Insane screen retention on refurbished V20

[datum9]

This is the Achilles heel of the V20. For whatever reason, they are are prone to this happening, and a replacement phone/screen will have it too. I'd still rather have this than any other phone right now. I'm of the belief that most every phone, regardless of make and model, is going to have some inherent design flaw. Temporary image retention is a rather minor annoyance compared to other problems I've seen.

These are my thoughts as well. I just upgraded from Samsung S8+ to V20 and all in all, am happy with that choice. On the balance, I like V20's features. I do have some screen retention as well thought apparently not as bad.

I like:

Replaceable battery
16:9 ratio
Flat screen

 

[uraniumhexoflorite]

The burn in seems to be coming back. I'm going to see if I can return it for a different one.

 

[uraniumhexoflorite]

Got a replacement coming in the mail. I will post when it arrives.

 

[uraniumhexoflorite]

The replacement has image retention too. Was this an issue when the V20 launched or is it just refurbished ones? Even if I can't get one without the image retention I won't get a different phone model. I despise glass sandwiches since they are so much tougher to repair.

 

[Mooncatt]

Was this an issue when the V20 launched or is it just refurbished ones?

It affects most all of them, regardless if new or refurbished.

 

[recDNA]

Mine was good for almost 2 years. I love V20 features but finally got a Note 9. My screen and speakers are better and I like the spen. Believe it or not I am using my old gear 2 watch to retain ir blaster capabilities. Still I use my V20 wifi only and will never part with it. Resale value is too low to bother.

 

[datum9]

I had some minor screen retention at first and then it went away, strangely.