Edward Kirk
July 14th, 2008, 12:28 PM
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Remember how we've been talking about the new iPhone 3Gs having a slightly more <a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/node/2673" target="_blank">yellowish</a> tint? Apple has <a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/news/iphone-3g039s-quotyellowquot-display-design" target="_blank">claimed</a> that it was a design decision to make the viewing experience slightly more natural, and was better suited for viewing of photos. Well, it seems that the difference wasn't as subtle as they had hoped, and customers and bloggers picked up on the change. To fix this, Apple has released a new version of the iPhone firmware to cool the screen's color down a bit. <!--break-->
Ars Technica has tested the new software to see if it really does change the color tone. The new iPhone 3G ships with firmware version 5A345, which was the noticeably yellower one. When they did a back-up and restore, and updated it to the latest version of the firmware, version 5a347. The new version was significantly cooler than the previous one. They synchronized the brightness levels and auto brightness feature and confirmed that all hardware running 5A347 is less-yellow in calibration than the 5A345 phones.
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[via <a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/13/tip-updating-iphone-to-3a347-reduces-yellow-tinge" target="_blank">Ars Technica</a>]</div>
Remember how we've been talking about the new iPhone 3Gs having a slightly more <a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/node/2673" target="_blank">yellowish</a> tint? Apple has <a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/news/iphone-3g039s-quotyellowquot-display-design" target="_blank">claimed</a> that it was a design decision to make the viewing experience slightly more natural, and was better suited for viewing of photos. Well, it seems that the difference wasn't as subtle as they had hoped, and customers and bloggers picked up on the change. To fix this, Apple has released a new version of the iPhone firmware to cool the screen's color down a bit. <!--break-->
Ars Technica has tested the new software to see if it really does change the color tone. The new iPhone 3G ships with firmware version 5A345, which was the noticeably yellower one. When they did a back-up and restore, and updated it to the latest version of the firmware, version 5a347. The new version was significantly cooler than the previous one. They synchronized the brightness levels and auto brightness feature and confirmed that all hardware running 5A347 is less-yellow in calibration than the 5A345 phones.
<center><em>click to view</em>
<a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/july08/screencolors.jpg" rel="lightbox"/><img src="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/july08/screencolors.jpg" width="300"/></a></center>
[via <a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/13/tip-updating-iphone-to-3a347-reduces-yellow-tinge" target="_blank">Ars Technica</a>]</div>