iPhone 3G S has yellowish tint

hmmm I didn't take notice of this Yellowish tint til i read this thread and compared my New 3GS to my Old first Gen iPhone. There's definitely a difference. Mine was delivered to me today so I guess I'll be making a visit to the Apple Store.

I have the same yellowish display in my 3GS. Less vivd color and a greyish black. I hope this can be fixed with a firmware update.

The 3GS display now is not as good as the old 3g display in direct comparison.

Please Apple fix the display. I hope it’s not just a cheaper panel :-((

I have never posted on these forums before but I had to post about this issue. I have upgraded from the original iPhone to the new 3GS and I have to say, the difference in colour between them are like chalk and cheese. With the original iPhone I wouldn't mind having the display on half brightness but with this one, to make whites even remotely look white I have to max out the brightness, otherwise they have a definite yellow tint.

We really need a setting that allows us to change these settings. Theres no way yellow-whites are preferred by anyone.

I went in to AT&T compared my original phone to the 3Gs I put the new phone down and walked out of the store I will wait until they put a good display or give us an option to change display settings

since the yellow screen was a big deal when the 3G came out, the first thing i did when i got my 3G S was to compare the white balance against the 1st gen iphone (i don't have a 3G). and yes it is very yellow or "warm" versus the original iphone, but it also makes the original iphone look too "cool" and the whites on that have a very blueish/purplish tint.

not sure if it's worth bringing it to an apple store to have replaced. i have no way of knowing how other 3G S phone look, for all we know they all have the same yellowish white balance. i'm curious to hear the results from others who do go to the apple store. for those who did go, what did the geniuses say? where you able to compare to other 3G S phones? did you get a replacement? if you did get a replacement, are you now happy with the white balance?

this could all be fixed if apple put kelvin adjustments into the settings so we can manually adjust the white balance our selves.

I posted yesterday, that I was going to go into the store and look at their screens, I haven't yet. I keep trying to find out if the yellowish tint is how it is supposed to be. I don't want to look stupid when I go into the store. If you have a non yellow tinted screen, what does it look like?

How do you know? It appears to me to a different issue than the color temperature of the display. Colors on the 3gs do not the same vibrance as on the 3g. I am concerned that Apple went with a less expensive LCD panel...

It appears that no one knows what the screen is supposed to look like. I think I am going to send mine back. I don't think I will hassle with going into the store, I am just going to find out how to send it back to Apple. I am disappointed with not knowing and not finding help.

As Tom suggests (above) this is more than likely a defect with your iPhone. We received two defective 23inch Cinema Displays with a "yellow tint" - Apple confirmed this does happen occasionally with their screens and replaced with no problem.

Valas

This is a tough one. Not sure what to do. I dont want to be stuck with the display this way. Also i noticed my photos on 1st gen are sharp and vivid but same photos synced to 3gs from backup are washed-out, blurry and not vivid at all side by side. Major concern of mine!

I recall the first time I saw a friends 3G the moment he turned it on I said "what is wrong with your display"? That yellow warm hue instantly caught my eye. So if it was never fixed on 3G why would it be fixed on 3GS?

I would have it checked. Screen on the 3GS looks fine and no yellow tint. White is white on mine and my wifes. If it really is an issue I would get it looked at. Actually Apple can actually tell you at what temperature the screen has been calibrated to. 6500K is the standard for most TV and monitor settings. Blueish is > 6500K and reddish is <6500K I have a calibration tool for monitors and if I get a chance I will try to get a reading of the white level.
Bob

Guys, i think it's probably worth clarifying something here lol You do NOT create an "anti-glare" or an "easy on the eye" screen by introducing a yellow hue - if anything, this will cause more eye fatigue. If you have a phone with this defect... CHANGE IT!

You might check your Brightness Settings. Mine had a yellowish/dingy color. Went into the Settings and the Brightness was not set to 100%. After changing everything looked White and sharp again like my original 2G phone and also compared it to a friends 3G phone and looked the same.

Just a thought before everyone tries to exchange a phone that is working fine.

Brian

This is exactly what everyone said about the iPhone 3G. It's a non-issue.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/11/earlyiphone_3g_adopters_bothered_by_yellow_tintedscreens.html

http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/poorcolor_yellowish_tint_on_new_iphone_3g_displaysphotos

http://www.iphonespies.com/iphone-news/iphone-3gs-yellow-tint-isnt-a-defect/

I am at the apple store and have just confirmed that the phone should NOT have the yellow tint. The display models are perfect with no tint and my sister just bought a phone with no tint. They will not replace mine now. All the reviewers must gave gotten the first batch like is with the yellow tint. We all should get replacements, the other screen looks way better. Make sure you demand a replacement. They wouldn't help me at thus store because they hadn't heard of the issue yet from apple.