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When I bought my TP2 in the shop, I totally checked 5 (yes, 5) boxes of TP2. The first and the second one have dead/bright pixels (more than 3 pixels), the 3rd and the 4th ones have scratches on the housing or the sliding mechanism is no good. Finally, I took the 5th one. It has no scratches on the housing and the sliding mechanism is good but still dead/bright pixels are there. The dead pixel is really hard to check in the shop due to the bright lighting there and the pixel is really small. As I didn't turn on the 3rd and the 4th TP2, maybe I could find dead pixels too.
How about yours? Please do a check on your TP2 inside a dark room and with backlight of the TP2 set to maximum and also try to view in different
angles. I did this and found 3.
Be sure to set the backlight to maximum. I couldn't find one on my replaced unit if using the auto backlight setting but found one if I set the backlight to maximum .
Sounds like a great testament to the level of quality control at HTC - LOL
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Sounds like a great testament to the level of quality control at HTC - LOL
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Maybe your dealer has bought all the scrap from HTC to sell it to you customers and make a lot of profit out of it?
No dead pixels on my TP2 and none on my collegue's.
I found 1 dead and 1 bright pixel last week. But I don't notice them on normal use of the phone, so I'm not bothered with it.
sMoKeFiSh said:
I found 1 dead and 1 bright pixel last week. But I don't notice them on normal use of the phone, so I'm not bothered with it.
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Those dead/bright pixels are not very noticeable since the pixels are really small on a 3.6" screen but I don't expect this to happen for the price I paid.
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Maybe your dealer has bought all the scrap from HTC to sell it to you customers and make a lot of profit out of it?
No dead pixels on my TP2 and none on my collegue's.
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Congrat to you and your colleague.
How come I am so unlucky? 3 out of 5 that I have checked have dead pixels (maybe 5 out of 5 if I have checked the others).
Wrong store...?
After sending my complaints to HTC (both local office and Taiwan HQ), a manager called me back and promised to swap me a new one.
BTW, I'm in HK.
desman said:
Those dead/bright pixels are not very noticeable since the pixels are really small on a 3.6" screen but I don't expect this to happen for the price I paid.
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I have about 2-3 bright pixels that can not be seen when the backlight is at a normal level, only when it's on or near full.
In normal use this is never a problem for me.
If everyone were to demand 0 bright/dead pixels, then I'm pretty sure this type of screen would not be available for the price we have paid (yields of 'perfect' screens would be far less than good screens with up to 4 or so dead/bright pixels).
Saying that, I'm not sure any of my Xperias have had any dead / bright pixels, but the density is that much higher that they would be almost unnoticeable.
DavidMc0 said:
I have about 2-3 bright pixels that can not be seen when the backlight is at a normal level, only when it's on or near full.
In normal use this is never a problem for me.
If everyone were to demand 0 bright/dead pixels, then I'm pretty sure this type of screen would not be available for the price we have paid (yields of 'perfect' screens would be far less than good screens with up to 4 or so dead/bright pixels).
Saying that, I'm not sure any of my Xperias have had any dead / bright pixels, but the density is that much higher that they would be almost unnoticeable.
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As those LCD manufacturers said the production of 100% flawless panel is impossible, the defective rate is indeed very low nowadays. I think the price will be a bit higher if everyone only accepts a flawless lcd panel. However, I'd rather pay for a bit higher price than getting a lcd panel with dead pixels.
From my past experiences (over 20 years), I haven't seen any dead pixels on the lcd panel of the electronic gadgets that I owned, say, notebook, psp, DC,etc
Make a poll with the question who has dead pixels. I'm really curious about that.
Personally I wouldn't accept dead pixels... Never had them before, so why would I accept them now. The screen is one of the most important parts of the phone, so I only will go with perfection )
quarintus said:
Make a poll with the question who has dead pixels. I'm really curious about that.
Personally I wouldn't accept dead pixels... Never had them before, so why would I accept them now. The screen is one of the most important parts of the phone, so I only will go with perfection )
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1000% agree with you.
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1000% agree with you.
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Will you make a Poll then?
quarintus said:
Will you make a Poll then?
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Surely support but how to make a poll?
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Surely support but how to make a poll?
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Go to thread tools in the upperright corner.
EDIT: Thanks m8
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Go to thread tools in the upperright corner.
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Already done...
Can't spot any on mine thank god. Its the thing I dread most whenever I buy a new phone.
Finally, HTC replaced a new TP2 to me with 0 dead/bright pixels.
The sliding mechanism is also the best among the TP2 that I checked/tried before. No wobble (even 0.1mm) in the closed position.
untill now it seems there are less people with deadppixels then without dead pixels
good news, but you should trade if you have them
Just checked mine now afterreading the thread and kind of wished I had not. Can't say I'd noticed anything wrong before but I can now sport 4 dead/bright pixels on the screen and I'm gutted. I bought from Mobilesdirect last week, only got the phone last Friday - can I send it back there for a replacement?
If my screen already has dead pixels is it likely that it will get progressively worse.
So I noticed last night while trying to take a picture in the dark (yeah I know it doesn't work lol) that my screen has close to 75 dead pixels in it. Is this typical of TP2's? None of the three G1's I've gone though had a single dead pixel. In fact, I have not seen a screen with this kind of deadness since the original PSP... Well I'm within my 14 days, so this one is going back to T-Mobile.
I think I may just wait for T-Mo to toss out the HD2, or what ever device they launch that will have the ability to utilize WinMo 7 upon release.
75, tha's a bit much. I have 5 on my tp2 and 2 on my hero. I am probably gonna get the tp2 replaced. They really don't bother me though. I really don't want to get stuck with a refurb
I wish that I had checked my first TP2 for them, but I had to send that one back as the automatic speakerphone didn't work. (Nor did anything that used the rotation sensor, like Need For Speed: Undergroud, obviously sensor version!)
The dead pixels bother me when playing darker games, or looking at darker pics. Also, I just installed a dark theme, and now it looks like there is water dripping down it (in a bad way) lol.
If my next replacement has any more issues, I'm just going to send it back and get out my half broken G1 again. It shouldn't be this hard to do a quality check before shipping.
HTC doesn't recognize dead pixels as something wrong with the unit, except if there's 3 (or more) dead pixels on an area not larger than 1cm^3 (one cubic centimeter). 75 totally is obviously quite alot. ;P
personally i have one dead pixel on my Swedish unbranded TP2, and just one dead pixel isn't really bothering at all, even if it, of course, would've been nicer without it.
What does "taking a picture" and "dead pixels" have to do with each other unless you're talking about the camera itself having dead pixels?
If you want to check the screen for dead pixels find something that displays solid black, white, red, green, blue... There are several "flashlight" programs that do this.
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What does "taking a picture" and "dead pixels" have to do with each other unless you're talking about the camera itself having dead pixels?
If you want to check the screen for dead pixels find something that displays solid black, white, red, green, blue... There are several "flashlight" programs that do this.
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camera lenses cant possibly, not even in a million years, ever have pixels. thats just absurd.
taking a picture in the dark.
in other words, it was an all black screen when he/she:
1- took the photo in the dark
2- saw the dark photo.
that is when he/she noticed the dead pixels.
One dead pixel reporting here
Not a big deal...
I read somewhere about an app to correct this dead pixels
Anyone know more about this?
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camera lenses cant possibly, not even in a million years, ever have pixels. thats just absurd.
taking a picture in the dark.
in other words, it was an all black screen when he/she:
1- took the photo in the dark
2- saw the dark photo.
that is when he/she noticed the dead pixels.
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I think we all know what djinfamousflo really means. The exact technical terms were probably not used correctly but the point is, you really can't come to the conclusion that you have dead pixels based on taking a photo in the dark and then looking at that photo. If that were the case, I would have several dead pixels myself. My photo taken in the dark actually has a couple of pale spots.
If you really want to test, you need to fill your screen with black, blue, green, and red. See if each pixel can display each color. Try it with the pics I've attached.
orb3000 said:
One dead pixel reporting here
Not a big deal...
I read somewhere about an app to correct this dead pixels
Anyone know more about this?
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I don't think you can fix a dead pixel (ie, if your screen is suppose to display white, and the pixel is black, then it's pretty much really dead).
But you may be able to wake up a stuck pixel if you have an app that rapidly continuously flashes red, green and blue.
I noticed them when I took a picture in a no light environment, and proceeded to test with my flashlight app. I'm within T-Mobile's 14 days, so I can get this one replaced, I just wanted to make sure this wasn't a wide spread issue.
Thanks for posts guys
How easy is it to spot a single dead pixel? Does it glare out at you and taunt you everyday, or is it something you rarely notice?
I assume "dead" means it doesn't display anything and "stuck" means it only displays 1 color always.
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I don't think you can fix a dead pixel (ie, if your screen is suppose to display white, and the pixel is black, then it's pretty much really dead).
But you may be able to wake up a stuck pixel if you have an app that rapidly continuously flashes red, green and blue.
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Thanks I´ll try that and report back
What is the app that rapidly continuously flashes red, green and blue?
fortunz said:
How easy is it to spot a single dead pixel? Does it glare out at you and taunt you everyday, or is it something you rarely notice?
I assume "dead" means it doesn't display anything and "stuck" means it only displays 1 color always.
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It's pretty easy to spot if you splash the screen with red, green, blue, and white. Your "dead" and "stuck" definitions are spot on...
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Thanks I´ll try that and report back
What is the app that rapidly continuously flashes red, green and blue?
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Try this. But I couldn't get it to run full screen, so if your stuck pixel is on the top or bottom bars, then it won't work. You can however, slide out your keyboard and force the app to run landscape to cover more ground. But you're out of luck if your stuck pixel is in the corners.
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What does "taking a picture" and "dead pixels" have to do with each other unless you're talking about the camera itself having dead pixels?
If you want to check the screen for dead pixels find something that displays solid black, white, red, green, blue... There are several "flashlight" programs that do this.
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camera lenses cant possibly, not even in a million years, ever have pixels. thats just absurd.
taking a picture in the dark.
in other words, it was an all black screen when he/she:
1- took the photo in the dark
2- saw the dark photo.
that is when he/she noticed the dead pixels.
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Okay.... So I obviously did not say a lens.
Second, taking pictures in the dark and checking for "dead pixels" is complete and utter nonsense. Flat out nonsense. Again, the ONLY thing that could POSSIBLY find is hot pixels in the camera sensor.
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Okay.... So I obviously did not say a lens.
Second, taking pictures in the dark and checking for "dead pixels" is complete and utter nonsense. Flat out nonsense. Again, the ONLY thing that could POSSIBLY find is hot pixels in the camera sensor.
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Yes, yes you can. In a low to zero light environment they show up just fine. Camera's don't have pixels. And the camera sensors are digital. They don't work like a screen. Thus when you power on your camera and go into a bathroom you will indeed see DEAD/STUCK pixels. (Assuming your device has any) AND I USED A FLASHLIGHT APP AFTER TO VERIFY. There is a significant difference between a dead pixel, and super low light pixilation that occurs from the CMOS sensor (That's what the camera uses to take a picture.) attempting to raise the light level.
Please if you don't have anything constructive to add, don't add anything at all.
I sent TP2 back for replacement today, and will try out number three. If the third one has issues, well I'll be going back to my G1 personally.
Oh yes - And I never TOOK a picture to find them, I simply noticed this while trying to take a night shot of some pumpkins, thus making the entire screen black. Now if I then took a picture and looked at it, it would show nothing, as the CMOS doesn't have dead pixels. I just NOTICED the dead ones while the screen was all black IN the camera APP.
Maybe that makes it clearer?
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Yes, yes you can. In a low to zero light environment they show up just fine. Camera's don't have pixels. And the camera sensors are digital. They don't work like a screen. Thus when you power on your camera and go into a bathroom you will indeed see DEAD/STUCK pixels. (Assuming your device has any) AND I USED A FLASHLIGHT APP AFTER TO VERIFY. There is a significant difference between a dead pixel, and super low light pixilation that occurs from the CMOS sensor (That's what the camera uses to take a picture.) attempting to raise the light level.
Please if you don't have anything constructive to add, don't add anything at all.
I sent TP2 back for replacement today, and will try out number three. If the third one has issues, well I'll be going back to my G1 personally.
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I bolded your statement that you really should stick to, although perhaps you should replace "constructive" with "useful".
If you have dead pixels by viewing with a app that shows solid colors, you have stuck pixels. Using the camera in a dark room is not the way to find them.
And digital cameras don't have pixels?? The Tilt 2 has a 3.2MP camera. You can interpolate from there.
To revive a somewhat stagnant thread... if I take pictures on my TP2, there is one all-white pixel that shows up in every picture. Funny thing is it shows only when viewing previously taken pictures, it does not show up in the viewfinder before clicking the shutter.
And no, it's not a dead screen pixel... as I can zoom in on it and move it around.
So looks like a dead CMOS pixel.
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To revive a somewhat stagnant thread... if I take pictures on my TP2, there is one all-white pixel that shows up in every picture. Funny thing is it shows only when viewing previously taken pictures, it does not show up in the viewfinder before clicking the shutter.
And no, it's not a dead screen pixel... as I can zoom in on it and move it around.
So looks like a dead CMOS pixel.
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View it on your computer; does it still show? Same place every time, again on the PC.
if its on a picture and not permanently on the screen, its not a dead pixel, its noise on the photo. web cams are notorious for little stray off color pixels. i dont think a camera phone is a proper replacement for a real camera. dead pixel and stuck pixel are the same thing. normally flashing black and white on the screen really fast will fix them but thats more for computer monitors. dunno how that would refer to a phone because ive only seen an iphone that had dead pixels, never on any other. if it really bugs you, it is a warranty issue and you can get your phone replaced.
When I was dating my ex, I always kept our text conversation open on my Note 4, and my Note 4's screen was set to never sleep/dim while plugged in. I had the screen on with our text messages for probably 8-10 hours a day for months.
Now her name, phone #, the keyboard, texting app, everything is burned into my Note 4 screen. It's really bad and noticeable in every app.
I tried running the screen burn-in fixer (that flashes different colors every 2-3 seconds) for over 18 hours and it did not seem to help the problem.
Does anybody know of a fix? Could I perhaps open a pure white screen for two days and hope that burns in?
There's really no fixing it. OLED screen burn-in is a brutal thing. If you're lucky, you might be able to get it replaced under a warranty.
The important thing to do is to learn from the experience. I mean that sincerely, and I hope it doesn't come across as at all condescending in tone. Going forward, if you get an OLED device, you'll want to make sure to avoid letting things like the status bar stay the same color for very long periods of time, and shorten the time before the screen shuts off.
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Your idea to potentially resolve it with a pure white image for an extended time, as I understand, is generally effective with LCD technology, but not OLED.
To understand why running the screen burn-in fixer for 18 hours will not fix it, you must understand how OLED, and plasma display panels, and even old-school CRTs work.
All 3 display technologies have self-illuminating phosphors. OLED panels use organic LEDs. Plasma display panels use tiny cells filled with, well, plasma. CRTs use phosphors which are illuminated by being bombarded with electrons. These phosphors slowly degrade over the life of the display, and as they do so they grow dimmer over time. By the end of their long production run, CRT phosphors reached the point where they would not noticeably dim during a human lifetime. Plasma phosphors never did, which is why burn-in was possible on the very last Panasonic plasma TVs that were manufactured before the whole thing was scuttled by the nearly bankrupt company.
Now we come to OLEDs. OLEDs are still a very immature technology and the problem of phosphors dimming rapidly and having a short lifetime has not been solved. There is a reason why LG is purposely using white OLEDs with an overlaid color filter on their OLED TVs. Samsung attempted to make OLED TVs for mass production using RGB OLEDs but withdrew from the market while they worked to improve the effective lifetime of the OLEDs, especially the blue ones.
So what actually is burn-in? It's simple. If you leave something showing statically on the OLED panel forever, such as your text message window, the illuminated OLEDs will drastically dim relative to the ones which are dark. What you're seeing is uneven wear of your OLED panel. Some pixels are worn out a lot, others are mostly unused.
Now you understand why your burn-in fixer will not do anything. Because the burn-in fixer shows static, full screen colors, it will wear down all your OLED phosphors evenly. This will never fix burn-in because you have some which are worn down unevenly, so wearing all of them down more does nothing!
Some people have attempted clever solutions, like taking a color-inverted screenshot of their burn-in and displaying that for a long time to try and wear the non burned-in pixels more to match the wear on the burned-in ones. This may theoretically work, but you must leave this image displaying for as long as you displayed the original screen that caused the burn-in. In your case, since you left your ex's text window on the screen for months, you will need to display the color-inverted image for months to wear the non burned-in pixels enough to match the burned-in ones.
My point is that you should just throw your phone away and buy a new one. You have basically destroyed your phone's OLED panel, chalk it up to a lesson learned and move on. Turn the damn screen off when you're not using your phone!
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Now her name, phone #, the keyboard, texting app, everything is burned into my Note 4 screen. It's really bad and noticeable in every app.
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This thread is now over a year old, and I don't know if you've thrown away the phone by now/had the screen replaced under a warranty as user Bicknasty suggested/something else, but here's a relatively simple solution I'm surprised no one else has mentioned:
While you can't actually get rid of AMOLED screen burn-in per se, you can certainly burn in other parts of the screen to the point where everything is burnt in about the same and the difference isn't really noticeable. You would do this by first pulling up the exact image that's burnt in (go to screen you had open for so much time that it burned in; you might want to take a screenshot and edit out all the dynamic elements of the user interface like the stuff on the notification bar and individual messages, so that you don't end up with those burnt in when you're done), then inverting the colors (you can find an option to do this in the settings application), and then leaving that image open 24/7 until the burn in of the inverted image has canceled out the original burn-in (you should check on this periodically by pulling up a white image that fills the screen). Remember, this won't technically get rid of the burn-in, but it'll make it impossible to notice. Good luck
Just spotted a green pixel on my main fold3 screen. Currently running Dead Pixels Test and Fix, hoping this will sort it but no luck so far. Anyone else has issues? First time Ive ever had this on a phone, and Ive been using smarphones since the original XDA. Screen hasn't been damaged, pixel got stuck when using it - noticed switching between aps.
Sounds like a blown driver... display failure.
The drivers are integrated into display matrix, tens of thousands of them. Still sound like a good idea to fold that?
Usual manafacturer policy (for monitors atleast) is that 1-3 dead or stuck pixels is considered within production error margin. I don't know what Samsung's policy for this is on their phones, but if it really bothers you you could try applying the device for RMA either way. Atleast that's what i would do.
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Usual manafacturer policy (for monitors atleast) is that 1-3 dead or stuck pixels is considered within production error margin. I don't know what Samsung's policy for this is on their phones, but if it really bothers you you could try applying the device for RMA either way. Atleast that's what i would do.
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A monitor is a different animal and a lot more real estate. This is a premium device with a premium price tag!
Even at close to 2 years old my 10+ has zero dead, stuck or degraded pixels as it should.
If within the return period, do so...
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A monitor is a different animal and a lot more real estate. This is a premium device with a premium price tag!
Even at close to 2 years old my 10+ has zero dead, stuck or degraded pixels as it should.
If within the return period, do so...
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I agree.
If you'd ask me I'd say that any dead/stuck pixel(s) are unacceptable if it they appear within the products warranty period. No matter if it's a TV, laptop, phone or any other product. Not only can they ruin the viewing experience depending on the location and "vividness" of the stuck/dead pixel(s), but they also make your device suddenly a lot less worth if you were to sell it second-hand, no matter how new it is. All while the user has 0 fault in this.
I often wonder about the legality of such manafacturer policies, and if they would actually hold up if someone or a group of people were to escalate such matter to court.
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I agree.
If you'd ask me I'd say that any dead/stuck pixel(s) are unacceptable if it they appear within the products warranty period. No matter if it's a TV, laptop, phone or any other product. Not only can they ruin the viewing experience depending on the location and "vividness" of the stuck/dead pixel(s), but they also make your device suddenly a lot less worth if you were to sell it second-hand, no matter how new it is. All while the user has 0 fault in this.
I often wonder about the legality of such manafacturer policies, and if they would actually hold up if someone or a group of people were to escalate such matter to court.
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Worse, green is the most visible color spectrum to the human eye. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
No doubt one of the reasons for the high cost of this phone are the cost of the rejected displays during the manufacturing process.
There's no way to repair them so they are scraped. These aren't a high volume product and the development costs are enormous.
What is Samsung thinking?
Samsung been far more profitable by sticking with using those funds to develope the Note series further instead. It have yielded far more bang for the buck for Samsung.
Silly SK gambling... it's a cultural thing and Samsung tradition. This time the snake eyes are glowing, perfect.
Rather than go with a sure thing, Samsung bet long again with predictable results. What's the definition of insanity Sammy?
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Worse, green is the most visible color spectrum to the human eye. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
No doubt one of the reasons for the high cost of this phone are the cost of the rejected displays during the manufacturing process.
There's no way to repair them so they are scraped. These aren't a high volume product and the development costs are enormous.
What is Samsung thinking?
Samsung been far more profitable by sticking with using those funds to develope the Note series further instead. It have yielded far more bang for the buck for Samsung.
Silly SK gambling... it's a cultural thing and Samsung tradition. This time the snake eyes are glowing, perfect.
Rather than go with a sure thing, Samsung bet long again with predictable results. What's the definition of insanity Sammy?
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Yes that's right - its small but very bright so obvious. Still there so on phone to O2 to get a replacement
Did you have any luck getting Samsung to fix your screen? I have a Z Fold 2 that I have had since June, and it also has damaged pixels along the fold. It looks like a red one and 3 green, with a little section of black too - about the length of a flea. I read some's experience of Samsung telling them there were tiny puncture holes so it was user damage and not covered!!!
This things worries me a little: when you use the fingerpring sensor, the brightness in its position is set to the maximum.
Couldn't this lead to screen burn-in?
Eventually. Organic LEDs have a finite lifespan.
White and blue are the highest damaging colors.
Blue pixels have the shortest lifespan, while the lower energy red generally have the longest.
As the blue pixels start to fade it will cause a gradually worsening color balance and white point shift.
Obviously the brighter and longer they run, the shorter they last.
Will it matter? Depends how long you keep the phone. Blue pixels probably have a lifespan of at least 5000 hours or more... probably.
If you use it a lot in direct sunlight, the outlook may not be so good.
Personally I avoid buying used AMOLED phones because of this. I set my brightness manually and rarely exceed 50%. If used in sunlight it's for seconds and I avoid that almost completely. Results, after close to 2.5 years of heavy usage my N10+ shows no display damage or degradation. Looks identical to my new N10+'s display and with ScreenTest.
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This things worries me a little: when you use the fingerpring sensor, the brightness in its position is set to the maximum.
Couldn't this lead to screen burn-in?
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Theoretically, yes.
It's also important to keep in mind that burn-in works cumulative, so that means only the "absolute" number of screen-on time counts. Meaning - let's say we have a fixed point, where after 5000 hours of white we'll get burn in, it doesn't matter whether you had
5000 days with 1 hour of total white usage, or
1000 days with 5 hour of total white usage, or
500 days with 10 hour of total white usage.
Burn-in is inevitable, but will probably not affect you in the lifetime of your product (1-3, maybe 1-4 years I guess). Also keep in mind that simply unlocking your phone is relatively fast in terms of "time", meaning the total cumulative hours of pixel-wear in that spot will be significantly shorter than, say, the white background of browser tabs that you scroll through for years. Even though the brightness of the pixel has significant value, meaning the brighter an OLED gets, the faster it will wear. Meaning that the fingerprint-part of the display (shining bright as daylight) will wear much faster than other pixels.
It should also be noted that organic LEDs are susceptible to outside influence, mainly heat by light (sunlight). Meaning if you place your phone in direct sunlight, the display will "age" faster.
The best thing that you can do to avoid burn-in is vary content, since that will cause a more uniform wear across the board. Meaning you should not use an OLED panel as a secondary display to display a sport channel 24/7, for example.
Practically, I only hear about burn-in when reading about used products, that are being sold to people "second hand".
The tech is getting better and better and there are certain measures taken by the manufacturers to avoid burn-in (just take a look at Google, they always went for the low brightness path with their pixels - both to save battery life (probably since that one was always bad) and to avoid burn-in).
It should also be kept in mind that ALL display technologies age. Even a "normal" LED will age in time. They stop functioning, lose color accuracy, become less bright... this whole burn-in "fear" has been blown out of proportion for years now, since I have not come across one single pixel tech that did not lose quality with time. All displays need to be replaced "short"-term (5-10 years usually). Maybe Micro-LEDs will save us, but that only time can tell. Even though, practically, often another part of a device dies, before the display becomes completely unusable (mainboard battery, some processor, maybe the RAM, faulty flash chip, etc). Meaning that because a modern device consists out of 10000 different parts - and all of these can fail - and many single failures can have catastrophic consequence for the "overall" usability of a device, giving so much focus on one single thing ("burn-in") is a bit ridicolous (not talking about you specifically here, but overall the fact that the burn-in question is arising in every forum sub I know when OLEDs are concerned, especially since Samsung started their anti-OLED marketing campaign years ago, even though they backtracked on that one, since they now want to sell OLED TVs aswell).
There are several things that are much more important to the longevity of a device, like: Decent flash drives and RAM (just look at all the old pixels dying overnight, because the storage part dies without warning - displays had nothing to do with that), easy battery replacement, good after market part availability, low repair prices. These are the things customers should worry about, not burn-in. When burn-in becomes a "real" problem, the rest of the phone will already be half-dead.
I mostly agree with Morgrain, but I do feel you treaded a bit too close to excusing away the disposable nature of OLED in the way that you said "but all display tech does this". Yes, it does, but with LCD, it generally has AT LEAST double the lifespan (and usually quadruple or more). LCD Computer monitors and even smartphones from an entire decade ago still look as good as new, and it's only around 15-20 years or so that delamination and yellowing glue and plastic really set in (EG polycarbonate MacBook screens from the late 2000s). Sure, what you say is very true, but it's important to remember that an OLED phone screen used at medium to max brightness for many hours a day will show burn in within 2-4 years, whereas the only aging that would have occured and LCD with similar usage is a lowering in brightness that is undetectable in normal user. I say this as someone with a Galaxy S5 with horrible burn in and an LG V20 that has gotten exponentially more use that has no burn in and still is very bright and vibrant. OLED is one of the biggest planned obsolescence tricks in modern times, since it supersedes the battery as the first part of the phone to age beyond usability (now that most phones have 4000+ mAh batteries). In an age with regressive software design (coughs in Android 12) and missing features (coughs in Galaxy S22 series) there's less of a reason than every to upgrade, and 5 year old phones are still faster and nicer than even some midrange phones, so imagine how useful a high end phone released in 2022 will be in a decade (very usable, the software and the screen will be artificial limitations that force users to upgrade even though it has plenty of power under the hood).
On the other hand, after 4 years, your battery will also be replacement worthy. Ye, it will still be usable due to large capacity and fast charging but it aint easy changing a habit of your battery lasting 2 days back to 1 day. Also i wouldnt fast charge a 4 year Li-ion without a fire extinguisher nearby, not at crazy W of today anyway.
At 4 year mark, you can refurbish your old amoled flagship with a new battery and a screen which will cost about as much as 1/2 price of an entry almost mid range phone (~150e) and you basically get a new phone (like, objectivelly). I mean i hate OLED obsolence as much as the next guy but playing it "smart" it can actually work ok. You can replace that S5 amoled for like 30$. Those screens are actually cheap as **** they just follow the trend price of the phone. I got Xiaomi 13 recently and RN replacemnt is ~250$, yikes. Next year its gonna be close to 150 and 4 years in it will be 100$ at best ($/eur, not gonna go into economics).
Bottom line, yeah, a premium segment LCD over amoled for phones, any day, but it aint as bad as it seems at a glance.