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White iPhone 4: "Warm" Yellow LCD Tint - Any owners out there with "blue" tint?

Hey,


I just picked up a white GSM iPhone 4 the other day and, upon comparing it to my black GSM iPhone 4 (purchased in June), I noticed that the white iPhone 4's LCD is noticably (and I would say drastically) yellower or "warmer" than that of the black iPhone. I would say the black iPhone's LCD is noticably whiter, bluer, brighter or "cooler" than that of the white iPhone. I definitely prefer the cooler blue LCD to the warmer yellow; the color seems to pop more and whites actually look white, whereas the yellow looks dim and washed out.


Just curious if any other white iPhone owners received units with the blue tint or if they are all yellow. All the pictures in online hands-on reviews of the white unit seemed to have the yellow tint. I've also heard (on iLounge as well as other speculation) that the yellow tint was/is present on the black CMDA iPhones as well and that the yellow is simply a new panel manufacturer that Apple is now sourcing from and that there's nothing that can be done about it - all new phone will have the yellow tint. Hopefully that's not the case.


So, if anyone out there has the cooler LCD on a white unit, please let me know, as if they exist I would love to visit the Apple store to swap mine out for one. The tint is hard to notice unless you have two units side by side, one yellow, one blue. Even a 3GS side by side with a white 4 shows the disparity.


Thanks.

Posted on Apr 29, 2011 7:42 AM

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Apr 29, 2011 3:24 PM in response to lauber1322

Well depending upon your point of reference it's either a difference or no difference. My screen looks great even if it does have a warmer color reference than the original GSM models. Note that I do turn the automatic brightness level down to about 30% of which works best for me and also extends the battery life even more. A friend of mine has their GSM iphone at max automatic brightness and I think mine at 30% looks one heck of a lot better in normal lighting conditions. I would suspect that this isn't even an issue but a conscious decision on Apples part to change this for reasons of which they just haven't disclosed... so I'm not even going to take a guess!

May 5, 2011 11:23 PM in response to lauber1322

I just purchased the white iPhone 4 from Verizon recently and have the yellow (warm) tint. My friend who purchased the black iPhone 4 through Verizon more than a month ago has the yellow tint too. I was also bothered with this seeing as older models had a bluer tint (which I liked better). So I went back to Verizon and they told me I was the first person to come in to that store about it and also said there's nothing they can do unless Apple tells them there is an issue with the newer phones.


I have been getting used to it and so far I've been noticing it a lot, less and less. Now when I look at a bluer model, I see it as being TOO blue.

May 13, 2011 2:51 PM in response to lauber1322

Is there any official response from Apple on this topic? I have read through many forums and some have stated that Apple has switched to the warmer screens, as they look for realistic. I have a warmer screen, while my wife's phone is of the blue tint, if you will. Her colors seem a bit more saturated than mine, too, but not a deal-breaker. I guess before I look for a possible exchange (which makes me cringe, as I have an otherwise "perfect" phone--all buttons are tight other functionality is flawless) I would like to know which is the intended color temperature.


Does anyone really know? Or is it left to opinion and preference? I can't decide which I like better, hence why I am looking for a more official definition. Then again, should the definition matter if I can't decide preference? Probably not. 😉

Feb 16, 2012 4:00 AM in response to lauber1322

i had the same yellow tint and the problem is very easy to solve , first i cant understand why apple are so useless when it comes to its ios firmware options , so many iphones have been returned to apple because of this problem and a simple tint adjuster would solve this problem .

ok onto how to solve this problem .

first you need to do something apple hate and always block with every upgrade , jailbreaking

simply jailbreak any iphone ( a temporary messure if you do not want this on your phone )

as soon as your iphone is jailbroken install " color profiles "

when you open this option you see colour temperature , adjust it to the tint you like from very warm to very cold ( blueish tone ) as soon as you have the correct tone you like you can then uninstall the jailbreak by reseting the iphone firmware ,

when your iphone has finished restoring you will see the tone you chose is still there and you can finally enjoy your iphone as you want to

why cant apple include this option in the brightness settings is a mystery or plain dumb , apart from letting users set the tone correctly for thier use it would save apple 1000's with all the returns to the apple store.

if an apple ios firmware developer is reading this then try and knock some sense into the apple's firmware dev team , hopefully before the ipad 3 comes out ( as they are bound to screw that one up tone wise again )

i myself find it a joke and poor on apples side to have to jailbreak my iphone to get the screen to display the correct screen tone .

i hope this helps anyone who is having the same too warm tint to solve the problem as it works , no thanks to apple YET

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