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iPhone 11 Pro Any yellow tint on iPhone 11 Pro Max?
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Pretty sure the only "evidence" this guy is going to have is saying his screen appeared cooler, when in reality, he just got used to it.
The issue start when you start either comparing your screen with a previous iPhone or in store or start reading this kind of thread 🙃
Just measured my 11 Pro and XS with a colorimeter. 11 Pro is 6500K with 610 nits max brightness. XS is 6800K with 575 nits max brightness. So I guess the 11 pro is actually more accurate even if it looks more yellow.
You're just saying this because you were on the fence to begin with. You know deep down inside the upgrade wasn't enough to justify upgrading so now the "yellow" screen pushed you in the direction you originally wanted to lean towards in the first place. The screen is just an excuse that you tell yourself. The annual preorder hype got you all giggly inside so you felt the urge to upgrade..
I'm gonna keep mine. Measured with a colorimeter, the 11 Pro actually has a more accurate color temperature than the XS.
Yes the variance is another matter, as I acknowledge in a subsequent post. Personally I have never come across this phenomenon, but then I have not compared many iPhones side-by-side. In the end, crisp whites in natural light don't really exist. White is very much a product of its environment. For me it's not a matter of colour accurate work - the warmer displays just look more natural to me. But then I'm a bit of a geek AV enthusiast and have been messing around with home theatre setups for decades, so my tastes probably don't reflect those of most.
The Pro models I played with in the Apple store in Leicester today all had a horrible yellow tint but it was from the photos I took with the phones.
Photos looked really weird compared to my X, even with True Tone disabled on both devices.
In terms of quality in photos, not overly impressed. If you take a photo side by side and compare it, they don’t look too dissimilar.
Yes HDR works well and doesn’t blow the background out as much on the newer phones, but it’s not worthy of an upgrade in my opinion.
Definitely not touching any new iPhones until this is resolved across the board.
Photos looked really weird compared to my X, even with True Tone disabled on both devices.
In terms of quality in photos, not overly impressed. If you take a photo side by side and compare it, they don’t look too dissimilar.
Yes HDR works well and doesn’t blow the background out as much on the newer phones, but it’s not worthy of an upgrade in my opinion.
Definitely not touching any new iPhones until this is resolved across the board.
You would think after all these years, every year when I get the phone I worry about the dam screen all the so called tech talk never means we get a good display, the issue is with us when we see the problem
It is hard to not see it
Would be curious if the ones that see a yellow screen could actually measure their white temperature. Curious what the variance would be.
If anyone lives close to Gidea park in London and us having this issue I’m offering to measure the device as myself and another poster above measured their phones and both are at 6500K which is neutral...
If anyone lives close to Gidea park in London and us having this issue I’m offering to measure the device as myself and another poster above measured their phones and both are at 6500K which is neutral...
Here’s mine with two different color zones. These XDR displays as they call them are what I call crap. How does this even meet QC REMOTELY. I’m going to drive 40 min each way to the store to replace but I’m not confident I’ll get a good one at this point.
The store was very friendly, so here is hoping.
The store was very friendly, so here is hoping.
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Not to hijack the thread but anybody else have any other QC issues?
I’ve had the screen issues every year; got lucky this time. The only defect is a minor edge blemish on the PVD coating - like the size of a pin head ... can only see it if it catches the light.
So many many things can be worse if you do the iPhone swap lottery 😩
I’ve had the screen issues every year; got lucky this time. The only defect is a minor edge blemish on the PVD coating - like the size of a pin head ... can only see it if it catches the light.
So many many things can be worse if you do the iPhone swap lottery 😩
Mine is actually nearly difficult to read in outside daylight (in the shade). Compared to two older phones XS and 8+ and both had whiter, brighter screens /:
Bro, I seriously recommend that you exchange it as you're not happy with it and you'll never be AND it's cost a lot of money. Exchange it and get a perfect one.
After reading this thread every year, i've come to the conclusion that it's best to wait until November onwards plus there's black Friday too on phone carriers
You were probably just used to the cooler XS and that’s why the Pro looks so much warmer. I thought the same thing when I changed my TV from its stock super blue/cold settings to more proper settings. It looked yellow at first, but over time I noticed how much better everything looks.
Agreed. I thought I read in reviews last year that the XS display was supposed to be 6500K. That’s why I thought there was something wrong if the 11 pro was warmer than the XS. I guess I lost the screen lottery last year.
Last year, I had major concerns with the yellow screen on my XS Max when compared side by side with my X. Kept it, and over time it cooled down a bit imo. When you spend so much on something you use every day, these flaws, if legit, aren’t acceptable.
Same issue this year comparing that XS Max to my 11 Pro Max. The screen is noticeably warmer. No color shift though on my 11 Pro Max, so that’s a plus. At least there’s a 14-day return period if I can’t deal with it.
Same issue this year comparing that XS Max to my 11 Pro Max. The screen is noticeably warmer. No color shift though on my 11 Pro Max, so that’s a plus. At least there’s a 14-day return period if I can’t deal with it.