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[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 16 points 1 day ago (7 children)

To quote Rtings:

under normal circumstances, with mixed usage, burn-in isn't an issue

Even if your task bar is on 70% of the time, you're not going to see any significant burn-in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot1gr-YypY4&t=208

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Every Android phone I've owned with an OLED screen (including modern ones) have had burn-in (or rather, burn-out) problems, specifically with the status bar.

If I had a choice, I would still be using LCDs on phones.

Also on TVs with modern backlighting technology, LCDs are remarkably close to OLEDs in terms of picture quality.

[–] arschfidel@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Really? That's interesting, because I've never noticed burn-in on any of my OLED phones, even though I did use them for many years each. But then again, I've always wondered why seemingly nobody talks about burn-in on phones, while there is a lot of fuzz being made around it on computer monitors.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

During normal use I wouldn't notice until I started reading webtoons and manga on my phone which shows a lot of white color that you don't typically see. And that's when I'd see the burn in my screen had picked up.

As for why there is more fuss about monitors than phones is because people use monitors for many more years than phones. And can use them for many more hours with lot of static elements with sometimes one program being used day in and day out. Its same reason why there is less talk of burn in for TVs versus monitors where TVs are more likely to have constantly changing visuals than monitor use case.

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