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pendragon1984 said:
Mine is ever so slightly warmer at the bottom. It's hard to see in most situations. I suspect very few screens are perfectly uniform. Apple just doesn't make screens for perfectionists. Most people don't sit down for hours and inspect their screens. haha! Maybe one day the technology will be so good all the screens will be perfectly uniform, but we're not there yet, at least not for a reasonable price.

If your screen is so not uniform that it's easily noticeable, then return it. If you have to sit with a white background and squint, then that's probably as good as it gets.
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Yeah, after looking at my iPhone 5s and 5, I noticed that they also had a slight warmer tone ...but at the top of the display! I actually did not noticed it until now, 3-4 years later :D
 
If we are looking for the display to match the 6s, if it does then maybe that 7 is the one that is off since it is suppose to be warmer and not match the 6s.

It is what I am seeing on all of the 7 in my travels, a warmer more yellowish display.
 
leo8877 said:
I exchanged an F4G iPhone 7 and got a C76 and the screen is bright, white, and flawless. I hope you all get the device you want. I'm glad I didn't settle.
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How do you find out where it was assembled?
 
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ProMod said:
I compared my wife's Rose Gold 256GB 7+ to my Black 128GB 7+ last night. Both Verizon, launch day phones. Overall, her screen is a bit warmer and has a pinkish tint to it, whereas mine is cooler and more neutral, with a bluish/greenish tint. Hers appears a bit brighter and has slightly better viewing angles, but I'd say mine is more uniform. Hers is quite dark in the upper right and the entire right side of the screen is slightly dimmer than the left. Mine exhibits the same characteristics but it's much more subtle. Hers is a C39 model, mine is F2.

We just need to accept the variances in these devices. Anecdotally, it's been this way for my wife and I since at least the iPhone 4, maybe even the 3G. Her screens always seem pinkish, mine bluish/greenish. She always gets a white colored phone, and I always get black. You'd have a hard time convincing me that Apple doesn't specify certain display manufacturers be paired up with certain phone colors.

I'm a graphic designer, sitting in front of three monitors calibrated to D65 with an i1Display Pro. All three are quality displays, but each look different. No two displays are going to look the same, even professional quality displays calibrated to the same standard using the same device, so we certainly can't expect that out of our mass produced phones. This doesn't mean some iPhone displays aren't defective, it just means that we have to expect a pretty wide range of tolerances on these devices.
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How uniform is it realistic to expect these iPhones screens to be?
 
leo8877 said:
I exchanged an F4G iPhone 7 and got a C76 and the screen is bright, white, and flawless. I hope you all get the device you want. I'm glad I didn't settle.
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Put it alongside the 6s if you have one or when you can compare, if it closely matches it for brightness and color hue then I will be more optimistic.
 
WilliamG said:
To put this issue to bed so that people stop telling us that it's just color temperature, here's a picture of my 7 Plus. This isn't color temperature, - this is just bad manufacturing.

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Here's my 7
leo8877 said:
I exchanged an F4G iPhone 7 and got a C76 and the screen is bright, white, and flawless. I hope you all get the device you want. I'm glad I didn't settle.
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Pics ??
 
leo8877 said:
I exchanged an F4G iPhone 7 and got a C76 and the screen is bright, white, and flawless. I hope you all get the device you want. I'm glad I didn't settle.
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Post a picture, I'm curious to see what yours looks like.
 
m-e said:
  • Factory: F2L - China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn

  • Year: 2016

  • Week: 38 (19.09 - 25.09)

  • Age: Infant
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Hi,

I got a new iPhone 7 Plus Black, here what the SN gave me :

  • Factory: F2M - China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn

  • Year: 2016

  • Week: 38 (19.09 - 25.09)

  • Age: Infant
As you can see, F2M instead of F2L, but don't know what this changes.
Same week.

But definitely not same screen. Will take a picture this evening to compare them. I am completely okay with my new device at last. Even took the time to compare it to other iPhone 7 Plus in Apple Store, this time mine is not warmer than theirs.
 
Marco123 said:
With so many 7's showing a warmer spot at the bottom, I'm now convinced that there's something pressing against the screen when it's assembled.
I honestly think that all 7's will have this.
I'm returning my 7 for a refund as it's just not acceptable. iPhones are to expensive to accept anything less than perfect.
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Perfect iPhones exist? I respect your decision but there is no such thing as a perfect iPhone. These things are mass produce. At some point you just have to enjoy the phone and not look for or nitpick every issue. If there is an issue that bothers you, I'm glad Apple has the best exchange policy and will let you keep exchanging until you are satisfied.
 
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Rockies said:
My 7 is warmer (yellow) compared to my 6. Took it into Genius Bar at Apple Store and they compared it with other floor models. They came to the conclusion it is not the same display as the floor models. They offered to exchange it but they could only exchange it for a refurbished one with no box. No thanks, just returned it for another brand new one only to have the same warmer (yellow) screen. I will keep my 6 until next year. How can there be such an inconsistency with floor model unit displays and the one's they are selling to the consumer.
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Do you have apple care? You could have just waited a few weeks possibly for a fresh batch. Just a though
ProMod said:
I compared my wife's Rose Gold 256GB 7+ to my Black 128GB 7+ last night. Both Verizon, launch day phones. Overall, her screen is a bit warmer and has a pinkish tint to it, whereas mine is cooler and more neutral, with a bluish/greenish tint. Hers appears a bit brighter and has slightly better viewing angles, but I'd say mine is more uniform. Hers is quite dark in the upper right and the entire right side of the screen is slightly dimmer than the left. Mine exhibits the same characteristics but it's much more subtle. Hers is a C39 model, mine is F2.

We just need to accept the variances in these devices. Anecdotally, it's been this way for my wife and I since at least the iPhone 4, maybe even the 3G. Her screens always seem pinkish, mine bluish/greenish. She always gets a white colored phone, and I always get black. You'd have a hard time convincing me that Apple doesn't specify certain display manufacturers be paired up with certain phone colors.

I'm a graphic designer, sitting in front of three monitors calibrated to D65 with an i1Display Pro. All three are quality displays, but each look different. No two displays are going to look the same, even professional quality displays calibrated to the same standard using the same device, so we certainly can't expect that out of our mass produced phones. This doesn't mean some iPhone displays aren't defective, it just means that we have to expect a pretty wide range of tolerances on these devices.
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I agree 1000 percent, people often except perfection on a mass produced device, its not going to happen. Now perfection is in the eye of the beholder, sure. So many can play the swap game, and while you may get a better screen to your eyes. You might get something wrong somewhere else lol.

Ferrari Enzo's cost a million dollars and are not mass produced. Yet them come from the factory will holograms on the paint because after they are hand painted the people who buff them do a crappy job. They essentially need to be paint corrected after someone buys one at their own cost. A million dollar Enzo, sadly is also not perfect as well. Not sure perfect exists! Just a small fact to make some feel better lol. Technically nothing is perfect.
 
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The screen on my 7 Plus is definitely warmer than the one on my 6S, but unlike the problems that I had with my SE a few months ago, it's not uneven and it doesn't catch my eye as being 'dull'. If anything when I compare the two it seems as though my 6S is almost 'blueish' tinted. I think I'm going to stick with the Plus that I have, but I'll see if it bothers me at all.
 
m-e said:
Hi,

I got a new iPhone 7 Plus Black, here what the SN gave me :

  • Factory: F2M - China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn

  • Year: 2016

  • Week: 38 (19.09 - 25.09)

  • Age: Infant
As you can see, F2M instead of F2L, but don't know what this changes.
Same week.

But definitely not same screen. Will take a picture this evening to compare them. I am completely okay with my new device at last. Even took the time to compare it to other iPhone 7 Plus in Apple Store, this time mine is not warmer than theirs.
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on what page I can check this?( Factory, Year, Week, Age)
 
MrGimper said:
I picked up my 256GB Silver 7 Plus today fearing that the screen would have issues (had to return 6 +, 6s + and numerous iPads before so v sensitive to screen issues). Pleased that its uniform and bright even if it's a little less blue than my 6s Plus.

For the record:

  • Factory: F2L - China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn

  • Year: 2016

  • Week: 38 (19.09 - 25.09)

  • Age: Infant
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Your comment about it being a little less blue is exactly what I'm experiencing. I think I'm okay with that, I know that at night I've found my 6S to be extremely bright.

konio124 said:
on what page I can check this?( Factory, Year, Week, Age)
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http://sndeep.info/en
 
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kerrikins said:
Your comment about it being a little less blue is exactly what I'm experiencing. I think I'm okay with that, I know that at night I've found my 6S to be extremely bright.



http://sndeep.info/en
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I'd say it's more like a true tone look than the jarring blue of my 6s+. Looks much more like my 9.7 Pro. Even with blue light filtering lenses in my glasses, the 6s+ still looked blue.
 
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