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Will the 'pressure point' blemish on the 6S Plus be addressed in a hardware revision?

AbSoluTc said:
I think the problem is, when you know it's there - you're going to look there. Most people will forget it and will never see it again even though it is there. Some can't come to terms with it and will get a replacement.

Boils down to personal preference and doing what you think is best.

I would suggest using a suction cup in that area and lightly pull/tug. It helped mine. Pretty much gone.
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Sounds like a good idea, except I'd rather not delaminate my screen, or end up with a "clicking" display because the glue has been loosened...
 
Even the video was inconclusive. It had too much compression to tell... I am not saying it's not there, but the pixelation got in the way, for me.
 
danilko1 said:
Even the video was inconclusive. It had too much compression to tell... I am not saying it's not there, but the pixelation got in the way, for me.
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Just a quick on the fly vid using a tablet. Not the best I'll admit but the screen fault is there I assure you.
 
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meldea said:
Actually, you do. Yours is about the same as mine. Very faint, feels more like a smudge than anything else. But it's there.

I've circled the affected area from your photo, and added an inverted closeup. The splotch of discoloration is very slightly more prominent at that point.

OP and others have shown photos of a blemish/smudge/whatever that is considerably more noticeable.
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meldea said:
Here are two photos from page 2. I've adjusted brightness/contrast to make the blemish more obvious.

Edit: And a picture from page 3, with a red circle (I've not adjusted the photo at all)
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I still don't see it and I thought I was anal. You guys take it to a whole different level
 
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TroyBoy30 said:
I still don't see it and I thought I was anal. You guys take it to a whole different level
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I bought mine outright for £699 ($1059) so I should at least get a screen without faults, no? The rest of the phone is superb but this blotch is annoying me and I don't want it to get any worse. If something is pinching the display then it might do.
 
sunking101 said:
I bought mine outright for £699 ($1059) so I should at least get a screen without faults, no? The rest of the phone is superb but this blotch is annoying me and I don't want it to get any worse. If something is pinching the display then it might do.
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I paid hundreds of thousands for a house and it has visible "faults" all over it. I don't think money is really part of the equation. People won't return cars because of a minor screw bulge somewhere in the dash (although maybe some here would). The device works as advertised. It takes quite a bit of work to even see this (as most everyone has said they wouldn't have seen it if not for this thread).

I dunno man, I think you guys are searching for perfection that doesn't exist.
 
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Surf Donkey said:
I paid hundreds of thousands for a house and it has visible "faults" all over it. I don't think money is really part of the equation. People won't return cars because of a minor screw bulge somewhere in the dash (although maybe some here would). The device works as advertised. It takes quite a bit of work to even see this (as most everyone has said they wouldn't have seen it if not for this thread).

I dunno man, I think you guys are searching for perfection that doesn't exist.
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I would have definitely seen it, even if not for this thread. It's pretty pronounced on mine. (Also, why are you hanging out in this thread if you think the issue is silly?)
 
WilliamG said:
I feel like there's no difference in exchanging five brands of LCD for uneven backlighting (remember, most people don't care!) and wanting a phone that costs this much to not have an issue when the 6 Plus didn't.
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It was more that I learned that imperfections: backlight bleeding, spotlighting, etc were are part of LCD technology. Most don't care, sure, but I found I was happier with the picture of plasma. This is a bit different because it is trying to find perfection is a sea of technology that will have these kinds of issues.
 
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mpavilion said:
I would have definitely seen it, even if not for this thread. It's pretty pronounced on mine. (Also, why are you hanging out in this thread if you think the issue is silly?)
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Fair enough, I'm out. I was a definitely intrigued by those claiming that everyone has this issue, when it is clear from pictures that is not the case. Yet people still claim they see something that isn't there in some of these pictures.
 
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meldea said:
Actually, you do. Yours is about the same as mine. Very faint, feels more like a smudge than anything else. But it's there.

I've circled the affected area from your photo, and added an inverted closeup. The splotch of discoloration is very slightly more prominent at that point.

OP and others have shown photos of a blemish/smudge/whatever that is considerably more noticeable.
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Wow...I'm speechless.

Time to back out of this thread slowly and thank dog I don't have this disease that the rest of you have.
 
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I can barely see it on my 6s Plus. First picture, it's lined up with the line between "Date & Time" and "Keyboard." Brightness ~40%.
 

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Surf Donkey said:
It was more that I learned that imperfections: backlight bleeding, spotlighting, etc were are part of LCD technology. Most don't care, sure, but I found I was happier with the picture of plasma. This is a bit different because it is trying to find perfection is a sea of technology that will have these kinds of issues.
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I fully understand that. I've struggled with many an LCD TV in the past (one of the reasons I abandoned LCD for more expensive LCOS in my projector room setup). That said, this issue on the new iPhones really shouldn't exist. It doesn't on the 6s, or the previous 6 Plus, for one thing.

I, for one, am not going to let myself get all worked up about it. Yep, my 6s Plus isn't "perfect." It's certainly good enough, though. I just don't like the idea that others are being dismissed because they feel they're not getting their money's worth. Let's face it, an iPhone is an awful lot of money these days.

And because you think we're all having to hunt for it to even notice it, I respectfully disagree. Out of the box, on the "Hello" screen, I noticed it. Friday morning, 10 seconds out of the box and in my hands. Clear as day. Absolutely some people might never have seen it if it were not pointed out to them, but that's not everyone here.
 
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WilliamG said:
I fully understand that. I've struggled with many an LCD TV in the past (one of the reasons I abandoned LCD for more expensive LCOS in my projector room setup). That said, this issue on the new iPhones really shouldn't exist. It doesn't on the 6s, or the previous 6 Plus, for one thing.

I, for one, am not going to let myself get all worked up about it. Yep, my 6s Plus isn't "perfect." It's certainly good enough, though. I just don't like the idea that others are being dismissed because they feel they're not getting their money's worth. Let's face it, an iPhone is an awful lot of money these days.

And because you think we're all having to hunt for it to even notice it, I respectfully disagree. Out of the box, on the "Hello" screen, I noticed it. Friday morning, 10 seconds out of the box and in my hands. Clear as day. Absolutely some people might never have seen it if it were not pointed out to them, but that's not everyone here.
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Why can't both points of view be right? Some see it, some don't. For some it's end all be all. For others it's not. This isn't a right or wrong issue. It's a point of perspective, nothing more.
 
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If anything I envy the people that don't see it, don't have it, or don't care. It's not like I intended on shoving this down everyone's throats. When I said 'every' phone had it, it was because every 6S Plus that I saw had it between my own and in stores, and other people were saying they also checked store models and saw it on all of them too.

If you don't have it or don't care, that's great. I for one want to find out the cause of the problem for the ones that do, because it's in a consistent place on all of them, so there has to be something specific causing it. From there, I'd like to see if it's possible to either use a home method (i.e. the suction cup method) or bring up the possibility that it'll be addressed in a revision later on. Like I said, I exchanged for a regular 6S which I'm currently enjoying. Eventually I would like to get back to a 6S Plus (and I'll end up owning both which is kind of cool), but I'm taking a wait-and-see approach to see what happens with this first.
 
Silver Idaten said:
This I think is just standard crappy LCD backlighting. The point being looked at in this thread is in the same consistent spot.
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Yes but the marks are kinda similar, it's just more faint in the lower left hand side (and there's only one of them). Just saying that this might be something other than a pinched screen.
 
meldea said:
Actually, you do. Yours is about the same as mine. Very faint, feels more like a smudge than anything else. But it's there.

I've circled the affected area from your photo, and added an inverted closeup. The splotch of discoloration is very slightly more prominent at that point.

OP and others have shown photos of a blemish/smudge/whatever that is considerably more noticeable.
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Lol I still disagree. It looks fairly consistent the length of the screen. I still say you're seeing the bezels shadow.

If you have to invert the color and enlarge it to make it noticeable, it's not an issue.

Now, I'm not saying others don't have an issue, but I'm wondering if it's more of a backlight issue making the screen appear darker in those areas.
 
mpavilion said:
I sure hope not every 6S+ has this issue, as I'd prefer one without it! :) My phone is the only 6S+ I've (yet) seen in person.
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From what I can tell, it currently affects every 6s Plus out there. At least, I've not seen one without it
sunking101 said:
Yes but the marks are kinda similar, it's just more faint in the lower left hand side (and there's only one of them). Just saying that this might be something other than a pinched screen.
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That is not the same issue. That's called "stage lighting" in some circles, and is prevalent in a lot of LCD devices. Heck, even non-LCD devices can have it, and it's just an imperfect backlight system. e.g., here's a similar problem with a Kindle Paperwhite.

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/wgrose/media/photo_zpsdf62f4f9.jpg.html
 
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