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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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“Luckily” my iPhone 12 has a pink tint on one side as well, so they’ve agreed to do an express replacement on it for that. 😏
I can live with the warmness (which is definitely an issue on mine, white is basically pumpkin orange with True Tone and Night Shift turned on... but it’s almost kind of relaxing in the evening with the lights turned down low 😆) but I won’t be able to live with the lack of uniformity.
Shame the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are both LG panels (I remember reading the 12 Pro Max and 12 mini will be Samsung?), I’d totally pay the difference to get a Pro if it guaranteed me a Samsung panel.
I can live with the warmness (which is definitely an issue on mine, white is basically pumpkin orange with True Tone and Night Shift turned on... but it’s almost kind of relaxing in the evening with the lights turned down low 😆) but I won’t be able to live with the lack of uniformity.
Shame the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are both LG panels (I remember reading the 12 Pro Max and 12 mini will be Samsung?), I’d totally pay the difference to get a Pro if it guaranteed me a Samsung panel.
Viewed both of these in store. The True Tone on the iPhone 12 was noticeably more aggressive, but with it turned off the colours looked more natural compared to the iPhone 11.
The employee even described the 11 as having a "blue hue", and I would agree the 11 is more unnaturally cool than the 12 being unnaturally warm.
The employee even described the 11 as having a "blue hue", and I would agree the 11 is more unnaturally cool than the 12 being unnaturally warm.
Actually, the 12 and 12 Pro seem to have Samsung panels. According to Erica Griffin the displays seem to be the same as the ones used in the Note 20 Ultra and Fold 2. (The displays of the Note 20 Ultra and Fold 2 also seem to have the way warmer color hue).
I don’t agree on this. I am totally OCD 🧐 about screen uniformity. Until this year I have always gone through different exchange processes in order to get a uniform screen. This year however the iPhone 12 / 12 pro screens I’ve seen at my local Apple Store (like 20 units) are totally uniform and so is mine (first attempt). If these are LG screens I like them 😍. If the screens before 2020 were Samsung I hate them. 😡
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On my iPhone 11 Pro vs 12 Pro, I get the reverse result. Lol I must have gotten a bad launch day 11 Pro.
But I like using Tru Tone and just can’t on my 12 Pro. It’s like looking through pond water and gives me eye strain.
My daughter is going from an Xr to the 12 Pro and has complained her screen is yellow. I’ve not gotten to really check it out to see if hers has a problem yet. I was hoping to be free of worrying about this topic in my house since I’m good with my display (as long as TT is off). But I don’t know yet what may be going on with her iPhone.
So far everyone has been talking about 12 Pro models. What’s going on with the regular 12 displays?
No, that’s definitely a problem with Samsung screens sometimes. I’ve had that on a Samsung S8+ and a Pixel 2 with a Samsung display. I’d thought they eradicated “pink blotch disease” but apparently in 2020 it’s back. Take my advice, what you’ve got is definitely a defect. Yeet that sucker back to Apple.
Why do you guys think it's a defect though? The display on my 12 Pro is super uniform with almost no colour shift. It's a great display aside from the yellowness. I can make my Android phone or iMac's displays yellow if I calibrate them differently, so it's definitely a calibration issue on Apple's end—something that's easily fixable if Apple had calibration/target white point settings.
I visited the closest Apple Store on 10/23 to compare the 12 Pro at the floor to mine and they all (100%) were the same or worse than mine. I could not find one that was better, otherwise I was ready to return it at the spot. Today I'm going to be near a different Apple Store and I will try to go in (not sure if they'll let me without a reservation or appointment) to take a look at the floor units.
I'm getting a bit used to mine (seeing it less yellow and more like off white / paper white), but as soon as I grab my iPad Pro and MacBook Pro, I get an instant reminder that my 12 Pro is noticeably different.
I'm getting a bit used to mine (seeing it less yellow and more like off white / paper white), but as soon as I grab my iPad Pro and MacBook Pro, I get an instant reminder that my 12 Pro is noticeably different.
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I feel like maybe they struggled to iron out some of the kinks in time for the launch this year. There’s a thread on Reddit about dodgy Qi wireless charging too (which I’ve also experienced).
So, yeah, yeeting in progress, don’t you worry. 😎
I do, sort of: one belongs to my oldest daughter, so I’ll have to wait until she’s done with classes and work to compare them this evening. Unfortunately the ambient lighting will be crap by then, but it should still give an idea if there are significant differences. They are identical models, so at least it will be an even comparison. I’m curious myself because she complained her screen is yellow. But she’s coming from an Xr and LCD is of course very different looking.
That would be great! I am coming from a iPhone 8 Plus so its ALOT cooler - I was a bit shocked at first at how yellow it is but easier on the eyes, I also feel once true tone is off its a better overall color but compared to my monitor and LCD iphone its warm as hell.
They won't do a damn thing, will sell tons of them, and laugh all the way to the bank as always.
i dont really see why it's such a big deal. i just turn TT off and it's great.
You're assuming that everyone who is complaining has TT turned on. That is not the case.
If you have a few different apple devices or probably even any laptop/monitor you look at a lot then switch back to picking up your phone it is a big deal. I was getting used to the colour at the weekend I think and updated to the 14.2 beta thinking that had fixed it. After working on my MacBook Pro with monitor (truetone on) and using iPad from yesterday every time I puck up the phone it looks like piss water for the first 10mins of use. Apple are going to exchange it but the new one won't be here until next week so hopefully there is an improvement. If I turn True Tone off it looks great in the right lighting but in lower lit rooms or when I am working on my displays which use True Tone its the same jarring effect going back to the phone being overdue blue with a green tint.
Granted these devices are LCD but I also have an OLED TV (LG) and Apple Watch which can show accurate colours without issue. I come from an XR and the difference when I first switched the 12 on was crazy but not in the good way I had expected going to 'Super Retina XDR' OLED.
i'm coming from an iphone x where i was using TT and it was fine. If i use TT on the iphone 12, it is too yellow. However turning TT off looks fine to me and is a bit more neutral than my iphone x with TT On, so I'm good with it. i forgot to add i use my ipad pro 12" 3rd gen a lot and still not having any issues, just doesn't bother me i guess.
i just did another comparison after i wrote the above, TT On for the iphone x now seems too yellow in comparison to TT being OFF on the iphone 12, so again, i feel good using iphone 12 with TT OFF but certainly not with TT being ON. Perhaps Apple can come up with a software fix to tone down the TT on the new phones, then everyone should be happy with TT On or OFF.
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That is exactly the case for me. The difference is I have True Tone and night shift off on all devices. As soon as I get used to the iPhone yellow screen, I pick up my iPad Pro or use my MacBook Pro and I'm back to square one. If all devices were the same, it would not be a big deal.
Yeah that's the most annoying thing, all apple devices you'd think would have similar colour signatures. There is no way people in Apple don't notice it. It seems to be pretty widespread though and I am not holding my breathe for the replacement. If it is in fact a colour calibration issue rather than defective screens then a software update should be about sort it or at least sort out the True Tone intensity. That would be admitting fault though for apple so they would probably quietly release a few software updates slightly changing the tone each time so you don't notice it being changed to how it should have been to start with 😂