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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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Sorry, only just noticed this! My replacement is perfect! Like, “best screen I’ve ever had in a smartphone” perfect. I guess it is just a bit of a lottery at the moment.
Production week and factory?
Compared to the previous iphone, it looks yellow-green when the truetone is turned off
However, it appears to be blue in color when seen in isolation.
The yellowish impression may be due to the fact that True Tone responds too accurately to ambient light.
I compared the 12promax and the iphoneX with a light that can be dimmed with a piece of white paper next to it.
I observed it in the warmest light, the coldest light, the natural light, and also in sunlight.
In all cases, 12promax looked more yellow, but 12promax was closer to the color of the paper.
Still, if you ask me which screen looked whiter, I'd say the iphonex.
What should we think about this?
However, it appears to be blue in color when seen in isolation.
The yellowish impression may be due to the fact that True Tone responds too accurately to ambient light.
I compared the 12promax and the iphoneX with a light that can be dimmed with a piece of white paper next to it.
I observed it in the warmest light, the coldest light, the natural light, and also in sunlight.
In all cases, 12promax looked more yellow, but 12promax was closer to the color of the paper.
Still, if you ask me which screen looked whiter, I'd say the iphonex.
What should we think about this?
I think quite a few people on here should stop inspecting their iPhones for days on end with microscopes and magnifying glasses. Of course if there is a glaring defect with the naked eye, then it is certainly worth exchanging the phone for a new one. However, the folks that are exchanging their phone 10, 15, or 20 times over are going overboard.
Good that changing the brand worked for you...a lot of users are knee deep in the “apple ecosystem “ so they can’t jump ship 🚢 even if they want to 😕For me after an attempt to exchange (because I’m not going to exaggerate I’m not going to have to make 5 changes ) I found the solution ...change brandand guess what now I have a pure black and a white as white as a white
Thanks, Apple, but it’s over between us
It has been written many times in this thread, but I suppose that in your thirst to write your rather unneccesary post you didnt go through the thread to search for it.
With that said. Even though the camera you use to take the picture of your phone might not get the white balance of that particular shot right - the picture will be taken at a set white balance nonetheless.
When you put your 12 and your old phone next to eachother, if there is a discrepancy between the two, it will mean that the white balance is off on one of them. Even though the colors in the particular photo isnt accurate to the eye you can still use the information to judge if the two (or more) screens are similars.
I don’t understand how some people come to the conclusion (without being asked) that they need to tell others what to do and what not to do.
Anyway, I agree that it doesn't make sense to "exchanging their phone 10, 15, or 20 times." However, I believe that if the phone doesn't meet the expectations of the buyer, then it is up to each buyer to decide whether to use one of the options (like refund or replacement device) provided by Apple.
Btw. I haven’t found in hundreds of posts someone who returned the phone 10 times, so I don’t understand where these numbers come from or what you want to achieve with it.
You'd lose. Their displays are amazing. The only thing I envy them!
The note 20 ultra has the best display on any phone but there’s no way I would pay $1400 for a phone that will plummet in resale value.
I couldn't use an Android phone. I have too many Apple products to give up on the iPhone.
probably the opposite, people complain about Samsung screens being too vibrant. They have the best displays and if it wasn't for me preferring iOS over Android I would totally get one of their phones.
guys I tried all the possible combinations on color filters but I could never find the right calibration .. in the end, after a thousand attempts, I set color filters as the photo but the screen was bluish white and to compensate for the blue color I switched on the night shift .. have you tried this combination?
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Your most likely not wrong, multiple devices this year with Samsung displays are showing yellow tints, including Samsungs own Note 20 Ultra, along with OnePlus devices.
Yep. See my video. Not sure what to make of it though. Looks better on the preview but if I can record it then it’s not screen related. Though the effect is more apparant on the screen than the recording.
Got my new Pro 12 Max yesterday and yes, it had a yellow tint. After disabling TT I used some calibration under accessibility and reached a better result than as released from factory. Anyway the fact that you can improve the white balance working on the settings, it makes me hope and trust that this issue can be solved with a software adjustment.
Nice question.
We can’t judge by a picture because every camera has it’s own white correction so you must decide by yourself.
I experimented this some days ago: with a specific focus the panel was able white, with a different focus it became (just in the picture obviously) completely different.
if your not satisfied you can swap, there’s some chance you pick up something better.
the best way to understand if model is really yellow is to make a real life comparison with another unit but these days it’s not so easy.
about the gap: the most of the models have some gap running around the frame, but it’s not an assembly fault as a user well explained some pages ago. So let move on on this point.
Believe me, no one on the forum can tell if you model is yellow or not from a picture.
The only certainty we have is the the 12 is way more yellow than 11. How more? Not just “a bit”.