iPhone 16 screen blinking purple at low brightness

I too observed something similar - The purple-ish tint across the screen (not opaque), more like a purple layer above the current screen with continuous blink/flicker. No lines seen. Remains for about 5-6 seconds before vanishing.

iPhone 16.

This happened to me also on my 16 plus, just about it was going to auto lock, during the dim state, it flickered pink. I changed from the stock Ultramarine wallpaper to another one and it has not happened again since. Seems to be a bug with the new wallpapers. I really liked the new ones also though. Hopefully they release a bug fix for this.

I noticed the exact same thing, sometimes the screen turnes purple before it turns off.

Similar issue on my iPhone 16. As the screen dims before going to sleep, it will suddenly turn purple. You can still see a little bit of the wallpaper, but all around it is purple. Then the phone goes to sleep. When I tap to wake it's back to normal. This doesn't happen each time, seems to be random.

I found another message board with someone saying it's an issue with the stock wallpaper. Since changing it off the stock, I haven't encountered the issue. Disappointing as I really like the stock wallpaper this year.

I’m having the same problem. I just bought a iPhone 16+ like a week ago and every now and then I’ll look down and my whole screen will be purple and flash and then disappear my phone‘s never cut off but I don’t know what it is, I thought. Maybe I had been hacked or someone was mirroring my screen. Not sure if anyone knows what this is. Could you please help out? Thanks.

Yes, it also happened to me already with 2 new iPhones 16, the first one I bought 10 days ago and it presented this problem I went to the store where I bought it and they changed the device however the new one they gave me also has the same problem, even the new one overheats when I put it to charge

Hi all,

I too got the same issue when My mobile is getting to dim mode, little afraid now because it’s just 3 days after my purchase of the brand new iphone 16

I too am also having a similar issue with my iPhone 16. So far apple has launched the iPhone 16 with many bugs and not too mention a key feature of the phone not even being available at launch!

Hi all, coming back to this thread for some update. Since updating to iOS18.1.1 on my 16 plus, I haven’t experienced this bug anymore with the said wallpaper. It seems like Apple has fixed it for this update.

Same here 🤚🏻

Same here

I have the same problem. I got my iPhone on November 5th. I'm concerned that it seems only iPhone 16 users are being affected.

It’s wierd we have seen it on our iPhone 16 pro’s as well. Updated to the latest iOS.

Having the same issue on my wife’s phone. The screen will light up around the edge different colors and just around the edge in like a rainbow around the whole screen. We both have iPhone 16 plus mine has not had the issue but I have the active screen setting and she dosent. We both have a custom picture screensaver as well. These were purchased together about a month ago, we both have the latest update as well.

Hello, everyone!

According to Ccpi, this problem only occurs on the stock iPhone 16 wallpaper. And as Ccpi also said in a later comment, it seems to have been fixed in iOS 18.1.1.

If you are still experiencing this problem on iOS 18.1.1, submit a bug report on the Apple Feedback page.

I hope this helps!