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Well, several people have had good luck with swaps, same as past years
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Other Here we go again, yellow tint Xs /Xs Max
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3 questions? I made 3 statements an am asking which one you agree with. Pick a number.
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Well, several people have had good luck with swaps, same as past years
Nah, doesn't mean anything. Most likely auto brightness was on the demo model which is going to keep it at a lower max bright level.
My 512 GB XS is warmer than my X as well. What’s worse is that mine shipped with a pretty deep nick in the glass in the lower left hand corner (ordered from Apple online). Didn’t notice until the restore from my backup was done. Contacted Apple Support Friday and have Genius appointment tomorrow hopefully for a replacement (we will see). Pain to have to unpair everything and set up again but it s not a slight scratch. It’s a nick that can be felt with fingernail.
So I picked up a second one today, and the display is exactly the same as the one I have. I think that's just the way they are. Maybe they will be different in another batch down the road, maybe not. Either way, with the color tint adjusted on my original the screen is exactly how I think it should look and I'm happy with that.
Dont genius swap, retail return and retail rebuy, trust me on this. You genius swap and you lose the option to ever return the iPhone. So if you decide you don't want the screen temps of the first batch you are SOL.
I have had better luck with launch day genius phones than retail phones on this issue, but losing the return option makes it not worth the risk.
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Just wait til you see the oblivious hordes in a few months with perfect screens who dont even appreciate them or understand why they are good. You may feel differently.
This. X and XS screens are garbage for everyday use. Sure, at first sight, the OLD colors look better than LCD, but the PWM and the hue changing with the slightest angle change are making OLED pretty painful for long use.
Apple instead of realizing and fixing their error with X, they seem to doubled down on it.
I highly doubt it. With the color tint adjusted the screen is as white as it was with my iPhone X, and much whiter than my 8 Plus. I don't buy that "over time it will affect other colors" nonsense. How? It is going to continue to look good as long as I keep it like this. It isn't going to magically change color tint some day and all of a sudden look bad.
And I won't be running around asking people to compare screens. Mine looks fantastic now and that's all that really matters.
Not sure you quoted the right response there, but that post was nothing about the color filters.
I will say the color filters do not look natural, and for me it was really noticeable right when I woke up. It just didn't look right. I'm not personally putting up with anything less that perfection before using filters.
Have a buddy in office with the XS Max. It had the same or even whiter color temp as my 8+. Good screens existing confirmed in person.
Same thing here. At first blush I thought my 2nd one was better as I stated in my earlier post. But they are both nearly identical. Don't feel like setting up the 2nd device so will just keep my original. If it bothers me down the road I can sell it and re-buy. Mine isn't piss yellow, just a very narrow "sweet spot" which I find annoying.
Add the bad signal on cellular and WiFi that many are experiencing to your list. I’m definitely skipping this gen. Yellow screen, PWM, and bad cell tower connectivity. Too much bs for $1k+
When you adjusted the color tint, did you notice if notifications from the top of the screen and the volume/brightness slider in control center were still warm? I tried doing the color tint and it looked better until I noticed that notifications were cream colored. I don't know why it's not applying the color tint to everything.
They do not appear warm to me. I never noticed it in the control center though. Where it was noticeable was on the homescreen looking at certain apps like reminders or notes and seeing the yellow, or when I went in safari and the white was more of an off white.
Returned mine to local Apple store. Examined maybe 6 floor models of the XS. They are all what I’d consider to be perfect. Factory G0 is where they are all from. I asked if I made an appointment to buy, can they give me one starting with G0, I want what is being advertised on the floor. She looked at me like I had 2 heads and said not possible.
I don’t see why they can’t do this when I stop in to pick up a reserved phone? Oh well. Plan on keeping my original for now. Sucks.
I don’t see why they can’t do this when I stop in to pick up a reserved phone? Oh well. Plan on keeping my original for now. Sucks.
For those wondering what to possibly adjust it to, user ssol0408 sent me this screenshot and it helped a lot. Going to keep it this way and maybe around day 13 swap it out in hopes that its either fixed by then with a new batch, or a software update or w.e. Thanks ssol0408!
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If you get the right employee they will do it. When you go in for pickup simply ask for a G0 and many will look for one and grab it. If not, just walk when thye bring out a different one until you get a G0. You have to be tough.
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Software updates to fix this have been rumored since 2009. It'll never come. And the filters are not a true fix. Get it swapped on day 13.
That’s roughly what I use as well. You can dial it in by using night shift as well and playing with both intensities (which is what I do).
This is the first OLED smartphone I've had (XS Max) since the Android days. My last Android smartphone was a Note 3 and has an OLED screen. When I got the Note 3, I did notice it had a warmer white color.
I think this is just an OLED thing. Without TT enabled, my XS Max display is as white as ever. I usually use it with TT on, otherwise my eyes will get tired quickly.
(for what it's worth, my XS Max has a serial number starting with FF)
I think this is just an OLED thing. Without TT enabled, my XS Max display is as white as ever. I usually use it with TT on, otherwise my eyes will get tired quickly.
(for what it's worth, my XS Max has a serial number starting with FF)
No, i'm sure that Samsung solve this issue with latest flagship.. I'm used maybe all of Galaxy S series since 5th generation, and all of Note series from 2010. Also i'm used to IOS devices from iphone 4 to X...
Note 9 panel seems purified all of oled disadvantages. All of oled display "diseases" such as uneven uniformity, hue shift across the screen with vertical or horizontal tilt etc. nearly solved. I said "nearly" because, there is no panel which is totaly perfect. But i'm also looked maybe 20 or more display devices in stores. Maybe all of them seems "flawless" for a oled panel.
For a comparision, i'm changed 3 Note 8 units for find "acceptable for me" display panel last year. "Pink hue" at top or right-left side of display is most common issue for Note 8.
Since S9 series i think, Samsung change something for their "own" device panels production process.
Lol can’t believe the amount of responses this pointless thread has already. The XS Max is warmer than the X and that is known. Where exactly are the so called piss yellow XS Max phones? Pics or it didn’t happen!!!
It worked last year with the X. The serial was G6 at the store. Sure enough G6 that I got was perfect. I’m never pre ordering again. I’ll wait until I see display models and pick up in store. Will give this a try tomorrow and if they can’t do it I’ll either keep mine or return it, and return to my Pixel 2.
It’s not a coincidence in my mind all the perfect store models have the same factory.