They were being "Sarcastic."
I know, right?
Because I am sure I was promised that the notch will be removed via software updates when I spend £999 on it. But now I am being forced to embrace it
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Several iPhone X Owners Encountering Green Line on Display Due to Potential Hardware Defect
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I know, right?
Because I am sure I was promised that the notch will be removed via software updates when I spend £999 on it. But now I am being forced to embrace it
Ah yes, the justification for waiting because a few devices have a problem. The rest of us are enjoying our devices and the few that have problems will get them replaced by excellent customer service.
The device you "waited" for could have similar or other issues.
Stop being so haughty.
oh you lucky people who lives in "Apple friendly" country.
here we cannot get a legit Apple care, and only have a local "authorized" warranty,
with an attitude of raising doubts, lazy fixing, and rare replacements.
"Hardware defect"
So this is Samsung's fault, right?
Clever thinking by Samsung: How To Hurt The Competition For Dummies...
Greenlinegate. Yup I said it! Someone was bound to say it sooner or later lol!
Just to educate you slightly about Apples
refurbished phones, they receive a new display, battery and outer casing. The only thing that will be used on a refurbished unit is the logic board. Apples refurbished iPhones are very good and are almost like new. I had a refurbished iPhone in the past and I couldn't even tell that it was refurbished, it looked brand new.
His comment wasn't haughty. He expressed satisfaction over his own decision. It's also a pretty reasonable decision; many people don't like to be early adopters.
The argument that a future device "could" have issues is a straw man. Statistically, on average an early iteration of a device has a higher chance of issues than a later one. This is part of why it's perfectly reasonable for people to choose not to be early adopters.
I don't get why this is always such a freaking war. Some people want this device and don't mind or even embrace its...eccentricities. Some people don't. Does that mean that early adopters are blind Apple fans? Not necessarily. Does that mean that people who aren't buying the device, now or ever, are Apple haters or can't afford it? Not necessarily.
Except for those with red tint where Samsung told people to “fix it themselves”.
That wouldn't happen to an iPhone because they have individually calibrated displays and iOS has color management. Two things Samsung lacks.
I would agree. However, didn't iFixit's teardown identify a custom IC that many believe to be the Display Driver?
Also, the problem may have started with Galaxy 7s; but it continues with the Galaxy 8, but Horizontal:
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...en-Horizontal-Line-of-dead-pixels/td-p/178563
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...ndom-led-line-in-middle-of-screen/td-p/180222
I'll never be able to afford a $1000 phone but Im sure they will replace any units with issues. Im still pleased with the replacement on the 5 I bought where the battery swelled and pushed the screen out of the phone. Super friendly and super fast to help. Yeah, I got a refurbished phone as a replacement, but I enjoyed that phone plenty until I bought an SE. I'll tell you what, better it be a green line instead of a swollen battery or worse-- a phone that bursts into flames, lol.
Haha! This is a joke! You expect people to be ok with making an appointment with Apple and taking time out of there schedule to return the phone after paying $1K for it?! Some people have kids and work 2 jobs, so no. Its not a minor convenience as you claim.
It was the definition of haughty and irrelevant because everyone will get a working device.
Do I care what you think? Not necessarily.
Waited for what? This is an issue that affects a very small number of people. Don’t think it’s worth waiting just so you can hear about it but never have it affect you.
Hey, what happened to those iPhone 8’s that popped open? Wasn’t this supposed to indicate poor quality control and testing? Apple was going downhill? Steve would never have shipped a defective iPhone with such a glaring flaw? Burstgate? Bubblegate? How come the news isn’t continuing to cover the epidemic of burst iPhones?
Here’s a hint - because it was a very small number that did, they got replaced under warranty and it’s a non-issue. Except to those that attempt to take the inevitable defective units on a product that’s sold in the millions to imply some massive failure on Apples part.
This issue with green lines will end up the same. The few with the issue will get replacements and it will be forgotten. Until the next “failure” pops up.
Here’s a hint - because it was a very small number that did, they got replaced under warranty and it’s a non-issue. Except to those that attempt to take the inevitable defective units on a product that’s sold in the millions to imply some massive failure on Apples part.
This issue with green lines will end up the same. The few with the issue will get replacements and it will be forgotten. Until the next “failure” pops up.
Right. When you literally sell 200M phones, a few will have issues. Wow, big surprise. I'm shocked. Apple is a pimp company and takes care of their customers, even with working devices. I had a cloud question and they helped me in 2 minutes after I called.
Pair that green line with the red dot on the digital crown of your Apple Watch, and you've got yourself a nifty Christmas display.
Curious: How many people would buy a Green Line phone for $500 (50% discount) IF they had to permanently live w/ it?
Interesting. I have a 256 SG AT&T no problems for 5 days so far knocking on wood ;-). But I wanted to respond. The local reseller in our Mall whom I know the staff well had problems with their display unit today. It went black like yours but the phone was working in background (camera clicking, etc) just like yours just no display. Hard rebooting nothing would work. So we plugged into a Mac thinking of doing a restore for the heck of it. Well what was weird all of a sudden the screen looking like this -- actual picture of the phone:
We played and looked at it. Then he got interrupted by customer so me and another staff member were looking at it. The staff member with it connected to the did another hard reboot and the phone came back and then the computer said do you want to trust the phone. We played with it for some time and it seemed to work. I do not know if it had a green line during night and then went black -- but this sounds similar. Hard reboots to power cord or in hand did not work just when connected to a Mac. Just something to try and see if this helps with yours or others that are similar.
I own a prototype? Sweet! Always wanted an iPhone prototype lol
Israelis have been dealing with the Green Line for 50 years now. Can Apple get rid of that one too?
A green line on the screen is not the same as an exploding phone.
No problem.I am very grateful to the beta tester for reporting it
We will be 'beta' testing whatever is next when you finally get on board.
Early adopters
I agree, people just want to be negative and bash things in life, get enjoyment out of tearing things down! I've had mine a week now and the thing is flawless. Between my wife and I we've had every series since the 4 and have never had a problem with any of them. When ever we did have any issues that seemed buggy we just turned it off then back on and it worked like a charm,,,you have to do that with pretty much ALL electronics.