iPhone OLED PWM causing eye strain and racing heart rate

I might return this iPhone 17. Its like I can't use it unless I have the screen brightness set to 24% for Display Pulse Smoothing to work. At 24% brightness its **** near useless. This isnt a problem I have only with iPhones but all OLED displays. Im tired of these darn OLEDs. I wish apple would go to IPS LCD or figure a way to get rid of the PWM on these OLED displays. Please apple think about your customers well being.

Posted on Feb 4, 2026 12:29 PM

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Feb 4, 2026 12:34 PM in response to Js622

Js622 wrote:

I might return this iPhone 17. Its like I can't use it unless I have the screen brightness set to 24% for Display Pulse Smoothing to work. At 24% brightness its **** near useless. This isnt a problem I have only with iPhones but all OLED displays. Im tired of these darn OLEDs. I wish apple would go to IPS LCD or figure a way to get rid of the PWM on these OLED displays. Please apple think about your customers well being.

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