is a screenshot of that particular grey wallpaper just zoom it in.
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i agree but some apps are now with dark grey background and it is noticeable in some degree
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iPhone X iPhone X Display uniformity problem
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Yes my current one is perfect. As you know, if you swap phones you could one that is far worse.
9 pages of this stuff, wow.
This is normal behavior for an OLED display. It differs on each phone depending on how it is used prior to the gray being displayed at very low brightness. It's basically image retention on a very minute scale that's imperceptible except on that one shade of gray at a certain brightness under 15%. When the sub pixels are tasked with doing gradations at rock-bottom brightness, you're asking for accuracy when they're barely being fed enough current to stay powered on and depending on what those sub pixels have been displaying prior, that same current will flow differently through them. This is well beyond any normal usage scenario.
This does not affect day to day use or overall quality and if you're really bothered by seeing it for five seconds in the clock app at 1am, you should re-evaluate your concerns because this is totally normal for this display tech and professionals have been using multi-thousand-dollar OLED reference monitors on film, TV, and commercial sets for years that would exhibit this issue if tested specifically for it. It doesn't affect the usefulness, accuracy, colors, image quality, or benefits over LCD at all as much as you think it may and clients often sign off on shots for $500,000+ budget productions using these monitors as a reference.
If you think there's a problem, go back to LCD and enjoy backlight bleed and glowy blacks. Otherwise, enjoy the phone. It's one of the best displays on the market.
This is normal behavior for an OLED display. It differs on each phone depending on how it is used prior to the gray being displayed at very low brightness. It's basically image retention on a very minute scale that's imperceptible except on that one shade of gray at a certain brightness under 15%. When the sub pixels are tasked with doing gradations at rock-bottom brightness, you're asking for accuracy when they're barely being fed enough current to stay powered on and depending on what those sub pixels have been displaying prior, that same current will flow differently through them. This is well beyond any normal usage scenario.
This does not affect day to day use or overall quality and if you're really bothered by seeing it for five seconds in the clock app at 1am, you should re-evaluate your concerns because this is totally normal for this display tech and professionals have been using multi-thousand-dollar OLED reference monitors on film, TV, and commercial sets for years that would exhibit this issue if tested specifically for it. It doesn't affect the usefulness, accuracy, colors, image quality, or benefits over LCD at all as much as you think it may and clients often sign off on shots for $500,000+ budget productions using these monitors as a reference.
If you think there's a problem, go back to LCD and enjoy backlight bleed and glowy blacks. Otherwise, enjoy the phone. It's one of the best displays on the market.
not true. My screen glows green at the same spot every time
How is it normal to have color disparities? If I run the Pantone app for work, I expect perfect color rendering according to Apple's calibration. If I can't get that ebcause the screen shows some color shift blob, then it's a defect.
yup sucks but this is normal for our X negative of oled i guess.i hate looking at my display at night because of this.im gonna stick with mine because i dont like going back to 8+ either
Same here . I had 8 plus and couldn’t get used to its weight , the size was kinda ok. On the other hand no screen issues and the battery stays longer .
Maybe to take just an 8?! Or move on to Samsung or Huawei?
I am frustrated ....;(
I have the same, or nearly same problem with my iphone 7, and believe me, on the settings screen, and every other app that has a white background colour, its noticable. the bottom 1,5 cm is like totally other temperature than the top half of the screen.
Here is the best I can do, shot photos with my Pixel 2 XL. The pitch black screen is at 0 brightness. The gray screen is at roughly 25% brightness. Photo makes it look far worse than real life. I'm abnormally obsessive compulsive about phone screens and I have no issue with mine. I use Amazon Music (dark screens) and view dark screens in bed all the time at lowest brightness and I have no real-world-use issues with my screen at all. Prior iPhone X devices that I had I could see issues during real world use, as I posted pics of a long time ago. Bottom line is this "defect" is apparent in almost all OLED screen phones I've ever seen. Haven't seen the S9 yet.
It seems no matter how perfect the screen is, while running clock app, uniformity issue seems to persist in all the iphone's I have checked till date. Even my phone has the same clock app uniformity issue, apart from this my screen is great and brighter than my brother's iphone x and on the cooler side.
But I have to get screen replacement done because after unboxing my phone it has terrible pink line on right hand side, instead of replacing the phone they have replaced the screen.
It's surprising that how can they get quality of screen so bad and have all the guts to sell the subpar product to consumer.
Photos are generally very over exposed and as I said, make mine look awful when in reality there is no issue. I can't take a better photo unfortunately. If I take a video snapshot it also isn't accurate. I don't have any uniformity problem on mine on dark backgrounds, like that one I had awhile back that had the diagonal line going across the screen. That one was ridiculous. Even my parents saw it which confirmed I am only 90% insane rather than 95%.
I've exchanged, returned, and sold off in total around 10 iPhone X phones due to defects, I 100% understand where you're coming from. If you can't notice this issue during normal use AND have a perfect screen otherwise, call it a day and enjoy the phone. Mine only has slight blue shift at an angle. Not a hint of pink BS anywhere / no pink shift. Have to pry it out of my cold dead hands. Hopefully your screen replacement won't have a hint of pink anywhere. That's the worst.
10 iphones, wow, you really have hustled around to get a perfect device. My screen replacement is good, very slight hint of pink shift at a very particular angle, I mean negligible. So, I have settled for it. My brother X has slight blue shift but after doing comparison to mine, his screen is little dimmer compared to mine. I wonder if samsung's OLED phones also suffer with such inconsistency?. Because I have checked around and read so many forums, it seems no iphone X screen is at par.
Worst, my phone also had 2 dust particle in camera lens, so they have replaced the camera as well on my phone. With such initial hiccup's my marginal utility for apple product has hit the rock bottom. You just loose thrill to enjoy such premium phone after doing zillions of replacements and getting part replaced within few days of buying it.
I find it to be a problem once you have a decent display you find irregularity with , then you start looking for other irregularities with the new display and it can turn into a vicious cycle. I personally have been fortunate where I have not had issues with my displays, but there are those who can attest to what I’m saying.
Glad you are done, enjoy. All OLED phones can have dud screens not just Apple. Just search all the flagship phones and screen quality. Apple isn’t alone.
The question really is are any people other than the most OCD of users who use non-real-world tests to test for imperfection - able to detect anything. The answer is, of course, no.
If I scrutinized with all manner of non real world tests - I’d find just as many imperfect OLEDs in the Samsung world. It’s the nature of OLED - nothing to do with Apple or its suppliers.