Amoled Screen burn in is back!

[fabian bonifacio]

Re: nexus 6P burn in

That's what I'm hoping, or at least barely noticeable i don't mind a slight burn i can't notice or even a fade, if just hate a burn so bad, that it would stare me in the face all the time

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[SteveISU]

Re: nexus 6P burn in

So I'm hearing a lot of talk about this burn in and I'm not gonna lie I'm a bit worried, amoled screens are just a hit and miss at this point, some people have the issue others don't, I'm really hoping this won't be a huge issue. I'm already expecting this bad boy in the mail

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I'm not so sure it's the AMOLED panels from the same line of phone are hit are miss as peoples eyes are hit or miss. Some people see things that others don't, some don't bother to look at all. Go read threads on Macrumors after every iPhone release. There are people who claim to see their rear camera is .5mm off to the left.

 

[fabian bonifacio]

Re: nexus 6P burn in

Well I hope my eyes are completely instant ignorant to anything minor lol

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[vzwuser76]

My almost year old nexus 6 has no noticeable burn in and I'm not going to try looking for it. Burn in is inherent to amoled displays but doesn't mean it'll be an issue. I'm not worried at all and can't wait until my 6p arrives.

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Actually that's false. Burn in can happen to any display, whether it's AMOLED, LED, LCD, plasma, or CRT. If you don't believe me look at a security monitor that is left on 24/7. Doesn't matter what display technology is used, they'll all have burn in (or ghost images as they used to be called) after some period of time. The difference is certain display technologies are more susceptible to it that others. IIRC, the worst offenders in no special order are CRT, plasma, and AMOLED. LCDs seem to be the least susceptible, but at the cost of a lower contrast ratio.

 

[vzwuser76]

I've owned one Samsung and the Nexus One which did not have on screen navigation buttons. No burn in.

My guess is that there may be a few amoled screens that have defects that cause observable burn in, but I also suspect it isn't a large number.

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IMHO, it seems to have more to do with displaying the same or a similar image on the screen for prolonged periods of time. Brightness can be a factor, but I never have my displays over 50% brightness and I've still had issues with it. What I've found worked the best to counter it is changing things up somewhat frequently. I used to always turn my phone counterclockwise when going into landscape mode, and I ended up with a permanent burn in down the right side of my display from the status bar on my Galaxy S3. But since that happened, I switch it up more often and I haven't had the issue since (although a few times I see the beginnings of it, but after switching it up it goes away).

 

[Kaido]

Stock Android and Amoled just don't mix.

 

[nrfitchett4]

Re: nexus 6P burn in

How many threads do we need about one reviewer seeing a hint of burn in that no other reviewer has noticed (including Jerry)?

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[andy a]

Stock Android and Amoled just don't mix.

Why is that could you elaborate please?

 

[titaniumSS]

And still not worried about it. It's like being worried about driving to work every day. Sure you could die in a fiery blaze of a wreck, but it's probably not going to happen.

 

[booboolala2000]

My Nexus 6 has no burn in. That I notice. I'm not that worried.

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[badkitties]

AMOLED burn-in never went away. People just stopped talking about it because Samsung told them to stop talking about it.

FWIW, I run at 100% brightness and have no burn in. Everyone I have talked to with a review phone has no burn in.

the last Samsung or Nexus phone that I saw burn-in was the Samsung Galaxy Nexus(Verizon). It was severe. Anything static on the screen for more than 12 to 16 seconds left ghost images that wouldn't go away for at least a day or two.

After the Galaxy Nexus, I've owned several Samsung phones, including S3, S4, S5, Note 2, Note 3, and now the Note 5. All are AMOLED, but none of them had any hint of AMOLED burn-in problem. (knock on wood, since I still own all them) This leads to me to believe that Samsung supplied Motorola and other manufacturers with inferior AMOLED screen... or is that even possible?

Speaking of burn-in on a Samsung device, my $19000 Samsung LCD TV in the living room also has burn-in problem. It's also quite severe. For example, if I leave the TV with DVR menu on and go to the bathroom. When I come back a couple of minutes later and change the chnnel, I can still see the DVR menu burned into the screen. It goes away after several hours and annoying me to no end. Unfortunately, it started having this problem 2 months after the warranty expired in July... I wish I had purchased the extended warranty.

 

[gabbott]

Actually that's false. Burn in can happen to any display, whether it's AMOLED, LED, LCD, plasma, or CRT. If you don't believe me look at a security monitor that is left on 24/7. Doesn't matter what display technology is used, they'll all have burn in (or ghost images as they used to be called) after some period of time. The difference is certain display technologies are more susceptible to it that others. IIRC, the worst offenders in no special order are CRT, plasma, and AMOLED. LCDs seem to be the least susceptible, but at the cost of a lower contrast ratio.

Not sure what's false about that, was only speaking of amoled which CAN have burn-in. Yes, other display technologies can get it as well.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Why is that could you elaborate please?

Because stock Android has lots of static elements like the status bar and on-screen buttons.

Those can actually increase the likelihood of burn-in. The Galaxy Nexus was most susceptible to that, and last year's Nexus 6 too, albeit to a far lesser extent.

 

[So Cold]

And still not worried about it. It's like being worried about driving to work every day. Sure you could die in a fiery blaze of a wreck, but it's probably not going to happen.

Clearly you don't live in Dallas

 

[badkitties]

Clearly you don't live in Dallas

don't know why, but I'm now wondering what kind of smartphone JR Ewing would carry.... oh crap, I'm ancient.

 

[LocationDudeNYC]

You must have had a bad Galaxy Nexus. That was my first Verizon phone and it was flawless.

 

[andy a]

Because stock Android has lots of static elements like the status bar and on-screen buttons.

Those can actually increase the likelihood of burn-in. The Galaxy Nexus was most susceptible to that, and last year's Nexus 6 too, albeit to a far lesser extent.

Thanks for explaining that

 

[badkitties]

You must have had a bad Galaxy Nexus. That was my first Verizon phone and it was flawless.

fortunately, even with the severe AMOLED burn in, the VZW corporate
store allowed me to trade in the VZW Galaxy Nexus for $200 two weeks
ago,(thanks to the email promo code that I received.

There was no new purchase requirement, just a straight-up trade-in.
pretty good for a 4-year-old phone with issues, so I'm not complaining.

(it was actually $200 account credit, which was paid off my current bill
and then some)

 

[Aquila]

This isn't a good rule, but if the same person at AP has burn in on two devices that most people do not have burn in on... it could be the person, and not the devices.

 

[badkitties]

This isn't a good rule, but if the same person at AP has burn in on two devices that most people do not have burn in on... it could be the person, and not the devices.

AP? What's that? (sorry, it's only 6AM here and I haven't had my coffee yet)