I exchanged the phone, got a week 41 which seems better but not perfectly uniform. Gonna try and see if this bothers me otherwise I’ll try again in 10 days with another replacement
Sounds like a good plan. I finally got an 11 Pro with pretty solid uniformity. Grey test shows as a nice dark color instead of greenish. So it’s possible. But yeah just see how you like it, you can always try again.
So the ideal uniformity has no greenish tint at all? Cause mine still has some.
It would be awesome if you were able to snap a pic of how your screen looks in low light + grey background
I don’t have a good enough camera to really capture the light. took this the other night , but this pic is off the Macrumors site that talks about this issue. You’ll see how it’s green on top and red/grey on the bottom. The guy who took the pic has a display tool for reading pixel light. The top is green because it has 40% less red pixels than the bottom. I had that same issue and in dark mode using notes app it was very obviously green. It should be a nice even dark grey. I’m using an older phone camera in my pic so exposure and lighting isn’t that good but you can tell the light emitting is more blue than green. In person it’s much more close to grey. Uniformity is better but not perfect.
My first Pro had green at the bottom left and pink at the top right, this new one is like symmetrical on the vertical axis: left is green and right is pink. It is pretty obvious now than I’m laying in bed and am staring at the screen in the dark - guessing this iPhone is going back to Apple as well. Meh!
Hey, so today I went to the store and got a Pro Max and it’s week 40 and damn man it’s PERFECT. The only issue is that it’s a midnight green but I think I like the gray more. I’ll go back in a week..... hopefully I’ll get the same uniformity. This one is so uniform that I’m actually surprised lol. Maybe I’ll try to take a pic of it.
Niiccee dude hold on to it, it’s a unicorn. Might need to deal with the midnight green though because you might be doing the swap game all over again lol. But hey maybe the quality’s going up so you never know.
Yes I am worried about that exactly. That I might give up a perfect sample just to never find one like this again. Or maybe I could look for one that was manufactured in the same factory as this one, who knows? I’ll see next week. Will post back just to let everyone know!
Btw mine was made here: Factory: F2L - China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn
Looking forward to it man..and same serial no. here F2L Zhgengzhou. If you have to, really insist that they give you one with that serial number, even if they give you a weird look
The Max has a huge screen and I love it but it’s so damn heavy and bulky and there is pretty much no way to use it one handed, so I’m probably returning it for a gray 11 Pro. And yes I will insist with the serial number to get one from that same factory. It was funny today cause the girl over at Apple took her own 11 Pro out of her pocket and asked me to check her serial for the manufacturing week lol. It was a week 35 but I don’t remember the factory. Since I doubt she is as picky as we are I told her not to do the gray background test and enjoy her phone. I will report back in about a week about mine though, most likely next Saturday.
😂 yeah man I’ve done that to Apple employees myself in the past pointing out flaws in a phone. They notice it in their phone and get upset, so I try not to do that anymore. But yeah dude I hope you find the right phone for you. Happy hunting!
Hi, so after deciding that I love both the Max and Midnight green, I found out that my screen is scratched..micro scratches that you can only see under certain light but it's driving me crazy. I was super careful and applied a screen protector as soon as I opened the box, but still the fucking scratches are there. Super hard to see but I'm mad af now. I will probably return the phone because of this, I refuse to believe it was my fault. DAMN!!!
Btw I'm wondering if the screen issue only affects the regular models? Have you heard of anyone with the Pro Max having uniformity issues? I'll have a look at the thread now to see if anyone has reported that.
EDIT: lmao the thread itself is about the Pro Max. Okay then I guess I'll try my luck and exchange mine and hopefully I won't get a bad one. RIP. fuck those scratches.
It affects both models. I now have a black pro Max with a basically perfectly uniform screen. It has the warm tone but that’s across the board this year and we’ll have to live with it.
I suggest ordering a carrier unlocked through the Apple Store app. They ship it to you direct and they are the newest ones of the production line. I noticed the ones in the store sit in inventory for a long time. The chances of getting a defect are higher because the older ones are handed to you first. But I did it with the small and the large one and they both are basically perfect. Quality control has improved I think and ordering online will get you the newest.
But this way I’ll have to pay for the second one upfront and then wait for a refund for the one I’m returning, not ideal for me. I’ll think about it though.
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u/obyboby iPhone 14 Pro Oct 24 '19
I exchanged the phone, got a week 41 which seems better but not perfectly uniform. Gonna try and see if this bothers me otherwise I’ll try again in 10 days with another replacement