iPhone 3G S has yellowish tint

Spurtspanker...yes problems still out here...ive swapped out approximately 6 phones and 3-4 more screens...i finally had the lead tech at a nearby apple store give me a display model screen, which though the color is much improved(it came from a week 23)it is scratched and i still want a new replacement...am waiting for good screens to come out...i had them swap it for a week 29 factory 88 and the screen was horribly yellow, so i had them swap the screen back. its tough to deal with, the apple guys at the store dont know which screens will "win the lottery" and im sure policy doesnt let them open boxes all day. so each time i go in i have them open a couple, then i leave, and go back the next week. am seriously considering selling my 3gs and jumping the ATT ship. am waitinig to hear the network upgrade schedule in my area (seattle) good luck everyone

I hope apple are going to sort this soon they may have lost contract with there 3G screen provider such as sony who make excellent panels to a brand such as toshiba for e.g! and cant replicate the same specs so we may never see a good screen again what your seeing is the left over ones of the old 3g displays flying around!

Im pritty certain apple dont make there own panels the big players are lg/philips,samsung,sony and toshiba

It may be worth someone with some gut to rip one apart from a good and a bad one and look at the brand of the screens.

Cheers

aibo82...completely agree... we need to keep writing those like engadget snd such to ask them to do a complete teardown... the reason all of apples display screens look good here in the us is that they are all week 21 and 23.... i checked everyone of the 20+ at my nearby apple store. and my first phone from ATT was perfect screen, though it had a battery problem, so i swapped it out and wasnt able to get my old screen back, had i know the extent of the problem i would not have left without my old screen.... all we can do is continue to have our voices heard...it is unethical the way the techs deny the screen difference problem. if you take your phone to ATT and compare the staff there completely acknowledges the problem....

jsisti wrote:
"These are identical," she finally pronounced. My wife and I exchanged puzzled glances and I said, "Are you kidding me? You don't see any difference in these two phone." "No, not really," she said, and in that instant, I could see that this was the party line. She (and her orange-clad colleague of earlier) have been coached to parrot this response to any and all who are complaining about this issue, even to the point of them looking like imbeciles with no visual acuity whatsover.

Agreed - Apple employees are required to state this. It's either that or lose their job, which in this economy, is not a wise thing to do. Try not to be angry at the employees, they don't have any choice and I'm sure they are very unhappy with having to misrepresent these things. It's the middle to upper management that has directed this circus as such and they are just following the typical path of large corporations with "Deny everything, admit nothing..."

Getting a 3GS screen like the store display models is still a very hit and miss lottery, with 1 in 5 odds of getting a decent screen (note, I didn't say perfect).

Allright maybe i'm a little bit crazy, but you know what ? I think i'm gonna sell my 3GS to buy a 3G cause i hate that ******* yellow screen , i hate that Poor strenght signal, i hate that poor battery Life ... that 3GS is my first iPhone but finally all that i want is to surf on internet anywhere, listen to my music and phone. I dont care if the 3GS is More powerfull with games, cause i dont Play on my iPhone finally and Even with safari i dont get any god **** signal with my 3GS ! So i prefer to have slower internet but at least something working and by the way with a perfect crisp and cool screen . My two cents. Sorry for the evil bad english but i'm really upset for my first buy Ever at Apple.

I bought three 3GS (2 white and 1 black). Two had darkish yellow blurred tint and one had a Perfect clear bluish tint. I've already returned the two and have tried again and again to get the same screen experience as my good one. I am planning on going back to the Apple store tomorrow to try again...

GOOD IS:
White 16GB
Factory: 87
Production week: 31

Apple is a joke...I'm never buying another apple product EVER again...I still can't believe that after this forum has grown so big, they still refuse to acknowledge the problem. It's ridiculous and really upsetting..You would think that after two previous generations of iPhones that the 3rd gen would have all the kinks worked out, but wow...the 3G S is worse than any iPhone i've ever had...I wish i could just get my 3G back.

There are iPhones with different screens, that is for sure. But keep this tread in perspective. Around 98,567 people have viewed it. Many like me multiple times. Many without screen problems have viewed it. 865 people have posted to the tread. Many numerous times. This thread is a blimp on the map in comparison to the number of iPhones sold, and the number that have no screen issues.

I agree with most of your logic. However, one thing that is certain is that the majority of consumers with iPhones, do not know/care if their display is "yellow". I have compared my 3GS with multiple people and most reactions were "oh I didn't even notice my screen was yellow, but its no biggy". I truly believe there is a problem here (screens should vary a little, but as we have proof that there is a large jump in quality for some - it is undeniable proof there is a problem). Sure there have been 1+ million 3Gs sold, but maybe only 3% actually look at these forums (probably less).

Peter K. Grether wrote:
This thread is a blimp on the map in comparison to the number of iPhones sold, and the number that have no screen issues.

They DO have screen issues—they just don't KNOW it (until they hold their phone up beside a non-****-stained-colored screen). First time iPhone buyers mainly.

i bought a 3GS and was a little horrified when i set it down next to my 3G. i didn't "set out" to compare them but i couldn't help but notice the drastic difference.

3G: MUCH brighter and more clear; "cooler", "blue-ish", more "realistic" to me

3GS: Unquestionably DIMMER; "yellow-ish" and "dull". i wouldn't call it "warm", i'd call it "washed out" & less "distinct" or distinguished

after i began using the 3GS as my daily phone i forgot about it but i'm still disappointed due to the loss of BRIGHTNESS.

the issue is real for sure. not a deal breaker but something to consider and look for when you make your next investment.

peace,

L

A small group doesn't mean that it isn't a big problem. Not everyone will speak up as not everyone votes. This is not a cheap phone and it should have a great screen if anything. 95% what is done on the phone has to be done through visual process and it's the screen you're looking at.

im not sure if anyone noticed, but my 3g refurbished replacement has a yellowish tint. BUT also it some of the colours seem to be missing. Its comparable to to the effect you get in safe mode in windows or when things would change to 256 colour.

One of the most noticable differences between my new and my refurbished was that when charging the phone, the battery icon that appears has a halo like tint around the top right corners of the battery icon...
also, in the calendar app, the date number that appears on the app icon is not black but rather a dark grey..

How do you check to see if the phone was built 8-8-09 or later. I know you can check the week number using the 4th and 5th digits of the serial number. But, what does the week number actually mean?

I have a 3G with a good screen and I want to upgrade for the speed, but am concerned about the yellow screen issue.

that's probably the date the store entered it into stock, not the manufacture date...my advice is to just to wait a month or so until the epic demand for 3GS dies back a bit and apple isn't so pressed to smash big numbers out of the factories , once that happens their manufacture process might have abit more quality control..then get your yellow screen 3GS replaced (or get your new 3GS) which is what i shall be doing as i've spent way to many hours fretting over my yellow screen