Yellow-gate? ;)

[Plumber007]

Check this out. Pretty neat.


http://appleinsider.com/articles/16...ples-next-retina-display-frontier-wide-color-
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16...ples-next-retina-display-frontier-wide-color-
On my 2014 Retina iMac, that looks very red. And my iMac is not wide color to my knowledge. Only the 2015 iMacs have the wide color gamut.

*edit*

Oh I see. There's a symbol that you can't see without wide color. Craziness.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16...ples-next-retina-display-frontier-wide-color-

It's a compass rose and it's showing on my 6 year old 24" samsung. What's so neat?

 

[vanimal]

The basis is an undying love for Apple and an unwillingness to admit Apple makes mistakes. A lot.

Good to hear about your screen. I know Apple isnt making the 7s any warmer thats a myth. Any variations in displays is pure manufacturing qc.

So the wide color gamut is a gimmick you are saying for the 7? The ipad pro uses the wide color gamut and you can see the differences below.

How would the screen be the same color temp if it uses a much higher contrast ratio compared to the 6s. Its been tested by display mate professionally.

 

[kre62]

So the wide color gamut is a gimmick, the ipad pro uses the wide color gamut.

Wide gamut is not a gimick. Wide gamut also does not mean yellow, green, pink or any other tint. The ipad in your pic is defective. If tint means wide gamut then my iphone 3gs had the best gamut of all time. The tints on screens have been with us for 10 years no gamut needed. Your 7 should look exactly like a 6s, with a bit better and deeper colors. No tint.

 

[ToddH]

Yeah well I seemed to have fixed my color by calibrating my iPhone screen via this technique:
http://bgr.com/2016/09/29/heres-what-to-do-if-your-iphone-7-display-looks-yellow/
And I used this file to match my desktop monitor. iPhone screen looks great now!

 

[vanimal]

Wide gamut is not a gimick. Wide gamut also does not mean yellow, green, pink or any other tint. The ipad in your pic is defective. If tint means wide gamut then my iphone 3gs had the best gamut of all time. The tints on screens have been with us for 10 years no gamut needed. Your 7 should look exactly like a 6s, with a bit better and deeper colors. No tint.

I think you should read the displaymate professional screen test they did. It says right there the 6 is slightly blue-ish and the 7 is more a natural standard white. Its right in the test, two different whites. Aka warmer display.

The iphone 7 has a kelvin rating of 6806k

The iphone 6 is a 7241k

That will be a noticeable difference in white balance. It also says 6,500 K is the standard color of White for most Consumer Content and needed accurate color reproduction of all images. So if you compare the 6s to the 7 sure the 7 will seem more yellow from what we are used to on past iPhones.

Maybe some of this can be fixed software, as far as calibration. Like calibrating a LED LCD TV.
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Yeah well I seemed to have fixed my color by calibrating my iPhone screen via this technique:
http://bgr.com/2016/09/29/heres-what-to-do-if-your-iphone-7-display-looks-yellow/
And I used this file to match my desktop monitor. iPhone screen looks great now!


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This! I have played with this and if you do prefer the more blue-ish white like the 6s and 6 had, You can get pretty close to that.

 

[kre62]

I think you should read the displaymate professional screen test they did. It says right there the 6 is slightly blue-ish and the 7 is more a natural standard white. Its right in the test, two different whites. Aka warmer display.

The iphone 7 has a kelvin rating of 6806k

The iphone 6 is a 7241k

That will be a noticeable difference in white balance. It also says 6,500 K is the standard color of White for most Consumer Content and needed accurate color reproduction of all images. So if you compare the 6s to the 7 sure the 7 will seem more yellow from what we are used to on past iPhones.

Maybe some of this can be fixed software, as far as calibration. Like calibrating a LED LCD TV.
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This! I have played with this and if you do prefer the more blue-ish white like the 6s and 6 had, You can get pretty close to that.

With all the screen variability in this thread alone you are honestly telling me that the one 7 and the one 6s that displaymate got their hands on are the definitive, representaive samples for all phones ever created for those models?

Ill say this again : the displaymate test proved that displaymates 7 was warmer than displaymates 6s. Thats it. Period. It does not mean jack crap for any other phone.

Ill also say this again: 6500k is cool blue and white. So is 7000k. Neither are tinted or yellow in any way. You are 100% kidding yourself if you think 6500k is supposed to look like the phones in this thread, or the ipad in your pic. It isnt. Thats like 3500k. And its also exactly the same defect we've seen for 10 years straight. Apple didnt go warmer 10 years ago, and they arent doing it now. Period.

 

[athletejmv]

Good question! For now the reason is that I have a mac, and I like the integration features.

However, if this kind of QC continues to be the norm, I might not buy a mac for my next computer.

I'm in the same boat. I like the integration features (between tablet, phone, laptop, etc) and went to android and immediately jumped back to my iPHone because of how well the Apple products integrate together (iTunes as well). The Android screens were flawless (beautiful whites, which were amoled... Samsung and LCD...HTC) and hardware beautiful... but they can't beat the software (IOS).... :-/ ) I'm considering getting a lenovo laptop and using an Iphone SE for function, but without the enjoyment of using the product......

 

[kstclaire]

I was content with my display over the passed few days until going into an Apple store today and comparing it to the first iPhone 7 I saw and it was night and day. Mine was so yellow compared to the display model.
I'm still within my 14 days but used a few gift cards to pay for some of the phone so I'm stuck in a bit of a bind.
The genius bar is always annoying with yellow screens. They go out of their way to make sure to prove you wrong. But it was clear as day with the display models. Not really sure what to do at this point.

Is it in Night Mode? Swipe up on your screen, the middle button is Night mode.

 

[ideal.dreams]

Is it in Night Mode? Swipe up on your screen, the middle button is Night mode.

I'd say it's safe to assume that most people are aware of Night Shift in a thread with over 44 pages of replies. If Night Shift were the solution to all of the yellow tinted screens, this thread likely wouldn't exist.

 

[vanimal]

With all the screen variability in this thread alone you are honestly telling me that the one 7 and the one 6s that displaymate got their hands on are the definitive, representaive samples for all phones ever created for those models?

Ill say this again : the displaymate test proved that displaymates 7 was warmer than displaymates 6s. Thats it. Period. It does not mean jack crap for any other phone.

Ill also say this again: 6500k is cool blue and white. So is 7000k. Neither are tinted or yellow in any way. You are 100% kidding yourself if you think 6500k is supposed to look like the phones in this thread, or the ipad in your pic. It isnt. Thats like 3500k. And its also exactly the same defect we've seen for 10 years straight. Apple didnt go warmer 10 years ago, and they arent doing it now. Period.

Perhaps if you read my posts you'll understand it almost impossible to replicate what my eyes see with taking a picture of my screen with my fiancés 6s+. I've tried multiple lighting conditions and the photo always makes it more yellow than it is in real time. This is my device I'm speaking of. I've compared mine to over 5 other phones in apple and Best Buy & they all look exactly the same. I don't think apple would put phones out they thought had a yellow tint in their flagship store to display.

I also said I'm not saying that some of these phones in this thread aren't defective. Yellow screens happen all the way back to iPhone 4 if you check the forum. I was commenting on that in "general" the 7+ screen will be a bit warmer compared to the 6s.

Have you tried the color filter slider yet, you can make it just as white blue as the 6s. But it also may throw off the wide color gamut or accurate colors in general. Again this is what I tested. Some others have tried the color filter slider as well and liked the results.

Again. It saying there aren't defective screens, I am saying in general the 7+ screen will have a warmer tone. Exactly as the iPad Pro has a warmer tone compared to past iPads. So my point was those looking for a exactly 7500k blueish white screen like the 6s won't get that unless they use the color filter. But in turn will mess with the wide color gamut on the phone I would assume.

So some of this could be calibration... And yes some will be defective. Happens every year.

 

[kre62]

Perhaps if you read my posts you'll understand it almost impossible to replicate what my eyes see with taking a picture of my screen with my fiancés 6s+. I've tried multiple lighting conditions and the photo always makes it more yellow than it is in real time. This is my device I'm speaking of. I've compared mine to over 5 other phones in apple and Best Buy & they all look exactly the same. I don't think apple would put phones out they thought had a yellow tint in their flagship store to display.

I also said I'm not saying that some of these phones in this thread aren't defective. Yellow screens happen all the way back to iPhone 4 if you check the forum. I was commenting on that in "general" the 7+ screen will be a bit warmer compared to the 6s.

Have you tried the color filter slider yet, you can make it just as white blue as the 6s. But it also may throw off the wide color gamut or accurate colors in general. Again this is what I tested. Some others have tried the color filter slider as well and liked the results.

Again. It saying there aren't defective screens, I am saying in general the 7+ screen will have a warmer tone. Exactly as the iPad Pro has a warmer tone compared to past iPads.

Ill say it again: You dont know that the 7 is supposed to have a warmer screen. The Displaymate tests do not verify this. There is no evidence that the 7 is "supposed"to have a warmer screen.

 

[Jayson A]

My sister in law got her iPhone 7 Plus and it looked completely even all over. It didn't seem yellow to me, but I'm sure it was warmer tone than my iPhone 6. Needless to say, it wouldn't have bothered me if that were my iPhone.

 

[vanimal]

Ill say it again: You dont know that the 7 is supposed to have a warmer screen. The Displaymate tests do not verify this. There is no evidence that the 7 is "supposed"to have a warmer screen.

They have different kelvin ratings. The white balance or point of white is different. How can they be the same?

The iPad Pro uses the wide color gamut as well as true tone or whatever. Have you seen those side by side?

I dunno mine doesn't seem yellow at all or much warmer until i put it next to my fiances 6s+ on the same white settings screen. Again it saying they aren't any defective ones out there.

 

[kre62]

They have different kelvin ratings. The white balance or point of white is different. How can they be the same?

The iPad Pro uses the wide color gamut as well as true tone or whatever. Have you seen those side by side?

I dunno mine doesn't seem yellow at all or much warmer until i put it next to my fiances 6s+ on the same white settings screen. Again it saying they aren't any defective ones out there.

You dont know they have different kelvin ratings. All we know is that displaymates personal 7 had a different kelvin rating than displaymates personal 6s. So for those two phones only, there is a difference. Get it?

Also if your ipad looks different than others its a defect. its not meant to be warmer either.

 

[vanimal]

You dont know they have different kelvin ratings. All we know is that displaymates personal 7 had a different kelvin rating than displaymates personal 6s. So for those two phones only, there is a difference. Get it?

Also if your ipad looks different than others its a defect. its not meant to be warmer either.

Well the ipad pro uses a auto white balancing. I thought they were going to use this in the new iPhone actually.

http://petapixel.com/2016/03/21/apple-9-7-inch-ipad-pro-tweaks-screen-color-temp-based-lighting/

 

[bbates123]

Also, how do you explain many people reporting that the display models at Apple stores look much cooler?

 

[vanimal]

Also, how do you explain many people reporting that the display models at Apple stores look much cooler?

I did say i am not saying there aren't some defective ones out there. Some have even reported their device is much cooler after owning it for a week. Some not.

I can say if i felt mine was yellow i would have taken it back plain and simple.

 

[WilliamG]

Also, how do you explain many people reporting that the display models at Apple stores look much cooler?

Lighting.

 

[Mescagnus]

Lighting.

In part, yes.

Under bright office lights, the screen of my first iPhone 7 looked great. Under normal living-room lights at my home in the evening, it had an apparent yellow tint towards the bottom part of the screen (or, switching to landscape, the right side of the screen was yellowish, while the left side was pure white).

My 2nd iPhone 7 does not have this inconsistency.

 

[Jayson A]

The bottom half of my phone is SLIGHTLY yellow, but I have to really look for it to see it. I'm just gonna live with it. People said it gets better over time, so I will just let it get better.

 

[Plumber007]

They have different kelvin ratings. The white balance or point of white is different. How can they be the same?

The iPad Pro uses the wide color gamut as well as true tone or whatever. Have you seen those side by side?

I dunno mine doesn't seem yellow at all or much warmer until i put it next to my fiances 6s+ on the same white settings screen. Again it saying they aren't any defective ones out there.

ipp is not yellowish even at low brightness. incidentally that pic is under 2600k LED lighting.

 

[FoxD]

Does it really get less yellow and more bright over time? My 7 Plus is not as bright as my wife's and is more yellow. Just got it today, she's had it for 5 days.

FYI, mine is the Qualcomm, hers is Intel.

Both are much warmer than the 6 Plus we have

 

[AndrewR23]

Does it really get less yellow and more bright over time? My 7 Plus is not as bright as my wife's and is more yellow. Just got it today, she's had it for 5 days.

FYI, mine is the Qualcomm, hers is Intel.

Both are much warmer than the 6 Plus we have

chips have nothin to do with the screen temp.

 

[vikingjunior]

I'm in the same boat. I like the integration features (between tablet, phone, laptop, etc) and went to android and immediately jumped back to my iPHone because of how well the Apple products integrate together (iTunes as well). The Android screens were flawless (beautiful whites, which were amoled... Samsung and LCD...HTC) and hardware beautiful... but they can't beat the software (IOS).... :-/ ) I'm considering getting a lenovo laptop and using an Iphone SE for function, but without the enjoyment of using the product......

Samsung 7 edge has a very yellow warm screen.

 

[kre62]

Just tried another and no luck. Maybe ill just skip the 7. I feel the build quality overall is a step back. Its like Apple is banking margin for the true upgrade next year.