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"The yellow "tint" people are talking about is the phone following 6500K white point which is the standard which most devices try to follow but never calibrated well enough to achieve. Even when you tweak the colour filter setting the displays native white point is closer to 6500K. It's a more accurate display. I guess people are so use to having blue tint on their uncalibrated TV's and other devices. Give it a chance once you get use to the 6500K standard for white you'll find blue tint annoying."
 
I notice a bit more of a yellow tint now that I've gotten the device home. Earlier at my office (under white fluorescent lights) I didn't notice it at all.
 
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"The yellow "tint" people are talking about is the phone following 6500K white point which is the standard which most devices try to follow but never calibrated well enough to achieve. Even when you tweak the colour filter setting the displays native white point is closer to 6500K. It's a more accurate display. I guess people are so use to having blue tint on their uncalibrated TV's and other devices. Give it a chance once you get use to the 6500K standard for white you'll find blue tint annoying."
[doublepost=1474065224][/doublepost]according to this thread people just had to return the last years models and get new ones. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7240633?tstart=0
 
It's kinda hard to see in photos, but the iP7 is on the left and the iP6s is on the right (both Plus). It seems to get darker as it goes down the screen (and night-mode is off entirely). I read that sometimes it can take a few days to settle? Or should I take it back?

I'd just hate to have to go to the trouble of exchanging with stock the way it is at the moment lol.


Mine is exactly the same. I have the 6s Plus and compared to my iPhone 7, there is a huge difference. My nightshft is turned off, but the iPhone 7 screen is still yellow :| Weird that we would have to wait days for it to be "normal"?
 
For what it's worth, my iPhone 7 is also a lot warmer when compared side-by-side with my 6S. I had to double check to make sure Night Shift wasn't turned on. I'm going to wait until Monday and if by then the display is still yellowish, I will go to the store to compare with the other iPhone 7 units on display. I totally feel your pain, though.
[doublepost=1474069040][/doublepost]That's right. iPhone 7 is less bright compared to 6s with all settings being same. Any suggestions?
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That's right. iPhone 7 is less bright compared to 6s with all settings being same. Any suggestions?
It's strange that apple didn't fix it before shipping
 
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That's right. iPhone 7 is less bright compared to 6s with all settings being same. Any suggestions?
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It's strange that apple didn't fix it before shipping

Went to Apple Store and Best Buy. ALL of them had the warmer look which is yellow. They were all less bright than my 6 Plus too.
I compared and took pics. Not good and if my JB Plus looks that bad no way I would keep it.
 
Yup. My 7 Plus is noticeably warmer than my 6s Plus. Another thing I noticed is that it's less brighter than my 6s. Isn't the 7 supposed to be 25% brighter?
 
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I have my 7+ and notice the warmer color. I really prefer it.

I also hope the 7+ can go even dimmer than the 6+. I view my phone in bed sometimes with the lights off, and even on the lowest brightness, the 6+ was friggen bright.
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I have my 7+ and notice the warmer color. I really prefer it.

I also hope the 7+ can go even dimmer than the 6+. I view my phone in bed sometimes with the lights off, and even on the lowest brightness, the 6+ was friggen bright.

Yes! On the lowest brightness, the 7+ is finally dark!


iPhone 6+ on the left (lowest brightness, with night shift enabled)
iPhone 7+ on the right (lowest brightness, with night shift enabled)
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I have my 7 right next to my 6s. The 7 is noticeably warmer, and just slightly dimmer. I cannot tell for sure if the 7 is the same or dimmer, but I have had to put my money on it, I would say the 6s is tighter. You would think that 25% brighter should be noticeable, right?

I'm not upset, but it does have my attention. We will see.

edit: I would post pics but unfortunately the only two picture-taking devices I own would need to be in the shot
 
Like many of you, my phone was noticeably more warm than my 6S Plus but after using it for a couple of hours, I compared them again and it seems like it's a lot better now. I think that it's almost as cool and bright as the 6S. Honestly, I don't know what I did. Maybe enabling night shift and then disabling it did something.
 
I have my 7+ and notice the warmer color. I really prefer it.

I also hope the 7+ can go even dimmer than the 6+. I view my phone in bed sometimes with the lights off, and even on the lowest brightness, the 6+ was friggen bright.
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Yes! On the lowest brightness, the 7+ is finally dark!


iPhone 6+ on the left (lowest brightness, with night shift enabled)
iPhone 7+ on the right (lowest brightness, with night shift enabled)
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Despite what you want, Apple didn't deliver on their promise of increased brightness. It was a 'feature' they repeatedly mentioned in their keynote
 
Clearly most of you have never calibrated TVs or other LCD screens and understand what is a calibrated screen. That vivid Blue that you prefer on the iPhone or TVs is not calibrated or accurate. I'm assuming the wide color gamut makes the colors more accurate which will so make the 7 screens appear warmer. Go ask a Photographer.
 
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Clearly most of you have never calibrated TVs or other LCD screens and understand what is a calibrated screen. That vivid Blue that you prefer on the iPhone or TVs is not calibrated or accurate. I'm assuming the wide color gamut makes the colors more accurate which will so make the 7 screens appear warmer. Go ask a Photographer.

This may be true, but it doesn't explain the lack of brightness. Especially when '25% brighter' was promised, and it's not even at the same level let alone 25% more.
 
This may be true, but it doesn't explain the lack of brightness. Especially when '25% brighter' was promised, and it's not even at the same level let alone 25% more.

In that case that's another issue. I'm not seeing the 25% increase in brightness either.
 
Every product....

Yep, every iPhone or iPad gets this complaint shortly after release.

If you want to have next years phone today, just adjust the yellow to be darker.

Make the screen completely yellow, and you'll have the iPhone of 2030.

I do know one way to make it so that the new iPhone matches the old one. The color will match perfectly. Put it to sleep or turn it off, instant color match to the old generation.
 
Color filters adjusts the yellow to neutral nicely, but does it end up taking up more CPU/battery to render the adjustment?
 
At first it seeemed I had the very same issue. But now that I've been using my 7 I've become accustomed to it and it seems sufficiently bright. Now that I look back at my 6s, that seems terribly blue!
 
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So the iP7 is definitely a bit warmer but it's not a bad thing. It's actually more accurate to a color calibrated reference monitor. Here is a pic of my 7 Plus in front of a white screen on my 4K calibrated monitor.

http://imgur.com/a/TYKUf

The pink/magenta vignetting isn't there in person, I had to taka picture of a picture and a lamp was bleeding light into it.

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Blue vs yellow tinted has been on the iPad in the past. Most people prefer blue since it appears brighter. Now because Apple made it warmer, people prefer yellow now because it's more accurate lol. We just follow everything Apple does
 
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