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All the photos in this thread mean nothing to me (in terms of screen yellowing) because my iphone 12 is more yellow then my xr. It's a fact, i can see it clear as day with my eyes. But in photos my xr looks more yellow. Every phone i take the picture with it comes out this way. The photos are doing some sort of color correcting to my images.
I agree and I think all this "yellow" issue it not an issue at all! The only issue IMHO is if the panels are uniform or not. Uniform panels are easy to correct if someone does not like that hue of it. IMHO that looks just fine like it is to me.

But like the one on the bottom of the photo above, there is not much you can do about it other than throw it to trash and get another one or find a way not to keep noticing it... :)
 
Apple's $5000 Pro display XDR is not 100% uniform, you think your mass production iPhone will be?? This is pretty much just luck of the draw and considered within spec for the current screen technology unfortunately.
 
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OK, I make it easier to see. This photo I was referring to (https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...2262691/page-202?post=29444382#post-29444382=, I added arrows to show what I mean. The middle one on the top and right one on the bottom in this and then just added arrows to show what to look for. You still do not see that?
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And the "yellow" one is the most uniform. I think this yellow issue it out of proportions, that is just the way camera sees these and somewhat different calibration and would be easiest to fix or adjust. Those having uniformity issue are not likely fixable with any other way than installing a new panel...

The same thing I described above seemed pretty obvious in your photos of your phone.
Using test like above or the way I described earlier, makes it pretty obvious.
Sorry but I still cannot see it...
 
I agree and I think all this "yellow" issue it not an issue at all! The only issue IMHO is if the panels are uniform or not. Uniform panels are easy to correct if someone does not like that hue of it. IMHO that looks just fine like it is to me.

But like the one on the bottom of the photo above, there is not much you can do about it other than throw it to trash and get another one or find a way not to keep noticing it... :)
But uniform or not, this thread is about yellow screens, not panel hue shift or any other hardware issue. I suggest you should open a new one to discuss about that other issue.
 
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Sorry but I still cannot see it...
Are you kidding? Seriously you do not notice what was pointed in the photo even looking at that photo in computer or even iPad screen? :)

Try opening that photo in photoeditor with tool that shows RGB values of the certain point (like Photoshop). At least you can that way to see there is huge difference in RGB values between those points. Anyway, I notice things like that on first glance.
 
But uniform or not, this thread is about yellow screens, not panel hue shift or any other hardware issue. I suggest you should open a new one to discuss about that other issue.
I know but I was just pointing some obvious thing with the panels and showing that these "yellow" panels are actually likely the good ones if grading the quality of them.
 
Apple's $5000 Pro display XDR is not 100% uniform
For a 5k you can get plenty of decent monitors, actually many for the same price if you want.
Sure with mass production consumer displays one can always find something to complain about but I was talking about the uniformity issue with the 12 Pro screens that practically stings your eyes, not something small issue that you need to dig up the microscope to find.
 
I know but I was just pointing some obvious thing with the panels and showing that these "yellow" panels are actually likely the good ones if grading the quality of them.
Yellow panels are not the good ones, of course not. Yellow tint doesn’t matter to you, ok, but is the main reason of this thread and people sensible to that wants to get informed and discuss THAT particular issue, not any other.
 
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Yellow panels are not the good ones, of course not. Yellow tint doesn’t matter to you, ok, but is the main reason of this thread and people sensible to that wants to get informed and discuss THAT particular issue, not any other.
That is simple calibration issue to take care of if it is bothering. Non uniform panels, no matter how "cool" they look are not fixable!
Again this "yellow" thing is out of proportions IMHO. :)
 
That is simple calibration issue to take care of if it is bothering. Non uniform panels, no matter how "cool" they look are not fixable!
Again this "yellow" thing it out of proportions IMHO.
But is the main purpose of this thread, not the panel uniformity, and all your messages are pointing to that. We can talk about phones overheating, about blacks smearing, raised blacks or other issues that people are having, but in the correct thread, not in the yellow panels thread, which is this one. Screen uniformity is off topic here. And is the only thing you talk about. With all my respect, of course.
 
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But is the main purpose of this thread, not the panel uniformity, and all your messages are pointing to that. We can talk about phones overheating, about blacks smearing, raised blacks or other issues that people are having, but in the correct thread, not in the yellow panels thread, which is this one. Screen uniformity is off topic here. And is the only thing you talk about. With all my respect, of course.
Yeah, I was just pointing out the fact that someone exchanging their phone due to yellow issue to one with cool but non uniform screen is something that is not fixable like uniform yellowish screen (that is just simple calibration issue) is just shooting themselves in the foot... Did not mean disturb the thread but I was just pointing something obvious that peoples might (obviously not) have not yet realized. But I can guarantee that once you notice issue I'm pointing out, you cannot unsee it. :)
 
Yeah, I was just pointing out the fact that someone exchanging their phone due to yellow issue to one with cool but non uniform screen is something that is not fixable like uniform yellowish screen (that is just simple calibration issue) is just shooting themselves in the foot... Did not mean disturb the thread but I was just pointing something obvious that peoples might (obviously not) have not yet realized. But I can guarantee that once you notice issue I'm pointing out, you cannot unsee it. :)
Yellow screen is not “fixable”. Better said, is fixable, but will not be fixed by apple for sure. And you can still pointing the lack of uniformity of the panels in every picture posted (a well known characteristic of the oled screens BTW), but it will still be completely off topic and most people haven’t noticed when coming here. They will be very grateful to you for pointing it for them, I’m sure...
 
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Yellow screen is not “fixable”. Better said, is fixable, but will not be fixed by apple for sure.
It is fixable by calibrating but I don't think they will do anything for the ones already out there. Also I suggest peoples actually measuring their "yellow" screens with proper tools. I bet they are close to what they are suppose to be (D65). The fact that with TT on screens will go toward the white point of the environment lighting and this is causing that screen in shops looks cooler since the lights there are cool but at home most have likely 2700k bulbs and screens go yellow, just as they should. Again even without TT on, D65 looks warm, it is supposed to look pretty warm. Again just pointing some obvious facts if someone missed those.
 
It is fixable by calibrating but I don't think they will do anything for the ones already out there. Also I suggest peoples actually measuring their "yellow" screens with proper tools. I bet they are close to what they are suppose to be (D65). The fact that with TT on screens will go toward the white point of the environment lighting and this is causing that screen in shops looks cooler since the lights there are cool but at home most have likely 2700k bulbs and screens go yellow, just as they should. Again even without TT on, D65 looks warm, it is supposed to look pretty warm. Again just pointing some obvious facts if someone missed those.
My 27” cintiq is supposed to be factory calibrated to 6500k and is much cooler than the 5 pro max i returned.
 
My 27” cintiq is supposed to be factory calibrated to 6500k and is much cooler than the 5 pro max i returned.
Based on reviews 12 series panels are pretty close to D65 calibrated. Not all 6500k panels are actually D65, you can get 6500k without it matching D65.
 
Got another one delivered today and it's less yellow, new one on the left. it's week 46.

Brightness 50% (set by Siri) and TT off.

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Is it just me or does the right look like crisper text ?

I think it's just the photo, the left (new) one is on the MagSafe charger so it's a bit raised up and closer to the camera by a small bit.

Also another interesting thing, the new one has less color shift when viewed off-axis. It's still there like on all OLED displays that I've seen but it's less on the new one. I'll try to get a photo of it if I can.
 
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Posting a comparison between 3 iPhone 12PM. Mine is the one in middle which I fee is the warmest. I find it mildly annoying as I keep switching between this and my iPad Pro 2020 on which whites seems spot on(pic attached. It’s not greenish as it looks in pic tho). I know it 2 completely different display technologies but I wish the difference wasn’t so noticeable. Also, Will bestbuy honor exchange without restocking fee for this issue?
OK, I make it easier to see. This photo I was referring to (https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...2262691/page-202?post=29444382#post-29444382=, I added arrows to show what I mean. The middle one on the top and right one on the bottom in this and then just added arrows to show what to look for. You still do not see that?
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And the "yellow" one is the most uniform. I think this yellow issue it out of proportions, that is just the way camera sees these and somewhat different calibration and would be easiest to fix or adjust. Those having uniformity issue are not likely fixable with any other way than installing a new panel...

The same thing I described above seemed pretty obvious in your photos of your phone.
Using test like above or the way I described earlier, makes it pretty obvious.
Sorry I couldn’t clear it up earlier. The shift in the color here is only due to the angle of those displays from the camera. Looking head on I can assure you none of them have any non uniformity issues. But it is true Non uniformity sucks more than having a uniformly warmer screen. You might have a bigger problem than mine. Nonetheless both are problems. I’m not simply complaining it’s “yellow” for the sake of it. when I edit my photos between my phone and iPad Pro all my colors are way off. And that is with True Tone off on phone and True Tone on/off on iPad. My Note 10+ and iPad were closer in this regard. It shouldn’t be like this.
 
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