Anyone able to do a white balance reading from a colorimiter? I used the i1 Display Pro, and my iPhone 13 Pro is reading 6240k with x:316 and y:339. It's lacking blue for the 6500k target.
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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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No problem, here you go! You really do have to get that hue slider *exact* for the best result- like I said, crank the intensity while setting it and look at the crayons. You should see even the slightest movement bringing a ton of color back to the red and green crayons. Ideally you want them both “dark,” swallowed by the blue entirely, and then yank the intensity all the way back and enjoy the finished product.
The end goal is to combat yellow shift with blue shift. The reason people bash the color filters is because they’re accidentally changing the green or magenta of their screen in the process and the results look wonky.
I also have that color filter setting mapped to my accessibility shortcut (triple click power button,) So I can turn it on and off without having to go to the settings over and over. It’s good for doing a quick A/B glance at the screen and deciding if the filter route is for you.
I do think the filters are the answer for most people here until apple changes the display technology again or adds user calibration. Whether we want to admit it or not, the filter helps
“Filter” being a dirty word in the photography community, and the crude inexact method by which you set it up here, are the reason it gets a bad rep.
Hey just wanted to say thanks for this setting. Screen looks fantastic now
No problem!
I’m hoping to do this soon. Though I’ve heard that OLED can have issues with most consumer-grade colorimeters due to the pentile subpixel arrangement.
So guys, I don't want to trigger you OCD so if you're happy with your screen don't open the spoiler
So, in the end, I'm happy with my unit now that I know that pretty much all of them are like this
I just checked 3 other 13, 13P and 13PM in the store and all of them had the right side dimmer (or the left side brighter, as you prefer). You can easily check this by opening a white app like Messages or Mail, putting two finger in the middle of the screen and quickly looking at the upper left and upper right corner of the screen. You will also notice it elsewhere
So, in the end, I'm happy with my unit now that I know that pretty much all of them are like this
Everyone, a big update! I just received my 13 mini this morning and it's in the process of setting up. Immediately, I can tell that I have FINALLY received a great screen. It looks "normal" to me - no weird hue, no washed out contrast, no off-axis extreme color shifts. It's what we all expect an iPhone screen to look like.
I tried 4 times with the 12 mini to get a good screen and did not have success, all were returned and I went back to my X. There were also several on this forum wondering if anyone had received a mini with a great screen...to my knowledge, all the 12 minis had some sort of issue to them.
This screen is better than the X, no question. Obviously the new phone will be put through the paces to make sure everything else checks out, but after a year of waiting I have finally seen a mini with a good screen on it!
I tried 4 times with the 12 mini to get a good screen and did not have success, all were returned and I went back to my X. There were also several on this forum wondering if anyone had received a mini with a great screen...to my knowledge, all the 12 minis had some sort of issue to them.
This screen is better than the X, no question. Obviously the new phone will be put through the paces to make sure everything else checks out, but after a year of waiting I have finally seen a mini with a good screen on it!
How can brightness be lower on some of these 13 pro max, when apple says it meant to be 200 nits brighter, mine is definitely not brighter than a 12 pro max I tested yesterday, then I saw a video on YouTube, where the 13 pro max was brighter than the 12 pro max, I'm getting annoyed now. 🤨😂
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Hello,
everybody i come back after further month.
This is just a message for all my friend from the begining that were disapointed like me about the warm white.
If it's not clear right now for you.
I can confirm that Iphone 13 serie have the same "issue" of warm colors.
I could compare my 12 pro with 13pmax 13pro and 13 in a retail.
And nothing have changed. Only little variance but same warm white.
the only difference is the tint at angle which is little pink this year.
everybody i come back after further month.
This is just a message for all my friend from the begining that were disapointed like me about the warm white.
If it's not clear right now for you.
I can confirm that Iphone 13 serie have the same "issue" of warm colors.
I could compare my 12 pro with 13pmax 13pro and 13 in a retail.
And nothing have changed. Only little variance but same warm white.
the only difference is the tint at angle which is little pink this year.
Also some of these 13 Pro max aren’t 200 nits brighter than last year 12 pro max, mine is definitely dimmer than last year 12 pro max.
Have you tried to compare them outside in sun/put flashlight to the notches? My 13 Pro Max is dimmer than my 12 Pro Max with the slider maxed out but both in sun and flashlight to notches 13PM is noticeably brighter. Requires you to have automatic brightness on of course.
Totaly agree!
I was in a store and I've compared four different iPhone from the 13 lineup with 2 iPhone from the 12 lineup, all with AB off, TT off, and the Google main page displayed (in order to check white temperature).
RESULT: they all have the same yellowish white! (if anything, the 12's are slightly cooler). I also compared them with 2 different android oled, and both the android where nice and cooler compared to the iPhone.
I'm confused: I really don't understand how comes that people are seeing improvements in the 13 series color temperature.
Never been a fan of auto brightness, I’m not doubting that it’ll get brighter with auto brightness turned on, just a little annoyed that it should be brighter even with it off, since apple is claiming the 13 pro max is 200 nits brighter.
Not sure yet if I’ll get a new unit sent out, might just keep it.
Hopefully some tech sites call out apple for this.
@Limeybastid I'm lucky you don’t work at my local apple store, some of your technical support tips are absolute gold! 😂😂😂👊
The 1k nits won’t work unless the light sensor calls for it. Meaning using the brightness slider don’t get you max nits level.
Ha, we posted at the same time. But yes, the brightest capability of the screen is always “locked” to auto brightness determined situations, probably due to battery/thermal/burn in implications if the user could manually crank it 24/7
Yep, but shouldn’t it be brighter even without auto brightness turned on? since apple is claiming a extra 200 nits brighter. 🧐💡
Think we need to delete this thread, my OCD kicks in every time I see it. 🤦♂️😂
I linked a video 2 pages back to show him this. I guess he just wants to ignore it and complain.
Not interested in videos, most videos are showing inconsistent brightness levels between 12 pros and 13 pros, the 13 pros should be brighter every single time, even with auto brightness turned off.
In the end it’s luck of the draw on which panel you get. I clearly got a dimmer panel.
I asked you to create a new thread for the iPhone 13 pro max. Not this 12 pro max one 😃
It’s not dimmer cuz, both are different panels. You can’t compare the brightness slider and come out with that conclusion.