Are you keeping your 2 XL?
https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=846162&p=6056109&viewfull=1#post6056109
Not sure yet.
Are you keeping your 2 XL?
Mine looks pretty much the same. I actually bought a second one (instead of going through RMA), hoping to get one of these ones that supposedly have little blue tint, but its blue tint was identical to the first one I bought. So, sent the second one back the very same day (this past Friday) that I received it.Of course I noticed the problems. My screen is crap compared to my 3yo Nexus 6.
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Mine looks pretty much the same. I actually bought a second one (instead of going through RMA), hoping to get one of these ones that supposedly have little blue tint, but its blue tint was identical to the first one I bought. So, sent the second one back the very same day (this past Friday) that I received it.
My thought is that those that don't have much of a blue tint... they're not the norm.
That second one I bought also had the "graininess" problem that many report. But my first one has no such problem at all.
100% of the Pixel 2 XL units that I've seen have a blue tint issue and all of them, reported here and elsewhere, have the issue remarkably similar to the images that I've posted.100% of the Pixel 2 XL units that I've seen have a blue tint issue, but none of them have had the issue to the extreme that is reported here or elsewhere.
100% of the Pixel 2 XL units that I've seen have a blue tint issue and all of them, reported here and elsewhere, have the issue remarkably similar to the images that I've posted.
Of course I noticed the problems. My screen is crap compared to my 3yo Nexus 6.
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Nexus 6 top, Pixel 2 XL bottom. HDR video.
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Nexus 6 top, Pixel 2 XL bottom.
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Weird. And here's why I say that:
Out of all the moderators and ambassadors (of Android Central) who bought the Pixel 2 XL and regularly chat with me about them, (at least 13 devices), only 1 had issues similar to what you describe. And these are people that are nearly fanatical about their criticism and praise of devices. Most (at least 92%) have incredibly minor blue thing going on and none of the other reported issues.
You'd have to tie yourself into a Windsor knot to argue that this display is a good one. It's just not.
Of the entire trusted tester program, to include late accessibility testers, visual display issues didn't exist, at least in the forum threads. It's possible people could have submitted feedback privately, but that would be discouraged. These are folks whose job, in this context, it is to test things and report on every little nit-picky type thing they can. The more feedback the better. The reason a lot of it is in forums is because it's easier to get multiple voices on one issue and keep things organized.
Now I am NOT saying that the issues don't exist. I am saying that, other than one person that I trust, not a single person I know has ever seen one with any major issues aside from viewing it on the internet. That includes demo units in stores, the units they've purchased, etc. Obviously that's anecdotal and your experience is the opposite, but that's what it is.
It is weird. Because I can post a dozen respected reviews that clearly show the screen in all of its blue glory and the reviewers acknowledging it. I can't find a single review that praises the screen. Or shows a screen free of abnormal blue shift.
We don't even need to leave Android Central to find a review that is critical of the blue shfting screen.
https://www.androidcentral.com/pixel-2-xl-review-mrmobile-burn-down-house
From the review:
Screenshot of the review on Android Central:
Full video of review. Blue shift commentary starts at 3:26.
I agree again! It's weird that 13 nit picky testers had nothing to say about the blue shift when every review I've seen (and I think it's most of them by now) clearly shows abnormal blue shift. Abnormal is a strong word... The screen shifts blue more so than any of the ones it's being compared to.
Yeah, I don't think anyone is saying it doesn't exist. It definitely does exist. I'm saying there's still a very active debate about how serious it is and whether or not all devices show it equally. They clearly do not all show the same thing equally.
As an example, the AC blog team doesn't even agree on how serious the issue is. For Alex it's the worst display ever and for Russell it's barely noticeable. The others fall somewhere in between. That's how it is among the volunteers as well. We have 1 ambassador that had a really bad one, returned it. We have a couple who are like, "what issue?" and then most of us are between, with (as much as I don't want to speak for everyone) most indicating that it's only noticeable with certain conditions, such as an all or mostly light colored screen (content wise), at a rather extreme angle and/or immediately after switching from the more amber colored night light, etc. It's also very possible that some people have different tolerances for the variance.
It is worth noting that 100% of these photos are at a beyond extreme angle which would make any phone unusable. Maybe that's the different. If you're looking for the issue, it's easy to find? But if you're just doing your thing normally and not worried, then it's more difficult to detect, even if you know about it?
Agreed.
It boils down to this for me:
1. Google's QC is awful and they are manufacturing and distributing screens with widely varying display characteristics.
2. My previous phone (Nexus 6) has zero blue shift. It has no color shift at all. This is perhaps why it's so bothersome to me. 3yo OLED technology is better than what I'm looking at now.
3. Google's cavalier attitude about the whole thing. If we don't demand the best, we settle. And then blue shifting screens are accepted and then it becomes the norm. Gross.
Still, it sounds like a crap shoot. Spending this kind of dough and possibly getting that nasty blue tint would suck.
The blue shift doesn't bother me at all. The angle needed to create the shift makes it almost impossible to read the letters on the screen and it makes video look distorted. I never look at my screen at that radical angle so it just isn't an issue.