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iPhone 12 mini Why is my iPhone 12 Mini Display BRIGHTER Than the 12 Pro Max? And also way less yellow too.
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For me to comment you’ll need to do the test. However, regardless of environment Pro should be brighter unless something is wrong.
Alright, thanks for clearing that up. So basically, this could be solved by software calibration, which Apple somehow doesn't prioritize in the foreseeable future.
Anyway, I think mine's fine. The difference based on your test isn't big in my case, and it may partly be caused by the full-front glass screen protector that's on it, which also covers the notch (which I like better than those screen protectors that don't cover the notch).
Anyway OFF-topic here, but important: After little more than a week of usage, I now mostly dimm my screen through Reduce-whitepoint accessibility shortcut. That's because the normal brightness reduction does cause slight headache after longer use, caused by OLED PWM control. In my opinion this is a major problem. Using reduce-whitepoint method seems to prevent the flickering partly. Let's hope apple's next generation panels don't use PWM anymore.
So far these are my ONLY complaints with the 12 (mini), in order:
1. PWM flickering of the display causing headaches with longer use on low brightness.
2. Lens flares in the sun and internal reflections at night with the main camera. The iPhone 11 and 12 have this problem MUCH more than iPhone 8 and earlier.
3. Mandatory swipe-up to unlock after FaceID is inconvenient to do one-handed.
Other than these, the phone is pretty much perfect...
Technically it might be possible to fix through firmware update in many/most cases. But Apple still won’t do it. Nor have they shown they can or will.
If the diff is small, for you, stay put. You’re lucky. It is unrelated to screen protector though. But in rare cases they might affect too.
You’re bang on though.
You are holding it wrong!
Sorry, couldn't resist. Actually, you are spot on. You have to get a thumb all the way at the bottom to swipe up. Seems like Apple could have enlarged the target zone to swipe up like a centimeter or two without any issue. Surprised I haven't seen this complaint before, but this is my first FaceID phone so I haven't had a need/desire to read iPhone forums before.
Super easy interface to get used to - I also have a 6S iPhone used as a gameboy for an obsolete game and had to quickly learn a swipe up doesn't work! The bigger interface issues I noticed first was access to control center and accessibility to reduce screen height on this very tall screen. Solved with double and triple back taps!
Don't know of a solution to the home screen access, but have noted that there are some very long standing and some recent threads complaining about a lack of a user option to have FaceID unlock open the home screen without a swipe.
Actually I'm wrong! There is a solution I just discovered. Go to Setting>Accessibility>Touch>Back Tap (scroll down). Under that there is a "Home" option. Besides getting you to the home screen after FaceID unlock without swiping, it also means it is an excellent substitute for getting to home screen while in an app instead of swiping.
I've changed my double tap setting to this and will try if for a while. Slightly slower than a swipe though - of course a swipe still works so perhaps preferential for two handed use.
I feel sure this isn't new, and has already been posted to such home screen griping threads. Just haven't run across it. But might be an excellent solution for you.
Yes, I'm aware, thanks for spreading the word anyway! Actually, there is an entire thread about the mandatory swipe-up problem:
FaceID Unlock Without Swiping Up?
In iOS 14 there now is a new alternative: Double Tap on the back. It's in Settings>Accecibility>Touch>Tap on back. You can set it up to have "Home" as action. I don't like the mandatory swipe-up to unlock after Face-ID. Especially when you turn off notifications for most apps, then most of the...
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The are downsides about the back tap solution: it's pretty slow, it isn't 100% reliable and it adds accidental home actions while using your phone sometimes.
