Severe Eye Strain due to OLED PWM Dimming

1. I don't believe we're going to get DC dimming for OLED screens as updates.
2. For those who don't understand what PWM is and how it affects a small groups of people, before asking them to go see an eye doctor, at least read a few articles about how PWM affects their eyes, and in some cases, dizziness and vertigo. Here is a start: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Why-Pulse-Width-Modulation-PWM-is-such-a-headache.270240.0.html
3. Currently only iPhone SE 3 have LCD screens. The plain iPhone 11 is the last big display iPhone that have LCD and users who are affect by pwm can only use these 2 phones (that is if they can buy an iPhone 11 model). Note that iPhone 11 Pro & Pro Max uses OLED. And any thing from 12 onwards uses OLED.
4. I am in the same boat as you because I am also affected by the pwm. If apple changes everything to OLED then I just have to say goodbye to iPhone. We are such a small group and I don't think they really care.

why is apple not adding dc dimming. Several Chinese manufactures have already rolled it out a couple of years ago and it is just software update. I’m still on the iPhone 11 and in another year will have to go to an android if it doesn’t get fixed. PLEASE. How can we get apple to listen to us?

i bought an 14 pro max iphone last week , it's my first experience with OLED screens , the next days i started having a terrible headache all the day without any reason , after 3 days i started researching for the relation between iphone usage and headache , so i found that the PWM technology used in Oled screens gives headache for PWM sensitive people so i was oblige to sell my new iPhone because there is no option in settings that allow to turn off the flickering , so I hope that Appel take this minority of PWM sensitive people in consideration , and put some options in settings to turn off the flickering in the new iphones because it's impossible for us to use these products even for one day .

Same here. Please include an iPhone with Liquid Retina LCD display ASAP. I am also stuck with SE for long and can't enjoy the 13 or 14 generations. This issue led me to use my MacBook Pro 2017 as desktop for a while but I am grateful that Apple released the air version with M2 ship and LCD screen...

Anyone who google the web for PWM, flicker, sensitivity, OLED will find out that there's large number of people now having similar issues with several brands' OLED. Hopefully, Apple listens to its brand lovers and provides iPhone with large Liquid Retina display soon.

Same here. I really do not understand why Apple stoped the version with lcd screen on the 11 without solving this problem for some very important clients. It is a health issue. Their phones are literally making some of their clients sick.

Don’t think the 15 models are any better! I tried the Plus for 3 days. Seemed like it was better but then my headaches and eye strain came back. Really was hoping it would be better but it’s not. Went back to the 11. Looks like I may be jumping ship to Samsung soon if they don’t update a dimming solution or make an LCD phone for us sensitive eye people

I’m still stuck with iPhone 11 lcd screen due too PWM screen flickering on OLED and AMOLED apple needs to sort this out as there are quite allot of people that suffer from PWM screen flickering

After using our iPhone 6 for almost 8 years, we have bought the iPhone 13 mini one for me, and one for my wife last month. Now both we have serious eye problems just after looking to the screen for minutes. Tapping up the brightness to maximum which helps for higher pwm is not useful and feasible indoors.

We have bought the mini, just because it was similar size to 6, but we wouldn’t buy them if we were aware of that screen discomfort. Now i see iPhone se2 with same a15 chipset would be a better option with us.

In addition to that, we have been using our iPads for years without any eye discomfort like the iPhone 6’s, so there is obviously a problem with these oled displays.

I switched from a Samsung S21 LCD screen to on Iphone 15 and my eyes are killing me. I also have an older work Iphone that has an LCD screen and have no issues. I have a hard time believing this is not a bigger issue.

I just bought an iPhone 15. This was my first apple device. Too bad I can't even look at the screen for more than 1 minute without getting headache and nausea. Initially I had no idea why it was happening. So many OEMs have implemented optional dc dimming as a fix. Why can't apple do the same. This is really frustrating.

I can't agree anymore! I hope someone can put A15/16/17 chip into my iphone 11..........then I can use LCD with updated chip.......

Haha , same here , tried 12 pro max and 13 pro max, eye strain came after several minutes immediately, now using se 2022 and 11 , I feel the se 2022 LCD screen is better than 11, I mean the contrast is better, just size is small…

GmXplode wrote:

Can Apple implement DC dimming via software Update? i have tried 14 pro and it had same problems even though flicker has been reduced but doesnt help. I tried every accessibility option like reduce white point , keeping 100% brightness.

No one here in this user-to-user forum would know what Apple can or will do. However, you can let them know your concerns here:

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