iPhone 11 Pro Burn-in question for long term owners.

[FlippyGonnaSnap]

Hi guys, as the title suggests I’m wondering how those of you who have had an X or XS for a long amount of time how the burn-in situation is? From what I’ve seen for whatever reason iPhones seem to suffer considerably less from it.

I got a pro max now but the last long-term OLED device I had was the Galaxy S7 which was awesome aside from the burn-in. It was horrific after two years. I literally had a gigantic pokemon ball burned in to the screen that was so visible people were noticing it from the other side of a room.

 

[yui4]

Had iPhone xs max since launch day, passed it on to the wife. No issue with burn in whatsoever.

iPhone x was the same.

My friend has a note 8 and his has burn in, samsung going to replace the screen under warranty

 

[ApfelKuchen]

I haven't detected burn-in on my X, which is now about two years old. However, this sort of thing will depend on how you use the thing. My wallpaper is of a misty waterfall with lots of subtle gradients and no hard edges. If your wallpaper is a Pokemon ball...

 

[C DM]

Hi guys, as the title suggests I’m wondering how those of you who have had an X or XS for a long amount of time how the burn-in situation is? From what I’ve seen for whatever reason iPhones seem to suffer considerably less from it.

I got a pro max now but the last long-term OLED device I had was the Galaxy S7 which was awesome aside from the burn-in. It was horrific after two years. I literally had a gigantic pokemon ball burned in to the screen that was so visible people were noticing it from the other side of a room.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/display-burn-in.2187364/

 

[FlippyGonnaSnap]

Had iPhone xs max since launch day, passed it on to the wife. No issue with burn in whatsoever.

iPhone x was the same.

My friend has a note 8 and his has burn in, samsung going to replace the screen under warranty

Good to know.

Also damn...I assumed it wouldn’t have been covered since it’s a simple and expected side-effect of the technology.

I haven't detected burn-in on my X, which is now about two years old. However, this sort of thing will depend on how you use the thing. My wallpaper is of a misty waterfall with lots of subtle gradients and no hard edges. If your wallpaper is a Pokemon ball...

It was from Pokemon Go, it was back when the game didn’t track distance travelled in the background so you had to leave it running with the display turned in.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/display-burn-in.2187364/

Thanks

 

[Waterman316]

Fiancé has had the iPhone d since release day. No burn in

 

[AlphaGuitarist]

I had a release day iPhone X for 2 years. It had no burn-in when I traded it in.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

My X turns 2 this month with no burn in so far. I’m keeping it until next year releases so hopefully it will fair well

 

[spyz88]

Hi guys, as the title suggests I’m wondering how those of you who have had an X or XS for a long amount of time how the burn-in situation is? From what I’ve seen for whatever reason iPhones seem to suffer considerably less from it.

I got a pro max now but the last long-term OLED device I had was the Galaxy S7 which was awesome aside from the burn-in. It was horrific after two years. I literally had a gigantic pokemon ball burned in to the screen that was so visible people were noticing it from the other side of a room.

Burn in on the X and XS Max is a real thing. It’s a horrible aspect of OLEDs

 

[44267547]

Burn in on the X and XS Max is a real thing. It’s a horrible aspect of OLEDs

I Don’t think anyone’s contesting it’s not a ‘real thing’, but it’s more of a rare thing. I’ve never come across anyone with an iPhone X/XS with image retention, nor have I observed any display models in stores with image retention.

 

[zorinlynx]

The best tip to prevent/slow burn-in is to turn the brightness down. This especially applies when using Google/Apple Maps/Waze on long trips during the daytime; swipe down that control center and turn it to half brightness at the very least; this will greatly reduce burn-in. Also if you're on a long stretch of road with no turns coming for an hour, just lock the phone so the screen is off. Google/Apple Maps will alert you when the next turn is coming.

Also don't be one of those people who uses their phone at maximum brightness all the time. You've seen them if you go to the movies at all; the previews are playing and suddenly THE FREAKING SUN turns on in the next row up. Turn on auto-brightness! Jeez.

 

[Tsepz]

Hi guys, as the title suggests I’m wondering how those of you who have had an X or XS for a long amount of time how the burn-in situation is? From what I’ve seen for whatever reason iPhones seem to suffer considerably less from it.

I got a pro max now but the last long-term OLED device I had was the Galaxy S7 which was awesome aside from the burn-in. It was horrific after two years. I literally had a gigantic pokemon ball burned in to the screen that was so visible people were noticing it from the other side of a room.

My mother has had her iPhone X since launch and she pretty much lives on Twitter and there’s no burn-in. She doesn’t even use Dark Mode on Twitter or any of the apps that had it before iOS 13.

Her screen looks as good as new.

I’ve had my XS Max for about 8 months now and not a single sign of burn-in.

Burn-in seems to be less of an issue with most OLEDs these days, my 2 year old Samsung Galaxy Note8 doesn’t seem to have burn-in either and my Huawei P30 Pro which I have had since March 2019, also shows no signs of burn-in.

 

[Closingracer]

Good to know.

Also damn...I assumed it wouldn’t have been covered since it’s a simple and expected side-effect of the technology.



It was from Pokemon Go, it was back when the game didn’t track distance travelled in the background so you had to leave it running with the display turned in.




Thanks

Well that explains why you had a poke ball on your screen ....

 

[Closingracer]

Burn in on the X and XS Max is a real thing. It’s a horrible aspect of OLEDs

Horrible ? I’ve never burned in any of my OLED devices and there was plenty of Samsung phones I have used in the past. Does it exist ? Sure but if you’re not having a static image and keep the brightness down you’ll be fine

 

[m0sher]

I’ve had the X since lunch and now my son has it and there is no burn in.

Crazy thing is Apple does a better job than Samsung with their own panels from preventing burn in.

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[FlyingDutch]

I’ve never kept an OLED iPhone for more than 13 months so far, so I’m not affected yet, but I’m quite worried about that, because I’m an heavy user (at least 4/5 hrs per day, every single day).
I really hate OLED technology and I’m looking forward to have a mLED display on my iPhone in the future.
For the same reason I’m not using AoD on my Apple Watch Series 5.