iPhone 12 Pro Max screen has yellow tint

The iPhone 12 screen looks yellow only if viewed directly at 90 degree. If you tilt the phone a little bit at any other angle, it starts looking perfectly fine as older iPhones. This means it is some OLED colour shifting. The screen also have light flickering issues sometimes while consuming different type of content

Can someone explain under what circumstances the screen gets green? When I play a dark screen from YouTube my screen it’s pure black at any brightness level. Also true tone it’s a bit yellowish but not like night mode. I don’t see any issues yet... to me seems like a OLED panel issue, if it was software related don’t you think all iPhones will be affected? Unless Apple uses different manufacturers for the oled panel .

I recently received my new iPhone 12 pro max, had the same issue. It’s not any hardware issue.

All we have to do is go to the

Settings->Display&Brightness -> True Tone - Turn off. And they you will immediately see the expected Tide machine cleaner whiteness and gets rid of the jaundiced yellow color. :) Hope this helps everyone who is panicked with their new iPhone 12 pro screen color.

@ToruK426:

That's the first thing I did with the apple specialist on the phone. The screen still isn't a true white. When I compare to my old iPhone 7, the difference is very noticeable, and that's with both phones set to the same settings.

Got the same problem with my iphone 12 pro. Changed to another one in the store, still have the same problem.

Comparing to the demo phones, the demo phones are definitely better. Slide the brightness of the demo phone to the lowest, it is almost black. But on my phone, it is much brighter. Slide the brightness to the maximum, the demo is brighter.

Yes if we turn off the True Tone, it looks fine. The problem was my husband and I have both iPhone 12 pro max. His phone looks fine even True Tone is on. The biggest problem is difference of quality between the 2 same product.

I actually got new one today. This new device does not have or at least less green/yellow overlay. But there is still some little flickering issue on black screen ( for example while watching the OLED test video on YouTube).

it is still problematic, but I’m more comfortable that I could get rid of the green/yellow overlay.

I have the same problem. I noticed it as soon as I started the phone. I compared it to my 7plus and it is very different. With trutone turned off it is better but not fixed. If I go into accessibility and adjust hue it is better but still not right.

S/N starts with F2LD.

It's nasty. This is a black eye for Apple. If I tilt the phone the white point shifts. Not good.

@dallyup52:

My serial number also begins with F2LD. I have an appointment with the Apple Store on Tuesday. I started to get used to the off-white color, then I went outside in the sun and you could really see just how off-white it is. Its sort of funny, you almost get used to it until you compare it to an older iPhone that's pure white.

Just talked with Apple support about the issue. They are sending me a replacement. They said that Engineering is aware of the issue and is working on determining the cause. I just hope the replacement is better.

Wait... the True Tone of the iPhone 12 it’s different than the true tone of the previous gen iPhones due to different displays. I think my new iPhone 12 PM has a perfect True Tone color. So if you guys trying to match the True Tone to an older iPhone I don’t think that’s even possible. Can someone post a picture with the yellow tint ?

I have a 12 pro max and my friend got the 12 pro, we both have the yellow tint and neither of us have the green tint, I am aware that these are big issues and I have heard SUPPOSEDLY Apple told their employees not to service these issues on the iPhone 12 test because they’re aren’t sure if it’s hardware or software yet, I wouldn’t return it, what I did was go to settings> accessibility> display & text> color filter> and then selected what is shown below, I would wait a 1-3 months for it to be sorted out and either fixed with software or if it’s hardware they should replace it for free because it’s a defective display.

Bump lol.

I am having the same issue with the mini. i just got off the phone with a seemingly knowledgeable lady and she said wait for the next iOS update as they are working on these “reports”. i asked if i should go to my carrier or compare more phones in case of hardware differences in panels or something, but she said just wait, we’re under warranty. My issue is not your guys in arlo yellow or green True tone tint. mine is like old school paper very light yellow hue. My 11 pro max looks like the nice white compared to my 12 mini. so i guess i’m waiting for the new ios. I already have 12.1.2 didn’t fix anything. hopefully that helps. i’m still checking panels at sprint store or best buy.

Surprisingly I have yellowish colors on my company iPhone 8plus which I did not really detected in the past. I just wonder if the colors’ spectrum is not changing based on environment (light intensity, night, ...) and maybe a recent iOS update, seems to be on all iPhones... I don’t use any of the colors features available. But I have my iPad which has a very strong white !!! So there is a problem...