And I hope they don’t bring as I’m planning to get a Pro, if we are going to be selfish about this.
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And I hope they don’t bring as I’m planning to get a Pro, if we are going to be selfish about this.
My iPhone 17 PM Silver has the GVC Panel. Looks uniform and without any tints. But I also checked it with a screen protector from Torras. Rainboweffects just from the Protector.
I have the same "issue", its really really really hard to see but really faintly in there. You have to look at it at the right angle and brightness at the max.
In reddit i read that this is quite common and i think part of the dynamic island design.
Tbh i'm not sure if my eyes plays tricks on me or is it really there kind of thing.
Well, they are already built and sitting on the shelves with whatever part was installed on them, so you should be fine.
I bought a 17 256GB Silver "A" grade from CEX as I had over £600 in store credit to use. It has a GVC panel. Nice and uniform and haven't noticed any off axis colour shift.
I think you’re just getting used to it honestly.
lol same. After a while you don’t even notice the issue anymore.
Oh, and one more thing — after some time without using my old G9N 15 Pro, I’m sure I prefer the less intense colors of the GVC. Now the 15 Pro’s home screen looks to me like a Christmas tree with oversaturated colors.
so I just a new one and it is gn9 . screen looks better.
HOWEVER , the antireflective coating is way worse. the reflections are much more annoying, the screen doesn't look as dark. I seriously don't know what to do. i've got 3 unit so far, and I canceled one while it was in transit, so apple will start looking at me like the crazy customer that I am, but their products don't exactly help it .
and I haven't tested the camera and other componenents yet.
this is stressing me out to much. freaking OCD.
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HOWEVER , the antireflective coating is way worse. the reflections are much more annoying, the screen doesn't look as dark. I seriously don't know what to do. i've got 3 unit so far, and I canceled one while it was in transit, so apple will start looking at me like the crazy customer that I am, but their products don't exactly help it .
and I haven't tested the camera and other componenents yet.
this is stressing me out to much. freaking OCD.
@fel10 @thatJohann
Honestly, I’ve heard of people exchanging theirs five to seven times before finally being satisfied. For the premium price of these devices, you shouldn’t have to settle. I’m getting my second express replacement tomorrow, so I’m hoping this one will finally be the keeper.
As an AAPL shareholder, this is ridiculous. No defects, just people looking for whatever issues at every angle, reminds me of people going an inch away from their 77 inch OLED looking for dead pixels on different colored backgrounds.
I don’t think this niche behaviour even touches the sides for the richest company in the world……..but yes we are sorry to you all powerful “shareholder” lol.
I didn’t want to start a new thread about the issue (I think) I’m experiencing, so I’m sharing it here instead.
I have an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a G9N panel, and I swear this screen is playing tricks on me. Throughout the day, the color temperature seems pretty balanced. But as the day goes on and evening approaches, the screen appears to get noticeably warmer in white balance.
Both True Tone and Night Shift are turned off. Am I taking crazy pills?!
As one example, OLED white point can absolutely shift with device or panel temperature. The organic emitters that produce red, green, and blue light each have different temperature coefficients for luminance and voltage. As the panel heats up, charge mobility in the organic layers increases, which makes red and green emitters more efficient than blue. That shifts the combined white point slightly warmer, usually by about 150–300 K between ~20 °C and ~60 °C. (See Jeon et al., J. SID 24 (8), 2016; K. Lee et al., SID 2019.)
At the same time, the OLED’s forward voltage drops by roughly −2 mV/°C per subpixel, and the backplane characteristics also change, altering current balance across colors. Manufacturers compensate for this with temperature-dependent calibration tables in the display driver, but they can’t perfectly correct it in real time.
So in practice:
- Cold panel (~10 °C) → whites can (but not always) appear cooler/bluer, around 7000–7200 K.
- Warm panel (~50 °C) → whites can (but again, not always) appear warmer/yellower, around 6500 K or slightly below.
I find it more ridiculous that devices costing over $1,300 can have screens like this and still pass Apple’s quality control as acceptable.
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Let them know you’re not happy with your screen — sending a photo of the issue definitely helps. As long as you have AppleCare+, they should offer you the option for an express replacement.
Remind me what's your trouble with the first replacement , which you got recently I believe ?