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Other This years screen lottery (17, 17 pro, 17 pro max and air)
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I do notice some discoloration near the bottom when I tilt the phone toward me, but when looking straight on, the main issue is that the bottom half of the screen appears slightly warmer than the top. Tilting the phone makes it less noticeable, and turning off True Tone and Night Shift helps a bit too. I might request another express replacement down the road, but I have a feeling they’d probably send me another unit from the same batch as before.
This is my third and final Pro Max, and it has a GVC display. I had to replace the first two due to color and storage size. I am already past the 14 day return window and not chasing a particular serial range just because some people think one panel is better than another.
This is the best display I have seen on any iPhone I have owned. The colors are accurate, the tone is pleasing, and the uniformity looks perfect to me.
I do not notice any green tint at reasonable viewing angles. If I have to push the angle to an unrealistic degree to reveal something, I find it unreasonable to call that a real issue since it is well outside a normal use case. It is genuinely a pleasure to look at this display. Photos do not even come close to showing how good it looks.
As a note, please excuse the environment in the photos. Also FYI True Tone and auto brightness were active, since that reflects my normal use.
This is the best display I have seen on any iPhone I have owned. The colors are accurate, the tone is pleasing, and the uniformity looks perfect to me.
I do not notice any green tint at reasonable viewing angles. If I have to push the angle to an unrealistic degree to reveal something, I find it unreasonable to call that a real issue since it is well outside a normal use case. It is genuinely a pleasure to look at this display. Photos do not even come close to showing how good it looks.
As a note, please excuse the environment in the photos. Also FYI True Tone and auto brightness were active, since that reflects my normal use.
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I guess you all read the verdict of the gsmarena review regarding the screen brightness test :
m.gsmarena.com
Cons
- No dedicated telephoto camera.
- Gets hot and throttles under sustained load; no vapor-chamber cooling.
- USB-C still limited to USB 2.0 data speeds.
- Display's peak brightness boost is very short-lived; sustained auto brightness ~1,000 nits, below iPhone 16, let alone class leaders.
Apple iPhone 17 review
The base Apple iPhone 17, which now comes with 256 GB of storage and 8 GB of RAM, costs USD 799/EUR 949/GBP 799/INR 82,900/CNY 5,999/JPY 129,800. That's...
It is fine. It is just that a G9N, your last photo, the whole screen will still remains clear of green tint.
Samsung tuned their screen for more contrast and overcompensates Red and Blue here https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-pro-17-pro-max-and-air.2466900/post-34218828
On iPhone: Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Turn on Assistive Touch.
Just below that turn on Customise Top Level Menu and press + and search for Analytics.
Go back to Home Screen and use the Assistive Touch and press Analytics. This will generate a report that will be stored under Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements > Analytics Data > search for sysdiagnose. It may take a few minutes to generate so you will need to keep checking. It should be the only sysdiagnose file with the current date in the file name.
Clic into it and Save to Files.
Go to Files and extract it
Open the folder called ioreg and the txt file called IODeviceTree.txt
Search for raw-panel
Thank you! It says this:
”| | "raw-panel-serial-number" = <"G9PHL0W1QQ70000MTE+A+A1000000000000000210+FXVHKD00NBH0000YL1+9000000000000000000000000+5361J0000000P4000000JF8FDL1238S5M0000000A0000000120000000PJ000PWHF5N30511BWGMZA0002000">”
How do I read this? G9P?
I hate to be the bearer of bad news... But the green/blue tint in the bottom 1/4 was the very first thing I noticed in these photos. Including the ones not at an angle. Which would personally drive me absolutely ****ing INSANE.
But if YOU are happy with it, and it doesn't bother you in real world usage, then that's all that matters!
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No worries at all. I do not consider anything about my display bad news because I simply do not see a problem on my side.
I have come to realization that this topic is very subjective and strongly tied to expectations. As an example; I am the type of person who have preferred accurate calibration for my main TVs for years now rather than the factory tuned profiles that push saturation and artificially boosted colors. I know many people (also can be seen in this thread) enjoy that look and manufacturers tune to match those preferences. Perception and preference vary from person to person, so the optimal result is always subjective.
For my taste this screen performs extremely well and I am very satisfied with it in all real world use.
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I was able to test some SDR and HDR content with my GVC base and my friend's G9Q Pro. @Mick_ag It seems like you were right, High saturation becomes ugly after some point and GVC looks way more realistic thus captivating.
I see blue/green tint at the bottom and some rainbow effect on the top right hand corner.
It’s hard to find people who genuinely care about having proper calibration on their devices — with accurate, realistic colors instead of the ones that just grab your attention at first glance.
So many people have come to my place and said my perfectly calibrated OLED TV looked dull. These are the same people who love the default picture modes on their own TVs — Standard, Vivid, and so on — flashy, but no accurate at all.
I’ve never managed to convince anyone, though. In the end, if they’re happy that way, good for them.
Given the lack of proper tools to calibrate an iPhone display — and even though Apple supposedly enforces calibration standards on panel manufacturers — it’s obvious there are still noticeable differences. LG panels tend to be closer to what we’re aiming for, even if some people find them dull or not vibrant enough.
I would say to carefully check if it has any other issues, like some kind of tint or unevenness when viewed straight on. If not, I’d recommend giving it a chance to see if you can live with the color shift.
I don’t know about other years, but in this one it seems that LG panels come very well calibrated.
If that’s not one of your priorities, or if you prefer Samsung’s saturated colors and can’t tolerate the color shift, then by all means, exchange it and try to get a Samsung panel.
I have a Base 17 with a G9P panel. It does have a slight green/blue tint when viewed off axis, however; it’s minuscule and it has a bright, vibrant and perfectly uniform display.
I happened to walk into an Apple store in Boston and looked at every Base, Pro and Air on display. Every single panel had varying green/blue tint and non-uniformity to some degree except for one Pro model. I consider myself lucky as my display resembled that of the one good Pro model.
*side note: This is my second Base 17. The first one I ordered through Verizon and I noticed, immediately, that its panel was not uniform with a slight pink-ish hue towards the lower 1/3rd of the display. I contacted Verizon right away and they overnighted me a replacement, free of charge. This replacement is a keeper.
I happened to walk into an Apple store in Boston and looked at every Base, Pro and Air on display. Every single panel had varying green/blue tint and non-uniformity to some degree except for one Pro model. I consider myself lucky as my display resembled that of the one good Pro model.
*side note: This is my second Base 17. The first one I ordered through Verizon and I noticed, immediately, that its panel was not uniform with a slight pink-ish hue towards the lower 1/3rd of the display. I contacted Verizon right away and they overnighted me a replacement, free of charge. This replacement is a keeper.
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Hi everyone! I’d really appreciate some opinions — the more feedback, the better.
I have an iPhone 17 Pro with a G9Q (Samsung) panel.
I’ve noticed three things:
1. The top part of the screen is about 3–4% brighter than the bottom.
2. The top looks slightly cooler/bluer, while the bottom is a bit warmer/reddish — but only slightly.
3. Even with a small viewing angle, the white tint shifts from cool to warm and back. There’s no extreme or ugly tint, though.
Question: does this sound like a good panel overall?
It doesn’t really affect daily use, but in dim lighting and on white backgrounds with text, I sometimes notice it — and it can be distracting once I see it.
What do you think? Should I just keep it?
I have an iPhone 17 Pro with a G9Q (Samsung) panel.
I’ve noticed three things:
1. The top part of the screen is about 3–4% brighter than the bottom.
2. The top looks slightly cooler/bluer, while the bottom is a bit warmer/reddish — but only slightly.
3. Even with a small viewing angle, the white tint shifts from cool to warm and back. There’s no extreme or ugly tint, though.
Question: does this sound like a good panel overall?
It doesn’t really affect daily use, but in dim lighting and on white backgrounds with text, I sometimes notice it — and it can be distracting once I see it.
What do you think? Should I just keep it?
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You're asking in a thread where the majority of users here will probably say return it.Hi everyone! I’d really appreciate some opinions — the more feedback, the better.
I have an iPhone 17 Pro with a G9Q (Samsung) panel.
I’ve noticed three things:
1. The top part of the screen is about 3–4% brighter than the bottom.
2. The top looks slightly cooler/bluer, while the bottom is a bit warmer/reddish — but only slightly.
3. Even with a small viewing angle, the white tint shifts from cool to warm and back. There’s no extreme or ugly tint, though.
Question: does this sound like a good panel overall?
It doesn’t really affect daily use, but in dim lighting and on white backgrounds with text, I sometimes notice it — and it can be distracting once I see it.
For comparison, I tested a few other iPhones out of curiosity:
• My old 14 Pro (G9N) also has a slightly brighter top half with similar tint shifts, but overall it feels a bit more balanced.
• A 16 Pro Max (G9P) I checked looked almost identical to mine in all respects.
• The funny part — a 12 mini (G9Q) I tried has perfect uniformity and no tint shift, even at an angle. But the whole screen is slightly greenish, especially at low brightness.
What do you think? Should I just keep it?
I'd highly recommend not trying to "find issues" and validate them. If you're somewhat content with it as you mentioned, you should just keep it. In my opinion, you won't notice it after a couple of weeks, and the time spent chasing the perfect panel will just be wasted. There's a very good chance you'll end up with a device that "looks worse" by exchanging it.
TLDR: looks fine to me, don't bother playing the lottery.
It doesn’t look fine to me — I can’t stand unevenness and color tint when viewed head-on.
Some people can’t tolerate color shift instead. To each their own.
As for the majority, I think most users would say to keep it, simply because it’s a Samsung, even with that obvious uniformity issue.
But if there were even the slightest hint of color shift when tilted, the same people would probably shout “return it!” and call it awful or terrible — even if the screen were perfectly uniform and flawless when viewed straight on.
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This myth that this only concerns Samsung panels is beginning to sound very tiresome. I have a work 16e with a GVC (LG) panel and it exhibits the exact same “issue” with the screen. All these panels are more or less the same with various degrees of uneven tinting in different parts of the screen.