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Anyone having the "Blue Tint" problem? it happens when i am on the lowest brightness level and i open up the gmail app the white has a bluish tint. I went to the tmobile store and they exchanged my phone because the display model displayed perfect white when set at the lowest brightness and the gmail app was opened. some euro galaxy s users are also reporting of a blue tint problem when displaying whites. Any one experiencing this?
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Anyone having the "Blue Tint" problem? it happens when i am on the lowest brightness level and i open up the gmail app the white has a bluish tint. I went to the tmobile store and they exchanged my phone because the display model displayed perfect white when set at the lowest brightness and the gmail app was opened. some euro galaxy s users are also reporting of a blue tint problem when displaying whites. Any one experiencing this?
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I've got the same issue. I just figured it was a product of the SAMOLED screen, but I guess I'll swing by the T-Mob store tomorrow and see what's up.
I thought it was a little strange that the Gmail client opened and the tint changed a bit. I also figured it was just something that happens with the SAMOLED.
Please give us an update after you stop by the T-mo store.
Yep its blue here too. I sorta thought it was a bit odd, but figured oh well it sure is easy on the eyes thou.
Can you provide an example?
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uhh, that's not normal?
When my wife first saw the screen she said there was a blue tint to it but I wasn't able to see it. But now that others are seeing it too, maybe it is a problem.
Here's what I did... I downloaded one of those flashlight apps that turns your entire screen white. I then did a screen shot with Shoot Me app (for root users).
Then I compared the screen shot with the actual screen and took a picture of it.
I'm not sure if this is a good enough experiment since color settings on my monitor can be different but here is a pic for you guys nonetheless.
The Vibrant color temperature appears to be running hot at about 7800K. There should be a way to adjust the color temperature somewhere.
Someone posted about this in the i9000 section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7272068
Seems like it's an SAMOLED issue, but if others have seen demo phones that appear 'warmer', maybe it's not.
Just got back from my trip to the T-Mob store and played with the demo model and 2 reps personal phones any they all have the same issue. I'm going to chalk it up to it being part of the SAMOLED technology and ignore it. It doesn't bother me at all, but if it was a small group that had the issue, I would have exchanged my phone.
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Anyone having the "Blue Tint" problem? it happens when i am on the lowest brightness level and i open up the gmail app the white has a bluish tint. I went to the tmobile store and they exchanged my phone because the display model displayed perfect white when set at the lowest brightness and the gmail app was opened. some euro galaxy s users are also reporting of a blue tint problem when displaying whites. Any one experiencing this?
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This very interesting because I did recognize the blue tint on my phone as well, however my girlfriends phone has a soft yellow tint.
I'm curious what is causing this to happen.
(I remember on the iphones, the old ones had a blue clear tint, while the newer screens had the very same soft yellow tint to it. I know they are two very different screen technology, but it's interesting that I'm seeing it again, except on two of the same batch of phones. I checked the boxes and they are from the same, "litter.")
Anyone find out how we can adjust the color temp on our phones?
I guess, Samsung just averaged this tint. Since blue amoleds with time degrade faster then others, the things will be better at some point and end up with yellow tint several years from now.
iunlock said:
This very interesting because I did recognize the blue tint on my phone as well, however my girlfriends phone has a soft yellow tint.
I'm curious what is causing this to happen.
(I remember on the iphones, the old ones had a blue clear tint, while the newer screens had the very same soft yellow tint to it. I know they are two very different screen technology, but it's interesting that I'm seeing it again, except on two of the same batch of phones. I checked the boxes and they are from the same, "litter.")
Anyone find out how we can adjust the color temp on our phones?
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I took a picture with my Canon 5D...if you look up at the very top at the black strip that goes across where the notifications show up, you can see the color difference.
If you look closely at the picture you can tell the left is blue and the right is yellow.
IT'S MUCH MORE NOTICEABLE IN WITH THE NAKED EYE.
Any thoughts?
iunlock said:
I took a picture with my Canon 5D...if you look up at the very top at the black strip that goes across where the notifications show up, you can see the color difference.
If you look closely at the picture you can tell the left is blue and the right is yellow.
IT'S MUCH MORE NOTICEABLE IN WITH THE NAKED EYE.
Any thoughts?
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First and foremost, I wouldn't call it a "problem," as the thread indicates. It just is what it is and does no harm...
Anyhow here's some pictures I took of the four Vibrants I have. You can definitely see the contrast now. My phone is #4 on far right. Ice cold blue eh? or actually blue flame kelvin hot! It looks like my HID's on my car and the yellow on the other phones look like my stock yellow oem headlights...
Something I noticed today while reading through comments on Endgadget is that every time I would scroll down (or up), the tint would turn more blue as it scrolled. Release my finger from the screen, and the tint would "snap" back to yellow.
The difference in tint is very subtle, but once I caught onto it, I found it distracting.
I cant say I'm able to replicate this behavior on other websites. Google News and NYT, for example, are fine. Furthermore, I'm not seeing it in the XDA app, Gmail, or the Market.
My overall screen brightness is set to 0 and my browser brightness is also at 0.
Anyone else seeing this?
I have an iphone 3G in hand next to my Vibrant. The iphone's browser clearly has a very neutral white, whereas the Samsung presents whites as very blue-green and much dimmer. I have mine set to auto-bright levels. How do you change the browser's brightness independently?
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I have an iphone 3G in hand next to my Vibrant. The iphone's browser clearly has a very neutral white, whereas the Samsung presents whites as very blue-green and much dimmer. I have mine set to auto-bright levels. How do you change the browser's brightness independently?
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In browser, Menu > More > scroll down to Brightness Setting.
I have this problem before ,today I got my replacement phone the color is pure white , I think different batch have different color.
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I have this problem before ,today I got my replacement phone the color is pure white , I think different batch have different color.
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Probably the case. Now I'm wondering if it's a setting in the software or if it's a physical LED characteristic?
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Something I noticed today while reading through comments on Endgadget is that every time I would scroll down (or up), the tint would turn more blue as it scrolled. Release my finger from the screen, and the tint would "snap" back to yellow.
The difference in tint is very subtle, but once I caught onto it, I found it distracting.
I cant say I'm able to replicate this behavior on other websites. Google News and NYT, for example, are fine. Furthermore, I'm not seeing it in the XDA app, Gmail, or the Market.
My overall screen brightness is set to 0 and my browser brightness is also at 0.
Anyone else seeing this?
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I can replicate this issue on XDA via the brower on any brightness setting. The screen's slight blue (cool) tint becomes yellowy (warm) when I hold my finger on the page or scroll. Additionally, images become noticeably distorted during the hold-tap, so I assume low quality cache images are being generated for smoother scrolling, and the color temperature is accidentally changed as well.
This would appear to be an issue that software fixes may be able to counter (if any of this is indeed a hardware issue in the first place).
I am looking for honest opinions about the color change to the Nexus S display with the 2.3.3 update. I have heard very many people complaining and not liking the new color scheme. THis is key to whether I allow my nexus to update or not. If anybody can give me any opinions regarding this I will greatly apprectiate it. Also, what exactly was wrong with the original color scheme to begin with?
I've been lurking for a while now, but I suppose it's high time that I start contributing around here!
I think the update's colors are fine. Breaking it down, the 2.3.2 and below colors were a bit reddish in my eyes. While you couldn't tell for the most part, if you use a program like Screen Filter and get the screen to be very dim, there would be a very purple tint to the screen.
The update removed the purple tint, but a lot of people (the ones you refer to) began complaining about a yellowish tint and washed out colors. The yellowish tint is noticeable, especially when I compare white between the Nexus S and either my computer or an iPhone 3GS. In my eyes, it's not *that* yellow, and the screen overall looks better than it did pre-update. The washed out effect I really haven't noticed, though I do think that after installing netarchy's kernel, the colors do pop a little bit more.
Overall, I'm not a terribly picky person, but I do think that 2.3.3+Voodoo color looks better than 2.3.2 or stock 2.3.3.
Jeff's right. 2.3.3 stock colors aren't bad at all. I actually like it over the purplish colors of 2.3.2. Plus I think the lowest brightness levels have been darker than 2.3.2.
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You can't compare your super amoled screen to a computer monitor or an iPhone. When making this kinda comparison, you should compare with another similiar galaxy s phone or N1 that doesn't have the purplish tint issue. With that being said, the reason why colors looks washed out to some after the update is because, before the update most of us was used to the grays being purple so alot of images that had this certain shade of gray would display purple. Now after the update, those images that we're used to looking at with the purplish issue are now all of a sudden displaying it's true color of grays, which causes the images to appear washed out. The update does provide the correct color calibrations. Also keep in mind the these screens are not consistently manufactured the same. So even tho the update provides the correct color calibration, the outcome still may vary depending on the condition of the manufactured screen which explains why some are experiencing extreme yellowish discoloration.
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my brother bought a nexus S used few days ago. it was on 2.3.2
on high brightness, the white was perfect white " no yellow tint on it. perfect white.
however on low settings, it used to have pink tint that is more clear on gray colors.
so he updated to 2.3.3, the pink is gone. but now the screen has this " yellow " tint to it that makes the creen looks washed out. the blue not really a blue . its lighter blue, and the white on high setting is like yellow white.
however, he updated the karnel i think with one from voodoo where he can pick between 2 color profiles " forgot the name of the karnel but its in xda "
now the screen is back to how it was on 2.3.2 with its white " no yellowish" and when he pick the color profile for the low settings, the pink is also gone . no more pink on low settings and yellow on high settings. its actually perfect.
i assume if your phone has yellow issue on 2.3.2, then you are probably screwed. as there is no fix to that. the voodoo will only return the white to how it was on 2.3.2
but if your white was perfect and you have a problem with the pink, then look for the karnel, you will lose your pink plus the perfect white will come back agian
hey guys so i have this phone and i like it, not awsome all the way, but its great so far, astonish performance and an OK camera, anyways heres what ive noticed and i dont wanna send it back before im sure its a problem:
-When i view its screen turned on from different angles the color hue slightly changes a bit to blue, this is most noticeable in bright images with alot of white level for example, is such thing normal?
Also is there any particular thing i should look for to know if its working properly or not? ive heard alot of ppl had problems with the screen, what are the steps that i need to take to check if mine has or does not have the same problems.
Thanks in advance!
ill be getting my S2 tomorrow but from what i understand this is normal on the phones ive owned in the past
all the screen issues i heard on the forums are
black spots
and yellow color from the left side of the screen
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ill be getting my S2 tomorrow but from what i understand this is normal on the phones ive owned in the past
all the screen issues i heard on the forums are
black spots
and yellow color from the left side of the screen
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hmm thanks i dont have yellowish colors or black spots on mine, when u say the phones u owned in the past, were they all AMOLED? because AMOLED screen is suposed to avoid this kind of crap unlike LCD
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-When i view its screen turned on from different angles the color hue slightly changes a bit to blue, this is most noticeable in bright images with alot of white level for example, is such thing normal?
Thanks in advance!
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True ... when screen are turned and seen from different angles, the color hue slightly changes a bit to blue and that's normal.
But on my SGS2 no yellowish colors or black spots.
OP, the slight bluish hint is normal.
Also normal is some moderate banding on plain gray background.
Also normal is moderate yellowish left side. To check how severely your screen is effected, switch OFF orientation sensor, display a full screen gray image on about 25-50% brightness, look at it in portrait orientation, than flip the phone 180 degrees, so it is upside down. Do a few flips, you will notice the difference in colors on the left and the right sides. Most people do not see it by just looking at the image, they need a real precise side by side comparison like what I just described.
All these issues in moderation are normal for Amoled. What is not normal is dead pixels or damaged screens underneath the glass, but these issues are rare.
Pity you dont have a search button .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127649
jje
My display had purple tint and I changed the phone today and got a new one. Its better now and significany less pink color.
Also I now discovered something that the pink tint is only visible when u look at the screen 90 degrees. If u tilt the phone a little (5-10 degrees) to left-right or up-down and view like that the color turns normal (like my year old sgs).
It made me realise that this is a screen coating issue (maybe coating causes polarisation). So do u think this will go away with the time of use?
When I turn off the screen and check it under light by tilting I can see a little purple glare.
What do u think?
Do you have this on your phones?
My sgs, when the screen is off if you look the screen under light has a bluish color/glare.
However sgs2 when I look under light,screen turned off has a purple glare.
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Do you have this on your phones?
My sgs, when the screen is off if you look the screen under light has a bluish color/glare.
However sgs2 when I look under light,screen turned off has a purple glare.
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Me too. But I think it is cus of the anti-glare screen protector...I haven't taken it off to check...u can do that for me lol
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Me too. But I think it is cus of the anti-glare screen protector...I haven't taken it off to check...u can do that for me lol
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he didn't need to taken it off
mine was without screen protector and there was purple glare on screen
now I'm really happy because it's not just me who has this purple glare on screen
this does not matter I like this phone
I find the problem when it is directly under bright light only...even when bright sunlight, it doesn't give me the glare...so it is not really a problem, I don't have a bright light in my room lol
Purple glare is not a problem but it causes phone to display purplish whites and greys when the screen brightness at low. At night, If I look 90 degrees to phone whites are creamy greys have a pink hue however when I view the screen from a little different angle (if i tilt like 5 degrees) whites are cool and greys are perfect.
Well maybe my sgs has a blue tint and cool colors that's why I feel a huge difference. Cuz when I compared my iPod touch 2nd Gen. IPod's color is more pinkish tthan my sgs2.
I don't have screen protector yet but I was hoping putting one would fix that purplish tint issue. So it doesn't.
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Purple glare is not a problem but it causes phone to display purplish whites and greys when the screen brightness at low. At night, If I look 90 degrees to phone whites are creamy greys have a pink hue however when I view the screen from a little different angle (if i tilt like 5 degrees) whites are cool and greys are perfect.
Well maybe my sgs has a blue tint and cool colors that's why I feel a huge difference. Cuz when I compared my iPod touch 2nd Gen. IPod's color is more pinkish tthan my sgs2.
I don't have screen protector yet but I was hoping putting one would fix that purplish tint issue. So it doesn't.
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exactly I have the same issue, and I don't think the screen protector will fix it
I find a green elephant appears after the second bottle of whiskey.
jje
Colors on my SG2 are awesome!
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Colors on my SG2 are awesome!
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OK. They are awesome but do you have anything to say about the issue that I am having? If u share with us will be appreciated. I wanna know if there are perfect screens wwithout this issue or all phones have?
I meant that I do not see any tint on my screen.
I have a Bell version, made in China.
The only thing that is bothering me is grease fingerprints marks.
Otherwise this is the best screen on market right now.
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I meant that I do not see any tint on my screen.
I have a Bell version, made in China.
The only thing that is bothering me is grease fingerprints marks.
Otherwise this is the best screen on market right now.
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I have bell too. Where did you get your phone? I would like to go to the store that u bought to compare mine. Phones in the store that i got mine all have the same issue. This is my 3rd phone from the same store and they are already sick of me going there to change everyday. Maybe it's a batch problem. Are u in Toronto? If u are could u tell me the store name?
I've bought it in the TBooth in Eaton center
I checked all the phones in eaton center and they all have different screens. Mostly they have yellowish tint. One phone in future shop was worst than mine(purple)
One of the 6 display phones in bell had a perfect screen. Which made me hesitate about changing my phone. What are the odds to get a perfect screen?
The phones which have yellow tint their colors look pale to me. Only problem is mine, certain grays look purplish. Such as the status bar buttons. In a dark room with 0 brightness they have a purple tint.
when I tilt the phone that purplish color goes away.
What color the pull down status bar buttons should look like? What is your color?
Dude there are always will be some imperfection in any device.
Stop nitpicking, enjoy your phone.
Hey Guys,
I was fortunate enough to receive my phone today, and it was working amazingly through out the day I've had it.
Sometime during the night the phone took on a sharp red tint however, and nothing I have thought to do has reverted it to normal! I do not have the blue light mode on, Night mode is also off. I attempted to adjust the basic color scale as well as the advanced scale but the display doesn't actually change, it stays sharp red! After playing with all of the display and accessibility settings I could find, I tried to do a settings reset and a factory reset yet the problem persisted. Keep in mind that the red tint is only when I am using Vivid mode, under the Natural color profile the display colors are fine.
So after all of this i contacted Samsung support, and their answer was that I should look to return the phone, apparently a factory reset is the only answer they could of provided. I asked if they could help me re-install the firmware remotely or anything of the sort, but sadly they just read a script over there. Makes me wish i was sticking with a pixel, at least Googles support actually Tries
Has anyone else whose got the phone experienced this yet? i saw a bit that both the S8 and S9 had issues at some point or another with a red display, but I couldn't find a resolution for the issue.
Yup... I've got the red tint as well. That was the first thing I noticed after powering on the phone. It's more visible at the bottom of the screen for me.
Changing the colour mode from vivid to natural makes it more than required yellowish for my preference.
Am waiting for one of my friends to receive his S10+ and I'll compare his screen with mine. If it's too bad, I'll contact Samsung.
For the time being it's not bothering me much as am using dark background and black keyboard theme.
Folks, remember that there is a bit of natural color shift that occurs in these screens (ie: hold the phone straight up at your face and then tip it backward and forward a bit and it'll seem almost iridescent and travel up and down the screen). This is to be expected. I, too, have this occurrence but it isn't anything like the red/pink splotching on the S8+
I have the same issue with pink tint when rhe phone is not upright. I have checked more phones in Samsung store and everyone has it.
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Hey Guys,
I was fortunate enough to receive my phone today, and it was working amazingly through out the day I've had it.
Sometime during the night the phone took on a sharp red tint however, and nothing I have thought to do has reverted it to normal! I do not have the blue light mode on, Night mode is also off. I attempted to adjust the basic color scale as well as the advanced scale but the display doesn't actually change, it stays sharp red! After playing with all of the display and accessibility settings I could find, I tried to do a settings reset and a factory reset yet the problem persisted. Keep in mind that the red tint is only when I am using Vivid mode, under the Natural color profile the display colors are fine.
So after all of this i contacted Samsung support, and their answer was that I should look to return the phone, apparently a factory reset is the only answer they could of provided. I asked if they could help me re-install the firmware remotely or anything of the sort, but sadly they just read a script over there. Makes me wish i was sticking with a pixel, at least Googles support actually Tries
Has anyone else whose got the phone experienced this yet? i saw a bit that both the S8 and S9 had issues at some point or another with a red display, but I couldn't find a resolution for the issue.
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You probably have set blue light filter night mode to come on at night time. That would make the screen look that way.
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There is no denying the screen has a pink tinge to it compared to the S9 plus. I wonder if it has something to do with the lowered blue light emissions that Samsung said these new screens had.
I'm definitely getting the noticeable pink tinge when viewing at any angle aside from straight on. Note 9 didn't do this at all
I am disappointed so far with the display on my S10+
I have also found it to have a red sort of tint, if I turn the phone to one side it looks a lot better
Could this have anything to do with the screen protector applied at factory?
Compared to my S8 the whites are so much better and whiter on the S8, also noticed a lot more screen/display settings on the S8...
Hey guys,
So I managed to fix my problem, the red display issue seemed to of been tied to my backup from my previous phone (a Pixel 3XL). I did a clean factory reset without restoring the backup, and the error went away.
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I'm definitely getting the noticeable pink tinge when viewing at any angle aside from straight on. Note 9 didn't do this at all
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This. Comming from note 9 as well I experience the same thing exactly. The colors seem somewhat washed out compared to the clarity of note 9. Absolute white is warmer with a hint of pink or yellow.
What i did is to put vivid mode, red and green both low and blue max. That seems to be the closest to my note 9.
I also went back to a Samsung experience store to change my device as I wasn't happy with the result. After inspection and comparison with other units they told me there is nothing wrong with it and would refuse to change it. All the s10 where similar to each other tbh. I just like the colors on my note 9 a lot more.
They also told me that the new screens have different colors compared to older devices to help out with the night sleep. Something that folks over displaymate also verify on their review.
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It is very strange that nobody mentioned that in reviews.
I have redish screen too.
Vivid mode seem too red
The natural mode seem fine
My screen is absolutely perfect in vivid mode, you shouldn't restore updates when configuring it.
Has anyone experienced any issues with Smart Switch? That's what I was going to do when I FINALLY get mine. Im coming from an S8+.
I put this here because some people said when they restored their phone they got the red tint.
Screen looks fine to me. I have seen pink screens in past devices but this one is paper white.
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It is very strange that nobody mentioned that in reviews.
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@5.35 you can see the difference I'm talking about and how much warmer the screen of s10 looks compared to note 9.
Rocket42 said:
Has anyone experienced any issues with Smart Switch? That's what I was going to do when I FINALLY get mine. Im coming from an S8+.
I put this here because some people said when they restored their phone they got the red tint.
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I dnt hv such issues.. i hv restored through smart switch but thing remember i didnt got any app data after transfer
I thought this red tint probably has to do with the "42% lesser Blue light" that Samsung advertised for the S10 series Displays ... Is it not ?
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I thought this red tint probably has to do with the "42% lesser Blue light" that Samsung advertised for the S10 series Displays ... Is it not ?
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If that were the case I guess I would expect it to be uniform? As I tilt the phone up and down, I can see the wave of pink tint going up and down the screen shifting between white and pink.
If it wasn't shifting colors it wouldn't bother me nearly as much
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If that were the case I guess I would expect it to be uniform? As I tilt the phone up and down, I can see the wave of pink tint going up and down the screen shifting between white and pink.
If it wasn't shifting colors it wouldn't bother me nearly as much
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I have this as well. I suspect it is simply the nature of the screen. My 10+ is a deal warmer than my 9+ without tweaking the display settings. It isn't a uniform thing but rather almost like a wave of sorts when you shift the phone.