WOW, now thats a great picture of the green LG tint. My 17PM 512 dark blue has the GH3 screen and I just looked at it closely again using the pure white test screen and brightness turned all the way up and at maybe 50 and 75% tilted, and if there is any green tint on the bottom of my screen, its so faint I can't see it.
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Other This years screen lottery (17, 17 pro, 17 pro max and air)
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Got a launch day 17PM Deep Blue 512GB. I had a great 15PM (never checked what manufacturer) and the 17PM has also a great screen. After reading this thread, I decided to check what screen my 17PM is, and, indeed, it’s a Samsung G9N.
Got lucky again. Sorry for those who are not satisfied.
Got lucky again. Sorry for those who are not satisfied.
After reading probably every post here, and elsewhere, it sounds to me (and I am not an expert) that regardless of what screen we all received, most everyone has some color tint issue be it greenish, pinkish or whatever. So is it possible they are not calibrated correctly OR its just the nature of the beast with these oleds??
Just a nature of OLED, you can exchange phones multiple times and still not end up with a screen that is completely uniform without any color tint
When I bought my 16 Pro I knew about OLED lottery and different manufacturers but I didn’t want to try to see any tints or shifts of color or display panel code.
I’m getting 17 Pro Max soon and I don’t even want to think about all of that again. I’ve just checked my 16 Pro and of course it has green tint and the bottom of the screen when tilted top part of the phone towards me.
I think most of you haven’t seen really low-end OLED panels of cheap phones.
Here’s for example my old Google Pixel 6a which I used whole year and it has crazy rainbow disco-party 🕺 🪩 going on when looking at any angle.
I’m getting 17 Pro Max soon and I don’t even want to think about all of that again. I’ve just checked my 16 Pro and of course it has green tint and the bottom of the screen when tilted top part of the phone towards me.
I think most of you haven’t seen really low-end OLED panels of cheap phones.
Here’s for example my old Google Pixel 6a which I used whole year and it has crazy rainbow disco-party 🕺 🪩 going on when looking at any angle.
So has anyone gotten an iPhone Air with the Samsung panel yet? I tried this and I have a GVC panel. I genuinely can’t tell what I’m supposed to be looking for. I do think the screen gets harder to look at when I tilt the top of the phone towards my face, but it doesn’t look green to me. I think it maybe looks.. slightly bluish?
Well if you can’t see anything and need to be told, what’s your problem with your screen?
The problem now is people have been so programmed by internet strangers in this thread that the Samsung panels are right and the LG are wrong. There will be people who get bad Samsung panels who will convince themselves it must be their eyes that are broken because the panel can’t possibly be.
I wish I hadn’t seen this thread. I’ve been doing my best to avoid getting into this, but I finally gave up.
Left : 15 PM with Samsung G9N
Right : 17 PM with LG GVC
(True Tone enabled - Identical brightness level slider on Auto brightness set)
The pictures don’t even fully show how massive the difference looks to the naked eye. The GVC is duller, less bright, and has more grey. Overall less appealing to the eye when both have the true tone enabled.
As soon as new stock arrives at my local Apple Store, I’m going to exchange mine until I get a Samsung display.
Left : 15 PM with Samsung G9N
Right : 17 PM with LG GVC
(True Tone enabled - Identical brightness level slider on Auto brightness set)
The pictures don’t even fully show how massive the difference looks to the naked eye. The GVC is duller, less bright, and has more grey. Overall less appealing to the eye when both have the true tone enabled.
As soon as new stock arrives at my local Apple Store, I’m going to exchange mine until I get a Samsung display.
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This won’t even be a fair comparison given that both panels have a different max brightness. So both at 50% is not equal at all and is a terrible way to compare.
Help me understand. Do you claim 15PM looks brighter than 17PM with auto-brightness on?
Both were on auto-brightness, which I must have forgotten to mention earlier, but I’ve now added it in my post. How can 15PM be brighter than 17PM when it was advertised to be the opposite?
Also, brightness is not the only issues. The LG looks noticeably gray, and the colors are dull. Quite a difference to my eyes.
This. LG panels usually don’t have that pink tint. Samsungs are more prone to that.
Additionally, LG panels are generally more uniform. The owner might deny it, but when viewed directly, the Samsung 15 PM screen shows a greenish tint at the top left corner. Ugh.
I have always had true tone turned off on any of my iPhone or iPad displays, especially OLED. Gives it an ugly faded hue that definitely doesn't look natural.
You’re absolutely right ha ha. Nothing whatsoever I suppose!
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I see no mention, yet....of anything in 26.1 beta that would address not so bright displays.
I clearly noticed a significant difference after installing the update.
A couple of users on tech platforms in my mother tongue have been reporting the same thing, which is exactly why I decided to try it myself.
There’s no harm in trying it I suppose?
Indeed. A bit like when they said certain type of Samsung panels were A grade and some were B or C grade via the serial number assigned during assembly. 🤣