Oh, good! Now burn-in might be a problem?

[anon(10092459)]

I'm as big of a supporter of Google and their efforts with the Pixel brand as much as anyone, but 7 days is unreasonable. Yes, OLED panels suffer from burn in, but after some time generally... To me, this is on a different level than the blue hue. A "cooler" display falls in the "preference" category... Burn-in, and 7 day burn in at that, is more QC. It's a brand new phone for crying out loud.

 

[nelamvr6]

How can you know the difference between burn in and image retention? Just wait and see if it goes away?

 

[Gunnyman]

I predict Google/LG switches to Samsung Super AMOLED panels soon. I mean they're already sourcing panels from Samsung for the smaller Pixel 2.

I'm glad I didn't pre-order though so I can sit back and wait to see how this all shakes out.

 

[madgalaxy]

That is pretty crazy for a device that has been out for like a week. I wonder if the reason Google went with LG is that all the Samsung OLEDs were being gobbled up by Samsung and Apple?

 

[Richard Servello]

Never saw that once on mine.

Put a white image where the bottom nav bar is and you will.

 

[GTvert90]

That is pretty crazy for a device that has been out for like a week. I wonder if the reason Google went with LG is that all the Samsung OLEDs were being gobbled up by Samsung and Apple?

Google has invested quite a bit of money in LGs display business

 

[marcb11]

Just did a white screen on my OG Pixel and guess what? Super faint image of my Nav bar. And also guess what, I have never ever noticed it before in a year of use. So to me, this is a non-issue, if I didn't read this I'd never even know it was an issue and lived my life happily.

 

[dsignori]

No different from the og XL. The nav bar was burnt into it. Completely imperceptible except when you refresh it and there is no nav bar...then you clearly see a triangle circle square burned into the bottom. Does not effect operations in any way since the only way you can see it is with a pure white image and no nav bar.

I have the OG XL and I don't see this with a white image.

 

[fr4nk1yn]

Tech blogs are becoming like political blogs. The screen isn't near as bad, or bad, as everyone is making it ought to be.
These reporters have pre-production units. Lets give it a few weeks and see what he actually have knowing that everyone that has a device with burn-in will have it replaced through Google.

 

[maverick7526]

That is pretty crazy for a device that has been out for like a week. I wonder if the reason Google went with LG is that all the Samsung OLEDs were being gobbled up by Samsung and Apple?

I think it's because they invested into their OLED unit. It's seems like Google is trying to go somewhat all in on producing it's on hardware at some point.

 

[JHBThree]

My friend has a Note 8 and has no issues.

I have one sitting on my nightstand currently, and it shows faint burn in/image retention where the nav bar is.

 

[Scottie15]

That is the point though. I have a XL 2 and it is perfectly fine. Most of these 'problems' are blown out of proportion. What kind of value are you getting elsewhere, when most flagships are all priced in the same bracket? If this turns out to be a legitimate issue, Google will take care of it, they have to, the phone is still under warranty. Until you actually have one in your hand, not a demo unit from a Verizon store, you just don't know.

They aren't blown out of proportion when there is a fat chunk of people reporting them. This, along with the blue screen (I've seen 3 different devices and they all have it), and the other screen issues make the $850+ price-tag completely unjustified. I'm sorry, but that's a fact.

As far as value, Samsung will give you up to $300 for trading in your older phone. That's a crazy good value. Plus they will give you half off their accessories.

Like I said, I want the Pixel XL, I want stock Android, I just can't play the lottery with their displays. Unacceptable.

 

[HeCareth]

I just cancelled my order too. I'll get a U11 until Google fixes the issue or the P3 comes out.

Good luck with that

 

[osubeavs728]

They aren't blown out of proportion when there is a fat chunk of people reporting them. This, along with the blue screen (I've seen 3 different devices and they all have it), and the other screen issues make the $850+ price-tag completely unjustified. I'm sorry, but that's a fact.

As far as value, Samsung will give you up to $300 for trading in your older phone. That's a crazy good value. Plus they will give you half off their accessories.

Like I said, I want the Pixel XL, I want stock Android, I just can't play the lottery with their displays. Unacceptable.

An #alternativefact maybe. The phone's been out less than a week, so there's no way you could have a valid sample size of the thousands upon thousands of devices that are coming off the assembly line.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

Seems to be pretty widespread.

https://9to5google.com/2017/10/22/google-pixel-2-xl-burn-in/

 

[anon(5630457)]

The Pixel 2 XL should just be recalled and fixed. This is inexcusable for a $950 phone, especially after only a week of moderate use.

 

[dsignori]

So I have a practical question, since I haven't received mine yet:

Does anyone who has the phone and has seen this problem actually noticed this as an issue in NORMAL USE OF YOUR PHONE? I ask because not a sole said anything until Alex's tweet, and that leads me to believe either (a) no one noticed or (b) people noticed but no one said a word (unlikely).

I understand that if you go looking for it (look at it on some plain image, etc) you may notice it. But has anyone just used their phone for normal things notice this in any real way that caused a problem yet?

 

[Lobwedgephil]

So I have a practical question, since I haven't received mine yet:

Does anyone who has the phone and has seen this problem actually noticed this as an issue in NORMAL USE OF YOUR PHONE? I ask because not a sole said anything until Alex's tweet, and that leads me to believe either (a) no one noticed or (b) people noticed but no one said a word (unlikely).

I understand that if you go looking for it (look at it on some plain image, etc) you may notice it. But has anyone just used their phone for normal things notice this in any real way that caused a problem yet?

Screen burn in doesn't typically appear this quickly.

 

[Mike Dee]

Screen burn in doesn't typically appear this quickly.

We're not sure what it is yet...even Alex admitted that.

 

[JHBThree]

Mine has it. Just checked using a dark gray image. This may be the straw that breaks the camel's back for me, but we'll see.