Google investigating screen burn-in reports on the Pixel 2 XL

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Despite being regarded as one of the best Android handsets available at the time, the original Pixel phones suffered from several technical issues. One would imagine that Google did everything it could to avoid hardware glitches appearing in the successors, but it seems some Pixel 2 XL users are experiencing problems.

The Pixel 2 XL’s screen has already been the subject of complaints, including muted colors, a blue tint, and grainy textures, but this new issue is a lot more serious. A number of people are reporting that the handset is suffering from screen burn-in just weeks after they purchased it.

Screen-burn in—when a portion of a screen shows the same image for so long that a ghost image remains after the display is changed—isn’t uncommon in OLEDs, but it usually takes months or years to occur. While the Pixel 2 XL could be experiencing the less permanent phenomenon of image retention, which is usually associated with LCDs, it’s still bad news for Google and owners of its latest handset.

Android Central’s Alex Dobie discovered a ghost image on his Pixel 2 XL after just 2 weeks of using the phone, during which time the screen was left on for about 3 hours each day. Google said it is aware of the reports and is looking into the problem.

"The Pixel 2 XL screen has been designed with an advanced POLED technology, including QHD+ resolution, wide color gamut, and high contrast ratio for natural and beautiful colors and renderings. We put all of our products through extensive quality testing before launch and in the manufacturing of every unit. We are actively investigating this report," said a company spokesperson.

While the Pixel 2 XL reviews mostly range from very good to great, a problem as severe as burn-in will likely put some potential buyers off. It’s worth noting that a few of the original Pixels also suffered from the same problem, which led to Google rapidly issuing warranty replacements, so we’re likely to see the same thing happen here.

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"The Pixel 2 XL screen has been designed with an advanced POLED technology, including QHD+ resolution, wide color gamut, and high contrast ratio for natural and beautiful colors and renderings. We put all of our products through extensive quality testing before launch and in the manufacturing of every unit. We are actively investigating this report"

do they have one person doing pr and marketing? the first sentence is super random and out of place...
 
I dont understand two tings:

1-how google keeps screwing this up. my $450 moto z play has an AMOLED display, I bought it new, and it has 0 burn in after, what, almost 2 years? How is google still making rookie mistakes from the first gen of OLED panels?

2- why people keep buying googles stuff. These pixels are just nexus phones, with all the nexus problems, for iphone prices.
 
I dont understand two tings:

1-how google keeps screwing this up. my $450 moto z play has an AMOLED display, I bought it new, and it has 0 burn in after, what, almost 2 years? How is google still making rookie mistakes from the first gen of OLED panels?

2- why people keep buying googles stuff. These pixels are just nexus phones, with all the nexus problems, for iphone prices.
1- AMOLED is an old technology, all (most) of the kinks have been ironed out by now. This thing has a new fancy pants, impressive sounding POLED (whatever the hell that is) display with probably no humanly discernible visual goodness.
2- Google competes directly with Apple and Apples smartphone model is far superior so they wipe the floor with Google handsets. Google is obviously annoyed about this so they try copy cat Apples route to success. The Nexus line of phones were very successful but Google wasn't taking the all the glory and neither but most importantly, all the money. You have to understand that these two companies are megalomaniac, egotistical behemoths and neither one wants to play second fiddle to the other. If you can't beat 'em, kill 'em or put 'em out of business, then copy 'em. What Google is forgetting is that mimicry is the best form of flattery.
 
Google (also Microsoft) will never be a hardware company. Just look all the hardware they made. Never ever drop more than $200 to their hardware projects. They go to hardware just to be relevant in this field.
 
"The Pixel 2 XL screen has been designed with an advanced POLED technology, including QHD+ resolution, wide color gamut, and high contrast ratio for natural and beautiful colors and renderings. We put all of our products through extensive quality testing before launch and in the manufacturing of every unit. We are actively investigating this report"

do they have one person doing pr and marketing? the first sentence is super random and out of place...
Nah
 
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