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not sure where these people are getting these 128mb phones lol JK

all jokes aside, so I have bought all in all about 8 phones so far mixtures of plus and regular, when comparing to my 6s and 6s Plus yes there is a difference. I am wondering if the newer phones in actuality do have a warmer slightly yellow look, but I do see some of them are worse, I hope for next year the better technology should get rid of all this color crap.
 
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lavrishevo said:
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.

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If that is case than why do some iPhone 7 phones have yellow tint and other iPhone 7 phones do not and are really white?
 
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leo8877 said:
The bottom is not uniform with rest of display
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That is the problem that most of us who complains.

I don't mind yellow tint or warm tint, since it fits my eye better. I also don't care if it's not uniform. But if the none uniform tint gets too aggressive and heavy like that, it's a defect and should not be tolerated.

Paying $850+ for a phone with such quality is just ridiculous.
The quality has been a big problem since iPhone 6 came out. I have got 5-6 defected phone in a row, and 6S are also defected with my first one. I have got iPhone since first generation, and never had a single quality problem until 6. Tim Cook really ****ed up about quality, it's all about quantity for him.
 
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If that is case than why do some iPhone 7 phones have yellow tint and other iPhone 7 phones do not and are really white?
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Because the initial batch of phones have had extra time for the adhesive to cure but again, this is just a theory. Or the idea that display models have fully cured due to the screens being on for extended periods of time. This may not be the case at all. I can't say for sure. Really, no one knows for sure. I have a hard time believing apple has shipped significant number of faulty displays but I could be wrong. Either way, I love my new 7 Plus and don't plan on returning it.
 
lavrishevo said:
Because the initial batch of phones have had extra time for the adhesive to cure but again, this is just a theory. Or the idea that display models have fully cured due to the screens being on for extended periods of time. This may not be the case at all. I can't say for sure. Really, no one knows for sure. I have a hard time believing apple has shipped significant number of faulty displays but I could be wrong. Either way, I love my new 7 Plus and don't plan on returning it.
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https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/yellow-gate.1996889/page-24#post-23549165

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/yellow-gate.1996889/page-24#post-23550157
 
Every year it's the same thing. What I can't figure out for the life of me is how the iphone display models always have perfect screens. I must of checked 20 different 7's and 7+'s and they looked brighter, whiter (cooler) and most importantly uniform.

They must get special models...
 
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Hoorayiphone21 said:
Every year it's the same thing. What I can't figure out for the life of me is how the iphone display models always have perfect screens. I must of checked 20 different 7's and 7+'s and they looked brighter, whiter (cooler) and most importantly uniform.

They must get special models...
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I have a hard time believing this. It's not logical. In reference to "special models". If the screens are on all day long does this not lead one to think something else is going on?
 
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lavrishevo said:
I have a hard time believing this. It's not logical. In reference to "special models".
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Statistically, it makes sense. How else do you explain this? I challenge you to go to your local Apple Store and take a peak. Perhaps the difference is pre-ordered vs. store recieved iPhones.

This comes from having every iPhone and 3G+ and doing multiple exchanges on nearly all of the phones since iPhone 4S.
 
This yellow thing happened a few years back and sadly for Apple, we Apple users are particularly fussy. We will see a screen that's not the same as the majority and we'll cry about the phone being defective. But, what if the display isn't actually defective and, in actual fact, the yellowness is caused by one of many different reason; it could be an issue with glue, it could be that the display is manufactured from a different company or resources, some people may be mistaking yellow for a lower brightness - there's literally a million and one reasons why a screen may be or seem yellow.

How about you just keep your phones for a week or two and see if the issue resolves, rather than marching in to Apple to demand a replacement. I appreciate that a yellow screen might not be ideal for many people, but first of all give it a little time, secondly try and come to the realisation that perhaps 50% of the phones will be 'yellow' and 50% of them will be what everyone is assuming is 'normal'. Actually, we don't know what normal even is for the iPhone 7. Yellow is perhaps normal, whereas the 'bluer' color isn't?

Just chill, stop flipping your lids and give it some time.
 
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I don't doubt that what you see at the apple store is correct I just don't believe these models have different screens. Sorry, unless someone can show this it does not make any sense. Apple would be idiots to do this and they are not idiots.
 
Maverick2k said:
This yellow thing happened a few years back and sadly for Apple, we Apple users are particularly fussy. We will see a screen that's not the same as the majority and we'll cry about the phone being defective. But, what if the display isn't actually defective and, in actual fact, the yellowness is caused by one of many different reason; it could be an issue with glue, it could be that the display is manufactured from a different company or resources, some people may be mistaking yellow for a lower brightness - there's literally a million and one reasons why a screen may be or seem yellow.

How about you just keep your phones for a week or two and see if the issue resolves, rather than marching in to Apple to demand a replacement. I appreciate that a yellow screen might not be ideal for many people, but first of all give it a little time, secondly try and come to the realisation that perhaps 50% of the phones will be 'yellow' and 50% of them will be what everyone is assuming is 'normal'. Actually, we don't know what normal even is for the iPhone 7. Yellow is perhaps normal, whereas the 'bluer' color isn't?

Just chill, stop flipping your lids and give it some time.
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We know from this happening every year. It is a different panel supplier as you call out. They make yellow -panels, thats how they do it. It's not glue, its a fundamentally inferior panel. It will never change cause thats how the panel was manufactured.
 
lavrishevo said:
I don't doubt that what you see at the apple store is correct I just don't believe these models have different screens. Sorry, unless someone can shown this it does not make any sense. Apple would be idiots to do this and they are not idiots.
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what would be idiotic of apple for doing so? now your claims are getting downright absurd

it makes sense from a business perspective not a "screwing over MR users" sense as an unintended consequence, less reliance on one supplier, so they can dictate prices for parts, and if one doesn't meet order demands, they turn to the other.

In fact, they use TSMC and Samsung for A9 fabs, so multiplier suppliers is and always will be the norm

why are screens exempt from this?
 
lavrishevo said:
I don't doubt that what you see at the apple store is correct I just don't believe these models have different screens. Sorry, unless someone can show this it does not make any sense. Apple would be idiots to do this and they are not idiots.
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No one needs you to believe this. Many of us have been tackling this issue for 7+ years. The fact that Apple uses multiple suppliers for the display is public knowledge. No one has ever been able to produce glue that turns yellow and takes days to dry - doesnt exist.
 
kre62 said:
We know from this happening every year. It is a different panel supplier as you call out. They make yellow -panels, thats how they do it. It's not glue, its a fundamentally inferior panel. It will never change cause thats how the panel was manufactured.
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So your saying all the display models have screens from one manufacturer and many of us have it from another?
 
lavrishevo said:
So your saying all the display models have screens from one manufacturer and many of us have it from another?
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Tbh in the 8 years I've owned iPhones, Ive never had ONE that looked as good as a display model. No proof but I bet Apple has special made display model iPhones. The display phones also have special software hooked up in them as well.
 
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lavrishevo said:
So your saying all the display models have screens from one manufacturer and many of us have it from another?
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Yes it's possible. Here is an article that came out today on Apples suppliers:

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...es-top-display-suppliers-is-on-the-ropes.html

My leading theory over the years is that one of these suppliers manufactures inferior screens. Lets say hypothetically that supplier is LG, and Japan Display makes the clear screens. Apple may rank Japan Display as Grade A and LG as Grade B. So by default, Grade A panels are used, but in times of increased demand, they dip into Grade B.

Now different variations of this may exist - the yellow panels may come from machine calibration done every three weeks that deposits a yellow (non glue) permanent film - who knows. What i do know is that the yellow screens and the clear screens have different characteristics completely, and I wouldn't be surprised if they are completely separate manufacturing processes.

On launch day, many including me saw a mix of about half clear half yellow on display. By the end of the weekend, all were clear. One poster saw a really nasty one on display that was replaced the next day when he went by. So Apple is rotating through stock to get all on the clear/cool tint.
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AndrewR23 said:
Tbh in the 8 years I've owned iPhones, Ive never had ONE that looked as good as a display model. No proof but I bet Apple has special made display model iPhones. The display phones also have special software hooked up in them as well.
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I have a launch day 6S that has a flawless clear beautiful screen, so it can happen.
 
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kre62 said:
Yes it's possible. Here is an article that came out today on Apples suppliers:

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...es-top-display-suppliers-is-on-the-ropes.html

My leading theory over the years is that one of these suppliers manufactures inferior screens. Lets say hypothetically that supplier is LG, and Japan Display makes the clear screens. Apple may rank Japan Display as Grade A and LG as Grade B. So by default, Grade A panels are used, but in times of increased demand, they dip into Grade B.

Now different variations of this may exist - the yellow panels may come from machine calibration done every three weeks that deposits a yellow (non glue) permanent film - who knows. What i do know is that the yellow screens and the clear screens have different characteristics completely, and I wouldn't be surprised if they are completely separate manufacturing processes.

On launch day, many including me saw a mix of about half clear half yellow on display. By the end of the weekend, all were clear. One poster saw a really nasty one on display that was replaced the next day when he went by. So Apple is rotating through stock to get all on the clear/cool tint.
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I have a launch day 6S that has a flawless clear beautiful screen, so it can happen.
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did you ever get another 7?
 
AndrewR23 said:
did you ever get another 7?
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No not yet, i am waiting for the yellow panels to die down before attempting again. The shadow of getting that flawless launch 6S means I wont accept anything else in a new phone.
 
kre62 said:
No not yet, i am waiting for the yellow panels to die down before attempting again. The shadow of getting that flawless launch 6S means I wont accept anything else in a new phone.
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Do you trade up every year? May not be worth the struggle if you find one you can "deal with"
 
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