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I haven’t had time to sit and really get involved with the forums on the X but after looking at my 8+ and picking up the X, I can definitely tell the yellow tint on the X screen. Now when you tilt it slightly and it gives off a blue tint, I would rather have that color than the yellow tint. Hmmmmmm definitely will
Keep following this thread. Irritating for sure once you actually pay attention to it.
Keep following this thread. Irritating for sure once you actually pay attention to it.
If you’re like me, you turned off True Tone. Too orangey/red and unpredictable.
But you found the plain screen too blue, so you played with the accessibility filters. But it was tricky to find just the right soft white color you’re after. Not too blue. Not too yellow. Not too red. Not too green. Just the right clean white with a tiny hint of warmth to take the edge off.
Well look no further than Night Shift, with the slider moved all the way left to less warm, and the schedule set to turn on at 12am and turn off at 11:59pm.
Voila. The set it and forget it perfect neutral white that’s not too cool and not too warm.
YMMV.
But you found the plain screen too blue, so you played with the accessibility filters. But it was tricky to find just the right soft white color you’re after. Not too blue. Not too yellow. Not too red. Not too green. Just the right clean white with a tiny hint of warmth to take the edge off.
Well look no further than Night Shift, with the slider moved all the way left to less warm, and the schedule set to turn on at 12am and turn off at 11:59pm.
Voila. The set it and forget it perfect neutral white that’s not too cool and not too warm.
YMMV.
Not trying to step on anyone's toes here but isn't this what true tone is designed for?...like reading text on paper of which will be at little on the yellow side? A brief explanation of the technology is here: https://www.consumerreports.org/vid...85001/apple-ipad-true-tone-display-explained/
Now that we can turn off the feature, is it too blue now?
Now that we can turn off the feature, is it too blue now?
The biggest issue with the iPhone X, I firmly believe, is that the screen can be two different color tints at once. Numerous pictures in this thread, including several I went through on my way to getting one that’s the same color on-axis.
It’s maddening that you should even have to go through any replacement devices at this cost to get one that is just ONE color on-axis.
I feel for those with green tinges.
It’s maddening that you should even have to go through any replacement devices at this cost to get one that is just ONE color on-axis.
I feel for those with green tinges.
Lol...my X is semi warm, slightly when looking head on, I’m talking slight yellowing that only a real tech person would notice.
Turn this bad boy to the side and hello Galaxy S8 coolness in the world of blues and oled beauty.
I like cool tones, I loath the whole warm tones BS, the question is can Apple fix this with a software update? I doubted.
My dads X is noticeably cooler when looking straight on, so I think my unit is the way it is and those who have this going on will either have to exchange and risk getting one worse, dealing with it, or just going back to LCD and an 8 or 8 plus.
I’ve used Samsung phones for years now, almost as long as iPhones, and in the last 3/4 years I haven’t seen a bad screen on any units I’ve owned. Always been good out of the box with those popping colors and very cool whites. Hmmmm?
I’m actually a little pissed because looking at my fathers while I was over there tonight I tilted it a few different ways and his didn’t display this type of behavior with the screen, just another year for PITA things like this for us lucky ones.
Turn this bad boy to the side and hello Galaxy S8 coolness in the world of blues and oled beauty.
I like cool tones, I loath the whole warm tones BS, the question is can Apple fix this with a software update? I doubted.
My dads X is noticeably cooler when looking straight on, so I think my unit is the way it is and those who have this going on will either have to exchange and risk getting one worse, dealing with it, or just going back to LCD and an 8 or 8 plus.
I’ve used Samsung phones for years now, almost as long as iPhones, and in the last 3/4 years I haven’t seen a bad screen on any units I’ve owned. Always been good out of the box with those popping colors and very cool whites. Hmmmm?
I’m actually a little pissed because looking at my fathers while I was over there tonight I tilted it a few different ways and his didn’t display this type of behavior with the screen, just another year for PITA things like this for us lucky ones.
It's not just you. I am pretty surprised the screen looks the way it does. And I am baffled by all the reviews saying it is the best OLED out there.
If the S8 screen is inaccurate, give me inaccurate.
When the S8 came out some screen were pink tinted and samsung gave an update with options to adjust color temperature (cool/warm/mid) as well as separately adjust RGB tint/tone? Just curious is this adjustment in ipx display settings. If it is not, then maybe apple can enable those options.
Sigh this thread is bumming me out. Back on my 7+ and seeing if switching back to X this evening gives me the feeling of "yes, I will persevere and join the panel lottery" or if it's going back for a straight refund. I think the fact I'm trying to convince myself probably speaks volumes.
The one thing very much in favour for the 7+ is the way it feels and holds like a little ipad. Much easier to use and hold in landscape to watch videos etc due to the forehead and chin. Using this means I never use my ipad anymore.
The one strong negative is the display looks a little washed out to me now. At least it's viewable from all angles.
The one thing very much in favour for the 7+ is the way it feels and holds like a little ipad. Much easier to use and hold in landscape to watch videos etc due to the forehead and chin. Using this means I never use my ipad anymore.
The one strong negative is the display looks a little washed out to me now. At least it's viewable from all angles.
Got my S8 on launch day and gotta say, the display was perfect, Yes it was cool. But I like the cool white tones that have the ever so slightest bluish tint to them. Not to say the X has a bad screen, my screen is far from piss yellow like some iPhones have suffered from in the past. This isn’t an oled thing IMO, since I can remember there have always been posts about yellow screen on iPhones, the best was the glue is drying deboggle.
My gripe at the moment is the shifting of color tones as you tilt the phone, maybe Apple will release a statement saying you’re using the iPhone X wrong if you tilt the phone, so don’t tilt your phone..lmaoo!
Turned True Tone off (was looking forward to it), coming from an iPhone 7 Plus. It felt Night Shift mixed with True Tone, which adds a noticable yellow color. I actually tried out a color filter in Settinggs and used Blue/Yellow filter and adjusted Intensity. Will monitor battery usage to see if it impacts battery life.
Makes the OLED of the X pop.
Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Color Filters
Makes the OLED of the X pop.
Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Color Filters
This has worked for some people but for others it's too unnatural and creates a noticeable effect. So far I've found all the filter adjustments actually dull the brightness slightly.
I wonder if this issue hits the media or if everyone will be too caught up in the beauty of the device. I suspect the latter.
changing the intensity all the way reminds me of Samsung Galaxy S8, the lower intensity (depending on what you prefer) makes it look less "Samsungy" there's a noticable difference with intensity. I set mine lower so it wasn't so in your face and just enough to make that OLED display on the iPhone X pop.
As I said before, accurate doesn't necessarily mean pleasing. Color accuracy is most important when printing and needing to make sure the display is calibrated to be the same as the printer. Otherwise it's not as important.
I don’t understand how the X is getting this :
https://www.slashgear.com/the-iphone-x-has-the-best-smartphone-display-around-06507102/
Especially based on the feedback on our thread!
https://www.slashgear.com/the-iphone-x-has-the-best-smartphone-display-around-06507102/
Especially based on the feedback on our thread!
I think some reviewers may want to keep getting review units, most of the 24 hour reviews covered what Apple wanted covered 
. We are not the average smartphone buyer and some have a habit of being very critical on issuses our family, friends, etc. woudn't care about. DisplayMate gave it the honor it deserves. I went from a 7 Plus to the X and the screen is noticeably better, photos look amazing, and Face ID is a game changer.
. We are not the average smartphone buyer and some have a habit of being very critical on issuses our family, friends, etc. woudn't care about. DisplayMate gave it the honor it deserves. I went from a 7 Plus to the X and the screen is noticeably better, photos look amazing, and Face ID is a game changer.Gererally mainstream tech sites tend to go very easy on Apple. They don’t want to lock themselves out of launch events etc. That’s obvious.
Look at the widespread backlash over the pixel 2XL screen. If an Apple product had the same issues, tech sites wouldn’t react the same.
Reporting on Apple products gets the clicks. That’s all that maters. Look at the Verge first impressions with ‘mild negativity’ towards iPhone X versus the actual review.
Good point - Nilay Patel’s original views weren’t overly impressive, however the tune has somewhat changed since release!
I have an OLED E6 LG TV at home calibrated. Personally the OLED on my iPhone doesn’t compare. Warm on the TV looks correct similar to look beidge. Warms on the iPhone look yellow.
Sitting in bed with the brightness at bare minimum the display just looks off. Even with a slight tilt of my hand whilst read something and the colours look two toned. Cooler on top and warmer at the bottom.
I’ve seen lots of store display units and whilst most of them are cooler, most of them have an uneven brightness with bottom being brighter than bottom. How that happens on an OLED display I don’t know.
I haven’t seen a S8 so I can’t compare
I have the screen protector on and I’m not sure if that is making the reflectiveness worse or not.
The only time IMO this display shines is when it’s at full brightness and watching videos with a lot of blacks
but for general purposes like web surfing I don’t know if it does better than my 8 plus
It feels like I’m in a blue lit room trying to read text on a pale yellow colour document
Sitting in bed with the brightness at bare minimum the display just looks off. Even with a slight tilt of my hand whilst read something and the colours look two toned. Cooler on top and warmer at the bottom.
I’ve seen lots of store display units and whilst most of them are cooler, most of them have an uneven brightness with bottom being brighter than bottom. How that happens on an OLED display I don’t know.
I haven’t seen a S8 so I can’t compare
I have the screen protector on and I’m not sure if that is making the reflectiveness worse or not.
The only time IMO this display shines is when it’s at full brightness and watching videos with a lot of blacks
but for general purposes like web surfing I don’t know if it does better than my 8 plus
It feels like I’m in a blue lit room trying to read text on a pale yellow colour document
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OLED needs polarisation filters to block incoming light.
This is even more important with higher pixel density and smaller subpixels.
On your OLED TV, the actual Organic LED subpixel are much bigger.
So the polarisation filter can be much more ... I'm missing a word here ... coarse.
If you do not have a proper polarisation filter, light between the subpixels would destroy any sharpness of the image.
Agreed
It may be able to be fixed with a software update! Or Apple will just release a statement saying we are seeing it wrong...lol
http://bgr.com/2017/11/07/pixel-2-xl-display-issues-color-fix-update/amp/
If Google can do it. Apple can also do this to fix the iPhone x screen.
If Google can do it. Apple can also do this to fix the iPhone x screen.