Burn-in test shows the iPhone X beating Samsung's Note 8 and S7 Edge

[midian182]

As more phones are launched with OLED displays, burn-in problems have become even more relevant. As part of its ongoing iPhone X review, Korean tech site Cetizen tested Apple’s handset against Samsung’s Note 8 and S7 Edge in a burn-in test, and it was the iPhone that came out on top.

The experiment involved maintaining a static image on all three phones for 510 hours while at full brightness. After 17 hours, the iPhone X started showing the first signs of image retention, but the damage wasn’t excessive enough to be noticeable during everyday use.

At the 62-hour mark, the Note 8 suddenly started suffering burn-in. At this point, it was Samsung’s device that displayed the most obvious image retention. When both phones were shown to users, they were able to spot the burned parts of the Note 8’s screen but couldn’t identify them on the iPhone X.

The Note 8 had the worst burn-in by the end of the test, showing a fairly clear ghost image. The two-year-old S7 Edge did a lot better but was still bested by the iPhone X. Ultimately, all the handsets performed well—it’s unlikely that any users would leave the same image on screen for days at a time.

Back in November, Apple claimed it had engineered the iPhone X's Super Retina display to be the best in the industry in reducing the effects of OLED burn-in. But the company still warned users not to display the same high-contrast image for prolonged periods of time.

One of the several display problems reported in the Google Pixel 2 XL was screen burn-in after a short period. The company later released an update that addressed the issue.

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[MonsterZero]

How is that a win? the iPhone has white burn-in across the entire screen.

 

[Trillionsin]

How is that a win? the iPhone has white burn-in across the entire screen.

I'm not sure why this statistic really matters to begin with.

I know some games will prevent the game from sleeping, but if it's something you are worried about then you can just close the game and the screen should turn off depending on your settings. If you arent worried about it, then likely you don't have your screen turn off within a minute or two... then you also arent worried about battery life. I'm more concerned with battery life myself, so my screen brightness is only up as much as I feel like it needs to be, and screen turn off is like 30 seconds or a minute, I don't remember exactly.

Maybe the Note 8 has more power going to it's screen? Maybe Apple throttled the brightness of their screen? For a lack of being able to word those questions better, I feel like you guys might get my point? I hope... I feel like there's more to it than just leaving it on for awhile that causes burn in, but I'm no OLED expert. What's the total brightness comparison between the Note 8 and iPhone X? Is one screen notably brighter than the other at maximum brightness? Hopefully these questions were addressed in the article, and I just must have missed it. -_-

 

[dogofwars]

Let's do the same test in a year to see if the number change LOL.

 

[dogofwars]

Or better do the same test made a year or so with an IPhone phone

 

[petert]

So all of them beat pixel 2 right? and pretty irrelevant scenario, who is gonna keep a static image open for 60+ hours? you kinda need to look for it to happen ... which is not the case for pixel 2 who gets quickly burned out - inferior screen, inferior battery, design blatantly stolen from iphone ... but they charge the same as Apple? f**k google

 

[Kenrick]

How is that a win? the iPhone has white burn-in across the entire screen.

Your complaining about results when you dont even know what burn-in technically means. You need to pop a fanboi pill.

 

[yRaz]

So all of them beat pixel 2 right? and pretty irrelevant scenario, who is gonna keep a static image open for 60+ hours? you kinda need to look for it to happen ... which is not the case for pixel 2 who gets quickly burned out - inferior screen, inferior battery, design blatantly stolen from iphone ... but they charge the same as Apple? f**k google

well the icons across the top of the screen could very well stay the same aswell as the icons on the bottom. It might not stay the same for 60 hours straight, but for the 1,000's of hours you should get out of a phone you could easily have some image displayed overtime in the same spot.

 

[lostinlodos]

How does a user get burn in on a cell phone?!!!!?
If you’re getting burnin you’re doing something wrong.