I hate my iPhone 12 Pro

neoprema said:
The iPhone screen is the most advanced piece of display technology on the planet. They spent thousands of houses of research and personal effort from the techs making it.

The problem must be with you, and the anti-Apple propaganda websites you’re prob reading :)
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Who's houses did they use? All their employees?
 
OP it sounds like you have an ingrained perception of incorrect colour actually being correct and therefore want an overly blue white tone from a screen, whereas a sepia tone is in fact the more accurate balance.

Could it be the perception is your own?

Of course there is also the chance of a dud unit , although that’s unlikely to apply uniformly across the screen.

The iPhone 12 is measurably brighter than the iPhone X, especially while at peak in HDR it’s almost double.


Did you remember to peel the plastic off?
 
SauRoNZA said:
OP it sounds like you have an ingrained perception of incorrect colour actually being correct and therefore want an overly blue white tone from a screen, whereas a sepia tone is in fact the more accurate balance.

Could it be the perception is your own?

Of course there is also the chance of a dud unit , although that’s unlikely to apply uniformly across the screen.

The iPhone 12 is measurably brighter than the iPhone X, especially while at peak in HDR it’s almost double.


Did you remember to peel the plastic off?
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It’s a fact that the iPhone 12 screens are yellow, and has nothing to do with my perception. I’ve already explained there are two iPhone 12 Pros in my house. Even my less perceptive partner is noticing the issue and how photos look off... No, my iPhone X is brighter than my 12 Pro under bright light with maximum brightness. I can see the 12 Pro has lower contrast too.

Trust me.
 
capd said:
It’s a fact that the iPhone 12 screens are yellow, and has nothing to do with my perception. I’ve already explained there are two iPhone 12 Pros in my house. Even my less perceptive partner is noticing the issue and how photos look off... No, my iPhone X is brighter than my 12 Pro under bright light with maximum brightness. I can see the 12 Pro has lower contrast too.

Trust me.
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What I was saying is that your perception is that yellow is bad, not that you aren’t seeing it.

I can see it from your photos that it’s ever so slightly sepia toned.

As for the brightness, your X must be very special indeed.

It having a warmer overall tone would make it appear ever so slightly dimmer. Again, perception.

And how does an OLED screen have more contrast than another OLED since they both have true blacks? What exactly is it contrasting against? This is pure perception.

Trust me.
 
capd said:
It’s a fact that the iPhone 12 screens are yellow
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It is a fact that you are an Apple consumer. Whiny. Entitled. Oblivious. As technically challenged as a potato.

But keep on whining. Pretty sure the universe will start giving a damn any day now.
 
OP I recently had a very similar experience. Also cost an arm and a leg and not something you would expect from a premium product.

I bought Hellmann's mayonnaise and it was supper salty.

A lot of the users said there is something wrong with that specific product or something wrong with my taste. They will never admit it is actually just over priced rubbish.

So yeah, I can totally relate.


This message is sent from a Redmi Note 9s. Xiaomi, the future is in our hands.
 
Some people prefer cooler display temps others prefer warmer ones - it's why I don't let the missus buy the lightbulbs...

Adjust the display settings to your liking, with colour filters if necessary, and move on.
 
RedViking said:
OP I recently had a very similar experience. Also cost an arm and a leg and not something you would expect from a premium product.

I bought Hellmann's mayonnaise and it was supper salty.

A lot of the users said there is something wrong with that specific product or something wrong with my taste. They will never admit it is actually just over priced rubbish.

So yeah, I can totally relate.


This message is sent from a Redmi Note 9s. Xiaomi, the future is in our hands.
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It's never the product it's the users right? Can't have a different opinion :)
 
OP.

Did you select your region as great china?

West was for the white display and east for yellows...

Careful with souths as it will turn your phone into a shithole.
 
I’ve had True Tone off since day one and just switched it on to see whats all the hoo-ha about. Yep, it’s as yellow as Donald Trumps courage.

Switch it off and it’s all white again. What am I missing here?
 
Nemus said:
They won't mention is for fear of the backlash. I was thinking of upgrading from my 8 to the X, instead of the newer ones. Wifey has the 11, but i've seen a few people with the 12. Their faces try to hide their disappointment, but it fails.
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I have the X and not planning on upgrading for a while still, the X still kicks ass.
When Apple comes up with a new phone that is as big a step up from the previous one(think 8 to X) then I will upgrade, otherwise it might be time to look at Android again for me.
 
Spizz said:
I’ve had True Tone off since day one and just switched it on to see whats all the hoo-ha about. Yep, it’s as yellow as Donald Trumps courage.

Switch it off and it’s all white again. What am I missing here?
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Three things:

1. The default (non True Tone) cast of the X/XS screen is more blue-white than the yellow-white of the 12s. This is the correct ‘white’, as in the colour of white paper, toilet paper, white clothes, etc. Same as professional monitors calibrated for graphics work, etc. White is white, and proper white is blue-white, not yellow-white, and always has been.

2. True Tone on the X/XS works perfectly, night and day, and only shifts the blue-white ever so slightly yellow-white under the corresponding conditions, night time, etc. Even the yellow-white is still very white, i.e. it’s a very minor change. Enough to keep things looking consistent, especially photos, white-background websites and forums, etc.

3. The default (non True Tone) cast of the 12s are very slightly yellow-white, or what I would call bluey-yellowy-white. The problem is that enabling True Tone literally makes the screen yellow, under any conditions, and is far too aggressive an implementation of it, compared to the X/XS. Permanently keeping True Tone off, for whiter whites, is not an option because in low light conditions and at night, the colours are too bluey-yellowy-white, unlike the X/XS which just does it right.

Hope this makes sense.

As an aside, I also returned my Dell S2721DGF 165Hz WQHD IPS monitor because its whites were yellow compared to my Dell UltraSharp WQHD monitors.
 
In typical forum fashion it’s the actual non-users – those who don’t even own the product, or have some sort of non-sensical disdain for a brand, or who take paper statistics and not real world examples as fact – who ruin amicable, sincere technical discussions. There really is no point responding to the bulk of you. In line with your own beliefs: “Just go and Google it”. Everything you’ll find is in line with my experience, and why I Hate My iPhone 12 Pro, which is still Yellow.
 
in the name of science. I don’t have an X to compare it beside, but here is my 12 mini with full brightness and True Tone off and on. Certainly noticeable yellow with it on, but I guess without an X beside it I’m not going to notice a difference because it just looks like plain old white to me.

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Edit: btw, photos taken with a Redmi Note 9S.
 
Spizz said:
I don’t have an X to compare it beside, but here is my 12 mini with full brightness and True Tone off and on. Certainly noticeable yellow with it on, but I guess without an X beside it I’m not going to notice a difference because it just looks like plain old white to me.
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Correct. I’ve already posted photos of the X vs 12 Pro with True Tone off and True Tone on. Please see my OP...

Edit: Photos taken with a 12 Pro.
 
capd said:
Correct. I’ve already posted photos of the X vs 12 Pro with True Tone off and True Tone on. Please see my OP...

Edit: Photos taken with a 12 Pro.
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Fair enough. It’s going to be difficult to notice anything if you don’t have an X to hand, so for the vast majority of owners such as me there is no issue whatsoever. I’d suggest you flog your X and it’ll normalise soon enough ;)
 
capd said:
In typical forum fashion it’s the actual non-users – those who don’t even own the product, or have some sort of non-sensical disdain for a brand, or who take paper statistics and not real world examples as fact – who ruin amicable, sincere technical discussions. There really is no point responding to the bulk of you. In line with your own beliefs: “Just go and Google it”. Everything you’ll find is in line with my experience, and why I Hate My iPhone 12 Pro, which is still Yellow.
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What are you talking about. I gave a real world example. :mad:
 
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