I do love the OLED screens. They are very pretty.

reaperducer · on Oct 29, 2019

I'm not a fan. My iPhone X got burn-in surprisingly quickly, even though the screen was only on a couple of hours a day.

My work iPhone is a 6, so it's LED, and even though I keep its screen on eight hours a day, there's no burn-in.

wil421 · on Oct 29, 2019

I’ve had one a year and use it a lot. Never any burn in.

Where do you see burn in? Light or dark screens?

reaperducer · on Oct 29, 2019

Everywhere. Most prominent are the unlock icon and the flashlight icon and the camera, but there are others; and some text.

Any time there is an area of flat color, or gradient color it really shows.

wil421 · on Oct 30, 2019

Have you tried taking it to an Apple store? I have an iPhone XS and I am 100% certain this doesn’t happen on mine.

GhettoMaestro · on Oct 30, 2019

Agreed. The reported behavior sounds more like defective hardware. I have my original iPhone X from launch and have used it for hours a day. Battery is a little beat up, but the screen is still perfect.

foobiekr · on Oct 29, 2019

Am I the only one who sees visible flickering on the iPhone XS OLED screen? Fine white lines on a black background are terrible. It reminds me of using an Amiga in interlaced mode.

tshaddox · on Oct 29, 2019

That's probably what is usually referred to as "black smearing," which affects most (all?) OLED screens when using a completely black background.

webwielder2 · on Oct 29, 2019

I ache for an OLED iPad.

lukeholder · on Oct 29, 2019

Yeah, but I'd rather a super high refresh rate over that. LCD does that better at the moment.