So I just noticed that my display looks like crap compared to my wife's Gnex. On dim settings, the greys are purple, and the screen is rather grainy. My wife's doesn't have this problem at all. Her greys (at any brightness) are grey and the graininess, while still there, is BARELY noticeable. I've noticed our screens are pretty much completely different as far as the contrast ratio too. This is very disappointing considering I was the one all hyped for this phone and she couldn't really care less.

 

I'm not sure what's going on. It's very hard to explain. It's almost like my phone has a completely different color temperature. My greys are definitely purple though, and hers are not. From doing some reading around the interwebs, it seems this is not an uncommon problem with AMOLED screens. Sometimes they have a purple tint, sometimes yellow, sometimes blue.

Her screen also looks slightly sharper, probably just due to a slight difference in contrast ratio or something. If I could adjust the settings of the display like you can on a computer monitor, I could probably fix it and make it right, but there are no such settings in Android.

Either way, I'm going to Verizon today to complain. I expect them to not only deny there is a problem, but do nothing to help me at all.

 

I will try. But they've already made the sale so I don't expect much. I either expect them to not see it at all and dismiss it as me being crazy, or they'll insist it's normal.

Plus, you have to have it on low brightness in a dark room to really notice it.

 

Ok, I'll give it a try. I found a test image that definitely shows the issue. Maybe you guys can let me know what this image looks like on your phones too.

Go here to see the test image: Black level - Lagom LCD test

On my phone at the lowest brightness, all the squares are purple except the last 2 (the 2 on the lower right). On the highest brightness, only the first row is purple, the rest are grey as they should be.

 

Neither does my wife or my coworker. But mine is horribly purple, yuk.

 

Went to the Verizon store. Showed that test image to a very nice lady in the bathroom with the lights off (it was hilariously awkward, but it was the best way to show her the issue), and she saw the purple tint right away. So she gave me a new phone!! Purple tint gone, me happy.

 

If you use that test image and it's easily obvious (my purples were very purple), then you should be able to show it to Verizon and have them give you a new phone. There was no denying mine was purple. Also, even after getting my new one, the color temp and contrast ratio was still SLIGHTLY different from my coworkers. That's the downfall of AMOLED, all the displays are ever so slightly different.

 

The new one I just got actually has a SLIGHT reddish purplish tint to it still. It is VERY slight and not nearly as noticeable as what I had on my old one, and you can't tell unless you are in a completely dark room on the lowest brightness setting. I think with AMOLED (non-plus variety) that's just how they are sometimes. If you would have seen my old one, the purple was very obvious and you'd probably be happy with yours unless yours is as bad as mine was.

 

Not yet, but I did put it next to my coworkers. Mine is slightly reddish, but just barely compared to his. But his is also darker. On the lowest brightness, none of the top row shows up at all for him. I'm satisfied. It's WAY better than it was before with the purple.