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Deep yellow tint iPhone 6s

Hello! I purchased my iPhone 6s today at a verizon retail store. When I set up the phone I noticed tthat the screen seemed duller than usual. After setup I compared it to my iPhone 6 and noticed that the screen is neither as bright or as vivid as the 6 I upgraded from. I've read, mad have had phones that differ I'm tearms of color temperature. However this particular phone isnt half as bright as my 6. Which leads me to believe that this is some kind of defect. Has anyone else had this issue thus far? Should I wait to see if the issue corrects itself, or make a visit to the Apple Store and see if they will exchange it?

Posted on Sep 25, 2015 7:51 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2015 10:03 PM

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I received my 6s plus 64gb. It has yellow tint screen as well, not sure if the screen is defective or normal. It definitely looks yellow compared to my iPhone 6 screenUser uploaded file

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Sep 27, 2015 10:52 AM in response to osxusr

I upgraded from an iPhone 6 and the first thing I noticed when setting up my 6s is the screen looks a lot more warmer in tone then my 6.


I got both phone side by side and can confirm the screen tone is a lot more warmer on the iPhone 6s.


This is not a defect but just the colour temperature Apple decided to go with. They can easily fix this with a software update. Everyone needs to understand this is a software setting and not a hardware fault.


From my technical understanding this is what I think the temperatures are set as:


iPhone 6: 7500k to 9300k range

iPhone 6s: 6500k

personally I don't like the warm screen tone on the 6s, I much prefer the cool tone on the 6.

Sep 27, 2015 3:41 PM in response to JoeyJ17

Mines very white less warm than my old 5s, a friend has a 6 and it looks the same as my 6s. Blue tones by the way don't reproduce colours so accurately, that's why neutral which is more blue on TV screens looks so awful compared with calibrated ones that have warmer tones. Maybe its just a batch issue, there will be variation with so many millions being made. Yes its an iPhone but its not hand crafted. If you don't like it swap it out, that's what your warranty is for. Oh and to the guy that says the iPhone 6s is 6500k that is actually bluish not yellow, google it.


'Less common are very high color temperatures, often referred to as “full spectrum” or “daylight.” Color temperatures of 5000K to 6500K approximate the color of light outdoors on a bright, sunny day. The cast of the light can be a very pronounced blue and can seem harsh to some people' http://blog.1000bulbs.com/color-temperature-explained/

Sep 28, 2015 10:11 AM in response to JoeyJ17

I am returning the device today, I still got 11 days left to return it, I don't want any more hassle, apple store geniuses act like its normal and customer care tries to send people to closest apple stores. I will order one a month or 2 later so that I don't get defective crap.This is the second time I am facing this issue, my iPhone 3gs had similar issues, they replaced it after 3 visits to apple store.

Oct 2, 2015 2:35 PM in response to JoeyJ17

Same thing happened to me today. I Just returned mine. Bought it through Verizon but will go to the Apple Store and check out their stock. I had a brand new 6s Plus Silver and the screen had a distinct yellow hue for days. I've never noticed that on any iPhone before. I've purchased every one released but the 4s. No improvement over several days. I caught it accidentally as I was checking page load times in Safari against my 6 Plus and noticed how bad the screen looked on the S. The 6 was a bright white while the S was uniformly yellow. Will wait and see if it's a production issue or permanent. Will wait for the 7 if that's the case. I wasn't crazy about the extra heft of the device and the smaller battery. Not sure that haptic touch is ready for primetime either. I double checked settings on both phones at every brightness level. Distinct yellow hue. I'm not buying the glue excuse.

Oct 5, 2015 3:45 AM in response to Ozzyleo

Please can you confirm this by comparing it with an iphone 6 side by side?


I also went and bought another iphone 6s this time from the store and i can confirm both my mail order and store batch have exactly the same warm white screen when compared side by side and the iphone 6 is more on the cooler blue side.


Now i honestly don't know what to say, I hate the whites on the 6s.

Apr 18, 2016 9:55 AM in response to JoeyJ17

New to apple community. Faced same problem. New I phone 6s, worked fine for few days then screen suddenly developed yellow tint (full not partial) : after my kid played games on it. Following worked for me and my display is back to original white again:


1. Go to settings

2. Go to Display & Brightness

3.Go to Night shift

4. Turn it off / Disable it (was on/ enabled in my case)


Not a tech expert but hope this helps you and so many others in this forum.

Deep yellow tint iPhone 6s

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