Try to turn off the TT and it's still there.
Actually I took it with XR. Not so bad while look directly.
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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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Actually I took it with XR. Not so bad while look directly.
My screen also has a strong green tint, especially noticeable when displaying dark grey, but it only happens at low ambient temperatures like around 0°C. At room temperature around 20°C all colors look normal, only slightly warmer than my 6500K monitor. I don't think this is something that can be fixed by software.
I disagree. The S21 looks much whiter then some of these latest 12s people are settling on in the last couple of pages of this thread.
If you listen to the review, the content creator clearly states the green tint is still there @ 11:33.
I’m a content creator and video guy, I can confirm it’s hard to reproduce the yellow tint with video rather than photos.
This may be due to numerous of factors such as camera lens filter, camera sensor during filming video, lighting ambient and phone’s screen guard. So it is not wise to judge a screen’s tint from videos, or even pictures to some extend. Pictures created from digital cameras (including phones) are already digitally processed with software before exported into compressed files such ad JPEG. Not to mention auto white balance feature will try to correct things rather than represent what we see with our eyes.
I’ve embraced my yellowish screen, very slightly green tint on grey images on lower brightness, and uniformity across the display panel. Each OLED panels are different and generally has worst white than LCD, so to compare your iPhone 12(s) with your XR, 11, or an iPad is incorrect.
In my experience, even Samsung phones’ panel in some point also not better, with reddish tint, uniformity, and faster burn-in.
With some extend of calibrating through Color Filters and using True Tone, I hardly notice the difference between my Mini, iPad Pro 2020 and my iPhone 6. Unless if I’m really looking.
So if your phones are not severely infected by the yellow / green tint, uniformity, raised black and other issues reported here, I suggest just use and enjoy your new devices. Do not expect Apple to do any major fix for this, expectations will hurt. Not trying to defend Apple or anything. I just think I can tolerate this. But it’s understandable people have different tolerance level.
This may be due to numerous of factors such as camera lens filter, camera sensor during filming video, lighting ambient and phone’s screen guard. So it is not wise to judge a screen’s tint from videos, or even pictures to some extend. Pictures created from digital cameras (including phones) are already digitally processed with software before exported into compressed files such ad JPEG. Not to mention auto white balance feature will try to correct things rather than represent what we see with our eyes.
I’ve embraced my yellowish screen, very slightly green tint on grey images on lower brightness, and uniformity across the display panel. Each OLED panels are different and generally has worst white than LCD, so to compare your iPhone 12(s) with your XR, 11, or an iPad is incorrect.
In my experience, even Samsung phones’ panel in some point also not better, with reddish tint, uniformity, and faster burn-in.
With some extend of calibrating through Color Filters and using True Tone, I hardly notice the difference between my Mini, iPad Pro 2020 and my iPhone 6. Unless if I’m really looking.
So if your phones are not severely infected by the yellow / green tint, uniformity, raised black and other issues reported here, I suggest just use and enjoy your new devices. Do not expect Apple to do any major fix for this, expectations will hurt. Not trying to defend Apple or anything. I just think I can tolerate this. But it’s understandable people have different tolerance level.
Or, you could get your money back and wait until Apple properly respects those who invest their hard earned money in a device with the quality people have been conditioned to expect from a trillion dollar company.
You can’t judge a display’s white balance based on pictures without having any kind of reference display next to it. Anyone posting a picture of their phone or any other phone in isolation is wasting their and everyone else’s time.
As my post clearly stated, I was comparing the S21 photo to the 12s people were settling on in the latest pages of this thread. If you looked, that included at least one photo of the 12.
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I found this old photo back in September, 2015. 6 years later this yellow screen problem still exists. It’s sad 😔
Notice how left iPhone is very washed out. This is a legendary problem and I don’t think Apple cares.
Notice how left iPhone is very washed out. This is a legendary problem and I don’t think Apple cares.
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Does anyone know if there’s a chance Apple will take returns outside the typical two week window and the extended holiday returns period? They botched the express replacement for my launch day 12PM (gnarly raised black, tint, flickering) and I’d love to just return the device.
In response to your original question... my first Pro Max had raised blacks that were easy to see in a completely dark room, even under normal usage scenarios, but my replacement has really good blacks. I’m not sure if it’s absolutely perfect, but I can say that I haven’t noticed raised blacks at all in the couple months since I’ve had this replacement, so if it does have raised blacks, then it must be extremely hard to see.
sorry guys I wanted to ask if you also have this problem .. if you watched a video on YouTube, especially if the surrounding environment is in the dark, while I increase or decrease the volume, buy a strange halo around the bar .. is this normal?
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You mention that you noticed it “out of the box,” so I assume that means with True Tone on. Some users have reported True Tone being less aggressive after a factory reset, so I would try that, but also, I think Apple just made True Tone a little stronger this year on purpose, so that may not be something that gets “fixed” next year or any year after. Maybe Apple will add a True Tone intensity adjustment at some point though. Also, Apple may have made a small tweak to screen calibration in iOS 14.3, so make sure your phone is updated. This thread is really more about the screen being more yellow or green than previous years with True Tone off, or at least that’s how it started. If it’s still too yellow for you with True Tone off, then you should try a replacement or two. They will all likely be a bit more yellow than phones from previous years, but some might be especially bad, so best to make sure you at least have one of the better ones.
Check it in a completely dark place.
In my case
It happens when the brightness is around 30% to 70%.
It does not happen below 20% or above 80%.
It is easy to see around 30% to 50%.
The light will go out in a few seconds, but it will glow again for a few seconds when you touch the screen.
Looks like you measured white on all of them. I didn’t measure any difference in white between iOS versions either, but I did measure differences in dark grays between iOS 14.2 and 14.3. But the difference might have been due to usage / aging and not iOS, because my measurements were 2 months apart.
This setting for me with true tone on seems quite gorgeous. Yes putting color filter on lowers nits but so what, even better for oled longevity 😉
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The two phones need to be in the same picture for it to be a valid comparison and even then it only shows you the relative difference between the two displays.
It’s still not an accurate way to judge white balance unless you have a reference monitor calibrated to D65 in the same picture (or at the very least a phone that’s known and measured to be accurate). And even still, a camera might not capture what we see with our eyes. Holding my 12 mini next to my calibrated monitor it’s visibly green tinted. Yet if I take a picture it shows up as purple tinted
This really shouldn’t be that difficult to understand, but judging by the amount of people posting pictures of their phone screens and expecting it to show anything relevant, apparently it is. This has been pointed out multiple times by different people and yet this thread keeps getting flooded by meaningless pictures, including those of the S21.