MYSTERIOUS GREEN GLOW seen on iPhone 5s
'What can it mean?', wondering fanboys ask
Days after Apple explained the purple haze invading iPhone 5 photos as a holding-it-wrong problem, a new strange colour is tripping out 5-owners. This time a green glow described as a plasma bleed from the edges of the screen is appearing on some of the new handsets.
The green light is momentary, and appears on the unlock screen just after the iPhone has been "woken" from a longish sleep. One user Hazza42 described it this way:
Whenever I wake my iPhone there is a split second where a green glow around the edge of the screen is visible. It's a bit like light leakage but its green and only appears for a fraction of a second after you turn on the screen. It is also sometimes activated by using the slide to unlock, which makes it glow brighter.
The green bleed has been catalogued in various different forums. The issue can't be captured on screenshot suggesting that it is a hardware, not software issue - a sort of "warming-up" problem for the screen.
Several users said that they'd had their green iPhone 5s replaced by Apple Stores on mentioning the problem, others weren't able to replicate it instore and were sent packing by the Apple genii.
The iPhone 5's LCD screen does use a complex new technology that incorporates the colour pixels in the layer of capacitive sensor cells - it's unique, slimmer, packs a lot of pixels in its resolution of 1136x640 pixels per screen, but is a relatively new tech so it's possible there are some issues that weren't picked up in testing.
It does seem to be a minor issue, but users are worried that it could worsen or have other effects on the screen longer term. Uelogy on MacForums says:
it is slightly cool to be honest. I am just worried about the long term potential for more serious issues
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COMMENTS
Re: When will the fanbois realise...
Or it might be down to using a different screen supplier, perhaps they should have opted or a screen supplier that wasn't struggling to stay afloat and not go bust. I would worry about giving a contract to a company that is struggling financially as it could have repercussions on manufacturing/build quality.
They should of gone with someone like Samsung...oh wait a sec....
Re: When will the fanbois realise...
You're right, we should probably write off an entire product line whenever we find a fault in specific instances.
I'm no fanboy one way or the other, but sheesh!
@Lee Dowling
Stop being objective, strap on some heavy boots and join the kicking!
You don't want light to leak out
otherwise there will soon be none left.
OMG, my TV and monitors must be broken too then
During the 'warm up' time of a fraction of a second the picture isn't totally there - I must send them back.
Heaven help any worried users who used to have a valve based CRT many years ago, that must have been truly horrendous for them.
