it was actually visible on every color...saw it while doing the RGB display test. I only took a pic on weather app because it was easier to focus with the macro lens of the 14 pro 😂
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iPhone 15 Pro Max Screen uniformity and cast
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If it’s visible on all colours it’s a full pixel that’s dead…..and you got two…..that’s epic bad luck.
I have a GVC screen on my last 15 pro, which seems to be a LG panel, and I have to say it's pretty awful. The uniformity is far from perfect but most of that, the color change at tilt is so huge that you basically can't have a uniform white on the screen.
You have to choose between blue top or blue bottom.
You have to choose between blue top or blue bottom.
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Do you have a photos how bad it looks? I mean that is more or less the problem in G9P and G9N with varying degree, unless you have a "unicorn" panel.
I had one of these "unicorn" ones on my first 15 pro, but the main camera was completely blurry on the left side of the frame. It was a G9N.
But this one, honestly, is simply horrible. And the grey uniformity is poor too, by the way.
But this one, honestly, is simply horrible. And the grey uniformity is poor too, by the way.
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Yep, the grey uniformity and colour uniformity seem to go hand in hand. I haven’t looked at who made my 15 Pro’s screen but it’s completely uniform.
If it bothers you return it, although I know stock is currently an issue.
Another thing about Apple Employees: when I’ve returned a phone within 14 days, they scrutinize it for scratches: hold it up to the light and look at it from all angles. They haven’t found any, but I wonder if they’ll deny a refund for the smallest nick. I get it if the customer damaged the phone, but sometimes these are damaged in production or shipment. I opened a new 11PM in the store, ran my finger around the edge and found a small chip in the glass out of the box and returned it immediately: I didn’t want them claiming that I did it, and it was no longer returnable. It worries me when I get an iPhone delivered to my home, if I open the box and, say, the screen is cracked. I imagine that Apple won’t fight me, but I wonder.
Ok, I ran sysdiagnose and air dropped the file to my iMac. I tried to open the file on my iMac, but I get a message saying that it cant be opened. Do I need a particular software tool to open/unpack the file?
New one is actually pretty typical from straight angle. Obvious difference between upper and lower half of the screen. From the angle they tend to look bad unless you got a unicorn. I don’t find that acceptable for this price range phone and I’ve seen much more uniform displays in cheap androids. But for the sake of my sanity I did not jump in to the exchange roulette this time. I did that with 12 Pro and it took months going through phone after phone and was driving me crazy. However I found a good one in the end. We already got 2 x 15 PM and neither is perfect, so I try to accept that this time. They both become pink around upper part of the screen with NS and TT on even in white test pattern.
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The problem is the first picture has been took at straight angle, and you can already see the shift. It's really, really bad, and definitely not acceptable. They do no compromise on the price, we don't have to do any compromise on the quality.
I have another one at home, which has a G9N screen. It has some green shift, but it's a lot less agressive and the colors look better, it has more pop.
But the camera is less sharp on the main lens as well!
Mine is uniform when seen straight, but it does get bluish fast at extreme angles, like midway between the two in the xas's photo. So probably it's "bad". But when I use it normally it just appears white and I'm fine with it. Actually I'm happy I don't have another iPhone to compare it to, same for speakers and camera. Having the chance to compare manufacturing and OEM components differences would be maddening. I prefer not to know and just use the phone.
I see that too in your photo and I think it is not acceptable but it is typical, at least I almost never found good one. I've had this issue with iPhones since X and I have done several exchanges attempting to find a decent one. If I recall it was seventh iPhone 12 Pro that I could accept and even that had still slight difference between top and bottom of the screen even at straight angle. For me issue with these panels is that testing with TT and NS at 100% (slider to the right all the way) using white test patterns there is either some part of the screen pink and/or top and bottom of the screen have different tint and or brightness. Also using other test patterns with lower levels like 50%, 25%, 10%, 5% some panels have tint in some part of the panel.
BTW. What test patterns you used in your photos and what settings? Looks to me at straight angle more like just bottom of the screen being darker, but no strong shift to pink on the top (just very slight).
Can you take one photo with white test pattern using TT and NS on and maybe even try with NS turned to warmest?
Our 15 PM's become pink on the top around DI and then down either left or right part of the screen. In G9N pink area was just a bit larger than in G9P.
I agree but I guess problem is the way OLED panel is manufactured in large sheets and ones cut from the middle are good ones and edges more or less have issues. Cost of panel would go up and I'm not sure if production is even high enough to meet that demand.
I also noticed our G9N panel had very nice and warm colors compared to G9P, but P was maybe a little bit more uniform in bright images, but with dark images it was hard to say, N might be even better then, so it was more or less pick your poison type of situation since I did not want to go again that many months long exchange roulette. Like you listed above, there are other things that can be bad than just a screen. With our 15 PM I briefly tested cameras and there was no big difference between them but I think 12 Pro had somewhat easier to get sharp and bright photos indoors with not so good lightning.
You have good battery in both? Here my another issue with my G9P is that it came with worse battery. There is noticeable difference in battery health and was right out of the box. Both came with Desay battery.
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Pretty much all iPhone OLED's I've seen shift to some color at extreme angles. I find in more important that there is no noticeable shift at normal angles I use my phone and for me it has been extremely difficult to find one. I see many people comment they have perfect panels and some even never seen bad ones. But at least here in EU I've struggled with this issue with every OLED iPhone I've had.
No, it sounds a good one to me. Unless it gets pink in some part of the screen more than other with using TT and NS at 100% strength.
I mean, a 45 degrees vertical shift of the phone is enough to have one third of the screen bluish. It’s not an extreme use case but I also don’t tilt the phone that much when I use it. It is noticeable if I search for it. I checked my old iPhone 13 Pro and it’s identical. But if many iPhones you had were like this I think it’s just like that, it makes no sense to search for the few which might be better. We just need to accept the limits of current technology or the limits of price/quality that Apple chose for the iPhones. If you want an iPhone you’ll have a bluish part of screen if you tilt it. It’s either that or another manufacturer..
Well, mine has a third of the screen bluish at something like 10° angle, or maybe even less.
At 45°, the whole screen is already blue since a lot!
Most but unicorn OLEDs do that unfortunately, it is just different to what color they shift.
That's the whole point. I would be happy to get iPhone which have even panel uniformity in normal use angle.
Does it have any difference in tint between top and bottom at straight angle even in extreme settings (TT on ja NS on at 100% strength)? No pink obvious pink spot in some part of the screen? I even went to see demo 15 PMs in my local shops and saw it happening in some units and that was in bright shop lightning which usually makes very hard to see issues with screens. Those were with G9N panels. So far haven't seen G9P in any demo unit and even in this forum there has been like couple people mentioning they have G9P, most have G9N. You are the first I hear gotten LG panel in 15 PM.
Looking at your pictures mine doesn't seem terribly different. In your worst ones you're at almost 45° and blue is roughly 1/3rd. Mine is uniform at 0°, at 5/10° it starts maybe on 1/10th of the screen. But yeah, I don't watch my phone at 0° so I'll always have a slightly non uniform white. Good thing is very little apps are completely white on top and bottom and it doesn't bother me. I already noticed it but deemed it normal. But mine definitely isn't as good as the left one in xas' picture either
The "rainbow" effect you can see in some pictures is due to the Spigen screen protector
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My experience with any display (I'm not talking about just Apple but any manufacturer) is that as long as display turns on, it does not have parts of the image missing or extra visible lines, it is considered within specs and it is up to manufacturer whether they want to please you by allowing you to exchange it or if they would replace the panel only. Most allow but my experience has been still bad in those cases with either similar or even worse after that.
Yeah Apple will say anything is fine. I personally had three different 6S all with VERY non uniform screens, blue darker cast even at 0°. I stopped after the third one. The 8 was good ish. My 13 Pro was good, just warm on the left side at 0% brightness at night.
This is my 15PM at 100% with TT and NS (I always keep them turned on). It's ok to me. There sure are better panels out there, but I'll settle with this. I already said it many times, I also have two other small cosmetic defects but I'm still keep my unit, everything else is fine. I've seen far worse problems and I'm just not risking an exchange.
This is my 15PM at 100% with TT and NS (I always keep them turned on). It's ok to me. There sure are better panels out there, but I'll settle with this. I already said it many times, I also have two other small cosmetic defects but I'm still keep my unit, everything else is fine. I've seen far worse problems and I'm just not risking an exchange.
