Samsung says nature of AMOLED displays causes red tint

27 April 2017
The company says it has conducted thorough inspection of the device.

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  • Anonymous
  • jdx
  • 28 Apr 2017

Saying that the red tint is due to "natural differences in color" with AMOLED screens is just completely bogus.

This is about quality control pure and simple. Any screen can be color calibrated. If Samsung calibrated each screen to a standard color level, before it left the factory, there would be zero issues.

Samsung of course is not alone. Pretty much every phone manufacturer, including Apple, is lazy about this. Google was pretty good on some of the earlier Nexus phones about doing very careful color calibration but lately they've dropped the ball. And Nokia did it very well on the great 808 and 1020, which still have the best screens every put in a phone.

The truth is, color calibration is another step in the manufacturing process and if companies can avoid doing it well they save a little money, speed up the process, and make more profits. That's a deliberate decision that they make.

Usually it works out fine, because most people don't notice subtle color differences, don't know what a properly calibrated screen looks like, or don't care. But sometimes when the screens are off by enough (or when the fickle media picks up on a story, because right now, after the Galaxy 7 debacle, everyone is salivating for Samsung to screw up again), then the decision not to calibrate properly comes back to haunt you.

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    • Anonymous
    • 4Js
    • 28 Apr 2017

    Me, 27 Apr 2017Ohhhh! gsmarena mesured 600 nits max for S8 and S8+, not m... moreSorry bout your luck but they can reach up to that.
    And oh no. Mean after years of use it might only reach 900 or 950??? How terrible.

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      • Anonymous
      • vpf
      • 28 Apr 2017

      Anonymous, 27 Apr 2017Lmao they just admitted their quality control is sh*t....Exactly

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        • Anonymous
        • vpf
        • 28 Apr 2017

        Anonymous, 27 Apr 2017No way is this fixed by a software update. Delusional sheeps lol True

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          • Anonymous
          • vpf
          • 28 Apr 2017

          AnonD-643350, 27 Apr 2017Enough is enough Sam think of other ways to pull our money ... moreExactly

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            • Anonymous
            • vpf
            • 28 Apr 2017

            Anonymous, 28 Apr 2017Samsung promises.. im done with these id*ots.. even i can m... moreTrue

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              • Anonymous
              • LQw
              • 28 Apr 2017

              AnonD-27765, 27 Apr 2017White has a color temperature of 6500 Kelvin which is what ... moreTell me why white looks whiter if you set RGB down to zero?

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                • Tellico
                • r%0
                • 28 Apr 2017

                First the Note 7 and now this. People will not buy it once they see it.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • LQw
                  • 28 Apr 2017

                  Anonymous, 28 Apr 2017How in the world did you honestly think you can compare loo... moreThe red line ... It is brightness control... Dont u see the symbol?

                    This is what happens when you let Americans take over your QC

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 4Js
                      • 28 Apr 2017

                      Anonymous, 27 Apr 2017Since Samsung said it is natural of the AMOLED display caus... moreStating facts is not bashing. It's stating facts.
                      Now stating false to degrade something superior is bashing. Just like you are doing.

                      Color accuracy is a matter of calibration. Not tech

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 4Js
                        • 28 Apr 2017

                        Anonymous, 27 Apr 2017That is what makes me confused... If I set full brightn... moreHow in the world did you honestly think you can compare looking at your own screen directly and compare that to the a picture of another phone????
                        And actually think that was anything if even remotely accurate of a comparison?????

                        And that's pretending the s8 was all the way up to its maximum which it obviously wasn't.
                        And these maximum levels are completely different when comparing under sunlight

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 4Js
                          • 28 Apr 2017

                          jos, 27 Apr 2017...hahahahahahaha... Samsung still is and forever a COPIER.... moreAs opposed to what??? They all copy. Samsung copied things. But also almost every other company uses or does something done by samsung first

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 4Js
                            • 28 Apr 2017

                            AnonD-27765, 27 Apr 2017Yellowish white is the most accurate white. Samsung can eas... moreSo when almost every iPhone had a 7200k white or a galaxy is in saturated mode and is upwards of 8000k whites then what you are saying is that they are some of the cheapest displays on phones???
                            Or how about when you use the color settings on xperia and you can get to about 65-6600k ish...aka right on the dot of what is considered proper white.

                            You're no better than tanner

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 4S2
                              • 28 Apr 2017

                              Shadow Snypa786, 27 Apr 2017So if samsung are useless what do you call the company that... moreBecause Apple made this deal before this happens, lol. Apple will not make any contract with useless Samsung in the future once others catch up with mass production of oled.

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                                • mqt
                                • 28 Apr 2017

                                Anonymous, 28 Apr 2017You must not have ever used another phone thenFor sure I had more phones than you kido.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 4Js
                                  • 28 Apr 2017

                                  AnonD-481725, 27 Apr 2017Last year Samsung.. Please sony save us, our batteries are... moreSo in that fun little story of yours....where do you fit in the fact that Sony and LG actually had exact same or similar issues???

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 4Js
                                    • 28 Apr 2017

                                    AnonD-416152, 27 Apr 2017samsung has the worst amoled display. burn in problem , was... moreYou must not have ever used any smartphone display yet ever.
                                    Too bad

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 4Js
                                      • 28 Apr 2017

                                      Tann Hauser, 27 Apr 2017"rgb calibration doesnt help, my center/edges/corners of t... moreLol. Now do the same for sony. Oh wait. You won't because that would prove everything you have ever commented wrong and proof sony is just as much a product of reality as any other company in existence...

                                      And you can't let that happen.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 4Js
                                        • 28 Apr 2017

                                        AnonD-292154, 27 Apr 2017In reality they have;I had the note 7 and I know...You must not have ever used another phone then