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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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You mean the color filter? Read somewhere it does affect something, but I dunno what or if it's even true.
It affects brightness for sure and maybe colour accuracy. I tried and I can see that the brightness is reduced with and not without by keeping the same brightness level.
I disagree completely. The tint option is just a layer that handle in a bad way the screen performances.
I had True Tone on, and compared to my wife’s iPhone XR and my device looked extremely yellow and washed out.
I turned True Tone off and the yellow display tint is gone, but colors still seem washed on full brightness compared to the same picture on my wife’s same XR.
Is this worth an RMA or is this just how it will look? I thought OLED would give more of a true black and not washed out.
I turned True Tone off and the yellow display tint is gone, but colors still seem washed on full brightness compared to the same picture on my wife’s same XR.
Is this worth an RMA or is this just how it will look? I thought OLED would give more of a true black and not washed out.
I’ve just received my 12 mini and the screen is noticeably yellow compared to my 7. Will post photos later.
Have people that have returned theirs received non-yellow models?
Have people that have returned theirs received non-yellow models?
After years of dealing with iPhone yellow screens, my launch iPhone 12 Regular has a cool, vibrant, color shiftless display. I just got back from Best Buy and compared mine to every iP12, 12Pro and Mini they had on display and all of theirs had either a yellowish, dull grey or greenish hue display compared to mine.
My display exhibits all the characteristics that we all look and hope for in an iPhone. Every 12 series phone, on display, severely shifted to a greenish-yellow hue as I viewed them from numerous angles. My 12 has zero shift; every color pops and every white remains true no matter what angle I view it from.
My point in posting this is to confirm that the brilliant, vibrant, cool screens exist; they are out there.
My display exhibits all the characteristics that we all look and hope for in an iPhone. Every 12 series phone, on display, severely shifted to a greenish-yellow hue as I viewed them from numerous angles. My 12 has zero shift; every color pops and every white remains true no matter what angle I view it from.
My point in posting this is to confirm that the brilliant, vibrant, cool screens exist; they are out there.
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Can you post a picture with some other phone referencing ?
Thanks
You are comparing two different panel. Xr has an IPS, the pro has an oled.
whiter the first, warmer the second.
Unfortunately, I can’t. Mine is the only iP12 in our house and I’m no longer at the store. Sorry
I can say that my iPhone 11Pro had a dull, greenish hue display. Even after several express replacements, I was never able to obtain a good screen (even though friends of mine had good screens).
If I still had my 11Pro, I would’ve taken comparison pics, but, I traded it back the very instant I received this 12.
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This question was probably answered already but this thread is 63+ pages deep. Do you guys know who makes the OLED panels for the 12 Pro Max? I have a 12 Pro Max and when compared to my X i see a huge difference in my 12 being warmer. When I don't compare the panels side by side. My eyes seem to see the white correctly. I'm on the fence if I should return it. I went through this on my X 3 years ago. The first one on launch day was very yellow/warm. I returned it and had to wait about a month for a new one because they were sold out. The 2nd one I got was much better.
I would love to still know who makes which panels, for which models
afaik nothing conclusively confirmed, just lots of speculation
Since there is no available tool telling you the exact component manufacturer name there is no way to know it.
I believe y'all who say you got good screens but OLED always shifts when viewing off angle. Either blue or yellow. Ive never ever seen a OLED screen not shift colors when viewing in different angles because that is the nature of OLED.
Ill admit the degree of the shift does depend on how good or bad your screen is.
Ill admit the degree of the shift does depend on how good or bad your screen is.
Just compared my new 12 mini to my brother's 11 Pro and the 12 mini definitely has a yellow tint compared to the 11 Pro
I’m not sure if we should wait. But the last time I went through this I had to wait no other options.
Are you are Beta tester because 14.3 isn’t out yet. I’m showing 14.2 is most current.I’ve updated to 14.3 and I see the screen relatively more bright and less yellowish at the expense of being more bluish, but might be placebo.
Try it and report it here
There is hope!I’ve updated to 14.3 and I see the screen relatively more bright and less yellowish at the expense of being more bluish, but might be placebo.
Try it and report it here
Oh god please. I hope you’re right! In the 14.3 notes does it indicate anything about 12 pro screens in the update?I’ve updated to 14.3 and I see the screen relatively more bright and less yellowish at the expense of being more bluish, but might be placebo.
Try it and report it here
I don’t want to give false hope to anyone.
I just downloaded the public beta and to me the display looks more vibrant, it doesn’t look like an LCD but it is, to my eyes, more vibrant and bluish.
But again, it might be placebo. Take it with a grain of salt. I don’t want to wake up tomorrow with half of macrumors hating on me.
Cheers
I just downloaded the public beta and to me the display looks more vibrant, it doesn’t look like an LCD but it is, to my eyes, more vibrant and bluish.
But again, it might be placebo. Take it with a grain of salt. I don’t want to wake up tomorrow with half of macrumors hating on me.
Cheers
I’ve been speculating that curtailed travel to China by Apple employees this year may have resulted in more of these yellow displays than would normally be the case. We’ll never know but it looks like Apple’s inability to oversee factory lines in person is worse than even I thought because of terrible quarantine conditions.