Samsung Galaxy S8’s display has been earning the smartphone a great deal of respect from reviewers around the world, however, some units in South Korea were reported to have a red tint on their display. Samsung had acknowledged the issue then, but had suggested users can fix the issues themselves with adjustments within the phone. A report now is claiming that Samsung will roll out an update to fix the issue.
It seems like Samsung had tried to downplay the issue by saying that there is no issue with the phone, but now a report by publication, The Korea Herald says that Samsung will roll out the update due to “some dissatisfied customers. A Samsung spokesperson was quoted saying “Because there are some complaints about the red-tinted screens, we decided to upgrade the software next week for all Galaxy S8 clients.”
Meanwhile in announcement to its service centres, the company was quoted as saying, “There will be an additional update to make colour revisions more minutely at the end of April.” Some of the users who got early hands on the device reportedly complained that despite adjusting the red colour to the lowest setting, the tint issue didn’t go away.
Interestingly enough, when the Galaxy S8’s red display tint issue originally popped up some time early last week, it was speculated that the issue could be due to a colour balance problem caused due to use of a “deep red AMOLED to strengthen the red.”
At the moment it appears to be an issue that can be resolved with software update, we just have to wait and see how soon Samsung pushes out the update. Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones are set for global release on Friday and will be made available from the 5th May in South Africa.
