Completely agree with you. In the stores with very bright lights it doesn’t look too bad. At night in bed is the worst!!!
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Completely agree with you. In the stores with very bright lights it doesn’t look too bad. At night in bed is the worst!!!
really? I can’t stand the fact that theres this yellowish tint at the bottom of the screen when I am looking up at the phone.
YES!!! this is the same problem I have. when I am outside or in an environment with bright white lights, my screen looks amazing! (with TT off)
but.... when I am at home and the lighting is dimmer or completely off, my screen (with TT off and NS off) looks yellow, especially towards the bottom of the screen while the top of the screen is blueish.
This drives me crazy!
Yours is red-green-red. Mine is green-red-green. Maybe we could combine them to make a white screen?
Seriously, why are you asking what other people think? Who gives a rats ass? As long as you’re happy that is the ONLY thing that matters! You are setting yourself up for a fall asking any question like that on a public forum.
Promise I don’t mean to sound harsh, just my 2p
Seriously, why are you asking what other people think? Who gives a rats ass? As long as you’re happy that is the ONLY thing that matters! You are setting yourself up for a fall asking any question like that on a public forum.
Promise I don’t mean to sound harsh, just my 2p
Again, and I repeat this on most of these threads .... if you're happy with it, who cares what other people think of a PHOTO of your screen taken with a camera that will not provide and accurate representation, that they are viewing on their screen, that probably doesn't provide an accurate representation.
So if you're asking if your screen is fine, then you don't know for certain that it isn't, but you're happy for some internet nobodies to decide for you based on my first paragraph.
I too find that screen looks amazing and pure white (even better than any LCD I’ve seen) when outside during the daytime. At night, in low light situations, the screen appears MUCH more yellow. Again, this is with True Tone and Night Shift turned off.
Seriously, why are you asking what other people think? Who gives a rats ass? As long as you’re happy that is the ONLY thing that matters! You are setting yourself up for a fall asking any question like that on a public forum.
Promise I don’t mean to sound harsh, just my 2p
That's what this thread is about, and yeah you sound like a ####. People have been posting pictures and getting others opinions. If I wasn't interested in others opinions I wouldn't have posted the picture.
I wouldn’t mind Warner tone but the blue push when turning screen even a smidge ruins the experience for me. Yes I know that’s OLED tech but my LG tv doesn’t shift as much as my phone does.
Can you take the picture absolutely front on. This picture is taken at a slight angle. But it looks like the classic, more pink towards the top variant.
The most important thing is that the screen is even from top to bottom (and not extreme yellow as some have found).
I found a great screen on my 4th attempt (Max 512 GB). I found a sales associate that knew about the yellow "warmer" issue and told me that she would be happy to exchange until we found one that was uniform and not yellow.
Now...the 3rd phone could have been a good one, but the sales associate dropped it out of the box! So, #4 was the winner.
My 1st was uneven (yellow top/pink bottom), the 2nd was pink on top but better yellow, 3rd was dropped and actually looked pretty good. The 4th is uniform and does not look yellow until night shift is on (where it is suppose to be warmer).
I told her I would pay even more to not have to play the screen lottery every year!
Now...the 3rd phone could have been a good one, but the sales associate dropped it out of the box! So, #4 was the winner.
My 1st was uneven (yellow top/pink bottom), the 2nd was pink on top but better yellow, 3rd was dropped and actually looked pretty good. The 4th is uniform and does not look yellow until night shift is on (where it is suppose to be warmer).
I told her I would pay even more to not have to play the screen lottery every year!
Everyone complaining about a yellowish tint to the display should read up on exposure to blue light being linked to causing macular degeneration (degeneration of the iris) (aka going blind).
Apple is doing you a favor tinting these screens intentionally away from blue. They are well aware of the relationship of blue light and MG.
Personally I keep my older phone with Night Shift permanently on all the time. The slider control almost to halfway. At first when turning it on, the screen color seems very warm, but once your eyes adjust to it in a short while, it looks natural.
Then when you turn Night Shift off — the screen looks WAY too blue... because you've gotten used to the warmer color.
Everyone do your retinas a favor and KEEP TRUE TONE ON. Turning it off is more damaging to the eyes.
Apple may have obfuscated the real reason why they're warming up the display color, telling everyone it's done to create a more natural look, when in reality they're probably yellowing the screens to minimize damaging millions of people's eyes.
Apple is doing you a favor tinting these screens intentionally away from blue. They are well aware of the relationship of blue light and MG.
Personally I keep my older phone with Night Shift permanently on all the time. The slider control almost to halfway. At first when turning it on, the screen color seems very warm, but once your eyes adjust to it in a short while, it looks natural.
Then when you turn Night Shift off — the screen looks WAY too blue... because you've gotten used to the warmer color.
Everyone do your retinas a favor and KEEP TRUE TONE ON. Turning it off is more damaging to the eyes.
Apple may have obfuscated the real reason why they're warming up the display color, telling everyone it's done to create a more natural look, when in reality they're probably yellowing the screens to minimize damaging millions of people's eyes.
Thanks for the advice. Having TT on on a cooler screen, makes it natural and warm. Having TT on on an already warm screen would make it too warm.
True Tone isn't designed to reduce blue light, it's designed to match ambient lighting. There are probably circumstances where True Tone could actually increase blue light, if it deemed it necessary. Nightshift is designed to reduce blue light.
Everyone I decided to purchase the iPhone XS max again due me being off work for one week plenty of time to do the screen lottery.
Went into my local Apple store this afternoon in Manchester the first iPhone xs max had horrible yellow screen with true tone on/off.
Screen brightness was set on halfway.
Next one was absolutely perfect.
I knew it when I opened the box on the setup page white screen looks better than my old iPhone x even with true tone on.
This one is keeper October build signal remains the same with my iPhone X
Tested the speeds on par too.
Seems like the later builds are perfect.
Good luck everyone don't give up.
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Went into my local Apple store this afternoon in Manchester the first iPhone xs max had horrible yellow screen with true tone on/off.
Screen brightness was set on halfway.
Next one was absolutely perfect.
I knew it when I opened the box on the setup page white screen looks better than my old iPhone x even with true tone on.
This one is keeper October build signal remains the same with my iPhone X
Tested the speeds on par too.
Seems like the later builds are perfect.
Good luck everyone don't give up.
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Compared mine to your picture mines the same me and you hit the screen lottery.My screen is slightly yellow, but not is bad.
X 256GB and XS Max 256GB (Spacial Grey)
Here are the photos sorry about the quality iPhone 5.
Not even on full brightness/brightness on halfway true tone ON.
Not even on full brightness/brightness on halfway true tone ON.
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Could you try and take a picture absolutely centred and head on? The white temperature looks okay but it is not uniform at all in the pictures. There are pinkish bits and bluish bits in the pictures you took.
The best screen I had today tried again third time is a charm keeping this one sick of playing the screen lottery game. True Tone on (Serial number factory FK)
Week 39 build
Week 39 build
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Went to Apple and got my 2nd replacement. It’s a week 36 built just like my previous one but I feel this one is a lot better and more uniform looking from an angel and straight on. I still dont think it’s prefect but I’m happy with this one. pictures don’t really do much justice but to the naked eye it’s better.
Went to the Apple store at The World Trade Center in NYC, the rep there went above and beyond to help me out and understood the current issues. she even gave me a free Belkin Screen protector which was pretty awesome. Apple customer service
Went to the Apple store at The World Trade Center in NYC, the rep there went above and beyond to help me out and understood the current issues. she even gave me a free Belkin Screen protector which was pretty awesome. Apple customer service
