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lcfx_lain

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Outside of iPhones - How can we tell if a device (Monitor or TV) uses this kinda DISPLAY PANEL tech?

Rtings for example, check Image Flicker test:

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dimitricook

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Anyone noticed eyestrain when using the iphone 8 after updating to ios 14.7 or 14.7.1? Yes i have it :-0 seems that Apple messed with the display drivers again. and the worse part is that i cannot downgrade to 14.6 anymore...
 

nrvous1

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Anyone noticed eyestrain when using the iphone 8 after updating to ios 14.7 or 14.7.1? Yes i have it :-0 seems that Apple messed with the display drivers again. and the worse part is that i cannot downgrade to 14.6 anymore...
I haven’t noticed any change in eye strain. I also suffer from migraine induced vertigo and notice I have a lot more episodes when using an oled screen up close for extended periods of time. With the se2, I really haven’t had any major vertigo spells.
 

dimitricook

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I haven’t seen anyone else mention this issue on 14.7, are you still having trouble with the update? I’m holding off for now.
Yes me neather, but yes i still have the issue of getting immediate headache when using my iphone 8. I do use another phone at this moment :) can't even believe it myself
 

now i see it

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Anyone noticed eyestrain when using the iphone 8 after updating to ios 14.7 or 14.7.1? Yes i have it :-0 seems that Apple messed with the display drivers again. and the worse part is that i cannot downgrade to 14.6 anymore...

My iPhone 8 has always bugged my eyes after some use regardless of the OS. Not immediate headaches or anything but I definitely get more eyestrain using it than my 6 Plus. I can use my 6 Plus all day long (for years) and never any eyestrain - which is why I still use it every day to this day. The iPhone 8 almost never gets used. Regardless of what Apple says, the regular sized old LCD iPhones with 720P screens are blurrier than the old 1080P plus phones.
Their OLED screens blow.
 
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majkom

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that is not probable as oled = pwm at low freq... only chance for future right now seems to be miniled, ipad pro uses pwm but with much hugher freq, so hopefully it is almost impossible to harm anyone, but oled, right now, is unusable if you are a bit sensitive to pwm:(
 

snakes-

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The Huawei p50 pro has 1440 Hz high frequency PWM dimming
Whatever this means it sounds good.
 

jimmy_uk

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that is not probable as oled = pwm at low freq... only chance for future right now seems to be miniled, ipad pro uses pwm but with much hugher freq, so hopefully it is almost impossible to harm anyone, but oled, right now, is unusable if you are a bit sensitive to pwm:(
The Mini led display on the ipad pro 12.9 2021 still bothered my eyes sadly. No headache but my eyes still felt bothered and fatigued. So I'm still relying on Apple implementing much higher PWM with their oled displays.

 

majkom

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If you are bothered by ioad pro miniled, ni chance you will get oled iphone that wont bother you, i mean ioad pro uses pwm with freq aroung 17k, iohones are right now on 240? so please apple, give us non pwm ips iphine again:)
 

jimmy_uk

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If you are bothered by ioad pro miniled, ni chance you will get oled iphone that wont bother you, i mean ioad pro uses pwm with freq aroung 17k, iohones are right now on 240? so please apple, give us non pwm ips iphine again:)
Different technologies implemented in different ways.

Will just have to keep buying products and testing them to see if I can live with them or not - hoping for a change soon. ?‍♂️
 
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dimitricook

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t is not probable as oled = pwm at low freq... only chance for future right now seems to be miniled, ipad pro uses pwm but with much hugher freq, so hopefully it is almost impossible to harm anyone, but oled, right now, is unusable if you are a b
i do think it has something to do with the dithering and that it effects us more than we think or know. When they have a true 10bit display this might be solved.
 
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Mr.Simple

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Apple could do way more like Honor shows. The new Magic 3 Smartphones has a PWM Frequenzy of around 2000 with low light and should not make such a problem like the current oled smarphones from apple. I hope so much that things getting improved this year.
 
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dimitricook

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Apple could do way more like Honor shows. The new Magic 3 Smartphones has a PWM Frequenzy of around 2000 with low light and should not make such a problem like the current oled smarphones from apple. I hope so much that things getting improved this year.
Just looked at this phone, this is insane, the camera's and the screen. TUV eye safe certified :) Really want to try this phone
 

snakes-

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IT seems other brands take pwm flickering serious and set the pwm rate over 1000 hz to avoid flickering and healt proplems.
Latest example Honor Magic 3 with 1920Hz high-frequency PWM.
Compared to 240 hz in the iPhone 12 series....?
 

Dejected

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IT seems other brands take pwm flickering serious and set the pwm rate over 1000 hz to avoid flickering and healt proplems.
Latest example Honor Magic 3 with 1920Hz high-frequency PWM.
Compared to 240 hz in the iPhone 12 series....?
Great news ?
 

crashnburn

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IT seems other brands take pwm flickering serious and set the pwm rate over 1000 hz to avoid flickering and healt proplems.
Latest example Honor Magic 3 with 1920Hz high-frequency PWM.
Compared to 240 hz in the iPhone 12 series....?
Does it give apple some kind Power Savings? Would chip designers / hardware folks know if and how this plays out?
 

dimitricook

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Does it give apple some kind Power Savings? Would chip designers / hardware folks know if and how this plays out?
Yep i guess its all about power saving and using cheap hardware to save cost, tweaked to look good with software adjustments like pwm or dithering to show more colors.
 

tecialist

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Mar 16, 2018
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The iPhone’s display is still a scanning PWM powered panel, meaning the pixels are not actually continuously on, but pretty much work the same way a CRT beam would work – only instead of a single pixel, we have a partial vertical band across the display. The reason for this is just the sheer complexity of running the active-matrix: each subpixel needs to be controlled to 1024 voltage levels to represent the colours of the 10-bit panel. On top of that, the DACs need to have sufficient bit-depth to also provide a seamless range of brightness levels. Here saving on the DAC bit-depth by controlling brightness by PWM is a good workaround the issue.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13392/the-iphone-xs-xs-max-review-unveiling-the-silicon-secrets/8

Please take a look at what Anandtech has to say about this.
 
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