iPhone 3G S has yellowish tint

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..

Check....."settings"...."general"......"WHITE ON BLACK" .... Be sure that's turned off.

I got my I-Phone yesterday, my screen is perfect, if you get production of 8-8-09, it is more than likely you will get a white screen

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.

Somebody wrote 8-8-09 with a black marker

They wrote it where??

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

Just bought two 3GS 16GB BLACk one for me one for my wife, from two different outlets, one is week 30, the other week 31. The week 30 has a slight yellowish tinge and the week 31 is very much a blue white. To be honest I would not have picked up on the fact that week 30 phone had a yellow cast to the whites if I hadn't done a side by side comparison, in reality it's not that bad, certainly not as bad as some of the examples being described on here. I'm going to compare my phone to my mates 16GB 3GS BLACK on Sunday, which not doubt will PROVE NOTHING 🙂

But I think the folks who were hoping that this issue would be sorted out in later builds seem to be a bit misguided, well certainly not by week 30 and 31 then 🙂

i got my black 32 gb 3gs the first day of release,, my screen/display is perfect,, but i have this issue:
i noticed my phone doing this but wasn't sure if i was seeing things or what, but then last week,, at&t service was down in my area,, and even 3g service.. talking to at&t, they told me to reboot the phone to get service in their troubleshooting steps.. then "IT" happened again,, the thing i noticed happening that i wasn't sure if i was imagining it or not...
well, everytime i reboot the phone,, if there are UNREAD emails in my email accounts,, the phone will push the emails through on the first phone call i make.
i am 100% certain ALL my push email settings are set to off/manual fetch..
i have restored at least 5 times since and still have this issue..
what is going on? does anyone else have this issue? any fixes..
btw,, it did this on the 3.0 software and still does it on the newest 3.0.1 update
apple ended up sending me a replacent "refurb" phone, and the first thing i noticed was the yellow screen!!!,,
i'm am so frustrated!! i ended up sending the yellow refurb back to apple and am just keeping my 1 time push email on reboot as soon as i make 1 phone call phone..ughhhh!!

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

This will get fixed, but when?

Ziatron wrote:

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

This will get fixed, but when?

The problem is that Apple doesn't admit there is a problem. How can a problem be fixed if they don't even acknowledge the possibility of it - even going so far as to require all their expert techs to say to your face that a clearly defective yellow screen looks "normal" to them.

It took me 5 3GS's to get a decent, non-defective screen and it was worth it. Overall, I love my 3GS, and my wife loves hers, and my brother envys the speed and extra capabilities our 3GS's offer over his 3G. If you'd like to upgrade, just do so. If the screen is yellow or has another problem, you can always return it to Apple for a full refund within your 14 or 30 day trial period, or go through the exchange route.

For full protection, don't sell off your 3G until you get a 3GS you're satisfied with. And DO expect the 3GS to have a warmer tone than your 3G. A little warmer tone is acceptable to most people, and displays colors more accurately. To most, a proper (not excessive) warmer toned 3GS is easier on the eyes. If it's excessively (or unevenly) yellow, you'll know it by comparing your new 3GS with the Apple Store 3GS display models side by side...

My 3G had a horrible yellow tint, really bad and noticeable. It always bothered me, never got used to it.

Got my 3GS yesterday, week 30, no noticeable yellow tint, its about perfect.

he doesnt have notifications because he eather has old firmware or jailbroke xP

what a difference!

i went to ATT to buy a new iphone 3gs, as my current one has a very poor screen, and has been swapped by apple close to 10 times with no luck of a better screen. the new screen was beautiful, and yes WARM... but now yellow with washed out colors. i am amazed at the difference... the new phone is week 32, which leads me to believe, though i havent seen any other from week 32, that they may have used up the poor screens (hopefully).... time will tell. for all those waiting, the time seems right to go ahead and get an iphone, though thoroughly check your screen before you leave