So. Who are the two manufacturers and what are the part numbers? In fact there's no direct evidence that there are two panels. A mistake in the calibration procedure for the affected displays could also explain a difference in color and brightness. The fact that the iPhone 7 display is supposed to be calibrated to a standard that's more yellow than previous models doesn't make the comparisons easy. The posted pictures show a more yellowish iPhone 7 compared to older models but without a calibration target included in them it's almost imposible to tell if the difference is normal or not. The white balance could be anywhere.
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So. Who are the two manufacturers and what are the part numbers? In fact there's no direct evidence that there are two panels. A mistake in the calibration procedure for the affected displays could also explain a difference in color and brightness. The fact that the iPhone 7 display is supposed to be calibrated to a standard that's more yellow than previous models doesn't make the comparisons easy. The posted pictures show a more yellowish iPhone 7 compared to older models but without a calibration target included in them it's almost imposible to tell if the difference is normal or not. The white balance could be anywhere.
I'm actually off to bed because I have to work early. As I mentioned, I have experienced yellow spots in previous apple products that have curred themselves. This is hardly a myth. Have a wonderful night. Good luck with your exchange and you really should try not being an ****** if you can although I do realize it's hard for many out there but worth working on.
Plenty of pics of bluish 7 panels in this thread if you'd bother to read plus a guy just posted pics of two sevens one with bad screen one with good screen. Read the thread.
P.S. Manufactures are LG and Japan Display. Sharp, owned by foxconn, may be a third.
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The spots were glue and that was iphone 4. Since then its never been glue. All over yellow tint isnt like spots. And it cant be solved by adjusting color temp a new feature on ios10. Proves it isnt glue. Let the glue myth die. Theres no evidence whatsoever to back it up.
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You guys can claim glue all day long. The truth is glue doesn't explain the faded displays and decreased brightness. My screen is just not crisp and that's a problem for my eyes.
This thread is becoming epic. Abnormally yellow screens are definitely defects. Just like monitors, sometimes you just can't calibrate out a tint no matter what you do. That's a defect. I have never kept a bad screen long enough to know whether or not "the glue dries" so can't comment on that. Here's my iPhone 7 that I posted about earlier today. I just shot another photo of my iPhone up against my IPS monitor that has been calibrated with a ColorMunki Display colorimeter + DisplayCAL software to a target of 6500K. Both monitor and phone are at about 30% brightness (this is my monitor's 24/7 brightness setting) to remove any extra glare / white crush (if that's even a term).
My phone is darn close to my monitor in terms of white temperature.
My phone is darn close to my monitor in terms of white temperature.
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I'd love for someone to pick this up and run with it. Send to it news outlets / displaymate/ blogs etc. They need to get an example of each and test the hell out of em. I think it hasn't been done cause they just dont know, people assume all the displays are the same. The people who get shafted with the yellow screen assume its intentional or glue. The people who get the good screen dont realize they got something better than the others. And the cycle continues.
Does yours look like the 6S/ good screen?
@jlp2979 Your phone looks excellent! Serial number?
Also, over the years I have noticed that Verizon phones and White-faced phones seem to get the good screens at a higher rate. Black AT&T phones seem to get more yellow screens. So carrier info may help as well.
About the bluish screens yet. The brain adapts very well to our expectations. If we expect to see a white surface, we see a white surface even in miscalibrated displays (unless they are too way off). Remember that most people use uncalibrated displays (PC, TV, etc) and don't notice a problem.
The normal, properly calibrated iPhone 7 displays only looks yellowish when compared side to side to the older bluish models. This obviously doesn't apply to defective or miscalibrated displays.
As I mentioned before, the whole glue thing is hardly new. There are tons of articles and videos talking about and it seems to affect those who get the initial rush with the supplier most likely ramping up production as fast as they can. I do not believe it is a defect but it would be interesting to see if there is any correlation between production weeks or factory and yellower displays. I'm week 37 factory f2l which is right off the line. If your phone is not as yellow what week / factory are you? Anyway, off to bed. Check y'all in the morning.
http://sndeep.info/en
Then just put in serial number.
http://sndeep.info/en
Then just put in serial number.
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We know that was the case for previous models. Do we know for sure that that's also the case for the iPhone 7? Do we know that the first batches use displays from 2 manufacturers? Could you provide any links or references.
Yes we know its not new. This myth has been going on for 6 years now. Someone heard it was glue on the 4, and from there the myth took off. People now just quote other people spewing the myth year after year. Apple laminates the display to the glass now. Theres no glue.
And I see you continue to ignore the fact that yellow isnt the only issue with these screens. Lower contrast. Less Bright. Less sharp text. Did glue do all that too? Its an inferior panel. Go check out the other posters side by side comparison of 2 7s he just turned on. One panel is clearly superior.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/yellow-gate.1996889/page-18#post-23538569
You go read the thread. There are two things going on. One is that the iPhone 7 display should look more yellow than previous models as the DisplayMate article explains. The other issue is that there are displays that are either defective or miscalibrated that look even more yellow.
Displaymate probably tested a yellow version. Doesnt mean its intentional.
Can you explain this?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/yellow-gate.1996889/page-18#post-23538569
Less sharp text, again what I've been saying:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/yellow-gate.1996889/page-19#post-23539205
It's obviously intentional. Why would it match the D65 white point standard so closely otherwise?
Everyone here going back and forth about it not being yellow. So please explain the displays that look less dimmer next to another 7 plus ... today I compare my 7 plus with another 7plus and my phone looked less crisp and less brighter, no one has yet answers that question all they say is displaymate said this and that. It's a problem and it needs to be brought to light.
My Final Thoughts
Every year I only have so much energy to fight these yellow screen myths. Every year the same arguments are presented. That its glue. That its intentional. That its more correct. And every year. EVERY SINGLE YEAR. We have clear, blue phones to compare to the next years yellow phones.
Don't believe me that you are all making the same arguments? Check out this post I made in 2012 when I got tired of battling these people then: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...reen-on-iphone-5.1459109/page-3#post-15935298
Another gem from that thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...reen-on-iphone-5.1459109/page-2#post-15934977
We already have countless examples of the blueish, milky-white backlight, beautiful, vibrant, bright displays on the iPhone 7 in this thread alone. We have display phones at Apple that dont have the yellow tint. We have iPhone 7's with good screens next to iPhone 6S' that look identical. We have people who received multiple phones where one is yellow and the other isn't. If this isn't proof for you, nothing I can say will change your mind, just like the stubborn ghosts of your thinking from that thread in 2012. The "good" screen has the +25% brightness. The text is sharper. The contrast is better. The colors pop. When you look at it, you feel that "WOW" feeling you don't get from the yellow display. You deserve to have the best for your $.
It's not that this is a huge deal in the grand scheme. We all have lives to lead. What bothers me is the stubborn nature of humanity to not think critically and worship a company that's supposed to deliver a world class product. These people refuse to take new information in, and when backed into a corner just repeat the same tired arguments over and over again. That mentality I cannot stand.
To those critical thinkers who don't like the yellow display - you have options. You can swap it out. You can send a message to Apple that you won't stand for mediocrity. Don't listen to the same people that said the Glue would dry on the iPhone 5 - it didn't and it never has. Cause it's never been glue. Don't listen to people who say that Apple moved to a warmer tint this year - if that was the case they moved to that tint in 2008 with the iPhone 3G, the first year that myth appeared. If so, every phone since 2008 would have the yellow display.
Good luck everyone. I'm out. Feel free to PM me if you need help identifying your screen, glad to help.
Every year I only have so much energy to fight these yellow screen myths. Every year the same arguments are presented. That its glue. That its intentional. That its more correct. And every year. EVERY SINGLE YEAR. We have clear, blue phones to compare to the next years yellow phones.
Don't believe me that you are all making the same arguments? Check out this post I made in 2012 when I got tired of battling these people then: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...reen-on-iphone-5.1459109/page-3#post-15935298
Another gem from that thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...reen-on-iphone-5.1459109/page-2#post-15934977
We already have countless examples of the blueish, milky-white backlight, beautiful, vibrant, bright displays on the iPhone 7 in this thread alone. We have display phones at Apple that dont have the yellow tint. We have iPhone 7's with good screens next to iPhone 6S' that look identical. We have people who received multiple phones where one is yellow and the other isn't. If this isn't proof for you, nothing I can say will change your mind, just like the stubborn ghosts of your thinking from that thread in 2012. The "good" screen has the +25% brightness. The text is sharper. The contrast is better. The colors pop. When you look at it, you feel that "WOW" feeling you don't get from the yellow display. You deserve to have the best for your $.
It's not that this is a huge deal in the grand scheme. We all have lives to lead. What bothers me is the stubborn nature of humanity to not think critically and worship a company that's supposed to deliver a world class product. These people refuse to take new information in, and when backed into a corner just repeat the same tired arguments over and over again. That mentality I cannot stand.
To those critical thinkers who don't like the yellow display - you have options. You can swap it out. You can send a message to Apple that you won't stand for mediocrity. Don't listen to the same people that said the Glue would dry on the iPhone 5 - it didn't and it never has. Cause it's never been glue. Don't listen to people who say that Apple moved to a warmer tint this year - if that was the case they moved to that tint in 2008 with the iPhone 3G, the first year that myth appeared. If so, every phone since 2008 would have the yellow display.
Good luck everyone. I'm out. Feel free to PM me if you need help identifying your screen, glad to help.
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I didn't bail. I was working out and then ate dinner. Most of us have better things to do then wait in front of the computer to pounce on someone that has a different opinion than we do.
Every time someone has something to say that you don't agree with you get very aggressive with them and say things like:
"No it doesn't. End of story"
"You obviously didn't read the post"
"There is no more discussion"
"We thoroughly debunked this already"
"I win, you lose"
You need to chill out and quit attacking people. There are better and more effective ways to communicate your point.
Long time lurker first time poster. I just wanted to post my experience, as I have been following this thread closely.
My screen had a yellow tint very similar to all of the pictures posted here. I made a genius appointment today and took the phone in. The person that helped me was aware of the issue, took a look at my screen and immediately agreed it had the same issue she had seen over the last few days. My replacement phone should be here in the next few days and she asked me if I would give permission for them to do further research on the phone once I exchanged it for my new one.
Not looking to get into an argument of what is the cause or whether the issue exists, just posting my experience in case it is helpful to others.
My screen had a yellow tint very similar to all of the pictures posted here. I made a genius appointment today and took the phone in. The person that helped me was aware of the issue, took a look at my screen and immediately agreed it had the same issue she had seen over the last few days. My replacement phone should be here in the next few days and she asked me if I would give permission for them to do further research on the phone once I exchanged it for my new one.
Not looking to get into an argument of what is the cause or whether the issue exists, just posting my experience in case it is helpful to others.
why don't the people that don't like the yellow screen just change the hue in settings?!?!
Week 36 Factory F4H
Screen is warm white, not yellow. I tried to insert photo but it won't work.
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We should definitely do a survey of screen quality by OEM, once we find out how to correctly identify each display manufacturer.
There's no question that quality is highly variable right now. Display yields may explain why initial iPhone shipments are constrained.
My own visit to the Apple Store confirmed the yellowish tint in iPhone 7+ displays. The iPhone 7s I tested, on the other hand, were as bright and yellow-free as my iPhone 6s+.
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