Yellowing issues with the iPhone 4's camera

My replacement arrived yesterday, straight from China. Unfortunately it has the same problem. :( Awaiting next steps from Apple. At least this is not a major issue with the phone, I can still surf and make calls.

I must have been exceptionally lucky since my iph4 isn't having white color balance issues either.

if the picture shown in this article is accurate, there is probably far more wrong with that iphone4 than just the white balance. that one has the green tint maxed, which would suggest more of a control issue rather than a sensor issue (or the printer sent the paper through the yellow ink roller more than once. maybe a double bump?)

i first noticed these issues last night, but it was with every photo. i couldn't get it to take a picture with proper white balance. it seems to only be an issue when the flash is used. ones i've taken over the past week in the daytime are fine.

I had an issue with this on my first iPhone 4. Didn't even realize it until I went back through my pictures. I had to have my phone replaced for other issues (lock button sticking and sim issue) and just checked the new phone's camera. Works like a champ!

Don't know why people are getting upset that people are upset with wanting to fix their issues. If you bought a camera and everything that you took a pic of was yellow instead of white would you take it back for an exchange? Of course you would. I paid for a better camera and got one that isn't working as advertised. I'm not irate. I understand that when you produce millions of anything bugs are to be expected. Apple understands this too. That's why they offered to replace my phone on Sunday. And reporting about the issue isn't being picky either. They are letting consumers know of issues. I didn't realize it was an issue till I read the article. Tested my phone and sure enough I was one that was affected by the problem. Since getting the phone I've only shot pics outside and never ran into the problem. Thank you TUAW for bringing this to my attention.

I've been having these issues as well. Call me paranoid, but I'm curious about one thing. I notice when I set my iPhone 4 down and the camera corner touches first, it makes a 'clank' like something is loose in there. All the other corners are pretty solid and don't make a noise.

Could be related? Probably not, but I'm curious if other people's iPhone 4s make a different noise on the camera corner verses the other corner.

From the article:
"Some users are reporting that poor white balance is affecting some of their photos; specifically, indoor shots taken, both, with and without the LED flash have a predominately yellow hue."

Jeeze, seriously Dave, you're listed as an editor yet you let a sentence like this one slip through? The semi-colon works, I guess, but it's distracting. The commas on either side of "both", however, are completely superfluous. Try reading that out loud (allowing the slight pause that a comma reflects) and you'll sound like you have tourettes or something.

Mike (also identified as an editor) made the exact same bizarre error (commas on both sides of the word "both") in this article a week ago: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/24/topping-the-app-store-charts-with-angry-birds/

I know it probably sounds like I'm nitpicking here, but it's seriously annoying if you know how English is supposed to work. It's all about standards and credibility, and every dumb error you make like that erodes your credibility. I mean, why should I listen to a journalist who doesn't even understand punctuation?

No issues here!

I definitely have this issue. My wife and I both have an iPhone 4 and a photo of the same scene (lit solely by compact fluorescent bulbs) produced significantly different results in white balance. On my photo the yellow is overpowering. The photo from her phone is warm but still close to the white balance it should be.

Just wondering now to take it back to AT&T or wait to see if there is a software resolution.

Otherwise though... No issues. Great phone.

White balance is one of the hardest things for camera software to get right. When shooting photos in varying light many professional photographers either calibrate for each scene or shoot in RAW format so that they do not have to rely on the camera to get it right and it can be post processed.

Those of you who have gotten your yellowing problem "fixed" by getting a new phone, did you shoot the scene in the same room with no ambient light and get better results or just shoot inside somewhere else with better results? From experience with high end DSLRs I can tell you that ambient light through windows is stronger than your eyes percieve in relation to the indoor lighting and will make your WB completely different. To further complicate the issue, each different light could have different light has different temperature (how you measure the spectrum out of a bulb). For instance, my CF bulbs are a natural spectrum and I use daylight WB rather than the fluorescent setting to get good photos (the phone will probably work great with those bulbs as the light source).

I know this is an open forum but please be more specific than "POS iPhone" so we can know if some sensors are different than what the software corrects for.

Thanks.