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iPhone X OLED burn in - who is concerned?

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I love the X so far, but my one major concern is burn in. I wasn’t worried before as it seemed like Apple had a good handle on burn in prevention and you don’t tend to hear about S8/Note 8 burn in issues.

With Apple saying some burn in issues are “normal” (which seems to mean that AppleCare won’t cover burn in) with the new OLED screen, I’m getting concerned. I watch a lot of video at high brightness and I’m hesitant to now, especially TV episodes that have the network logo on the corner of the screen the whole time.

Otherwise I love the phone, but I’m wondering if burn in risk means I should consider sticking with my 7 Plus.
 
I wouldn't worry about it. Don't leave a static image on the screen too long and don't keep the brightness full blast and you'll be fine.
 
Not worried. If it does become an issue, I am sure Apple will take care of it.
 
So should we switch to one of the factory dynamic wallpapers instead of our personalized pictures? Since my phone resides in a dash phone holder when I drive I feel it’s constantly displaying the picture at high brightness.
 
not worried and that’s why i have applecare and an iphone iphone warranty. for me, history has shown that apple tends to back its products when real issues arise so that takes a lot of the potential anxiety off.

for perspectives sake, literally everything we own has a possibility of something going wrong with it, but for me it would not be an enjoyable life to always be focused on what might happen to the extent it impacts my enjoyment of life. i have insurance for life’s little mistakes and i have a positive attitude that if something does happen, i’ll deal with it at that time.
 
You should see my Apple Watch. Unfortunately it’s out of warranty. Hopefully the iPhone X will stave off burn in more successfully.
 

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I know photos or leaving high brightness can burn the screen (static images), but can app games or browsing website contribute to degrading the screen faster as well?
 
He problem is we dont yet know what will cause burn in and for how long you should or shouldnt use static background.
Some exact info would certainly help.
 
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i'm not worried. not sure why no reviewer mentioned this, but there seem to be spare pixels on the screen to all sides. and the whole image sometimes "moves" one pixel in another direction to prevent burn-in. you won't notice it though, because 1 pixel movement is so small. but sometimes you can see that the black border on the left and right don't have the same size.

it's the same thing that LG is doing with their TVs and should help reduce the risk by alot.
LG also reduces the brightness of content that hasn't changed in a long time (like the TV channel logo)
not sure if apple does this too.
 
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pat500000 said:
I know photos or leaving high brightness can burn the screen (static images), but can app games or browsing website contribute to degrading the screen faster as well?[/
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OLED pixels degrade every time you use the screen regardless of the screen brightness. Higher screen brightness has much greater impact though. It is inherent to all OLED type displays.
 
Mc0 said:
OLED pixels degrade every time you use the screen regardless of the screen brightness. Higher screen brightness has much greater impact though. It is inherent to all OLED type displays.
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Dang. This does not bode well for me then since I play Pokémon and use my phone for navigation. I wish I could’ve had an option for either oled or lcd.
 
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tx2005 said:
I love the X so far, but my one major concern is burn in. I wasn’t worried before as it seemed like Apple had a good handle on burn in prevention and you don’t tend to hear about S8/Note 8 burn in issues.

With Apple saying some burn in issues are “normal” (which seems to mean that AppleCare won’t cover burn in) with the new OLED screen, I’m getting concerned. I watch a lot of video at high brightness and I’m hesitant to now, especially TV episodes that have the network logo on the corner of the screen the whole time.

Otherwise I love the phone, but I’m wondering if burn in risk means I should consider sticking with my 7 Plus.
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Wasn't this burn-in issue a problem with Plasma TV's before LCD?
 
Looking forward to it. Can't wait for the front page stories and photos. People with burned in porn sites that now everyone can see. Stuff like that. Should b e fun
 
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Lucifer666 said:
Looking forward to it. Can't wait for the front page stories and photos. People with burned in porn sites that now everyone can see. Stuff like that. Should b e fun
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I don't see how it could be possible unless they would pause it and stare at that still image for hours at max brightness. I don't think this is how people watch porn lol
 
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madKIR said:
I don't see how it could be possible unless they would pause it and stare at that still image for hours at max brightness. I don't think this is how people watch porn lol
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That's true. Porn has a built in refresh state doesn't it :D
 
rijc99 said:
You should see my Apple Watch. Unfortunately it’s out of warranty. Hopefully the iPhone X will stave off burn in more successfully.
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Weird, my first gen watch has no burn in and I’ve never changed the watch face :/
 
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OLED will burn in for sure eventually, the question is how long? If it's in 2-3 years that's normal no one cares, if it happened in 2-3 months, that's a problem.
 
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rijc99 said:
You should see my Apple Watch. Unfortunately it’s out of warranty. Hopefully the iPhone X will stave off burn in more successfully.
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I have never seen burn-in of any kind on an Apple Watch and have owned one since they first came out.

Did the OS ever freeze with the display on at some point? I have to think this is some kind of unusual glitch that led to this.

Nozuka said:
i'm not worried. not sure why no reviewer mentioned this, but there seem to be spare pixels on the screen to all sides. and the whole image sometimes "moves" one pixel in another direction to prevent burn-in. you won't notice it though, because 1 pixel movement is so small. but sometimes you can see that the black border on the left and right don't have the same size.
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Is this OS behavior confirmed? I had not heard this before. If so, it’s really interesting.
 
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The only people who get screen burn in are the idiots who leave their screen on never turn off and maximum brightness overnight.

I have a Samsung phone with non-Super AMOLED screen from 2009 and it doesn’t have burn in.
 
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