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Curious - How many stuck/dead pixels does your 3G have?

I wonder how many people would complain or even realize anything was wrong without threads like this.The yellow screen is a case in point. Now whilst some of these observations are no doubt genuine or warranted I can't help thinkiing some people are never satisfied!
 
macmedal said:
I wonder how many people would complain or even realize anything was wrong without threads like this.The yellow screen is a case in point. Now whilst some of these observations are no doubt genuine or warranted I can't help thinkiing some people are never satisfied!
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On a screen this size, with sub-VGA resolution, quality needs to be 100%. Especially as the dust issues indicate poor manufacturing conditions.
 
For those thinking of getting their iPhones replaced, do you not think it would be a good idea to wait until demand has quietened down a touch?

/no dead pixels on my 1st Gen iPhone
//the sleep/wake button is getting unresponsive, though
 
Cousin Dirk said:
For those thinking of getting their iPhones replaced, do you not think it would be a good idea to wait until demand has quietened down a touch?

/no dead pixels on my 1st Gen iPhone
//the sleep/wake button is getting unresponsive, though
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I decided to take mine in today to see if I could get it swapped out. They let me straight into the store (no line for me AT ALL) and once they confirmed that I had a stuck pixel, they swapped my phone out for a new one which appears not to have any bad pixels.

I don't know if this is just good customer service, or if they were afraid that I'd end up talking to people in line about why I was there. They did tell me I was their first return/exchange of one of the new phones. (I was also the first person in that store to run into the IRU/FAN discount issue. Life is strange out here on the bleeding edge.)
 
clayj said:
I decided to take mine in today to see if I could get it swapped out. They let me straight into the store (no line for me AT ALL) and once they confirmed that I had a stuck pixel, they swapped my phone out for a new one which appears not to have any bad pixels.

I don't know if this is just good customer service, or if they were afraid that I'd end up talking to people in line about why I was there. They did tell me I was their first return/exchange of one of the new phones. (I was also the first person in that store to run into the IRU/FAN discount issue. Life is strange out here on the bleeding edge.)
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and cos of you, one of those poor bastards in the queue left without an iPhone :p
 
Perfect Screen

Zero stuck or dead pixels.

* Model: iPhone 3G Black 8GB
* Supplier: ATT local store
* Production Date: 8482********
* Default firmware: 2.0 (5A345)
 
I made an appointment with the genius bar and was able to swap mine out. I showed him the 3 dead pixels.
 
aphexii said:
I can see two stuck sub-pixels (green), but both are in good spots (toward the edge) and barely noticeable.

My first gen was perfect, not a single one that I could see. But after I had it swapped out for a refurb at the apple store, the replacement had many (6 or so).

Curious, since the LCD supplier apparently changed, if the new panels are any better or worse on average.
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163 x 161 oh wait my phone is off ;-)


0 "crossing my fingers"
 
rconde said:
My iphone white 16GB has a white dot in the middle top of the screen, it approx 2cm in diameter, pretty anoying, it is most visible with full brightness, but it is visible with the brightness to min. It looks like a fingerprint below the glass screen. I/m hoping to get the phone replaced with another one since this is a very big defect.
Has anybody seen something similar?.
Appreciate any feedback
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Are you sure it is 2 cm?? That's almost one inch!
 
16g iphone small dark smudge

I have a small dark smudge 1/4 of the way down my screen in center. Can only be seen on light screens grey or white so far... as one poster has put it appears to be a tiny fingerprint or dust under screen. Att store say they will replace....that is whenever they have any more in stock...
 
I have two small specks of white dust that are noticeable under light. I also have a dead pixel in the middle of the screen and another smaller one about an inch away.

16GB Black.

Will try and get it exchanged next week when I purchase my new iMac.
Do you guys think they'll let me exchange it for a white iPhone?
 
abiyng87 said:
I have a spec of what looks like dust at the very edge of the screen up by the volume buttons. Also, in that same area, you can see light coming through between the chrome and the glass, which makes me worry more 'stuff' will get in there.

White iPhone
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A - I have the same light leak in that area. Can you say what the first 4 of the serial number is?

Mine is 8882, 16g black. I was sitting playing enigmo and it was really jumping out at me. Temped to take a sharpie to it. I fear returning it, I might get one worse off.

To those with dead pixels & smudges - you should write down your stats on the phone - see if we get a pattern.
 
Two annoyingly bright ones (one almost in the center and one 1" above), and a very dim one that I don't mind.
 
None that I noticed, but you guys are all freaking me out, hearing about 1, 2, 3, dead/stuck pixels.

Just checked again, and it looks good. :)
 
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