Had to return my 12pro max. Couldn’t accept yellow panel. Also, made existing photos look yellowish or pale.
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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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I think I’m gonna do a new attempt in mid January. The device is so great. Yellow screens are a shame
I returned mine yesterday, as many people have said here... the yellow/green tint is simply unacceptable. Do you think something will change until mid-January? Was this an issue with the first batch of iPhone 11's too?
P10 Display is blue as f****. CCT about 7200k. Also DeltaE of the P10 is veeeery bad in comparison to the iPhones DeltaE. No wonder why the iPhone display is more yellow.
I returned 5. One more try will not do any harm. Mid January, February. Us my plan.
I hope it gets resolved by then... I waited so long to finally upgrade from my 8 Plus... disappointing.
I wrote huawei 10 pro but actually it is a huawei mate 10 pro, not a p10. I wrote the correct name in the first message:
I know some of you are going to disagree, but I'm still holding out hope that it's a software issue. The fact that the screen sometimes looks more yellow for a lot of us, even with TT off, and how aggressive TT is, points to it possibly being a bug with TT that can be fixed in an update. I can't explain how a couple of you have got good screens though.
guys i was in apple today and after talking to a technician i was told that according to apple the problem is software and that at most they will be replaced but apple is still investigating .. it was not easy but in the end I asked for the possibility to send it in assistance and so they sent it to Apple .. the technician did not want to send it because he thinks it will come back the same but I insisted because they must understand that this is a serious problem and must be solved..
I have the 12 Mini and can’t fault the display. I used to be quite keen on photography, had my hobby chemical darkroom back in the ‘60’s ( yes, I’m that old 😉)
When I switched to digital I had a decent monitor, I used to calibrate it using a hardware sensor and software which read the screen.
I’m also aware of the effects that ambient light has on the perception of colour, and that people interpret colours differently, some having greater colour acuity ( and some females having more accurate and acute colour vision )
I’m curious to know if anyone here has actually measured the colour temperature of their screen, or is it just perception, some seeing a yellow screen that others find acceptable?
When I switched to digital I had a decent monitor, I used to calibrate it using a hardware sensor and software which read the screen.
I’m also aware of the effects that ambient light has on the perception of colour, and that people interpret colours differently, some having greater colour acuity ( and some females having more accurate and acute colour vision )
I’m curious to know if anyone here has actually measured the colour temperature of their screen, or is it just perception, some seeing a yellow screen that others find acceptable?
I hear ya.. mine is the same.. no green tint or raised blacks! Hard to replicate on camera.. G6TDQ serial
Finally got -what seems to be- an acceptable IPhone 12 mini, after 3 unsuccessful first attempts.
I almost gave up and then... I thought let’s try again
Went to a shop were return is easy.
The 3 previous ones were blue, but since I have a friend who got a good screen on his black model, a bit out of superstition, a bit out of curiosity, I took a black one too, and... it seems to be way better, still a bit warmer than my iPad but way better than the previous ones. Don’t know if this color pattern is a coincidence. (Interestingly, there is a comment on the same shop complaining about a yellow screen for the... blue model)
Anyway, I’ll do a couple of other tests in the coming days to decide for good but I have a good feeling about this one.
Oh, almost forget, the serial is SC7CDQ9 something
I almost gave up and then... I thought let’s try again
Went to a shop were return is easy.The 3 previous ones were blue, but since I have a friend who got a good screen on his black model, a bit out of superstition, a bit out of curiosity, I took a black one too, and... it seems to be way better, still a bit warmer than my iPad but way better than the previous ones. Don’t know if this color pattern is a coincidence. (Interestingly, there is a comment on the same shop complaining about a yellow screen for the... blue model)
Anyway, I’ll do a couple of other tests in the coming days to decide for good but I have a good feeling about this one.
Oh, almost forget, the serial is SC7CDQ9 something
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No, here I’ve seen only people who spend a lot of time writing very long posts about how crazy we are for thinking that those screens are bad and that they are real professionals and they have professional equipment. But no one did any measurement yet 🤣
Guys, my brother has a new iphone 12, and 4 friends more with iphone 12 and 12 pro, all with yellow tint or green tint. it can't be so much coincidence, i mean 12 different iphone 12 and all with different color tint, one more green or yellow. I will still keep it until mid january or february with color filter on (btw i'm ok with that, the screen looks ok, except for the famous oled smearing or bleeding when scrolling with color grey over true blacks) and see if anything regarding to new manufactured iphones has changed.
I wanna see a green one and a yellow one next to each other, for reference
Preferably the green one in a mint green 12/mini, and the yellow one in gold pro/pro max.
I must have gotten lucky, first 12 Pro Max, perfect screen, zero issues.
Tons of people in this thread have measures and pro reviewers also have measured and found many 12s with 6300k and below temps. Don’t say stuff like this when you clearly have no clue what’s been discussed in this thread.
Does this seem normal for 12 Pro?
Both images taken with iPad Air 2019 when 12 Pro display full white image with screen brightness about 50% with True Tone on and NS off. For some reason camera sees it a bit different in both photos even the same test image taken in few seconds apart. I'd say it looks more like in upper photo in real life.
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Problem with it is that often bottom of the screen looks darker and greenish than the upper half especially when display brightness is low but it can be seen with brighter setting too when looking it really.
Also screen orientation plays a big part and turning screen 180 degrees from what it is in the photos I posted here makes it better in real life but holding it usual portrait way in hand reveal this issue rather often.
For the record, I have nothing against warm (that some peoples call yellowish) displays as long as they are even tint across the screen. I prefer warm display over cool blue any day.
Both images taken with iPad Air 2019 when 12 Pro display full white image with screen brightness about 50% with True Tone on and NS off. For some reason camera sees it a bit different in both photos even the same test image taken in few seconds apart. I'd say it looks more like in upper photo in real life.
Problem with it is that often bottom of the screen looks darker and greenish than the upper half especially when display brightness is low but it can be seen with brighter setting too when looking it really.
Also screen orientation plays a big part and turning screen 180 degrees from what it is in the photos I posted here makes it better in real life but holding it usual portrait way in hand reveal this issue rather often.
For the record, I have nothing against warm (that some peoples call yellowish) displays as long as they are even tint across the screen. I prefer warm display over cool blue any day.
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So yours have darker greenish upper half and bottom brighter pinkish/reddish tint, like my photo but inverted? My problem with display is difference in tint between upper and lower half.
No, it's still redder on top and greener on the bottom but it's brighter on the bottom instead of darker.