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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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Depending the light of the environment, it definitely can get colder temp than what display shows with True Tone off.
I notice this too. When I went outdoors today my screen looked pretty bad with True Tone off. When I turned True Tone on, my whites became very crisp.
this seemed strange to me. I’m trying to live with TrueTobe off because it’s just too yellow, but outdoors the screen doesn’t look great.
Lightning could be a possible trigger but why the hell should I disable True Tone ?
That’s also what Apple support asked me to do, and I strongly disagree.
This phone is supposed to work correctly with all his features, TT included.
Both the iPad and the iPhone on the picture have TT enabled so to me, the comparison is fair.
Night shift was off, so it’s out of the way.
Will try tomorrow with different lightning though
I know people are saying with True Tone on and in bright lighting like outdoors that their screen looks fine and adopts a cooler temperature, but what I’ve noticed is that even though the colour temperature of my screen does shift cooler outside, there is still a yellow tint to that cooler temperature. It just looks odd.
Anyone kinda, almost just gonna wait till iPhone 13?
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I have been thinking about this since I bought it, in fact I already mentioned it one day on this topic. Although the true tone is off, the screen changes tone depending on whether you are indoors or outdoors. Outdoors the screen looks white and indoors it turns yellowish with the TT turned off.
It's really weird. You'd almost think it's a bug with TT somehow not fully turning off, but then people say they've got good panels, so WTF is going on? LOL.
C7CDJ - Week 41 manufacture.
it’s not ‘no yellow’ but way better side by side with another mini I had. It’s still not as crisp with whites as my XS. I don’t have the raised blacks issue and have tested in all lighting and brightness settings and have perfect uniformity across the entire panel. It’s just unfortunate I have a dodgy volume button and have to return it!
According to serial number it’s from a legation factory. Replacement on its way is a week 44 from a Foxconn.
Anyone know if there’s a difference from factory to factory? I’ll be pretty annoyed if this nice white mini is replaced with a yellow screen or raised blacks.
Ím considering getting a 11 PM and return my 12 PM because this yellow screen pandemic. Would you recommend it?
I Dont know, seems few people have iphone 12 mini here
How do you know serial number of your replacement phone ?
Please search and read this same thread for the 11 Pro series. Same issue, but not as widespread as in the 12 series. My 11 Pro from week 39 has a slight yellow tint, but still noticeably better than any 12 series I have seen in person. I’ve seen various XS in person that have better whites and colors than my 11 Pro.
Point is: don’t assume that any 11 Pro/Max you get your hands on will be perfect. You are still playing a lottery, but definitely with better odds than with the 12 series.
No. Apple has complete control over the display calibration. If the new glass was slightly yellow/green they could have easily adjusted their calibration to compensate.
This ugly tint is intentional, probably for eye health. Not sure why they thought a different color temperature from their macs/iPads/watches would go over well.
we dont need eye health, we need white... the yellowish we can just adjust later instead of starting with yellow tint...
So might be better to wait for future batches of 12´s or get an 11 PM? Thanks for your advices
I disagree. If you buy a new 11PM right now and it is yellow, that’s just bad luck. It is pretty much guaranteed that you’ll get a “whiter” screen from an 11PM.
Not saying this was always true, but sure is now.