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iPhone 11 Pro BURN IN?

daneilrosales

daneilrosales

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This is what happened, I was on-call on Facebook Messenger with my girlfriend and I accidentally fell asleep leaving the call continuously running for 3 hours.

I remember setting the brightness very low (around 10-20%), the call was on fullscreen landscape. The thing is, she also fell asleep (with dark background) so both my video (with light background) and hers were static.

Tho, I couldn’t see anything wrong with my display, I’m still very worried. What do you think? Thank you in advance! 🤗
 
daneilrosales said:
This is what happened, I was on-call on Facebook Messenger with my girlfriend and I accidentally fell asleep leaving the call continuously running for 3 hours.

I remember setting the brightness very low (around 10-20%), the call was on fullscreen landscape. The thing is, she also fell asleep (with dark background) so both my video (with light background) and hers were static.

Tho, I couldn’t see anything wrong with my display, I’m still very worried. What do you think? Thank you in advance! 🤗
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If I remember correctly LCDs don't experience burn-in like CRT and plasma displays can, so I believe you should be fine (I mean, I've had static images on my MacBook screen for eight hours or more before). Someone with more expertise could probably give a better answer than me though.

EDIT: Some quotes from the Apple article on such topics (which the 11 Pro apparently uses OLED, not LCD xD)

We’ve engineered the Super Retina and Super Retina XDR displays to be the best in the industry in reducing the effects of OLED "burn-in." This includes special algorithms that monitor the usage of individual pixels to produce display calibration data. Your iPhone uses that data to automatically adjust the brightness levels for each pixel as needed to reduce visual effects from "burn-in" and to maintain a consistent viewing experience.
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Avoid displaying static images at maximum brightness for long periods of time. If you have an app that keeps your display on when you aren’t actively using your iPhone you can temporarily reduce the brightness level using Control Center.
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So it looks like given your brightness was lowered, you're probably fine.

I didn't know that OLED displays experienced burn-in >.>
 
RogerWilco6502 said:
If I remember correctly LCDs don't experience burn-in like CRT and plasma displays can, so I believe you should be fine (I mean, I've had static images on my MacBook screen for eight hours or more before). Someone with more expertise could probably give a better answer than me though.

EDIT: Some quotes from the Apple article on such topics (which the 11 Pro apparently uses OLED, not LCD xD)





So it looks like given your brightness was lowered, you're probably fine.

I didn't know that OLED displays experienced burn-in >.>
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Hopefully! Thanks a lot, bro!
 
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The first signs of burn-in on the X showed up after 15 hours of continuous max brightness on a static image. You’re totally fine!
 
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torana355 said:
Nothing to worry about, OLED is not as bad as people make out. 3 hours with a static image is not going to be an issue in a one off situation.
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Really needed this. Thanks a lot, bro!

I was just very worried that even though I couldn’t see anything wrong, given that OLED panels are that sensitive, it might have caused the pixels to disarray or something like that. 🙈
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Seanm87 said:
Am I the only one confused by this thread?

Someone who doesn't have burn in asking if he has burn in?

Well if you cant see any retention then no. Its either there or its not.
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I know, man. I apologize for the confusion. I was just so worried I needed to ask this to you guys to have some peace.
Hope you understand!
 
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alphaswift said:
Wait. There’s no burn in, but you’re worried about burn in. Am I missing something?
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Sorry for the confusion, man.
I was just worried that I damaged (or something like that) the pixels because of what happened.
 
You'll be fine. You could have even a static image on the screen for weeks at low brightness without issue. Burn-in happens at high brightness for hours at a time.
 
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zorinlynx said:
You'll be fine. You could have even a static image on the screen for weeks at low brightness without issue. Burn-in happens at high brightness for hours at a time.
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Thank you for your response!
Yeah, I was just worried that tho I haven’t seen burn in or something, I might have damaged or degraded the quality of the pixels. Damn this OCD. 🤦🏻‍♂️
 
I kinda envy your life if this is the kind of thing that worries you

daneilrosales said:
This is what happened, I was on-call on Facebook Messenger with my girlfriend and I accidentally fell asleep leaving the call continuously running for 3 hours.

I remember setting the brightness very low (around 10-20%), the call was on fullscreen landscape. The thing is, she also fell asleep (with dark background) so both my video (with light background) and hers were static.

Tho, I couldn’t see anything wrong with my display, I’m still very worried. What do you think? Thank you in advance! 🤗
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Shanghaichica said:
OLED has moved on a lot. I’ve never had burn in on any of my OLED displays. I had my first OLED display on a phone in 2012. Never had burn even back then.
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That may be true, but let's not pretend it's still not an issue. My iPhone XS definitely has burn in. I use dark mode and I can see the keyboard and home screen icons when I'm on a white background. I'm sure running in dark mode is causing the issue, but I so used to using dark mode for everything that I just deal with it. It's not that bad.
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phpmaven said:
That may be true, but let's not pretend it's still not an issue. My iPhone XS definitely has burn in. I use dark mode and I can see the keyboard and home screen icons when I'm on a white background. I'm sure running in dark mode is causing the issue, but I so used to using dark mode for everything that I just deal with it. It's not that bad.
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I’m curious, were you in warranty when you start to notice the image retention? In some cases, image retention is so rare with the iPhone OLED Series, I bet Apple even would make exceptions outside the warranty period for issues like this. (Of course, that would vary depending on the store/lead advisor.)
 
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So you and your girlfriend both ‘accidentally’ fell asleep while on the phone. I have to say, I’ve never had that happen lol.

As to your concerns, it would take a lot more than 3 hours to make burn-in a possibility.
 
Scream And Fly said:
So you and your girlfriend both ‘accidentally’ fell asleep while on the phone. I have to say, I’ve never had that happen lol.

As to your concerns, it would take a lot more than 3 hours to make burn-in a possibility.
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I know, silly right? 😂

Anyway, thanks a lot, bro!
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RogerWilco6502 said:
Have you had burn-in happen before?
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Yes, I have. On my old Samsung Note 8 and iPhone 6S.
 
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