I don’t think anybody has parts for these yet. Your best bet is to have them replace the whole phone.
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iPhone 12 Pro Yellow Screen/Tint? Display seem "Warm"? Check here first!
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Look for the tint in setting columns. Those areas that you see as pink will be slightly dimmer. There’s no way to compare in normal lighting at my store. Att is even worse the phones are locked down. Sometimes this “tint” is easier to see at angles.
Yes I do have the Apple supplied Belkin screen protector installed. The screen is uniform, I see what you’re saying now, the slight unevenness. It doesn’t look like that just the photo came out that way 🤔
I’ve returned many iPhones in the past due to bad screens, including my 1st 14 PM. I know a keeper (for me) when I see one, this guy is it.
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This is what put me off iPhones in the end. For all the talk of them being a premium product it's a complete lottery getting a perfect one. I've had all sorts of screen issues and loose buttons with various iPhones over the years. With Sony and Samsung I've encountered zero problems.
It had an orange hue at the top / right quadrant + around the DI when in low brightness, night shift, and / or dark mode. Daylight it looked perfect. At night when browsing web, gray screens the issue reared its ugly head.
Nah, exploding / burned up phones aren’t serious issues 😂.
In all seriousness, I get what you’re saying and agree. For the price there shouldn’t be any lottery. I’ve bought $500 Android phones that have had flawless screens. Even my Pixel 6 which has been heavily criticized (somewhat rightfully so) has a perfect screen.
I noticed that the pros have better uniformity than the pro max. Probably the size of the screen make the pro Max more prone to have uneven tint.
I noticed that as well. My partners Pro is perfect while my pro max has a bit of uneven tint.
Yeah, same for me. My wife’s Pros (12/13/14) are always better than my Pro Maxs.
Have you planned to keep you unit or swap?
Well for now I think I’ll keep it. I was going to try to have the screen replaced at Best Buy but I don’t even think they have the parts for the new phone yet. And I got the phone from AT&T so I don’t know if apple would swap it. And AT&T would charge me $55 to replace my phone.
Yesterday I had the poor Idea to compare my iPhone 14 Pro Max screen to an old iPhone 11 Pro of a colleague, and the difference in screen tint was HUGE. His phone had way better/stronger/more vivid colors than mine.
So disappointed. I think I'll buy a new one soon. Every year it's the same story. Unbelievable.
So disappointed. I think I'll buy a new one soon. Every year it's the same story. Unbelievable.
Here we go again. I owned 2 different units (14OM) and both presented uneven screen. Now i'm waiting for a 3rd one. To be honest they were vivid and strong in colors, but the screen uneveness was not acceptable to me.
So, after seeing numerous side by side comparisons of iphone 13PM and 14 PM on youtube and comparing new iphone 14PM to my old iphone 13 PM.
I can conclude that iPhone 14PM is calibrated on warmer side. Check here after 8:13 mins onward, the host has same observations.
Some of the screenshots of youtube videos, and my own comparisons are attached for reference.
You notice it only when, two phones are compared side by side.
So my take, as long as the screen is uniform; do not go into futile exchange loop.
Chill.
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you can't compare the screen from video, even with a side by side comparison.
Too many factors can affect the tint of the display.
If you put 2 display side by side, with true tone on, the one nearest to light source looks cooler.
Saying that, in my little experience with 14pm i see the opposite. My 13PM with a uniform display was warmer. Unfortunately the 2 14PM were uneven.
You can't compare unless you have way more samples of each and from different batches.
This exact same statement is made every year at the launch of the new iPhones. "The new iPhones are calibrated on the warmer side than the old ones". "My old iPhone's display has a cooler tone than the new ones". This thread gives me a good laugh every year at some of the posts and the fact that it gets dug up and added to. Looking forward to seeing it again next year.
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Nope. iPhone 13s were Calibrated on cooler side w.r.t. iPhone 12s.
Just picked up my iPhone 14 pro max. My iPhone 13 Pro Max and 14 pro max both share the same temperature. Also the 14PM display is even. Whew.
Took a couple of pics today to show a bit of the unevenness. The top is a bit more warm than the bottom. I think at this point I might just replace the screen since I’m out of the 14 day period and can’t replace the phone anymore.
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Rotate your phone by 180 degrees, and then recheck if bottom(Dynamic island) is still warmer than top. Color shift on tilting(changing viewing angle) is normal.
Hmmm didn’t think of that. Will take a pic of it upside down. By the way, the pic makes it look worse. In person, most people can’t see anything wrong with the screen. I guess my 13’s screen was so perfect that I’m noticing little flaws on my 14.
Ok so I took a couple of pics, with the phone rotated and I got the same result regardless of the phone position. True Tone was turned off by the way
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Oh yeah the top is definitely warmer and yellower. Can you also take a photo same as these two with dark mode on and low bright setting
Yea I definitely do see it when it's very dark background. On previous one on broad daylight, you can't even notice it in picture but if you can see it in person and does annoy you, definitely go for a screen replacement.