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Other Here we go again, yellow tint Xs /Xs Max
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unfortunately not.
I did view this image on (5) iPhone XS and (1) iPhone XS Max.
All of them have yellow tint and failed color reproduction on this image miserably.
In additional, I also went to a few T-mobile retail stores and their display models also had yellow tint, tru-tone turned off.
I will either have to visit an Apple store, or maybe someone on here can view the reference image on a non-defective screen.
I wonder if it’s ios 12 calibration or what for people who have had a few units and came from an X, previously satisfied
These are as best I can tell Samsung sourced. Is Samsung using cheaper binned panels than last year, but same specs on paper?
Question:
Looking at my Max screen head on produces a slight yellow tone with True Tone off. I hate the yellow tone and don’t use True Tone.
However, if I tilt it up or down slightly, I get a blue shift (which I like) but as I tilt the top (speaker) away from me, I see the slight yellow in the keyboard area and when on white backgrounds - is this normal?
I also have the OLED LG TV and there are no tone changes and no yellow spots but I think this is due to the fact that phones have coated glass on the front and TV’s don’t.
Looking at my Max screen head on produces a slight yellow tone with True Tone off. I hate the yellow tone and don’t use True Tone.
However, if I tilt it up or down slightly, I get a blue shift (which I like) but as I tilt the top (speaker) away from me, I see the slight yellow in the keyboard area and when on white backgrounds - is this normal?
I also have the OLED LG TV and there are no tone changes and no yellow spots but I think this is due to the fact that phones have coated glass on the front and TV’s don’t.
Degradation in image quality due to viewing angle changes are a function of the physical properties of the display technology. I've linked a brief discussion about the issue, and how changes in black levels, brightness and color shift result from LCD and OLED design. The discussion is about TVs, where manufacturers may have more options to address the issue, but it should be somewhat relevant to phone displays also.
With TVs, most people view them nearly head-on and don't move once they've plopped down on their sofa. With phones, the display is moving around a lot with respect to the user so that viewing angles are constantly changing which exacerbates the issue. But the linked discussion also includes rankings of various TVs regarding viewing angle, so manufacturers do have the ability to improve the display within the constraints of the technology.
This doesn't excuse poor black levels that some posters have shown when viewing the XS head-on. And the viewing angle issue is different from the base color temperature issue (apart from color shift).
https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/picture-quality/viewing-angle
The iPhone X is OLED. When comparing XS to X, you can see the tint only on the XS. This is not an OLED vs LCD issue. This is a XS issue plain and simple. Not enough of an issue to completely return the phone, however it does warrant further inspection from an Apple rep. There is also talk about the panels coming from 2 different manufacturers. I’ve set an appointment for Monday at Apple to see if they have more insight to this. As of now, I still have my X that I need to go trade in on Monday so it will be the perfect opportunity to show the significant difference to Apple regarding this yellowish tint. I love the XS Max, especially due to its screen size, however it’s annoying to know that I spent $1500 on a phone whose display quality looks worse then my previous phone that is also an OLED.
I’m having this exact issue on XS Max. The yellow patch isolates either to the top or bottom depending on how I hold it, and having True Tone on exacerbates it somewhat, not helped by a slightly warmer screen in the first place which makes it more obvious.
Now going back and checking my X (which my partner inherited) I do think that it also did this, it just isn’t as obvious due to a slightly cooler and it obviously a smaller screen and True Tone seems less aggressive. I was convinced I had a faulty unit but I never noticed this on the X until I started comparing the two, so now I don’t know what to think.
The iPhone X is OLED. When comparing my XS Max to my X (original screen, no replacement), you can see the tint only on the XS. This is not an OLED vs LCD issue. This is a XS issue plain and simple. Not enough of an issue to completely return the phone, however it does warrant further inspection from an Apple rep. There is also talk about the panels coming from 2 different manufacturers. I’ve set an appointment for Monday at Apple to see if they have more insight to this. As of now, I still have my X that I need to go trade in on Monday so it will be the perfect opportunity to show the significant difference to Apple regarding this yellowish tint. I love the XS Max, especially due to its screen size, however it’s annoying to know that I spent $1500 on a phone whose display quality looks worse then my previous phone that is also an OLED.
Not all are bad. My XS Max is perfect. No issue with any pinks or blues. It's uniform and white. There are only a handful of people complaining in this thread, iPhone sell in the bazillions.
The iPhone X is OLED. When comparing XS to X, you can see the tint only on the XS. This is not an OLED vs LCD issue. This is a XS issue plain and simple. Not enough of an issue to completely return the phone, however it does warrant further inspection from an Apple rep. There is also talk about the panels coming from 2 different manufacturers. I’ve set an appointment for Monday at Apple to see if they have more insight to this. As of now, I still have my X that I need to go trade in on Monday so it will be the perfect opportunity to show the significant difference to Apple regarding this yellowish tint. I love the XS Max, especially due to its screen size, however it’s annoying to know that I spent $1500 on a phone whose display quality looks worse then my previous phone that is also an OLED.
But if you search the internet you will see that the X had this issue last year too, to the point Apple issued a statement to say it was normal. It may not have affected ALL X’s, the same as it doesn’t affect ALL XS Max’s.
I do have a picture of an X and an Xs side by side. Both devices are registered to me.
The Xs has a yellower tint. The X is bluish white. Same settings on both.
I find the yellow tint to be undesirable, but Apple believes the yellow tint is healthier for our vision..hence tru-tone?
The yellow is horrible but what’s worse is what it’s doing to the contrast. Look at the E30 white bookmark vs the gray background.
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Was yours an XS or XS Max?
Thats what mine looked like, the new I just received yesterday looks like my/your X. I hated that yellow tint.
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Mine was an XS
It is an incidental pic of middling quality.
Camera was a 12.9" iPad pro2. No due dillgence or picture prep. Just taken to show the tint.
Just when I thought I should not return it.
How's the color shift on your unit? Does it go white > pink > blue or just white > blue?
Auto brightness is a nice feature. Shouldn’t have to remove features to like the it.
I just came back from the Apple store in Watford UK. I checked 4 XS Max and 2XS phones. ALL of them were uneven with gradients from top to bottom, mostly more pinkish towards the top (on max brightness). One had a tilt like my first max with blue down the left side and pink down the right side. Another went uniformly pink before blue.
They were all slightly less yellow than mine but mine is less yellow than when I got it so I do believe these phones shift a bit from yellow after some hours.
Regardless, all very disappointing. I am yet to see a really good display for this generation.
They were all slightly less yellow than mine but mine is less yellow than when I got it so I do believe these phones shift a bit from yellow after some hours.
Regardless, all very disappointing. I am yet to see a really good display for this generation.
Same effect. It is true black on both, but the system notifications that display in a dark shade of grey is washed out on the XS. And the clock leans more towards yellow than the X.
Mine was C3... I should’ve checked the other models I had. And I had the same customer service experience as you, terrible.
Apple only addressed the color shifting issue, not the yellow-tint issue, dimmer screen, along with the terrible True Tone that’s gotten worse, and washed out black levels.
Was that with True Tone enabled on both devices? Nonetheless I’ve experience a similar issues, and I found no resolve swapping a device these past weeks. All the same displays.
The whitepoint on the XS is also ‘darker’, it’s hard to notice until you turn off True Tone and the whites look more grey and yellow (which looks more dimmer than my X)