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LCD display...is this normal?
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all iPhones have this, each to varying amounts
some have it all on one side, some are even like yours
some have it all on one side, some are even like yours
I agree with all the other replies - it is normal, and was on 1st Gen as well.
I think it's more apparent on the 3G because there is more of a black bezel up the sides on the 3G (the screen almost went right up to the left and right edges on the 1st Gen) and so it 'feels' like you are losing the screen on the sides.
I think it's more apparent on the 3G because there is more of a black bezel up the sides on the 3G (the screen almost went right up to the left and right edges on the 1st Gen) and so it 'feels' like you are losing the screen on the sides.
I completely do not understand this, and I never noticed it until buying my iPhone 3G. At first I didn't know if it was a defect, but then I saw it on the bag for my 3G, and then noticed the gap on the slides of Apple's keynotes.
Again, this baffles me. What could look tackier and more unpolished than a grey, neutral LCD border around an otherwise handsome display (Oh, wait... cracked plastic... glossy displays)? It's bizarre. Why wouldn't Apple simply extend the black border to the actual edges of active screen?!
Again, this baffles me. What could look tackier and more unpolished than a grey, neutral LCD border around an otherwise handsome display (Oh, wait... cracked plastic... glossy displays)? It's bizarre. Why wouldn't Apple simply extend the black border to the actual edges of active screen?!
Boooooooooo!
To your point, the reason for the gap? Viewing angle. Because if the black coloring of the outer glass came all the way inward to meet the last pixels of the screen, and if you viewed the iPhone from anything other than a precise dead-on angle, the black of the glass would intrude upon and cover up a few rows of pixels.
Then your post would go something like, "OHNOES, WHY IS MY SCRREN CUTOFF AT TEH EGDES WHEN I LOOK @ IT FROM A ANGEL?!?!?!?!//1"
I think there's a few areas you just can't legitimately criticize Apple, and design must be one of them. They think of everything!
"Johnny Dangerously"
What a great, valid complaint. Seriously, you're b!tching about a non-screen border around the LCD screen? Wow. Just wow.
To your point, the reason for the gap? Viewing angle. Because if the black coloring of the outer glass came all the way inward to meet the last pixels of the screen, and if you viewed the iPhone from anything other than a precise dead-on angle, the black of the glass would intrude upon and cover up a few rows of pixels.
Then your post would go something like, "OHNOES, WHY IS MY SCRREN CUTOFF AT TEH EGDES WHEN I LOOK @ IT FROM A ANGEL?!?!?!?!//1"
I think there's a few areas you just can't legitimately criticize Apple, and design must be one of them. They think of everything!
"Johnny Dangerously"
I'm not sure that this would affect viewing angle substantially, but I am no expert. I'll try not to complain next time in order to avoid 'Rumors rage.
On danger of going off topic, they apparently didn't think that MacBook Pro owners might want to use USB and Line In at the same time. As luck would have it, I've managed to complain about that twice today
