What would we all do without stupid, link-bate and sensational headlines like
"Green Line of Death".
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Subject: Some iPhone X owners report green line display flaw
Some iPhone X owners report green line display flaw By Brett Williams, 2 days
ago
The iPhone X has been out on the market for just a week, and the much-hyped
device appears to have its first big hardware flaw. Some early X owners are
already reporting issues with their $999-plus premium devices shortly after
putting them into daily use.
SEE ALSO: How to charge your iPhone X twice as fast A thin, vertical green line
has popped up on some of Apple's brand-new edge-to-edge OLED displays,
frustrating device owners and prompting them to take to Twitter to share photos
of the issue. The flaw has even been dubbed the "green line of death," a
fitting moniker only a week into the X's
lifecycle.
Green line of death @AppleSupport
- Christian Roman (@chroman) 9:08 AM - Nov 8, 2017 @AppleSupport my iPhone X
already has an issue.There is a green bar along the right hand side of the
phone.Restart doesn't fix. Known issue?
- mix0mat0sis (@mix0mat0sis) 5:44 PM - Nov 6, 2017 @reneritchie Hi Rene, looks
like I'm not the only one experiencing this vertical green line of pixels on
the right side of the iPhone X. Tried to get in to the Genius Bar today but no
appt. til Tuesday. Just tried a Restore without improvement... Ideas?
- Scott hates (@scott4pendleton) 3:24 PM - Nov 4, 2017 Some of the X owners say
they restarted and even restored their devices to no avail - the pesky green
bar remains on the screen no matter what.
The issue could stem from an electrical flaw that messes with the way the phone
displays pixels, as TechCrunch notes. That same type of phenomena has affected
similar OLED devices like the Samsung Galaxy S7 in the past, which lends more
credence to the theory and proof that this is likely a hardware failure.
Apple appears to be aware of the issue, as the company's official support
account has interacted with some of the iPhone X owners on Twitter. One of
those owners said that Apple replaced his phone for free at an Apple Store, but
didn't specify if anyone explained what might have caused the flaw.
We reached out to Apple to ask what might be causing the green line of death,
and exactly how many cases the company is investigating. We haven't heard back
yet, but we'll update this story once we do.
Flaws like this one aren't exactly rare in the smartphone world, especially
after the first production run of a high-profile new release. Google's Pixel
2 XL had its own display issues after hitting the market, and one of the
variants of Apple's other 2017 iPhone, the 8 Plus, had its own battery
swelling problems.
What is rare is a widespread hardware defect that grounds an entire smartphone
line, like the explosive, now-infamous Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
That type of fallout and all-out recall is reserved for the most extreme
circumstances - and at the moment, the X's display flaw doesn't appear to be
one of those cases.
Apple's working out the kinks in the early days of the iPhone X (the company
will issue a software patch to fix the device's cold weather struggles), which
will more than likely be just fine in the end. It just sucks if you went
through the hassle of getting your hands on the phone on launch day and paid
over $1,000 for a phone, only to get the green line of death within a week.
Image: dustin drankoski/mashable
Original Article At:
http://mashable.com/2017/11/10/iphone-x-green-display-flaw/#fFB3W.S4BOqD
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