Green glow on iPhone 5 unlock screen?

I've had my iPhone 5 for a few days now and I've noticed this issue more and more. 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.

Does anyone else have this happening with their new iPhone? I don't know if this is the start of a defect or not... I have had very rare graphical flickering and tearing of the keyboard UI, but that's only happened once or twice and only for a second, as soon as I started typing it went away.

It looks like this might turn into a trip to the Apple store, I just wanted to know if anyone else has noticed this weird phenomenon on their new iPhones.

iPhone 5, iOS 6, Black - 64GB

Posted on Sep 28, 2012 10:26 AM

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Nov 10, 2012 9:48 PM in response to Hazza42

I have a tracking number for my replacement iPhone 5. It will be here Monday. I'm glad because mine is getting worse and bothering me more.


See this video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnMkzJIw-Uw


Every time I go to unlock it, I see the green. By moving my hand from bottom to top as in the video, I can almost make the entire screen green.


Apple support stated after seeing my first video, this is not normal and they immediately offered a replacement. I would suggest anyone with the same issue call asap and get a replacement.

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