Most iphones after 11 series became yellower, so it's normal.
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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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Yes I went to apple store today, and mine was very slightly yellower and dimmer than the ones on display. But the staff explained to me that the ones on display are supposed to be different from the ones they sell, as they are adjusted to allow them to survive presenting mode day and night. So I guess I'd just take it as it is.
(Also have to mention that all their phones on display have displays of different color temperatures)
Thanks mate for looking for me!
I used to enjoy using truetone until the iPhone 12 PM and now the iPhone 13 PM. Now I find myself utilizing the color filter menu in conjunction with enabling truetone to create myself a happy medium display wise.
Do you mean you did a forced restart?
This yelow screen drove me crazy for a while now. And yes, today just to try something different I've did a hard reset wich means:volume up,then volume down and after power button. After restart the screen was perfect. No more yelow screen. I'm thrilled and more then happy since I was about to sell the phone because of this. I have 12 pro max..
I'm in sunny Florida and it doesn't effect it for me. I also have reduce white point enabled at 25% 😂
did you reduce the white point also?? such a blasfemy :d
PS: lucky you for the amazing place you live
Yes. I reduced white point,true story. ,😂
Lucky ? I'd rather be in Beverly Hills. 😂
I have a new iPhone 13 with quite a yellowish screen. I don't like that
After much insistence, they are prepared to replace the screen. But apparently I can't see, from the replacement stock, which screens have a cool (white) or yellowish appearance. Do any of you know which supplier provides a cool (white) screen. According to what I have already read, the screens are from LG, samsung, ... (translation by Google translate?)
After much insistence, they are prepared to replace the screen. But apparently I can't see, from the replacement stock, which screens have a cool (white) or yellowish appearance. Do any of you know which supplier provides a cool (white) screen. According to what I have already read, the screens are from LG, samsung, ... (translation by Google translate?)
There is no correlation for supplier to quality. It has to do more with where the screen is cut from the sheet, the middle or end. And using the display serial number as an indication of display quality won’t really work either.
For example, my launch day 13 Pro Max has a G9P display. My panel seems to be an outliner from those who have had a G9P panel on their iPhone 13 models. My panel is pretty much uniform and has no glaring tint issues to it. With True Tone turned off, my iPhone display tends toward the cooler (bluer) side. So I would not call it a warm panel by any means. Pretty much the elusive "unicorn" panel.
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I love that this thread is still going.
Some info for the die hards out there..
Here's my experience of this years' iPhones.
All screen measurements taken with an Xrite i1 Display Pro using the OLED setting.
iPhone 13 Pro (Sierra Blue, 256GB):
Screen: G9P1324******CKA1 , Serial: H4J3******
Slight yellow green cast & pink off axis - ~6229-6249k
iPhone 13 Pro 2nd (Sierra Blue, 256GB):
Screen: G9P1315******CKA2 , Serial: KJPM******
Slight yellow green cast & heavy green off axis - ~6180-6240k
iPhone 13 Pro Max (Gold, 256GB):
Screen: G9Q1386******CLA7 , Serial: HR9D******
Slight yellow green cast & neutral off axis ~6200-6240k
Some info for the die hards out there..
Here's my experience of this years' iPhones.
All screen measurements taken with an Xrite i1 Display Pro using the OLED setting.
iPhone 13 Pro (Sierra Blue, 256GB):
Screen: G9P1324******CKA1 , Serial: H4J3******
Slight yellow green cast & pink off axis - ~6229-6249k
iPhone 13 Pro 2nd (Sierra Blue, 256GB):
Screen: G9P1315******CKA2 , Serial: KJPM******
Slight yellow green cast & heavy green off axis - ~6180-6240k
iPhone 13 Pro Max (Gold, 256GB):
Screen: G9Q1386******CLA7 , Serial: HR9D******
Slight yellow green cast & neutral off axis ~6200-6240k
Old thread subscriber with a new iPhone 13 Pro reporting in..I think the previous comment is accurate, the yellow/green cast is real..
My old iPhone X has the best screen ever it almost matches my calibrated monitor in colors. The 12 Pro and the 13 Pro are both a disappointment in that matter, they lack red and blue.
But I'm happy to report that my 13 Pro is uniform and with true tone and auto brightness on, it is much much better than my 12Pro. I think that one had a bad sensor tbh. It was waaayy too dim and yellow with TT & AB on.
My old iPhone X has the best screen ever it almost matches my calibrated monitor in colors. The 12 Pro and the 13 Pro are both a disappointment in that matter, they lack red and blue.
But I'm happy to report that my 13 Pro is uniform and with true tone and auto brightness on, it is much much better than my 12Pro. I think that one had a bad sensor tbh. It was waaayy too dim and yellow with TT & AB on.
I can’t speak from experience but it appears the smaller 6.1 panels are much more uniform and less troublesome.
it makes sense though, the smaller the screen, the easier it is to "cut" a good one.
Confirm iPhone 13 mini's also are quite uniformed from my experience, even smaller screens.
And fun fact: my replacement came in different packaging (with plastic tapes instead of paper ones), apparently if one reports an issue, sometimes they do an extra check to make sure the issue does not occur again with the replacement. And the serial number of the replacement starts with Q instead of M (Not sure how it works for yellow tint problem though...)