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Related Question: Is it possible for AM-OLED to be PWM free? ( Apart from setting it at maximum brightness ). Or would we have to stick to this until MicroLED comes.... which is still years away.

Edit: I know W-OLED used by LG does not have PWM problem, but that is not for mobile uses.



There are a few of interesting comments in this thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/7uv6m3/iphone_x_uses...

In summary they are saying that low frequency (240Hz) PWM is used for amoled because it decreases sub-pixel wear, it prevents color distortion, it's cheaper. So it looks like this won't change. I got an amoled phone and was surprised that the experience was worse than LCD (for me - it seems to depend a lot on the individual). Didn't even know that PWM was used until I started googling eystrain and amoled. Anyway, I sent the phone back.


That is sad, I wish they do 480hz and we could see if it strain as much.


Check notebookcheck's reviews to find AMOLED phones that eiter don't use PWM (I think it's only about 2 of them) or only use it above a certain brightness level. For example, the Axon 7 Mini. It seems those displays started to show up at around 2016. A small 60 Hz flicker will remain though, similar to as seen on OLED TVs.




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