Iphone 12 display causing headache and eye strain

You seem to not understand that I was very clear on who I was speaking to: other users that were experiencing the same issues with the iPhone 12, headaches and eye strain, you know, the topic?

Why are you here? Ahh, I forgot, you’re the great educator.

I'm having eye strain issues as well. I don't understand why this is happening but now that I see I'm not the only one, I'm going to try to get my money back. I need a phone that doesn't give me a headache and hurts my eyes. This is an iPhone 12 Pro Max. Apple, please contact me if you have a fix for this. Thanks!

Why are you here? Ahh, I forgot, you’re the great educator.

ah shucks. A compliment.

What a pleasant surprise. Thank you.

/SARCASM = OFF

I am here because most contributors don't feel the need to grind their axes. They ask questions, get answers and move on.

Nobody is doubting there are genuine medical issues at play here. No attempt to diminish your concerns.

Nobody here can address them, regardless of the level of discussion. Your contribution was lamenting how you could not find Apple owning the issue. They don't use this community to own issues either. I pointed you to the only spot Apple wants the type of Feedback you were offering.

You don't need to like this. Just accept it.

Somehow that angers you. So be it.

This too shall pass.

That's a nice story you have going. No anger here, just headaches and eye strain. You talk about moving on; I'm here because this topic is important to me. Why are you? Does the iPhone 12 give you headaches and eye strain, if so have you found a solution?

i agree with you. I've had similar experience and very disappointed with the iPhone 12. I used to have perfect vision and lately started having headaches and eye strain when using my phone. After googling the issue, i see so many people having the same problem.

Apple please fix this, this is a serious issue. My son complains about headaches after using my phone for sometime.

No your not the only person having this problems I only had the phone for 2 days and I have been experiencing bad head aches and like a sharp feeling in my mouth like I have mental in it being shocked from electric. Something isn’t right with this phone

Mike5g wrote:

No you’re right its the 5g Qualcomm chip thats damaging your vision and blood vessels in your brain causing headaches. Millimeter waves have that affect unfortunately for some its not the screen.

Um... no. That is completely false.

I bought this phone in Dec 2020. I feel stress on my eyes. After 10 minutes of use my eyes get blured . Head ache feel eye strain. I complaint the jarir from where i bought. . They refuse to help. I M in doha qatar. What should i do

Same Exact problem ..... Eye Strain, Headache and it tuned into Vertigo - Nausea, Dizziness and Vomiting.... No Joke !!!

I will try to reach Apple Support

Thank you for your Post - I thought I was going crazy .....

• Denise
• United States

As a heads up, I did leave feedback on:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

The more I read on temporal dithering, the more curious I am regarding how many devices apple has that use it. The symptoms of those that blame temporal dithering sound very close to what I experience. I hope this is a good lead because pinpointing the issue would help ease my mind and help me know what to look for (or avoid) in the future.

Not sure it helps you any, but I have an Apple Watch and haven’t noticed any issues with it. That said, I’m not staring at it for any longer than a few seconds for anything. I also have an iPhone X which is OLED, so that’s another factor.

very sorry that's happening to you JT. with all the testing Apple allegedly does on products this is malfeasance/irresponsibility in the highest order. I've been a MacHead since programming on the Apple IIe and we all survived dark days of OS9; their screens are causing harm to their customers and it's an untenable situation. not even sure how they'd fix the problem but it ain't our job to do safety testing IRL.

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I've run into several "high level" users here who all have some terrible unfounded response like that. I have also seen what is considered the best ophthalmologist in my city and my eyes are still healthy and 20/20.

The XR is the last of the LCD displays from Apple.

Wrong. iPhone SE (2) is the last LCD iPhone released (Apr 2020). The LCD iPhone 11 was also released almost a full year after the XR.