Having used an 8+ for the past week, at least your fallback phone is a great one. Sorry about all the issues you've gone through though. I feel you on the XR. I wish Apple allowed for text size changes in Safari, because it's much much easier for me to read on the 8+ than on the XR.
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iPhone XR Eye Strain on iPhoneXR?
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I finally just bit the bullet and gave my XR to my brother yesterday. After several weeks of attempting to get used to the XR, it never felt right and kept giving me eye strain.
Here's hoping Apple addresses the PWM issue in next years OLED phones, whether it be by increasing the overall Hz, or by only using PWM below certain brightnesses like a lot of other OLED phones.
Here's hoping Apple addresses the PWM issue in next years OLED phones, whether it be by increasing the overall Hz, or by only using PWM below certain brightnesses like a lot of other OLED phones.
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7+ to XR path
Easily justifiable with that stellar battery life when I thought I would be returning it and sticking with 7+
I have an X also, and I like OLED, but LCD definitely seems soother on my eyes overall
Went on a work trip where I was forced to use the XR for long periods of time to handle emails. Not sure what changed, but no more headaches. I also turned FaceID back on (without attention aware) and not having the issues any more.
Who knows, the only change I made was turning True Tone off.
Maybe it was all due to my newborn and lack of sleep? Lol
Sticking with the XR
Who knows, the only change I made was turning True Tone off.
Maybe it was all due to my newborn and lack of sleep? Lol
Sticking with the XR
It's much harder to switch to a new phone when you have the old phone in tow or nearby to compare it to. Correspondingly, if you are "forced" to use a new phone, you may adjust. I think that is true for the XR and particularly true for non-Plus upgraders. That said I could never adjust to Apple's OLED implementation on the XS/Plus phones. I could get used to the XR and eventually realize some of its benefits.
Since I have been posting on this and other threads about eye strain, I am finding myself using my iPhone for content consumption more and more (vs my 12.9" iPad Pro), particularly for YouTube. The 8 Plus aspect ratio 16x9 ia perfect for watching YT videos. The XR with the notch and its narrower screen, produces a much less satisfying smaller video with noticeably less detail on 1080P.
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Battery life is an issue if you are traveling a lot. In my case, I work at home and have my 8 Plus on a wireless charging stand at most times. It also supports fast charging. With a 29 watt adapter it can charge to 60% in 20 minutes. With the more ubiquitous 12 watt adapter, maybe 30 minutes. The 7 Plus does not support wireless charging.
So when you watch vids on the X series of phones with the Notches, How do it look when you don't zoom it to full screen, I know if you zoom it you will lose some of the vid because of the notch! I currently I have an SE and watch vids on that, just wanted a comparsion, Thank You!
On the X, Xs, Xr and Xs max when not zoomed in to fill the width of the screen, the video fills the height instead and centers the video on the screen horizontally. This leaves empty space to the left and right of the video.
On your SE the video is 1.96 inches tall, on the X and Xs it would be 2.43 inches tall, on the Xr 2.56 inches tall and on the Xs Max 2.72 inches tall. For comparison the largest 16:9 iPhone screen (on the plus phones) would be 2.7 inches tall.
All of this in landscape orientation, of course.
You lose more of the video than just what the notch is covering. You lose video on all 4 sides. Lots of it, actually.
The only way to go full screen video on the iPhones with a notch is to zoom the video, which cuts off content on all sides.
Noticeably smaller compared to the 8+. No idea how it compares to an 8 since I dont have one of those. When it's not zoomed in, there are large black pillars on both the left and right side of the screen.
The aspect ratio of the 8+ is the same as most videos, so they play natively and use the entire screen. The XR screen is bigger but uses less of it to display videos natively. To use the whole screen, it has to zoom the videos.
This diagram should be close enough to reality to help you determine that.
I've used screen measurements from sizescreens.com and iPhone X series screen silhouette from Apple.
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The question has to be when, or if, we will ever see a full screen iPhone with 16:9 ratio display.
Kinda like S9?
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Thank you!
I am pretty close to giving up on the Xr, and very disappointed. I want to know what it is about the screen that hurts so much. I get the eye strain after less than a minute of liking at the home screen. It isn’t the text suze, although that is a separate issue.
I skeptically tried turning off the Face ID and attention checking features, but it hasn’t helped.
I am coming from a 6, and thinking I will need to return this and get an 8. So, why are so many of you going for an 8 plus rather than a regular 8? I don’t like the large size because I have small hands.
Thank you for this validating thread!
I skeptically tried turning off the Face ID and attention checking features, but it hasn’t helped.
I am coming from a 6, and thinking I will need to return this and get an 8. So, why are so many of you going for an 8 plus rather than a regular 8? I don’t like the large size because I have small hands.
Thank you for this validating thread!
People are going for the 8 plus because of the 1080p screen and the dual cameras, I have an SE with small hands as well and also thinking about getting the non plus 8
I’m sorry it doesn’t seem to be working out for you.
I’m totally at home now on the Xr. I did have to turn True Tone off. I use Face ID all the time. It doesn’t seem to be bothering me. I just hope my ophthalmologist will agree when I go in for my eye exam after the holidays.
Well, the thing is: I currently have the regular 6s and I have been thinking about getting new phone. I was decided to get the X, but after reading those Eye Strain threads and trying out the X for more than 5 minutes, I changed my mind. My eyes felt weird looking at the X screen. It was like I can't focus properly on that screen. My girlfriend likes big phones (lol), she got the 8 plus. I started to like the plus size. You can get use to it. I was setting up that phone for her and after like an hour I was ok with that size. I also have quite small hands, not much bigger than her hands and I know I would have to change some "moves" I do every day. Like getting my phone out of the pocket. It doesn't feel that safe like having the regular iPhone 6/7/8, but after a while, I could get use to it.
The reason why people are getting the plus is because it's almost the X (minus screen, FaceID, tele-lens OIS). I would not get the 8 just because it's almost like the phone I have.
So right now, for you, how's your eyes with having the XR vs when you has the XS?