It could have just been screen lottery though. The 14 had an overly yellow display which makes the display a little softer and washed out. The 14 Plus had a reddish tint which I find makes everything have stronger contrast. I crave cool blue whites personally.
It’s possible for the displays to look better or worse based on preference, but the flickering should remain exactly the same as it’s programmed into the display engine.
I do think all things combined equals the experience. Looking at a poorly calibrated display even without PWM, or a screen that is too bright, can cause eye strain and lead to a headache. For me, I’m thinking screen manufacturer and calibration tolerances is adding to the issue. I’m convinced, to meet demand, that Apple is letting a lot of displays onto the market that are on the edge of acceptable tolerances. And Samsung are more than happy to push out OLEDs that look like a rainbow when tilted slightly. Too red, too yellow, too green - I’ve seen them all. The iPad 12.9 miniLED is the best looking modern display as they have clean bright white displays with great contrast and clarity (ignoring the bloom) but still affect my vision sadly.
I tried a 14 Pro twice. The second time was better because the screen was warmer and I didn't feel like I was always having to fight the intense bright white and exaggerated contrast. I still sent the second one back though, because it wasn't good enough symptom wise.
I remember back in those days (iPhone 4 - 7) my employer used to upgrade us all each year. A new iPhone would come out, IT would come by the next week and drop the box off on my desk. I happily transferred everything over and went about my business. I never once gave a second thought to the screen. Right about the time I changed jobs is when the iPhone X came out. So the first iPhone I purchased myself was the first one to cause me problems. Had the XR not come out the next year, I'm not even sure I would still be using an iPhone at all. I miss the simpler times!
Okay, so the simple explanation is that the PWM rate of the display aligns perfectly with the slow-motion recording of 240fps. iPhone 13 Pro has a 480Hz rate throughout most of its brightness range, whereas iPhone 13 Mini is 510Hz.
I think there’s a few dozen of us that account for about 60% of the 7,000 posts lol. @MICHAELSD accounts for 33% 😆
My only advice is to give it some time if you try the device. Unless of course it bothers you right away and you need to return it. But with I tried the regular 14 things were really good for a while and then towards the end of the two week period I started getting dizzy. Some folks here are waiting to try the new phones when Apple has the holiday return window where you get longer than two weeks. Everybody is reacting differently to these different models of the 14 series.
Thanks! With Pro I had mild symptoms from the beginning, and towards the end of the 2 weeks, my eyes were okay but the constant dizziness and fullness in the head was unbearable. Ideally I guess I could start with the Pro max since I like the pro features, but I really hate the return/re-purchase process. Really annoying.
And if you do the trade in and want to do the return, then you're stuck without a phone? Or you have to pick something else?
Is it possible they enabled temporal dithering on ios 16 and you had your previous SE on ios 15? I'm perfectly fine with my 2018 iPad pro on iPadOS 15, as soon as I installed iPadOS 16 I noticed immediate eye tiredness (and i guess it's most likely dithering than "new" pwm), I downgraded right away and now I'm stuck on iPadOS 15.7 indefinitely
I received the trade in kit but I waited till almost the last minute possible to see if I can keep the new phone. When I initiated the return for 14P on the website, the trade-in request was also canceled. So I'm back on my 11 now.
The dizziness and fullness in the head is mostly what I had with trying out both the pro and the regular 14. A little bit of eyestrain as well. The 14 Pro I also had motion sickness. I never really had any profound headaches unlike maybe most of the folks here. But the dizziness could be intense
Me, too!
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I know what you’re saying, I feel like I mildly experienced that as well on occasion.
