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The one thing holding me back from upgrading...

Dick Whitman

Dick Whitman

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Screen lottery.

I'm assuming since Apple is still using LCD technology that the possibility of getting a yellow tinted display is still there as well. I have the iPhone 6 and am tempted to upgrade but I don't want to get a screen that is significantly warmer than what I have now. I got lucky with my iPhone 6. Whites are white, and colors are uniform in all directions.
 
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battery life is great with my iPhone SE never had a problem with the display. I'm not obssessive and nitpicky, thank goodness.

but thanks for sharing, I hear where you're coming from
 
jetlagged said:
battery life is great with my iPhone SE never had a problem with the display. I'm not obssessive and nitpicky, thank goodness.

but thanks for sharing, I hear where you're coming from
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I really don't think I'm nitpicky either. I just don't want to pay almost $800 for a display that is noticeably yellow.
 
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Dick Whitman said:
Screen lottery.

I'm assuming since Apple is still using LCD technology that the possibility of getting a yellow tinted display is still there as well. I have the iPhone 6 and am tempted to upgrade but I don't want to get a screen that is significantly warmer than what I have now. I got lucky with my iPhone 6. Whites are white, and colors are uniform in all directions.

Also, are we really going to see an increase in battery life? I have never had more than 5.5 hours of battery life from an iPhone. Battery life was abysmal on the iPhone 5, it was bad on my iPhone 5s, and it's getting to the point of ridiculous on my iPhone 6. I've tried everything over the years, setting my phone as a new device, not loading any backups, shutting off virtually every feature and setting toggle, etc.
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I've felt your pain. Back when I got my 6 I went through 7 or 8 of them just to get a uniform screen! I'm worried too but I just pre ordered a jet black 7 128GB. Rolling the dice again! I hope I get a good screen. The hassle and stress of having one with yellow spots or dark shadowy tinged in the corners is too much!!!! I'll let you know how mine is when I get it!
 
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I've felt your pain. Back when I got my 6 I went through 7 or 8 of them just to get a uniform screen! I'm worried too but I just pre ordered a jet black 7 128GB. Rolling the dice again! I hope I get a good screen. The hassle and stress of having one with yellow spots or dark shadowy tinged in the corners is too much!!!! I'll let you know how mine is when I get it!
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Awesome, I decided to pull the trigger as well! Pre-ordered a black 7 128GB. Hopefully I get a good screen. Fingers crossed. I gave up on the 6s after trying three or fours times.
 
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In day to day usage I don't have a problem with battery life on the 6. I use the snot out the thing. Unless Apple goes into FU mode, I struggle to think the 7 won't be good enough compared to the competition. Nobody has yet to break the code on how to give us more battery life, without a larger battery and therefore device. They all have the same constraints. For usage, I can go from morning to night, in most usage scenarios, without issue. And that's with 2-year old technology. If someone has a magic bullet, I'm not seeing it.
 
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In day to day usage I don't have a problem with battery life on the 6. I use the snot out the thing. Unless Apple goes into FU mode, I struggle to think the 7 won't be good enough compared to the competition. Nobody has yet to break the code on how to give us more battery life, without a larger battery and therefore device. They all have the same constraints. For usage, I can go from morning to night, in most usage scenarios, without issue. And that's with 2-year old technology. If someone has a magic bullet, I'm not seeing it.
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Between streaming podcasts and music to and from work, and playing Pokemon Go at lunch (admittedly), I have to charge my iPhone 6 multiple times throughout the day. Then again I have unlimited data so that's probably why battery drain is more of an issue for me.
 
That's a good point. My 6 has some shadowing across the top of the screen. I checked at the Apple store when this was the current phone and they all had this problem to varying degrees. In most usage it's not noticeable. However, I read books on my phone. With the uniform screen and light background it's distracting.
 
Dick Whitman said:
Screen lottery.

I'm assuming since Apple is still using LCD technology that the possibility of getting a yellow tinted display is still there as well. I have the iPhone 6 and am tempted to upgrade but I don't want to get a screen that is significantly warmer than what I have now. I got lucky with my iPhone 6. Whites are white, and colors are uniform in all directions.

Also, are we really going to see an increase in battery life? I have never had more than 5.5 hours of battery life from an iPhone. Battery life was abysmal on the iPhone 5, it was bad on my iPhone 5s, and it's getting to the point of ridiculous on my iPhone 6. I've tried everything over the years, setting my phone as a new device, not loading any backups, shutting off virtually every feature and setting toggle, etc.
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Absolutely no question it'll happen again. It's still the same screen technology. Once Apple goes to OLED next year, maybe the issue goes away.
 
Dick Whitman said:
Screen lottery.

I'm assuming since Apple is still using LCD technology that the possibility of getting a yellow tinted display is still there as well. I have the iPhone 6 and am tempted to upgrade but I don't want to get a screen that is significantly warmer than what I have now. I got lucky with my iPhone 6. Whites are white, and colors are uniform in all directions.

Also, are we really going to see an increase in battery life? I have never had more than 5.5 hours of battery life from an iPhone. Battery life was abysmal on the iPhone 5, it was bad on my iPhone 5s, and it's getting to the point of ridiculous on my iPhone 6. I've tried everything over the years, setting my phone as a new device, not loading any backups, shutting off virtually every feature and setting toggle, etc.
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I've seen Note 7 owners complaining about pink screens and yellow screens as well.
 
If I had to guess I'd say the white point will run warmer than 6 series if yours is comparatively blue.

Because of full dci-p3 color range. Like 9.7 pro
 
Dick Whitman said:
Screen lottery.

I'm assuming since Apple is still using LCD technology that the possibility of getting a yellow tinted display is still there as well. I have the iPhone 6 and am tempted to upgrade but I don't want to get a screen that is significantly warmer than what I have now. I got lucky with my iPhone 6. Whites are white, and colors are uniform in all directions.

Also, are we really going to see an increase in battery life? I have never had more than 5.5 hours of battery life from an iPhone. Battery life was abysmal on the iPhone 5, it was bad on my iPhone 5s, and it's getting to the point of ridiculous on my iPhone 6. I've tried everything over the years, setting my phone as a new device, not loading any backups, shutting off virtually every feature and setting toggle, etc.
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Its been Proven that these Blueish tinted Displays are Bad for You especially at night. I thought the same way. my 9.7 iPad Pro is warmer less blue than my Air 2 was but thats more accurate colors look more vibrant and richer.
OLED's solve this thats why Apple has contracted with Samsung to buy OLED displays.

That being said the 9.7 ipad Pro has True Tone, which can be adjusted or turned off. The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus DO NOT and people are getting very poor quality Way too yellow Displays which are not acceptable.
 
Dick Whitman said:
Screen lottery.

I'm assuming since Apple is still using LCD technology that the possibility of getting a yellow tinted display is still there as well. I have the iPhone 6 and am tempted to upgrade but I don't want to get a screen that is significantly warmer than what I have now. I got lucky with my iPhone 6. Whites are white, and colors are uniform in all directions.

Also, are we really going to see an increase in battery life? I have never had more than 5.5 hours of battery life from an iPhone. Battery life was abysmal on the iPhone 5, it was bad on my iPhone 5s, and it's getting to the point of ridiculous on my iPhone 6. I've tried everything over the years, setting my phone as a new device, not loading any backups, shutting off virtually every feature and setting toggle, etc.
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Yes, this exactly! I think I've been through about 12 iP6's over the last two years trying to find one that's at least not distractingly non-uniform. They tell me I'm crazy, I say they don't have decent QC for these things. The one I have now isn't anywhere near perfect but very tolerable for me. I tried the 6S and ran into dust, dead pixels, yellowness, and color/light unevenness and am hesitant about the 7. Or any phone really.
 
My iPhone 7 came yellow but iOS 10 has a color filters adjustment that lets you correct the hue and get it neutral or even cool.

It works very well but I don't know if it takes more battery for the adjustment or if it's a native calibration
 
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brojan said:
My iPhone 7 came yellow but iOS 10 has a color filters adjustment that lets you correct the hue and get it neutral or even cool.

It works very well but I don't know if it takes more battery for the adjustment or if it's a native calibration
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Yeah I just discovered this feature yesterday. It's not a perfect solution but it comes close. Unfortunately, no amount of color adjustment will fix overall uniformity issues. To me though the inclusion of the display accommodations feature is a blatant admission on Apple's part of poor quality control and years of rightfully justified customer complaints. Equally, it's impossible to take them seriously when they tout things like end-to-end color management but then ship supposedly premium devices with this kind of crap. I'm debating on whether to try and exchange my current phone but I know how that game goes. It's extremely time consuming and often an exercise in futility. The display I have now is noticeably warmer than my iPhone 6, and the left side of the screen is clearly darker/more yellow.
 
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Yeah I just discovered this feature yesterday. It's not a perfect solution but it comes close. Unfortunately, no amount of color adjustment will fix overall uniformity issues. To me though the inclusion of the display accommodations feature is a blatant admission on Apple's part of poor quality control and years of rightfully justified customer complaints. Equally, it's impossible to take them seriously when they tout things like end-to-end color management but then ship supposedly premium devices with this kind of crap. I'm debating on whether to try and exchange my current phone but I know how that game goes. It's extremely time consuming and often an exercise in futility. The display I have now is noticeably warmer than my iPhone 6, and the left side of the screen is clearly darker/more yellow.
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My 7Plus right side is darker than the left. And my last phone a 6S had dark line along top and left of screen and before that the original 6S was dark at the top. The one before that had dust. The last time I had a normal screen was an iPhone 4.
 
I'm usually picky when it comes to screen temperatures so I understand where you're coming from. Side by side, my 6s is cooler next to my 7. After using the 7 all day, I don't notice the display being too "warm". I think you notice it when you're side by side with another device. Honestly, I think my 6s is too blue now that I've been using the 7.
 
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I'm usually picky when it comes to screen temperatures so I understand where you're coming from. Side by side, my 6s is cooler next to my 7. After using the 7 all day, I don't notice the display being too "warm". I think you notice it when you're side by side with another device. Honestly, I think my 6s is too blue now that I've been using the 7.
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Yeah I've honestly gotten used to the warmer display on my iPhone 7 but the lack of color uniformity still bothers me.
 
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Dick Whitman said:
Screen lottery.

I'm assuming since Apple is still using LCD technology that the possibility of getting a yellow tinted display is still there as well. I have the iPhone 6 and am tempted to upgrade but I don't want to get a screen that is significantly warmer than what I have now. I got lucky with my iPhone 6. Whites are white, and colors are uniform in all directions.
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That's a valid concern. Maybe wait a couple of months to see if the manufacturing process smoothes out.
Edit: OOPS. Too late lol. Enjoy your 7.
 
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