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iPhone X Screen on iOS12 ... Saturated?
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You sound like you know what you are talking about in technical terms. You really should contact Apple.
Blows my mind that Forbes reports this before MacRumors does! Wow, MR are you looking out for your peeps?
https://apple.news/AuQV1FABfS6Op6DASdWVqHA
https://apple.news/AuQV1FABfS6Op6DASdWVqHA
So I’m not crazy then. Noticed right away something looked off on my iPhone X but convinced myself I was just seeing something that wasn’t there. Contrast definitely seems reduced, colors and blacks look a little washed out and don’t pop like they used to.
What was a “wow” OLED screen in iOS 11 is now just kinda “meh”. Whether it’s more accurate or not, I don’t like like it, I want the old calibration back.
What was a “wow” OLED screen in iOS 11 is now just kinda “meh”. Whether it’s more accurate or not, I don’t like like it, I want the old calibration back.
This is specific to the UI transparency and text and lock screen image or universally even on websites and photos and stuff that is aside from lock screen? Curious
When people say they want the calibration back it confuses me
I’m wondering if there’s a bug where new iPhone XS calibrations mistakenly get applied to all other phones.
Hmm I played a bit around with those color filter thing in the settings app and at least for or other colors except for the wallpaper its been fine now.
Having gone from an X to an XS Max I think they changed screen types. When I first made the switchover it didn't seem the colors were as vivid, so I noticed that. But now after being on it a couple days it seems completely normal to me. I did play around with the screen blue settings.
It’s universal on my X. All the whites look dull and yellowed/greyed.
As I sit here in safari responding to your post the bright white compose window is not bright white. It’s dull and muddy yellow/grey.
My wife’s X was bought on the same day at the same time as my X and hers is bright white on iOS11. Mine is dull on iOS12.
This must be hitting X devices hard
Still on iOS 11 (jailbroken) but I updated an SE and 7+ and notice no overall tint difference in safari. OTA’d.
That stinks ! Are u guys OTA’ing or clean restoring to iOS 12 that are affected universally?
It's both.
The Lock screen is the primary culprit, instead of looking at a gorgeous HDR photo of my family on a brilliant sunny day each time I unlock my iPhone X I get a muddy, blurry, dirty, yellowed version with hard to read greyish, not white, text.
And just today I was in the iMovie app and on one of the options screen the light blue on grey text is completely washed out to the point where I almost couldn't read it. So it's not just lock screens, it's other places in the experience as well. I just want my old OLED crispness and bright whites back.
I am not a complainer, but Apple really needs to do something about this. The 'wow' factor missing from my OLED screen and that's bad enough, but the illegibility is just ridiculous.
This is the best example right here. It affects the whole UI, not just the wallpaper. It’s horrible.
I hope someone can still take a photo off screen of an iOS12 screen and a pre iOS12 screen. Not a screenshot.
'Saturated' is the wrong word, I really wish the moderators would change the title as that applied to one person who had the 'increase contrast' setting set by mistake and that is NOT what the real problem is. Saturation would lead you to believe the colors are overloaded when it's the exact opposite.
The screens are a) less sharp, b) yellowed/greyed, and c) have flatter colors. Most visible on the lock screen if one had, say, a family photo where the time used to be a bright crisp white and now is muddied and yellowed and the photo underneath is lifeless and hazed. We are used to such crisp whites and vibrant colors on the X that when Apple dialed these things down they are very noticeable and ruin the experience. Every time I unlock my X I want to cry.
Note: I have all image/backlight/accessibility settings on default except for True Tone which is set to 'off'. These were my identical settings before/after the update.
Well, I don’t see it. Punchy and bright as ever, super sharp and beautiful. Maybe it’s not affecting everyone?
Or we could be sensitive to different things. For example, I think True Tone is great and I keep it on. But nothing is grayed out even when I turn it off.
Is the difference drastic or subtle?
It’s drastically subtle. Or subtlety drastic. It’s very noticeable and very annoying. Does it render the X unusable? No. But is it an unexpected and unwanted step-back in resolution clarity and sharpness? Yes.
Edit: I see you have True Tone enabled which makes your display look more yellowed and warm vs having it off which looks more white and cool so perhaps those with True Tone aren’t noticing it as much as the non True Tone group is?
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Perhaps, though I’m not seeing any difference with TT off - in terms of color dullness. They are just more bluish, as expected, and white is not a warm white but cold - but it’s white and not grayish and colors are not dull.
I am comparing the whites and colors with my MBP and my iPad Pro - it looks the same. Or, at least, I’m not seeing any difference.
I own a new iPhone XS Max and I have a few concerns about the OLED display or maybe with IOS 12. These concerns are based upon an "unscientific" comparison that I completed between my older iPhone 7 Plus and my new iPhone XS Max. Both iPhones are running IOS 12.0. To make the comparison as fair as possible, I disabled Night Shift on both phones, and also disabled the True Tone Display on the iPhone XS Max. I also made sure that any Accessibility options were disabled, such as the "Increase Contrast" option found in Settings. I then set the brightness to maximum on both phones and compared the displays in a dark room when playing back a movie. I selected the movie "Alien: Covenant", since this movie has many dark scenes. I paused the movie on both iPhones, at the same point in the movie, and used an iPhone 7 to take a picture of both screens. The images below were captured, at the same time and in one photo, with the phones side-by-side to each other. I then cropped out the images from the same photo.
Below is an image from the iPhone 7 Plus which has an LCD display.
Below is an image from the iPhone XS Max which has an OLED display. The iPhone XS Max image is washed out and much of the detail is missing? Looking above, the iPhone 7 Plus image shows a lot more detail. I am wondering if anyone else has a similar issue or knows how to fix this issue? If not a settings, or hardware issue, I hope this will be corrected in a future IOS software update?
Also, I set both iPhones to maximum brightness and displayed only a solid white background. To me, the iPhone 7 Plus screen looks significantly brighter than the iPhone XS Max even though they are both rated at 625 cd/m2 max brightness (typical).
Below is an image from the iPhone 7 Plus which has an LCD display.
Below is an image from the iPhone XS Max which has an OLED display. The iPhone XS Max image is washed out and much of the detail is missing? Looking above, the iPhone 7 Plus image shows a lot more detail. I am wondering if anyone else has a similar issue or knows how to fix this issue? If not a settings, or hardware issue, I hope this will be corrected in a future IOS software update?
Also, I set both iPhones to maximum brightness and displayed only a solid white background. To me, the iPhone 7 Plus screen looks significantly brighter than the iPhone XS Max even though they are both rated at 625 cd/m2 max brightness (typical).
I was looking to start a new thread but I don’t have to.
YES!
iPhone 6s reporting, Sir!
My guess before I read this thread is it’s a shot at giving it a OLED look or else it’s a bug. It’s not even over-saturated but more washed out bright. I noticed it first on the lock screen. Very washed out.
Thought maybe there was an interplay with nightshirt but seems intentional as it’s washed out during daylight hours too.
You shouldn’t have to “play around” with any settings for the display to look right.
As I purchased this movie from iTunes, I played the video using the TV App on my iPhones.
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Hello !
I was on the way to upgrade my iPhone X but i m scared now.
I want to stay on iOS 11 but will it possible for me to install a new iOS 12 later (an iOS 12 fixed) ? I heard iOS 11 will be no longer signed by Apple...
Thanks!
I was on the way to upgrade my iPhone X but i m scared now.
I want to stay on iOS 11 but will it possible for me to install a new iOS 12 later (an iOS 12 fixed) ? I heard iOS 11 will be no longer signed by Apple...
Thanks!