nick on the black titanium frame right on the edge so I can literally see it when looking at the phone from the front, shining at me like a beacon. Fml.
 
I have no idea how because I’m so clean and careful when switching cases. Like almost surgically so.
 
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