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avital said:
Okey thank you for your answer :)

I did read that it could be possible that the screen can last longer than the LCD?

"some manufacturers' displays aim to increase the lifespan of OLED displays, pushing their expected life past that of LCD displays by improving light outcoupling, thus achieving the same brightness at a lower drive current"
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Yes that the aim.
I do know that test green and red cells can go beyond 150,000 200,000 hours. But Blue is lagging behind.

I would hope the blue level quote from 2008/9 Sony has been improved upon since.

I would just enjoy using the phone.

Its probably more likely a component other than the screen itself would fail before the OLED does. For example batteries have limited life spans that need replacing.
 
Batteries can easily be replaced, however unlike the iPhone cannot. I'm probably being pessimistic.

So does avoiding the display of blue (e.g wallpapers) vastly increase the screen/pixel life (dimming and discoloration)?
 
I like the Galaxy s2. I really wish they could put in a LCD instead of Amoled. Then we didnt have to worry about blue organic ages fast and less longevity :(
 
avital said:
I really wish they could put in a LCD instead of Amoled.
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Sell the S2 and buy a Galaxy R with the SLCD display.... problem solved.

Then we didnt have to worry about blue organic ages fast and less longevity :(
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Most of us are too busy using and enjoying what we have right now to worry about what might happen two or three years in the future.
 
Amoled is great. Much thinner than lcd. Better image quality too. Blue hours will be vastly better than they were a couple of years ago, even then half brightest after 10 000 hours is really good. If you use blue containing colours for 6 hours a day every day it would take you 1667 days or just over 5 years. That is for older tech of course. This is considerably better than the older oled screens that were available. I have an mp3 with an oled screen and that is 7 years old now. That did not show any colour degradation. I did burn the screen on it once. Just load a white image for a while and it will remove it.
 
No problems here either, had OLED displays in my last three phones and I've never seen any burn in, I buy on launch and kept them for a year usually.
 
Had the following OLED devices:

-Sansa Clip (about one year)
-Sansa Clip + (about two years)
-Zune HD (about one year)
-HTC Droid Incredible (year and a half)
-Samsung Galaxy S2 (3-4 months so far)

I have NEVER had burn-in on an OLED screen. Hell, you'd expect it on the Clip series due to the static UI, but even those have no burn in. You want burn in? Turn your screen timeout to never, push it to max brightness, put on a static background, leave your phone plugged in, then check back in 3 weeks.
 
Wow, I set mine at the lowest brightness. It's honestly perfect and I feel like anything beyond it is way too bright. I still feel like the lowest brightness isn't that dark compared to iPhones. In complete darkness the S2 lights up so much more than an iPhone.

Oh and I've never had these issues.
 
park13 said:
Wow, I set mine at the lowest brightness. It's honestly perfect and I feel like anything beyond it is way too bright. I still feel like the lowest brightness isn't that dark compared to iPhones. In complete darkness the S2 lights up so much more than an iPhone.

Oh and I've never had these issues.
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I think the burn in is not that big of a problem. The concern is that the screen wont last as long as the LCD screens.
 
Medion said:
Had the following OLED devices:

-Sansa Clip (about one year)
-Sansa Clip + (about two years)
-Zune HD (about one year)
-HTC Droid Incredible (year and a half)
-Samsung Galaxy S2 (3-4 months so far)

I have NEVER had burn-in on an OLED screen. Hell, you'd expect it on the Clip series due to the static UI, but even those have no burn in. You want burn in? Turn your screen timeout to never, push it to max brightness, put on a static background, leave your phone plugged in, then check back in 3 weeks.
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I burnt my mp3 player screen when i accidently left it on a fixed image for 12 hours. As i said i removed the burn quickly using a white image.
 
avital said:
I think the burn in is not that big of a problem. The concern is that the screen wont last as long as the LCD screens.
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Considering most iphone don't last very long anyway i don't the screen life comes into question. The screen will last a vertically long time. 5 years to half brightness if used heavily everyday. Users will see many more years than this. I would be more worried about the iphone battery. That is enclosed and they are not renowned for lasting long.

The iphone comes without any blue colour from the start. The screen is so yellow. (The other half has a 4s)
 
Actually you can change the battery for IPhone. You just lose the warantee. I saw a guy with an Iphone which he dismantle and then place the glass back after removing the back piece. That way he can see inside from the back. Looks quite cool. Actually saw the battery and it took up most of the back.

I am sure some of the 2nd hand IPhones had the battery changed before. Those have no warantee anyway.

I know.... out of topic.

In topic, as long as you don't insist to be using the phone for 5 years, the screen is the least of the worries. More likely there would be some other issues before that due to wear and tear. Things like speakers, no more updates of firmwares, button problem, antennae, outdated technology... etc.

That goes for the IPhone too. So, instead of thinking this is bad and that is bad, every phone has its pros and cons. Just decide which has the most things you want, and get it.

Cheers
 
So if i planned to keep an iphone for 5 years it would stop working too?
I always thought that button and battery problems could be fixed quite easy.
 
avital said:
So if i planned to keep an iphone for 5 years it would stop working too?
I always thought that button and battery problems could be fixed quite easy.
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Considering you need to dismantle the iphone to do that then it is no different to replacing any other component on other phones that you don't have easy access to. Atleast with the s2 it is easy to change the battery etc. I don't know anyone that has got more than a few years from the iphone before it died. Perhaps newer models have improved this.
 
Not would, could. It's a complex electronic device after all, so it could just as easily fail five days or weeks after purchase.

This topic is going nowhere. You appear to be wanting a cast-iron guarantee that something bought now will be perfect in five years time, and that's simply not possible. The way I see it, if you can't put this out of your mind then you have to ditch the S2 and buy whatever else you feel more comfortable with. Nothing anyone here is able to say will satisfy you, and there's no point persisting with something that you're not happy with.
 
I like the screen. I don't think its bad, and after a few months of use, I don't see any degradation of the screen. Its also not blueish to my eyes. I did notice IPhones being a little yellow, although their text seems sharper to me.

Truth is, I don't think the screen would be a problem because I strongly suspect that one would likely have to change phones before it becomes a problem. There are so many other things that can go wrong. My old ASUS phone problem after 3 years was the fact it sometimes couldn't vibrate, didn't have sound sometimes, restarted on its own, buttons were a little hard etc. It had a touch screen using the pen mostly. It was a little less sensitive and that's about it. So a lot more things can go wrong than just the screen.

My point is, they made the phones to last a reasonable time and that includes the screen since that is their strongest feature. Its the same for IPhones. And even the SGS is still working and that uses OLED technology too.

So stop worrying about things that "could" be a problem. Just choose a phone that you like. Its like someone wanting an LED TV that can last as long as our old CRT TV. You can choose CRT, and it will last longer. You just get old tech that won't give you sharp resolution, takes more energy, a little yellowish and screen can still fade, but yes it lasts longer. So the question is, just because you want it to last longer, do you give up the nicer screen, sharper, higher resolution images and all the other benefits? If you still want the CRT, I can find a very old nokia phone that you might be interested in.

Cheers
 
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