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Other This years screen lottery (17, 17 pro, 17 pro max and air)

Mick_ag said:
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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I think the thing is no panel is perfect pretty sure they don’t exist it’s a matter of acceptance and relative tolerance

In regular use are you happy or are you bummed every time you pickup and look at the phone?

If the former, keep
If the latter, return/exchange

It could be the camera but the photo provided looks pretty good to me, nothing overtly glaring.

But if in person it is, switch it up. Just know that you very well could get one with worse issues. It’s pretty common that people go further down the rabbit hole and end up worse off

Out of his three devices he compares current, sounds like 2 of 3 are worse and only one is a bit better. Looking for a Goldilocks might not be worth his time and gas and all that
 
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I have a base 17 and when True Tone and/or night mode is on the screen looks notably uneven more warm at the top. Disable them it seems to be ok. Anyone else with the same issue. G9Q display
 
I'm with my 17 pro for a week after returning the regular 17. And I feel my 17 pro has a bit pink at the bottom when looking straight at the screen (night mode and true tone are on). Not sure whether it's common or not? It's G9P panel




These 3 pics are for the same 17 pro

In comparison, 17 pro is on the right, and another is 17. Both are G9P panels. The 17 looks more yellow, but whole screen.
 
thadoggfather said:
I think the thing is no panel is perfect pretty sure they don’t exist it’s a matter of acceptance and relative tolerance

In regular use are you happy or are you bummed every time you pickup and look at the phone?

If the former, keep
If the latter, return/exchange

It could be the camera but the photo provided looks pretty good to me, nothing overtly glaring.

But if in person it is, switch it up. Just know that you very well could get one with worse issues. It’s pretty common that people go further down the rabbit hole and end up worse off

Out of his three devices he compares current, sounds like 2 of 3 are worse and only one is a bit better. Looking for a Goldilocks might not be worth his time and gas and all that
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Couldn’t agree more. When looking at the screen straight on, unless the unevenness is really noticeable, I don’t think it’s worth driving yourself crazy trying to find the “perfect” display.

I’ve often thought a panel looked flawless, only to notice — after some use — that under certain lighting conditions there was a slight difference in brightness or tint between the top and bottom areas. Subtle, yes, but still there. My current iPhone shows the same thing.

I believe light refraction plays a big role in how evenly we perceive a display.

I even made some custom wallpapers to test panel uniformity, but our eyes are easily tricked — the Dynamic Island at the top makes the upper portion appear darker than it really is.


And one last thing: posting photos is pointless! They never represent what your eyes actually see — the camera lens almost always alters the true tint and uniformity of the panel.
 
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noppon.me said:
I'm with my 17 pro for a week after returning the regular 17. And I feel my 17 pro has a bit pink at the bottom when looking straight at the screen (night mode and true tone are on). Not sure whether it's common or not? It's G9P panel




These 3 pics are for the same 17 pro

In comparison, 17 pro is on the right, and another is 17. Both are G9P panels. The 17 looks more yellow, but whole screen.
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Yea mine is a G9Q and mine is warmer at the top when True Tone or night shift is active
 
noppon.me said:
I'm with my 17 pro for a week after returning the regular 17. And I feel my 17 pro has a bit pink at the bottom when looking straight at the screen (night mode and true tone are on). Not sure whether it's common or not? It's G9P panel




These 3 pics are for the same 17 pro

In comparison, 17 pro is on the right, and another is 17. Both are G9P panels. The 17 looks more yellow, but whole screen.
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In these photos I’d probably still prefer the right

Just looks like a nicer hue to my eyes
 
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Mick_ag said:
It doesn’t look fine to me — I can’t stand unevenness and color tint when viewed head-on.
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My 17PM GVC panel looks quite uniform when I’m looking at it perfectly straight on. But even the slightest tilt and the screen starts to behave like that Samsung G9Q — and maybe most of the time even worse. I have to admit, it’s really difficult in reality to hold it exactly at the right angle all the time. That said, most of the time the display appears to be non uniform, even though it’s truly perfect when viewed exactly on-axis.
 
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So yeah, it seems like my G9Q panel is tolerable — not perfect, but definitely not bad either.

I could play the panel lottery — maybe I’d get a slightly better one right away, or maybe I’d end up with something worse.

No real point in chasing a G9N, since it looks like those have the same issues anyway.

Also, neither my wife nor my sister could see any problems on my screen at all, which probably means there’s nothing truly noticeable or critical going on.

By the way, the photo was taken with a professional camera and properly calibrated settings, so it accurately shows how the screen actually looks in real life.
 
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So yeah, it seems like my G9Q panel is tolerable — not perfect, but definitely not bad either.

I could play the panel lottery — maybe I’d get a slightly better one right away, or maybe I’d end up with something worse.

No real point in chasing a G9N, since it looks like those have the same issues anyway.

Also, neither my wife nor my sister could see any problems on my screen at all, which probably means there’s nothing truly noticeable or critical going on.

By the way, the photo was taken with a professional camera and properly calibrated settings, so it accurately shows how the screen actually looks in real life.
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I had a 17Pro for about a week (wanted to try out a smaller phone again) with a G9N: it was just like this one as well. They’re all practically the same to various degrees. Even if you end up getting a somewhat better panel where this red tint is not as intense at the bottom, chances are that the sides in portrait will have uneven tinting/brightness.
 
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Bought a 17 Pro to test and came with BOE. This still the unicorn of displays?
 
djinn said:
These ok? I have a screen protector on so I don't know if it will throw the quality off. It was taken with an Air.
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Yeah good enough! Thanks

If you could do off axis from the left or right side and top tilted forward too that would be awesome for science

Are you happy with the display?
 
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thadoggfather said:
Yeah good enough! Thanks

If you could do off axis from the left or right side and top tilted forward too that would be awesome for science

Are you happy with the display?
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Yeah, not overly picky on the display. I'm more concerned about dead pixels but I don't hold my phone at angles when I look at it.
 

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edsark said:
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So yeah, it seems like my G9Q panel is tolerable — not perfect, but definitely not bad either.

I could play the panel lottery — maybe I’d get a slightly better one right away, or maybe I’d end up with something worse.

No real point in chasing a G9N, since it looks like those have the same issues anyway.

Also, neither my wife nor my sister could see any problems on my screen at all, which probably means there’s nothing truly noticeable or critical going on.

By the way, the photo was taken with a professional camera and properly calibrated settings, so it accurately shows how the screen actually looks in real life.
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Looks the same as mine though (G9P). Probably Samsung made this tint pattern for almost every 17 pro panel
 
edsark said:
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So yeah, it seems like my G9Q panel is tolerable — not perfect, but definitely not bad either.

I could play the panel lottery — maybe I’d get a slightly better one right away, or maybe I’d end up with something worse.

No real point in chasing a G9N, since it looks like those have the same issues anyway.

Also, neither my wife nor my sister could see any problems on my screen at all, which probably means there’s nothing truly noticeable or critical going on.

By the way, the photo was taken with a professional camera and properly calibrated settings, so it accurately shows how the screen actually looks in real life.
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Very common for G9N/G9P displays, if True Tone is turned off the effect goes away for the most part but the top of the display (which is more bright) will appear brighter than the bottom portion where it looks pink. So when scrolling, text will transition from darker to brighter and I found this to be pretty distracting after a while
 
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SumYoungGai said:
Very common for G9N/G9P displays, if True Tone is turned off the effect goes away for the most part but the top of the display (which is more bright) will appear brighter than the bottom portion where it looks pink. So when scrolling, text will transition from darker to brighter and I found this to be pretty distracting after a while
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Yes I had a g9p air it was warm at top with True Tone or night shift active. Returned it ended up with a base 17. G9Q and same again!! So annoyed. It looks like a GVC panel is the only way to go as my 16 pro max had this screen and it was bang on. Yes I tiny bit of blue tint if tilted but better than this rubbish. I have a decision to make. Return again and hope for a GVC which is rare on smaller iPhones or live without True Tone or night shift. I’m so annoyed
 
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SumYoungGai said:
Very common for G9N/G9P displays, if True Tone is turned off the effect goes away for the most part but the top of the display (which is more bright) will appear brighter than the bottom portion where it looks pink. So when scrolling, text will transition from darker to brighter and I found this to be pretty distracting after a while
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I have a GVC panel and I have the exact same issue. I don’t think this is a Samsung problem
 
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fel10 said:
I have a GVC panel and I have the exact same issue. I don’t think this is a Samsung problem
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So it basically just ends up on being luck then. Thank you for this information no point me swapping it out then as I could go through 10 of them.
 
Nice to finally see a BOE panel captured, like finding a dodo bird egg.
Uniformity looks pretty good. Screen protector definitely adding raindbow and green to extreme angles. Would love to check one out in person.
 
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fel10 said:
I have a GVC panel and I have the exact same issue. I don’t think this is a Samsung problem
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Yep, and I posted about it above as well. I have a work 16e with the GVC panel and it’s the exact same situation.
Some people here are delusional with their anecdotal conclusions lol
 
Luckily GVC on my 17 Pro Max doesn’t have this issue. It’s perfectly uniform and I’m amazed by how good it looks. My old 15PM with G9N has this exact issues.
 
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mattwestside said:
Nice to finally see a BOE panel captured, like finding a dodo bird egg.
Uniformity looks pretty good. Screen protector definitely adding raindbow and green to extreme angles. Would love to check one out in person.
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I wasn't sure to feel bad or special. Judging by how it looks, seems good. For the record, this one has an ESR glass screen protector on it.
 
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