Don't listen to the above comment. There is nothing wrong with your screen. From those pictures that you posted, it looks just fine to me.
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It had an earlier version of 9.0 When he took it out the box but he said he must update it to 9.1 prior to me leaving the store to ensure it was working properly. phone is working ok so far
You miss the point. I'm just highlighting that no screen is perfect. They aren't and I'm trying to point out that the persistent search for a perfect screen is fruitless.
Your frequent responses to those that have asked for screen advice with 'well my screen is perfect' only goes to fuel buyers remorse and encourages this never ending critique and return process. They read that your screen is perfect so their phone must have a fault and so pursue a swap out.
My point is if we put the message out there that no screen is perfect and swapping is mostly fruitless, we can re-educate about the characteristics of these LCD screens and end this pursuit for a perfect screen.
As I said before, on this forum there are people that could find something wrong in every device.....
That is great if you think the screen looks good...you and millions others probably think the same. But when you come to Macrumors you really get the truth : ). Most people cannot see these variations because either they just don't care and enjoy the new phone or really have no comparison of one that is good so they think the one they have is fine. That is good though, you shouldn't make a point to go out of your way to find something wrong. Once you get it in your head there is a problem, it is hard to get it out and you wind up getting involved in the replacement game and that is not the road you want to travel down especially this year.....
Yep.
I am yet to see an iPhone 6s Plus' screen without the pressure point or light bleed from the top to some varying degree. Yes there are a lot of people that cannot see these issues when they appear very faint, and I am happy for those people, wish I was one, however one cannot unsee that which we have already seen and just because someone cannot see the same screen issues does not mean they aren't there.
MacRumors is not a dependable place for the truth. As an outsider looking in, I think there are more critical posts of which some border on the OCD. The truth is here but you got to do a lot of "filtering" to isolate it.
The pressure point is non existent in some week 43 builds. It took me 5 returns/repurchase for various reasons and my last one it is not there. A few on the forum also have week 43 without the pressure point. On the flipside my 4th phone had the pressure point on left and right so there really is no consistency this year. As for the light bleed there seems to be some variation on every phone some very faint and some more pronounced. Its luck of the draw this year in finding one you can live with for another 12 months if you upgrade that frequently.
Its not critical if something is wrong with the screen/phone people will comment on it....simple as that. That is what a forum is all about. Yes there are some serious OCD in the threads.
Depends on the picture. I couldn get a decent image of my 6s+ using air2 cam. Pics were out of the reality. In those photos my 6s+ screen has terrible vignetting and looks yellow. In the reality i have a cool white screen and no vignetting.
It's really is sad when you read all of the negativity within some of the threads here. People simply don't seem to be happy any more with their iPhones the way they once did. I read on here about people downloading apps to look for screen issues as well as going into dark rooms. I would have to ask myself, is there really something wrong with my screen if I have to go out of my why by doing all of these things just to see something that I otherwise would not notice just using my phone on a daily basis. At least there are still some people here who are enjoying their iPhones not caring what others think about it. I have loved my Sim Free 6S Plus since I took it out of the box and will continue to enjoy using it till next year.
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Since I have a perfect eyesight, checked every six months , I tend to believe some issues just don't exist...
When you say "left the screen on max brightness for a few nights" do you mean disabled the lock action which kept the phone screen on all those nights?
The LED backlight bleed you are seeing at the top of the screen is known as the "curtain effect". Mine has it, as do many others. It's one of the first things I noticed when I first turned on the phone, as my old 6 Plus didn't have it. It is a defect, yes, but not a showstopper by any means. I also have a very slight, almost not even noticeable blemish on the bottom left of the screen. These things happen, especially on phones bought near the launch window....I for one don't care enough these minor issues to play the phone lottery. They don't affect the device in any negative way so what difference does it really make.
All that 20/20 eyesight means is that you can see the “20 size letter” at a distance of 20 feet. Having lessor vision than other members will leave you in a blissful ignorance. Enjoy that you cannot see the same screen abnormalities as some of us. But, they do exist.
Dude, due to my job my examinations are quite different from "see the letters" ...
I have a perfect eyesight, and most of those "abnormalities" just don't exist (or are well within normal expectations for a mass produced device).
I've been over this thousands of times: there are real defects in Apple products deserving a replacement, but an huge percentage of the complainers on forums like this ar just extremely picky, unreasonable expectations or suffer from OCD.
They are usually within manufacturing tolerances. There are people who can see beyond what you can see despite you having good vision. Just because you cannot see any screen abnormalities despite having good vision doesn't mean they don't exist.
We all have different expectations, if you cannot see the screen abnormalities or are not bothered by them then that's your prerogative. As this is very subjective we shouldn't be highly critical on another persons expectations. This is very different from "chipgate" we are speaking of screen abnormalities that can be seen by the human eye, when browsing this can become very distracting for some users.
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Hi Superman, how was life on Krypton lately ?
One thing is to have "different" expectations, another is to search for defects where there aren't ....
An iPhone, pricey as it is, still is a consumer grade product. It costs $900 , not $9000.
It can't be PERFECT, literally, so there are manufacturing tolerances. Keep returning perfectly working devices, like many user in this forum do, affect every customer, because Apple have to factoring that in the price.
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Did no one tell you Krypton is no more?
There certainly are manufacturing tolerances and many of these screen abnormalities fall within those parameters. However, not everyone looks for screen issues. I never checked my screen for any defects, and I would never have come to macrumours if there hadn't have been a big dark blotch on the bottom left of my screen as I scrolled through Safari.
mate I wasn't speaking about you....Did no one tell you Krypton is no more?
There certainly are manufacturing tolerances and many of these screen abnormalities fall within those parameters. However, not everyone looks for screen issues. I never checked my screen for any defects, and I would never have come to macrumours if there hadn't have been a big dark blotch on the bottom left of my screen as I scrolled through Safari.
Im here since a while, and I've been trapped in threads like this a million of times