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iPhone 16 Pro Max Screen brightness on 16 Pro/Max [MERGED]
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This is exactly how I feel too. I got the 1TB version and upgrade every year.
Every time I unlock it now, it just annoys me and I feel ripped off.
If you just purchased the phone, it is probably still backing up which means it is probably still hot which means the screen brightness is throttled
Already did that, but found nothing related to this. The only info I found is that Samsung ones have ‘LSN’ in the code and LG has ‘LP.’ But that was a few years ago… even your S/N doesn’t contain either of those.
People have literally posted photographic proof on this forum of the 16 and 15 side by side, its dimmer and yellow.
Maybe it's brighter than a 4 year old device but it's worse than a 1 year old device.
Well it means you didn't get the brightest newest M14 panel from Samsung, if they're using LG then that explains why they're dimmer and yellow compared to the 15 pro.
FUD. My panel appears to be LG and my wife's Samsung. Both 16PM, both look identical. There is variance among all displays from both manufacturers.
Depends who you ask — Apple ensures both panels fall within the same spec range (must be one of the reasons they don’t let the M14 reach its peak brightness, instead keeping the whole line at ~2k nits max)
But they’ve used both suppliers for the Pro models for years and there hasn’t been widespread hysteria. Historically, some have reported the previous Samsung panels to have cooler color temperatures and less uniformity, LG to have warmer color temperatures and more uniformity. Note: we have no idea if this is even anecdotally still true today, given these are all new panels using new technology and time has passed.
In any case, the point is that both are within Apple’s manufacturing tolerances and if you try to “win” the Samsung lottery through exchanges (no one knows the breakdown of how many are being sourced from each manufacturer), your phone won’t be capable of 3k nits just because the M14 panel is.
Apple is no stranger to cutting suppliers that aren’t meeting manufacturing tolerances and yields. See BOE.
Anecdotal report: my LG 16 PM looks brighter in testing than my Samsung 15PM.
If mine is indeed LG (no idea if the display serial numbers are even still accurate to determine manufacturer in 2024) it looks pretty damn good compared to prior OLED iPhones I've had to return due to terrible screens. Uniformity is perfect, nice cool white with true tone off, text is crisp, on lowest brightness in dark rooms there is no green tint on dark gray screens.
Personally, this has been a bad 'upgrade' year for me. Feels like the original iPhone 4 (antenna) and iphone 6 (bendgate)
Really shouldn't have bothered.
Really shouldn't have bothered.
Problem is i've traded in my old phone.
But i'm still considering my options...incl a Pixel for the year.
I have this too, unfortunately.. Has anyone just straight up returned their phone yet and retried if they get lucky another time?
Well, how is your Samsung panel? Does it also have dimmer and warmer tones than expected?