Amoled Screen burn in is back!

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

AP used the phone for a week before posting their results. With the other reviews you've read, how long did the reviewer had the phone before posting the review?

Everyone got their official review units on October 16.

If anyone used one of the serialized, non-production versions to post a review with, you should ignore everything they ever say from now until eternity.

 

[AustinTech]

AP used the phone for a week before posting their results. With the other reviews you've read, how long did the reviewer had the phone before posting the review?

The same, about a week. MKBHD, TechnoBuffalo, this site, etc...

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[Derek_B]

AP used the phone for a week before posting their results. With the other reviews you've read, how long did the reviewer had the phone before posting the review?

It was probably about 70%/30% in favor of a week of using the phone as opposed to the 48-hour reviews.

 

[badkitties]

Everyone got their official review units on October 16.

If they used one of the serialized, non-production versions to post a review with, you should ignore everything they ever say from now until eternity.

If I can wait until eternity, I'm not going to waste time on smartphones.

speaking of having an image burned in.... I guess my brain has a burn-in issue. I still have a perfect metal image of my first love burned in. Have not seen her in 35+ years but I'm sure
her image is permanently burned into my mind until eternity. That's gotta be the worst kind of
burn-in problem.

 

[mvasquez009]

So is this screen burn an issue or not? Is this actually keeping people from deciding to not order the device ?

 

[libraryclg]

So is this screen burn an issue or not? Is this actually keeping people from deciding to not order the device ?

If screen burn-in is an issue I'm fairly sure Google wouldn't be doing sold out of the dang things.

 

[mogelijk]

Re: Burn In Question

But agent Smith said the same thing to Neo and look how that turned out! They fired him, made him wear pointy ears and speak Elvish, was fired again and made to wear a red skull mask until finally being killed by Capt. America!

You left out having to wear a Guy Fawkes' mask over his scarred face until he dies from wounds, suffered while outnumbered 20-1, and his "burial" is part of blowing up Big Ben/Parliament.

 

[booboolala2000]

Re: Burn In Question

You left out having to wear a Guy Fawkes' mask over his scarred face until he dies from wounds, suffered while outnumbered 20-1, and his "burial" is part of blowing up Big Ben/Parliament.

What movie is that?

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[syspry]

Re: Burn In Question

What movie is that?

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V for Vendetta, pretty cool movie

 

[foxbat121]

Re: Burn In Question

The biggest road block for OLED screen to dominate the world is pixel life span, especially blue pixels. They last around a few thousand hours to maybe slightly over 10,000 hours. Samsung never publish this numbers officially. So all we have is just guess, say 10,000 hours. With such a relatively short life span on blue pixels, the pixel wear out can be noticeable if you don't pay attention or abuse it. Normal phone users don't need to worry about it too much (you keep the screen dim and auto-turn off after short period of time and don't watch some static content for extended period etc.). Ppl that tends to use 100% brightness all the time and keep screen on all the time, e.g. navigation, instead of let the phone turn off the screen will quickly notice this burn in. YMMV of course.

Enjoy your phone. OLED screen's advantages (true black, wide viewing angle and vivid color) far out weights its shortcomings (burn in). Use it with common sense and you will be fine.

 

[Wildo6882]

Re: Burn In Question

No, its definitely not a made-up thing. AMOLED screens just do that. It is a fact of its design structure that eventually those pixels will degrade and more often than not they degrade unevenly because of the way the screen is used. Cell phones get away with this because most people aren't as sensitive to the burn in, and most of the time the burn in is not very noticeable. With people recycling phones every hear to two years, it makes it even less of an issue because many people trade in their phone or get new ones before any serious burn in occurs.

While I'm bugged by burn in, I'm not letting the AMOLED screen stop me from getting this phone because:

1. 12 month factory warranty
2. After that, nexus protect
3. After that, in extreme cases, I'm sure I could have the screen replaced out of warranty, if I'm still using the phone at that time. To compare, an s6 screen and digitizer is 130 bucks right now. Not too terrible if I'm feeling the 6p for the LONG term.

I ABSOLUTELY hate screen burn-in. But I'm thinking the 12 month warranty plus Nexus Protect will give me peace of mind. Although, I don't want to have to go through 14 phones to get there. But I think Google will probably be good about replacing a pretty faulty screen.

 

[LeoRex]

So is this screen burn an issue or not? Is this actually keeping people from deciding to not order the device ?

It's not.... second part... if this is keeping someone from buying, that person needs to stand up, go take a walk, clear their head and sit back down. There is nothing wrong with the display.

 

[Robbie317]

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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after 11 months with my Nexus 6 I have no noticeable burn in at all. Even if I TRY and look for it.

 

[Rogue Tomato]

I had burn-in on my Epic 4G (an old Samsung phone). Since then, my family has had 2 S3s, 1 S4, 1 S5, and a Note 4. All AMOLED, and no burn-in on any of them. And one of the old S3s still sits on my nightstand with "stay awake on power" enabled, and still no burn-in.

 

[mwboost]

I went through 4 S5's,and 2 S6's. Not because of burn in but uneven colouring or lighting. Hopefully the 6P doesn't get these problems being a Samsung screen?

 

[rushmore]

Re: Burn In Question

Lies and exaggerations. I think that reviewer got a bad unit. As having the 'latest' Samsung AMOLED panel, there will be no widespread issues. (But of course that is what warranties are all about) If you choose to allow these reports to sway your decision NOT to buy... I'm sure those in line to order will gladly take your spot.

It does exist and is easy to see with demo AMOLED units in stores, but the good catch is nobody leaves there device on long enough to cause it. If a white or lighter color pattern stayed in the same position for a long enough time the burn in happens. A normal user though would have to have the phone on by accident for many hours to cause it. The battery should run out before it even becomes an issue. Unless plugged in and it happens and the device is left for over day. Unlikely is the point.

 

[RHChan84]

With the new AMOLED, burn in takes longer to appear but still, these are demos that are on 24 hours a day. Highly doubt you will have your screen on that long. And there's no need for brightness to be turned up to 100%.

I use 0% at night with lights off in bed, 40% indoor, 70% outdoor.

Deciding on a phone because of burn in is like deciding on should i get a flip phone because dropping a big screen phone will risk a cracked screen and flip phones screens are less likely to break.

 

[nrfitchett4]

I went through 4 S5's,and 2 S6's. Not because of burn in but uneven colouring or lighting. Hopefully the 6P doesn't get these problems being a Samsung screen?

There are some people reporting this. Guess it's par for the amoled course.

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[fabian bonifacio]

amoled burn in

Uh oh I'm ready noticing some burn on my nexus 6p but only when I download the amoled burn fixer app with an all gray background. I guess there really isn't any real way to avoid this, its very faint and subtle though I hope it doesn't get worse

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[fabian bonifacio]

Re: amoled burn in

Correction. Not burn in but definitely ghosting.

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