[Q] That darn pink tint...

[jntdroid]

Just picked up a new Turbo yesterday. It's not my first. I've had one before that had the pink tint in the top half of the screen. It was blatantly obvious and one of the worst cases of it I've seen. The one I picked up yesterday... well, it's there, but it's really subtle. The problem is... I see it. I asked my wife to look to see how nitpicky I was being, and she couldn't see it. She said, "Well I can probably think hard enough and make myself think I'm seeing something" - though she also didn't have her contacts in...

So I'm trying to find out how nitpicky I'm being and if it's worth trying to exchange. I worry I'll walk in and nobody else will see it. I'm also wondering if I was so worried about getting one that had this issue, that I'm "seeing it" when it's hardly there at all, and if I wasn't aware of the problem, I wouldn't notice it... if that makes sense. Here are a few photos from my iPhone 6:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ojwabdjwb2i9vj0/Photo Mar 19, 8 22 08 AM.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1glyobjj50uht8s/Photo Mar 19, 8 20 02 AM.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hjp8o2laitv78kl/Photo Mar 19, 8 19 30 AM.jpg?dl=0

I'm not going to say what part of the screen has it b/c I want someone else to see it without any guidance...

 

[jntdroid]

Here's another:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pvp8mx4agtgo5dz/Photo Mar 19, 9 40 03 AM.jpg?dl=0

 

[the_rooter]

I see nothing wrong with those screens

 

[jntdroid]

I see nothing wrong with those screens

This is the part where I say, "Well my iPhone doesn't see it the same as I do with my eyes..."

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[jntdroid]

I'll go ahead and say what I'm seeing - it's along the left side, top to bottom... though in certain situations it's less obvious all the way down. But if you look at the left side then look at the right side, the left almost always looks like there's a subtle shadow.. In real life it has more of a pink hue to it than those photos show.

 

[the_rooter]

I'll go ahead and say what I'm seeing - it's along the left side, top to bottom... though in certain situations it's less obvious all the way down. But if you look at the left side then look at the right side, the left almost always looks like there's a subtle shadow.. In real life it has more of a pink hue to it than those photos show.

Lol sorry idk if i am going nuts or what but i still dont see anything what your stating. This isnt one of the white/gold dress things again is it lol?

 

[jntdroid]

Lol sorry idk if i am going nuts or what but i still dont see anything what your stating. This isnt one of the white/gold dress things again is it lol?

lol... I hope not. You saw it's a red Turbo right?

And you're not going nuts, I likely am, which is what I'm trying to figure out...

 

[the_rooter]

lol... I hope not. You saw it's a red Turbo right?

And you're not going nuts, I likely am, which is what I'm trying to figure out...

I keep going back and forth between comments to see what u see and i dont. Trying raising the brightness on the device alittle see if that helps

 

[jntdroid]

I keep going back and forth between comments to see what u see and i dont. Trying raising the brightness on the device alittle see if that helps

Try this one - https://www.dropbox.com/s/7fcebwyv67aikbb/Photo Mar 19, 10 17 18 AM.jpg?dl=0

Focus on the bottom section. Then look close on the left (preferably around the text) then go to the far right. Still no difference? Or is it like my wife said... if you try really hard you can make yourself see it? lol

Edit: In all honesty the iPhone doesn't capture it the same as it looks IRL... the screen itself is more yellow (not bad, just typical AMOLED) with my eyes than the iPhone shows as well.

 

[JasonJoel]

Looks fine to me.

 

[the_rooter]

Try this one - https://www.dropbox.com/s/7fcebwyv67aikbb/Photo Mar 19, 10 17 18 AM.jpg?dl=0

Focus on the bottom section. Then look close on the left (preferably around the text) then go to the far right. Still no difference? Or is it like my wife said... if you try really hard you can make yourself see it? lol

Edit: In all honesty the iPhone doesn't capture it the same as it looks IRL... the screen itself is more yellow (not bad, just typical AMOLED) with my eyes than the iPhone shows as well.

still nothing lol

 

[jntdroid]

Question - if you're on a light/white screen, and you move the phone around (showing you the screen at different angles), does the look of the screen change at all? Kind of like those old pictures where the picture would actually change when you moved it?

 

[the_rooter]

Question - if you're on a light/white screen, and you move the phone around (showing you the screen at different angles), does the look of the screen change at all? Kind of like those old pictures where the picture would actually change when you moved it?

not sure what ur asking

 

[jntdroid]

not sure what ur asking

I appreciate your help...

So go to a blank white screen, like a new document or something along those lines. Maybe turn the brightness up a bit. Now move the phone around like it's on a pivot to where you're seeing the screen at different angles to your eyes. When I do that I'm seeing various hues/shadows sort of shift through the screen. Probably completely normal, I just found it interesting.

 

[the_rooter]

I appreciate your help...

So go to a blank white screen, like a new document or something along those lines. Maybe turn the brightness up a bit. Now move the phone around like it's on a pivot to where you're seeing the screen at different angles to your eyes. When I do that I'm seeing various hues/shadows sort of shift through the screen. Probably completely normal, I just found it interesting.

I dont have my turbo with me. Using nexus 6 currently

 

[Dark_Stang]

According to my eyedropper tool, there is no pink in those pictures.

 

[cstone1991]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with those pics.

If I move my phone around as you described, I do see some slight shifts in the color and with text on the screen it seems like the position of the text even moves a fraction of a mm at a certain point at a very sharp angle (far sharper than you would ever actually try to use your phone at). TBH, I think this is expected with any screen sitting below a sheet of glass due to refraction.

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[jntdroid]

Thanks again for the input. With her contacts in today my wife saw it pretty clearly, as did the person in store. So I wasn't crazy, but obviously the phone pictures weren't grabbing it, sorry about that...

 

[avathar.noir]

Do you mean this pink thing?

I don't have the same on my Maxx.

 

[jntdroid]

Do you mean this pink thing?
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I don't have the same on my Maxx.

Yes, that's exactly where it is. Hard to see in these photos, but that's it.