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Found a dead pixel on my iphone 4...
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Well it's not a fact.
In most cases, you will not see more defective pixels. But it is a manufacturing defect and I personally would get it replaced.
Dead pixels are a fact of life with LCD technology. Sometimes they go away with time (cycling of the screen colors at the spot where the pixel is can sometimes "release" it if it is stuck and not dead - is the pixel completely black or stuck on a certain color?)
As long as they are just one or two I wouldn't bother with it. Your new iPhone would have just as big a chance of having one as your old.
In fact, Apple's (and every other computer manufacturer's) policy is that there have to be more than a certain amout of clustered dead pixels (I think it is 5) before they will consider it faulty and worthy of a repair.
If the phone is a few days old they might exchange it just out of company policy of letting the consumer feel all tingly with his new iDevice. But if it's older than you are on your own.
That being said, if you pass by an Apple store you can always pop in and try. Nothing to be lost except for a feeling of being a fool when you get home with your new iPhone and discover that *it* has *two* dead pixels...
As long as they are just one or two I wouldn't bother with it. Your new iPhone would have just as big a chance of having one as your old.
In fact, Apple's (and every other computer manufacturer's) policy is that there have to be more than a certain amout of clustered dead pixels (I think it is 5) before they will consider it faulty and worthy of a repair.
If the phone is a few days old they might exchange it just out of company policy of letting the consumer feel all tingly with his new iDevice. But if it's older than you are on your own.
That being said, if you pass by an Apple store you can always pop in and try. Nothing to be lost except for a feeling of being a fool when you get home with your new iPhone and discover that *it* has *two* dead pixels...
According to the leaked Apple guide, 1 dead pixel on an iPhone is covered by replacement
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/apples-dead-pixel-policy-leaks-out-up-to-15-anomalies-accepta/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/05/apples-dead-pixel-policy-leaks-out-up-to-15-anomalies-accepta/
My iPhone 4 has had a dead pixel for the past 5 months. Doesn't bother me as I don't see it with day to day use. I have to stop what I am doing, turn my screen to full brightness and look at a black background to find it.
I won't exchange it as it doesn't bother me and my screen is the nice, crisp BLUE/WHITE color. Not the nasty yellow.
I won't exchange it as it doesn't bother me and my screen is the nice, crisp BLUE/WHITE color. Not the nasty yellow.
It really depends where it is. Like the post above you, if it's in the status bar, it would be a lot more noticeable than it it were somewhere else.
If you are covered by a warranty, why don't you get it replaced?
I know you felt annoying to know that your i4 has a dead pixel..
I know you felt annoying to know that your i4 has a dead pixel..
I'm in the same boat, just discovered a dead pixel on my 3GS, so disappointing, my first iPhone, I was enjoying it immensely, wrapped it up in Incase Slider, applied a Steinheil screen protector with a surgical precision... and now this...
Strangely it vanishes when I look at it from different angles.
Strangely it vanishes when I look at it from different angles.
I'm in the same boat, just discovered a dead pixel on my 3GS, so disappointing, my first iPhone, I was enjoying it immensely, wrapped it up in Incase Slider, applied a Steinheil screen protector with a surgical precision... and now this...
Strangely it vanishes when I look at it from different angles.
WHAT movie is this ?!!? haha
return in now .. its going to spread ... my iphone 2g started with 1 pixel to 25 % of the screen
edit : btw if its grey in color - its a dead pixel. but if its of some other color .. it might just be a stuck pixel (should fix itself )
