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I tried several things in this menu. Didn't really seem to get better tbh.
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Wow! Test it against another unit in their store. Tbh don't think this is normal!!
Just cracked open my space grey to compare colors and screens
My ATT 64 silver has a better screen than 64 Verizon Space Grey, both unlocked
But impossible to photograph differences
The SG is more finicky with angles, seems to shift tint much more easily.
And looks warmer/darker at the bottom, and pink wrapped around the earpiece. And shows the twotone off axis, whereas my silver simply does not exhibit the same at those extreme angles.
It’s subtle tho and the non discerning eye probably couldn’t tell but
Definitely some variation, as is expected
My ATT 64 silver has a better screen than 64 Verizon Space Grey, both unlocked
But impossible to photograph differences
The SG is more finicky with angles, seems to shift tint much more easily.
And looks warmer/darker at the bottom, and pink wrapped around the earpiece. And shows the twotone off axis, whereas my silver simply does not exhibit the same at those extreme angles.
It’s subtle tho and the non discerning eye probably couldn’t tell but
Definitely some variation, as is expected
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Took a photo of my 2nd phone and it is clear my original one had some kind of defect. I can now clearly see a shift in hue when I walk from warm lighting under a lamp over to my window under natural light. Sitting on my couch this website is a nice warmer white. That’s how TT is supposed to work. My old one always stayed yellowish. Here’s a photo of my new one with TT enabled about 16 inches from my window. It looks just like my original one while TT was disabled. I have a screen protector installed, there isn’t a pink tint at bottom right in real life.
That is actually not to bad for an OLED panel.Here's another example - if you look at 5:05 in this video:
Can clearly see it's the same thing I experience.
Yes, I've decided to turn off TrueTone. It's horrible. Not sure why except maybe it doesn't work well with OLED. My 10.5" iPad pro with true tone looks excellent and does a great job of adapting to different light sources. But the iPhone X is terrible, basically a worthless 'feature'. I've had it turned off all day today (2nd day of usage) and I'm much happier with the quality.
What bugs me is the color shifting when viewing at an angle. But it sounds like that's just normal for these types of displays. However, it shouldn't be that much of an issue at I typically use my phone looking straight on 95% of the time. I've been comparing my 7+ to the X for a couple hours now, looking at photos, watching videos. I will say although there is color shift with the X that the 7+ doesn't have, the X maintains its brightness much better at angles than the 7+. The 7+ will become much darker at angles while the X stays just a bright as looking at it straight on. An apparent advantage of the OLED screens.
Interesting that F1 was best for both of us. Obviously correlation between two people is far too small to indicate a problem, but fascinating nonetheless.
I've adjusted the hue with TT on and it looks awesome, but it was still very good without adjustment.
Sometimes it doesn't give as much detail unfortunately. Looks like the site doesn't know which factory yours was produced in. Give it another go in a day or two and it may have been updated.
I tested it against a second phone I had and it was definitely not right. Sent back today and kept the other one.
Exactly what I was experiencing. Guess you'll be keeping the silver then!
I just tried turning off True Tone and my display turns noticeably blueish. I'm indoors with the lights on, so I guess True Tone is matching the yellowish hue of my lights. If I have True Tone turned on and hold up a sheet of white paper next to the screen, the tone of the paper matches that of the screen. So I guess it's working, maybe yours has a defect.
So of the two units you
Kept that one you took a pic of and other one was as I was describing?
I genuinely prefer the silver color anyways. So I lucked out!
Yours could be defective maybe something is wrong with the sensors. My original X was always yellowish with True Tone on regardless of light source or brightness. It had permanent night shift of sorts. I disabled TT too out of hatred.
Returned and re-bought, my new one changes drastically when I switch light sources with TT enabled. It looks really great, not yellow unless under really dim and warm light, and how I remember it looked on my iPad Pro 9.7” that I had. Tons of people complaining about yellow tints. I doubted it was a defect too and thought this is ‘just how TT is on OLED’ until I got my replacement. Night and day difference. I’d try another one if you are able to.
I just picked up my wife’s iPhone X. Night and day difference from mine. I’ll be exchanging mine - without question.
Hers is the one one on the right - with True Tone on. With it off it’s SO uniform at regular-use angles and a lovely cool color (without being too cool). So jealous...
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It’s probably something along the lines of what i was talking about earlier
Good luck!
Mine when I look directly at the screen you can see a hint of yellow and when you look at it on any angle it’s bluish white. Is this the norm for everybody?
It’s probably something along the lines of what i was talking about earlier
Good luck!
It still shifts like mine does, gradually. There’s no difference there. But that new phone doesn’t have a green tint on-axis that shifts up and down my screen as I tilt the display very slightly.
I’d definitely say the floor models aren’t cherry picked like I suspected with previous iPhone screens
OLED is a bit of the Wild West but worth it
No screen tech is lottery free unfortunately
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It’s also important I have a good screen cause I may keep this one a while with the new form factor and all
Yup. Both mine were silver so I didn't feel like I needed to choose between bad screen or colour.
I honestly was hoping it wasn’t superior to my silver bc I love this one but it wasn’t THAT bad either. But I needed to be sure SG wasn’t it for me
Two birds one stone. Color check and panel check
Thanks for this, never realized thnat setting was there! I generally prefer LCD and the TrueTone on my iPad 10.5 is much better than on the X. I just turned off TrueTone on the X and used night mode 24x7. The color tint option is even better.
I am noticing a bit of uniformity difference on the right edge of my panel, it looks more pink tinted than the left. I’ll post some photos but it doesn’t really get captured well. I’m the first person to admit that I’m picky regarding the panels and I think this is normal for OLED. Is this the “hot edge” that people are talking about? And anyone else with the same thing? I’m hesitating trying to exchange it in fear of getting a worse one and also stock is extremely limited. This was asked earlier but if you get an exchange from AppleCare, are you still able to return the unit under the 14 day return policy if you decide to at a later time? Thanks.
I’m gonna stay in this thread for a while for moral support, and curiosity
And no longer question your personal observations of OLED @WilliamG
Glad you got it figured out, or are working on it getting a better unit than what ya got
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My SG has a bit of pink hot edge on it in a similar area, but its only something I found actively looking for faults.
It’s not that intense, but will vary unit to unit and is a matter of your tolerance. My silver doesnt have it
I saw a table unit (one of two I played with) having pink hot edge right underneath the furthest right underside of the notch,
It’s probably gonna be super common tbh
Ive seen this characteristic on androids with OLED screens too
And no longer question your personal observations of OLED @WilliamG
Glad you got it figured out, or are working on it getting a better unit than what ya got
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My SG has a bit of pink hot edge on it in a similar area, but its only something I found actively looking for faults.
It’s not that intense, but will vary unit to unit and is a matter of your tolerance. My silver doesnt have it
I saw a table unit (one of two I played with) having pink hot edge right underneath the furthest right underside of the notch,
It’s probably gonna be super common tbh
Ive seen this characteristic on androids with OLED screens too
I haven’t read through all this but my X is very yellow/dim. Next to my wife’s 7+ it’s very noticeable. And coming from a 7+ myself it’s very noticeable. If I turn off the true tone or whatever it’s called then it develops a very blue tint. I dunno. I prefer a warmer color tone but this is very extreme imo. I’ll have to read more but not sure I’m too happy with this phone.
I’m gonna stay in this thread for a while for moral support, and curiosity
And no longer question your personal observations of OLED @WilliamG
Glad you got it figured out, or are working on it getting a better unit than what ya got
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My SG has a bit of pink hot edge on it in a similar area, but its only something I found actively looking for faults.
It’s not that intense, but will vary unit to unit and is a matter of your tolerance. My silver doesnt have it
I saw a table unit (one of two I played with) having pink hot edge right underneath the furthest right underside of the notch,
It’s probably gonna be super common tbh
Ive seen this characteristic on androids with OLED screens too
Thanks for the reply. Where is everyone able to exchange their phones out though? I can request an AppleCare replacement I suppose but what if the new one is worse...ugh.