It would have been great if their software hadn’t caused this issue in the first place tbh, but yeah I’m glad this is sorted for folks experiencing the problem.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max SEVERE Burn-in on my iPhone 15 Pro Max
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It would have been great if their software hadn’t caused this issue in the first place tbh, but yeah I’m glad this is sorted for folks experiencing the problem.
Until last night I never noticed a “burn in,” ghosting or image retention issue on my 15PM. While watching an episode of Changeling on the Apple TV app, that has very dark scenes, I noticed them ghosting keys and other various artifacts all over the screen. (Note: I was watching in a dark room with brightness about half). The artifacts on the screen were so distracting I couldn’t watch the show since it looked so weird. Naturally I decided to check the forums and when upon getting to the recent posts saw 17.1 fixed it for some. I just downloaded 17.1 rc and it appears all of the ghosting/artifacts are gone 🤞.
I'll update my original post in hopes of helping others reach that conclusion sooner.
Same deal as others here. Updated to 17.1 RC2 and no ghosting anymore.
I can confirm as well - my initial issue:
It was fixed with one of the first updates after the phone was released, it's not a problem anymore.
Thanks. So it was image retention issue. Do iPhone users with OLED screen need to worry about the real burn-in issue that may surface later?
How about the overhead issue? Considering iPhone 15 or 15 Plus.
I got an iPhone 15 Pro in late October, I have had 0 issues with the screen or "burn-in".
I have never heard of image retention on an OLED screen before, this was very odd to me. Other people report it from time to time but I think it must have been a glitch in the software itself causing the screen to show something -- OLED is either on or off, not a variation (as I understand it).
I have never heard of image retention on an OLED screen before, this was very odd to me. Other people report it from time to time but I think it must have been a glitch in the software itself causing the screen to show something -- OLED is either on or off, not a variation (as I understand it).
Doubt it. The "burn in" fears from back in 2018 on phones is pretty much eliminated unless you just get a very unlucky faulty one OR you leave your screen on at full brightness on YouTube or Google Maps all day long.
I have never had burn in on any phone since 2018, and I'm a hobbyist and had about 15 phones during this time, with thousands of hours of use.
Not user accessible. But there have to be some processes going on in the background as there are near zero complaints about burn in of iPhone OLED screens since the iPhone X.
I am still using my launch day iPhone X on a regular basis and it has not even the slightest burn in, no matter how hard I am searching for some 😂