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[Galaxy Note 4 General] TML1504:
toadsurfer stated one post above the pic that he uses the same settings on both devices!!

and as i wrote: i can confirm that differences, ive seen a few note4 so far, and they all differ in regard to screen quality!!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jonstatt:
To me the most important thing is uniformity when looking at the phone straight-on. I am VERY fussy about the uniformity and particularly as many applications use white pages, such as email, I get really frustrated when half the screen is one tint and the other half another. As I mentioned above, I got lucky in that the uniformity on mine is very even indeed....one of the best I have ever had....but there is a fairly shallow viewing angle before whites turn greenish.

Are people really bothered about viewing angle, or more like me where straight-on uniformity is the most important? I would not swap my great uniformity for one with lesser uniformity and wider viewing angle!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Archiimonde:
I agree with you!

I got my phone today, and I've been testing a lot, trying to look if the display was bad. My display shifts, but not too much. Green here as well, but other than that, the display is awesome.

On my Note 3, I had problems with dark spots everywhere, especially noticeable on grey backgrounds. I also had problems with purple smearing on pitch black backgrounds. Now, I have no problems at all, except for the shifting, which alone is not a good enough reason for me to send it back. :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ettepetje:
Yesterday I discovered my Note 4 has the color shift problem too. Mine turns blue, easily noticed, even on minor angles. Today I was in the shop I bought it from on saturday and they raised an issue about my phone being rooted. Tomorrow someone responsible for Samsungs repair department will take a look at my complaint.

Hopefully it will not be a repeat of last years dual "Multitouch" issues I encountered, where both my Note 3 and my 2014 Note 10.1 suffered serious touch screen issues. Only the Note 3 ever got a fix through a firmware update.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mdalacu:
It has a very nasty black clipping, on the same level as Note 1 :( Dark scenes in movies are almost unwatchable ... I really hope that it will get corrected with a fw update. Disappointed still ...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Magnesus:
Have you tried in all modes? Sometimes screens are calibrated at the cost of colors but there should always be one settings that shows all of them. Although I only have experience with LCD monitors, not AMOLED in that regard.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ettepetje:
If you set "Screen Mode" to "Basic" and switch off all the fancy settings, like "Auto adjust screen tone" and "Auto Brightness", you should not suffer from grey scale clipping on the Note 4. Numerous online reviews have called the Note 4 screen close to perfect after measuring it.

Also for instance, even on my color shifted device: When playing a clip from 'Men in Black' through MX Player Pro a lot of detail is visible in the black suit worn by Kay after Jay (Will Smith) has finished his shooting exam and they start walking together through the corridors.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ettepetje:
I created a Poll in the "Questions etc." sub forum, specifically about the color shift problem and how many people are affected:

Screen coloring green/blue/etc. at slight angle

Will include a link to this topic.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mdalacu:
Yes you are right, if i use AMOLED Cinema the video is perfectly watchable in BSPlayer, using Adaptive with Videos also does a great job. So, adaptive only works with a limited set of applications.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] naimmkassim:
Just receive mine today from samsung center. What a dissapointment! Even they change the screen, the defect is still there. Better than before, but its still there. My guess, even the spare part they hav is effected too..[emoji22]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] EarlZ:
Is the screen mode Basic similar to the standard mode in the Note 3? I also faced that issue with the note 1
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 2ndammendment:
How was your experience with whole repair process through Samsung(how long did it take etc)?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] naimmkassim:
Very fast..just take 2 days..they already have the spare part to change it..if there were no spare part, then i will have to wait another 2 weeks..

Im quiet not satisfy although they already change the display, the defect is still there..i ask if i can swap with new unit but the problm is, there were no stock available in my counter at the moment..looks like i have to wait until the stock is available again..[emoji35]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 2ndammendment:
So I just spent 3 hours at a T-mobile store, I checked the 2 Note 4s they had on hand, my first replacement was a little better but I could still see that the top half of the phone was slightly greener than the bottom half. Luckily the last one they had has a pretty good screen. I also checked a display and theirs was greener on the right side of the display. I don't care for much about color shift with viewing angles so I can't comment on that. Oddly enough my first Note 4 failed a hardware check on the screen portion, no dead pixels or anything but the computer said it failed.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] naimmkassim:
Could anyone direct me how can we check this color on note 4 using computer? Samsung inform note 4 has the perfection color, can we check it?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rushless:
Note4 AMOLED Screen Quality *updated 10-19*

I am not seeing what the OP is posting about based on my US N4 from Verizon. Note 3 looks great to me and the N4 even better. Tilting or not.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 2ndammendment:
It's not just the OP. Like i said I work in mobile sales and have seen A LOT of Note 4s. Many of them have color tinting issues, the tinting is so slight that many average consumers will not notice it though.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ettepetje:
I have only seen 2 units: one with clear issues (mine) and another one that had no issues that I could detect (a shop demo unit). We even held both side-by-side to compare them.

As was mentioned earlier in this topic, the amount of color shift varies from unit to unit, so where one unit might have 'slight' issues another one shows this phenomena much clearer. The fact that it occurs when looking close to dead straight at the screen of the Note 4 enhances this shortcoming. Furthermore, as a mobile sales person you watch these devices in bright light and with all kinds of bright colored (Samsung blue?) posters and what not in close proximity, right? I know because I had the hardest time getting the sales person to notice the phenomena in his bright store until we held the two devices side-by-side. You might be right that most consumers won't notice it too much or think it has to do with the technology.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 2ndammendment:
I'll admit it took me 2 days to notice that the top of my phone had a green tint and the bottom half was purple. Now that I know what to look for I don't have to much trouble sporting it. A tip to those having trouble showing sales reps what your talking about, find a solid dark grey background and put the brightness to max. I found after much testing that a dark grey solid background makes spotting this kind of flaw so easily someone would have to be blind not to see it(assuming your Note 4 has the issue being discussed) .
[Galaxy Note 4 General] billzilla2000:
I have an iPad Air and an S4, and both of those devices show similar 'imperfections' if you download a gray or darker gray image, zoom in and sit and stare at the display for a while. My iPad has a visible loss of brightness along one edge, about 1.5cm (but again, only visible at certain brightness with a medium gray or white solid image).

My thought is, if you can't immediately see screen tint or illumination unevenness, or something serious ie. a stuck pixel or other glaring color or lighting problem, why worry about it? I've returned three LED TVs in the past month because their lighting performance and black levels were atrocious. By contrast (pardon the pun), these devices are outstanding.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Magnesus:
My screen is really uniform but changes color a little when skewed. Doesn't bother me, it's ways better than the best LCD I have (and I have a few very good ones). The black level is sooooo good. If only I could have such screen in my TV. ;(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] xeq544:
Got mine today. Black SM-N900F. And I have had bad luck for the screen.. Very bad violet tint going along the whole right border of the screen. I can see it all the time. Even now when im typing the enter button on keyboard is different color than the shift on the left. Annoying as hell. Im kinda angry as my note 3 was flawless. And this makes me wonder what standards they have for QC for the panels. When they made mine they probably thought something like "its fine, the buyer wont notice hopefully". Unacceptable for such an expensive device.

Going to return it on monday, but i will have to wait again as they are already out of stock GAH!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] trichrome1:
Wow, that's quite the difference..

SM-N910W8 on Rogers Canada
[Galaxy Note 4 General] trannhattan:
I've got the issue too. I changed 4 phones and it doesn't seem to be perfect. I notice that the red tint is clearly shown when I switch the display to basic mode. In adaptive mode, it is better.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rushless:
I guess I lucked out since apparently have one of the "perfect" displays. VZW model.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] scoopdreams:
Me too. Can't detect any defects according to OP's list.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] usmaak:
I notice some shifting to green when I look off angle, and sometimes the bottom of my display looks a little greenish. That could just be my viewing angle.

I do notice that it isn't as bad when I take it off of auto brightness and adjust the screen brightness higher. It also doesn't seem as bad when I have AMOLED Photo turned on. But again, that's just my perception of it.

Not sure what to do with this phone. If I bring it back, I'm certainly not guaranteed of getting one like in the comparison photo a few pages back, and it could be a lot worse.

If I can get my wife's phone away from her, I could do a comparison. :D
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
I received my note 4 a couple of days ago. I have the green tint when viewed at a relatively low angle...which I don't mind so much. I also have a dark / reddish patch in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. It seems more noticeable when the brightness is low on white backgrounds and very noticeable on the keyboard view. Left side is gray, right side is a dark pinkish gray. It's very annoying and distracting. I will be arranging a replacement today! Otherwise the phone is a dream!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Just examined mine in a dark room with lowest brightness and white background, apart from blue shift at the slightest angle, I have a bit of screen uniformity issue. Around 1/3 of the top screen, there's about 1cm (1/3 of inch) of band slightly lighter than the rest. Then bottom right corner slightly darker than the rest. Dunno about grey backgrounds, haven't tested.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] naimmkassim:
Sending mine for 2nd time to service center...I will keep on sending if the screen not perfect!!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dannysmith43:
Will you be returning yours? It's bugging the hell out of me! Mines from mobiles.co.uk, hopefully it's not a batch issue!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Would be a lot of hassle if I want to exchange it, since it was shipped from UAE all the way to London. I'll just have to live with it.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ingenious247:
Thank God I don't have this problem.. the easily scratched metal bezel is bad enough.. perfect screen here. I've gone through screen debacles before so I know what to look for and how to test. I got lucky with my Note 4.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tmac31:
im really not sure my device has the problem or not. when i look at comparison photo mine looks more like the faulty one but it happens with very big angle i can say close to 70-80 degress. . but i can only notice on white color with other colors fine or maybe i cant even notice the color changes. in straight look screen is just great. im in the middle of decision to send it to service or not. cuz when i look at the thread i could even get a worse 1.

if any1 tested alot of device and found the perfect one can he say is there a white color shift with big angles whatever its perfect or not?

" Contrast and brightness remain high when you view the screen from an angle, but unfortunately, there's an unpleasant shift in colors which make them much colder than they otherwise are."

actually this quote from phonearena describes mine but they could tested a faulty unit too.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
If you are not even aware of it or it is not a serious problem for you, just stick with it. My colors are shifting even on the slightest angle (green tint, red-orange shift etc.). It was a huge problem for me first and I noticed straight away but I will keep it since it's a hassle to exchange.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tmac31:
ye ill compare mine with a demo unit in store and ill decide whatever i change it or not
[Galaxy Note 4 General] necrocavus:
I have green tint even for slight angle. It does not bother me though.

But I hate to read forums because I did not notice it before reading this thread. Now, I will always notice.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Not knowing is a bliss ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] t1337dude:
Indeed. I gave my phone a 3 minute inspection (tried to find flaws with the screen, color degradation off-axis, etc.) and I can't find a single solitary thing that sticks out as being wrong with my screen. If it's not immediately noticeable - I'm not going to bother looking extra hard for it. I'm sure eventually I'll notice something off though...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] schlepprock:
Just an FYI to the thread. I haven't experienced any issues with my display. No color change no matter how far you turn it and at any angle, if you can see the display the colors are the same. 910p on Sprint.

Galaxy Note4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 3473:
My display is honestly perfect. My LG G2 tints a bit when you rotate it, so I know what the problem is. My note 4 luckily doesn't do this even on white backgrounds. Bought it yesterday from Samsung online store.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] toadsurfer:
I do believe that almost all note 4s have the colour shift to some degree. Some just much more than others. I have checked probably over 20 display units in shops and every single one had it although some are definitely much subtler than others. Below is a black and white photo. Open it up in images and zoom in so it's full screen and all the sky is on screen. Then tilt backwards and forwards quickly. On my phone there is a definite shift from warm to cool or reddish to blueish and it takes very little to lose the red. The reddish hue is actually the accurate one.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tmac31:
I compared mine with 4 demo units. All of them was abit whiter then mine but all had worser viewing angles than my device. With very wide angles my phone was better it still shifts but definetly better. With other colors there isnt realy difference. So i decided to keep mine since im not very sensitive to white i can only see the difference when i put devices side by side
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Zanr Zij:
I concern only problem with Super Amoled on Note 4: harm my eyes due to too high contrast. Reading Mode gone on Note 4 ( Note 3 has ) so I often use Basic screen mode
[Galaxy Note 4 General] iridaki:
I think my Note 4 has a slight tint, green-ish or blue-ish or something in between. I actually like the screen to be honest, it's easy on the eyes. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that defective panels are acceptable but I'm not sure I would actually return my unit until I got one with perfect white. But that's just me. As for viewing angles, who really looks at their phone at an angle? I've been wondering for years while browsing the forums and the reviews for the devices I've owned. :confused:

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] tmac31:
U never use your phone in bed or on a table?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ShadowFlare:
Yeah, I still like my 1440p AMOLED screen, even with its blue-shifting at a slight angle, minor uniformity issue, etc. At least I don't notice any green or red or yellow tinting, so I'm still fairly happy. Besides, I had 2 weeks of using LCD screen phone and I missed AMOLED colour-popping so much. What would kill me is if I find even 1 dead pixel on the screen.... I hope I don't find it....
[Galaxy Note 4 General] iridaki:
Yes... But never at a big angle. It may just be me.

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] tmac31:
Well ofc color shift in big angles acceptable but it shouldnt happen until 40-50 degrees atleast. Cuz every1 definetly use it with angle in somepoint. You cant always look straight. Even if you are using spen mostly you never look straight to the screen.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] naimmkassim:
Just got a call from samsung service center in my place. Looks like mine is ready for collection. Tomorrow I will go there for pickup. Anyway, they did inform me they had to change not just the screen for 2nd time, but also the motherboard as well. Quiet shook..not sure what motherboard got to do with pinkish screen issue?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Zaino:
How did it go this time? How's the display now?

I exchanged one unit with Rogers, but this one is even worse.

I will probably have to go to Samsung Service Center myself.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] naimmkassim:
Its turn out great!! No more pinkish issue!! Im really happy. They said they did change the screen and motherboard. But i have no idea what relation does it have to do with screen defect. They said 1st they only change the screen, but defect still there, only after change motherboard, defect is gone. I personally believe that they change the board because of power supply that the board give to the screen. Most probabily the power is not stable, only by changing the motherboard can solve it [emoji4]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ruchirtrehan:
Hi, good to know you finally have a perfect screen! congo for that :p I have kinda similar pinkish tint issue on right corner of the display visible probably in every app I use lol except colourful backgrounds very annoying infact. Now my turn to rush in to Samsung centres but for a replacement no repairs, not even a week old yet wont let them open my device, hope they do it without much hassles. :3
[Galaxy Note 4 General] naimmkassim:
Hope yours turns out ok as well. In my country we can't change 1 to 1 with new unit. Something to do with sammy bureaucracy here. What we can do is send for repairing as long it still under warranty. That was my 2nd attempt sending to them. Thanks god, it solved on 2nd attemp [emoji7] . I am prepare to send as many time as possible if that what its take..lol
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ruchirtrehan:
Thanks man ;) and gud for you that you dint had to face much hassle for it to be solved else I've seen people with more than 10 repairs still issue persists. :p n ehm it's quite same here in India they don't replace that easily but I'll just go bonkers on them lol, the issue was reported to them within an hour of purchase + there's small dot of lint/dust below the glass which I've no clue about was already present or got in on it's own, but still I'll force them to replace as me as an consumer has full rights to deny any repairs for an not even week old device which has manufacturing issues n ask for new sealed replacement else refund :cool:, we'll see how it goes and how hard I have to work. :D ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] TML1504:
Glad to hear that same of you got better screens after replacement!! Also the thing with the uneven power supply sounds reasonable...

:)

I'm still waiting for a restock here in Austria so that I can try to obtain a perfect unit as well!

;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Zaino:
Let me know how it goes. When I called customer service the representative told me that Samsung has a no replacement policy.

I told them that it's a terrible customer service and they should learn from Apple.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ruchirtrehan:
A guy from Samsung came and picked up the phone from my house, I dint do much work tho only messaged them on fb lol and they replied pretty quickly, before coming to pickup the guy from service centre asked me if I need standby device so I said yes, when the guy came I showed him my issue and he was able to see it but since he was no technician he said will take it to service centre to get it checked. I said if issue is detected is just tell them to issue DOA n refund or replace device n no repairs should be made, he said alrite will do it and left, and also gave me an galaxy s5 to use for the time. Also received an call from H.O and was insured by the person he'll take my issue on priority and manage it itself and also allign his most professional technician with service centre to make sure they make no errors, I am quite pleased with the service been provided hadn't had to visit or call them, just a msg on fb n live chat did the job and I am quite relaxed as of now and believe it will be replaced/refunded for sure. I wonder why they're doing that to you it's quite strange, as long as you're under warranty even their dad will have to replace it for you if there's a manufacturing defect, but you might need to pressurize them a bit.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Zaino:
Wow. Sorry how did you contact Samsung to get this kind of service?

I chatted with support and they were as helpful as ice at the north pole, saying my only option was to go to a Walk in center, or ask for a shipping box (which would mean staying without a phone for 1-2 weeks.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] wm2001wm2001:
My screen is like.. when you use it normally, it looks okay. When I took off my glasses on the bed, I have to look closer, that's when the problem become serious. Basically on my screen, the part I'm directly looking at has a pink / orange tint and the rest part is whiter, making me feel strange.

Here's the demonstration pic I draw. Ironically it's done by s-note on my note4 and it's a great experience to use, much better than the s-pen on note3.. come on Samsung..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ruchirtrehan:
Just messaged them on fb that's it. Rest everything has been done from their side. And I honestly am quite surprised they've provided me with such good service so far, dint even expect this even 30% my all hope is the next device I get doesn't has the same display flaw or any others :fingers-crossed: will u all the luck to get some help from Samsung, try contacting them through fb n explain what kind of service you're being provided, might be helpful.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Zaino:
Sorry my friend for abusing your patience, but on Facebook where? Can you give me a Link?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ruchirtrehan:
No man not at all, happy to help. :) n it depends on country - country, since I am in India I messaged them through their Samsung Mobile India page, you can message them via your country's page. i.e search for Samsung Mobile "you country" page and message them, they'll surely help.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gabrielgon:
You must be the president of India!! hahah what a PERFECT customer service!

Luckily, I'm very happy to say that my screen is pretty close to perfect. There is MAYBE a small yellow tint on the bottom and it turns a bit blue, really just a little bit blue at 60 degrees, which is an angle that I'll rarely will use my phone if ever. I'm really really happy!!!!