Right, so got my original m8 around 6-7 weeks ago, and had it replaced a few days ago. I'm sure I've noticed a few differences.
1. New phone has small sticker on the left hand side at the bottom saying made in China.
2. New phone appears to have a brighter LED notification light.
3. On the new phone, I can feel the HTC letters on the back, I never noticed this with the original.
4. Not 100% sure, but I think the screen is brighter/clearer.
Any thoughts?
HTC (as well as most smartphone manufacturers) often uses more than one supplier for the various components. So seeing some variation in the displays and other parts is not unusual. I know on my old One X EVITA, it was known they used 2 different manufacturers for the display.
The HTC letters on the back are actually separate pieces inlaid into the back plate (as far as I can tell, and this has been the case on past HTC phones). So its normal for you to be able to feel them. It could be you just didn't notice before, or the pieces were a little more "flush" with the surface on your old phone and you were able to feel them a little less.
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Right, so got my original m8 around 6-7 weeks ago, and had it replaced a few days ago. I'm sure I've noticed a few differences.
1. New phone has small sticker on the left hand side at the bottom saying made in China.
2. New phone appears to have a brighter LED notification light.
3. On the new phone, I can feel the HTC letters on the back, I never noticed this with the original.
4. Not 100% sure, but I think the screen is brighter/clearer.
Any thoughts?
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No idea about the Made in China sticker..don't have one. But AFAIK they are made in both China and Taiwan.
The screens are confirmed as being from different manufacturers and therefore having different colors etc. More info in a thread here somewhere..search for it
Also the gunmetal color version has two different versions with small variations..I think the lettering was one of the differences noted but not sure.
As for the LED, I don't think so but beware that the light level seems to differ a lot according to which notification is being used. For instance the battery charging/low battery is quite dim, while the sms/email notification lights it up a lot more.
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Hi, this is my first post so id like to say hi.
This place has been a mine of info for me during my two weeks of owning my HOX.
I am now onto my third White HOX.
This morning i swapped it as the screen flexing was becoming too much of an annoyance. The first phone had a faulty battery, the second one flex and low and behold this one also has flex issues.
I swapped it at carphone warehouse. I have to say they have been very good. The manager served me today and bought out 7 white phones all of which had the flex issue. He has given me the best of the worst. I just hope this battery is ok. He apologised and said maybe the new batches would be better but its shocking quality control and he is sending all of the white ones back to HTC asap and demanding an explanation.
My main issues with the flexing is i am worried i might break the screen.
anyway seen now that Amazon have withdrawn the white HOX, wonder if CPW will be next! (and no im not flaming this i actually want to like the phone i came from an Iphone 4)
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Hi, this is my first post so id like to say hi.
This place has been a mine of info for me during my two weeks of owning my HOX.
I am now onto my third White HOX.
This morning i swapped it as the screen flexing was becoming too much of an annoyance. The first phone had a faulty battery, the second one flex and low and behold this one also has flex issues.
I swapped it at carphone warehouse. I have to say they have been very good. The manager served me today and bought out 7 white phones all of which had the flex issue. He has given me the best of the worst. I just hope this battery is ok. He apologised and said maybe the new batches would be better but its shocking quality control and he is sending all of the white ones back to HTC asap and demanding an explanation.
My main issues with the flexing is i am worried i might break the screen.
anyway seen now that Amazon have withdrawn the white HOX, wonder if CPW will be next! (and no im not flaming this i actually want to like the phone i came from an Iphone 4)
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what is CPW?
why do you associate it with colour? The same didn't apply for the gray/black?
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what is CPW?
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andreasy said:
why do you associate it with colour? The same didn't apply for the gray/black?
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My own survey of a number of headsets does actually suggest that flexing is less on grey handsets. Hamdir supposed that the accuracy of the moulding of the polycarbonate has an effect on this. If so, then assuming the grey ones come out of a different mould, perhaps they are generally more "to shape" and hence are having fewer issues. All guesses of course
Both phones have the same issues, just majority of people are buying the white whats why there are "more" defected white HOX.
I wonder what's going on with the white phones. Me and my friend both bought ours from amazon around the 20th of April and we both have perfect ones, no issues that software updates didn't fix. I thought it was just a minority of people having problems, but now I'm starting to feel really lucky!!
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I too have had no bother with my One x....got it from Amazon ,pre ordered it a week before the came out.....
MY phone is 100% except for the software fixes that they have got.....
I am thinking I am lucky also .
My HTC ONE X is white and model number HT23HW.
yeah there is a return and replacements thread for this kind of thing. there are probably threads about the issues like that flex already as well. but congratulations for making another post just like the others so that more people will follow and do the same. =]
Must admit mine is fine too .Its grey and I've had it since launch. Really am beginning to think mine is an exception
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Must admit mine is fine too .Its grey and I've had it since launch. Really am beginning to think mine is an exception
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must say mine is absolutely fine
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anyway seen now that Amazon have withdrawn the white HOX, wonder if CPW will be next! (and no im not flaming this i actually want to like the phone i came from an Iphone 4)
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There's no such thing as a "white" One X. There is a One X which is built as a single unit and during the last stage of assembly placed in to either a white or grey body. I'd also venture to guess that the both the grey and white bodies are pressed using the same molds. I can't imagine anything unique about the white polycarbonate body that could possibly make it perform differently than a grey one. It's a piece of non-conductive plastic.
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There's no such thing as a "white" One X. There is a One X which is built as a single unit and during the last stage of assembly placed in to either a white or grey body. I'd also venture to guess that the both the grey and white bodies are pressed using the same molds. I can't imagine anything unique about the white polycarbonate body that could possibly make it perform differently than a grey one. It's a piece of non-conductive plastic.
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Quite simply if the body was undersized, or distorted in some way, such that it was pressing where it shouldn't, then a number of issues could result. I doubt that the white and grey bodies come out of the same mold. That would mean they would have to produce one or the other at any one time.
I agree, if the moulds were some how off ever so slightly then the phone wouldnt perform correctly (flex, ripples etc) my new one has a gap at the top of the screen where dust likes to gather.
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Quite simply if the body was undersized, or distorted in some way, such that it was pressing where it shouldn't, then a number of issues could result. I doubt that the white and grey bodies come out of the same mold. That would mean they would have to produce one or the other at any one time.
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There have been more polls, informal counts, and banter about issues on this forum than any other I've ever participated in. One went down to the day and month the phone was built. With all of this searching for a pattern, I assure you if color played a role it couldn't have escaped the eagle eyes of the participants of this forum who examine each phone with a neuron microscope. I've been in product management and can also assure you that the tolerances capable of drilling the microscopic speaker holes mean that the formation of the overall body isn't what's out of spec and causing technical challenges. It's not a piece of Lego.
Believe what you want, rationality left this forum weeks ago.
Few weeks ago, I purchased HTC One X without warranty, then after few days I rooted it, and unlocked bootloader but didn't installed any custom ROM, then after a day there were yellow spots/tint appearing on the top of my screen, even I didn't dropped my phone.
Please help me xda-developers, admins, members
how to fix it or tell me the real solution of this problem facing many people including myself.
Please help me!!!
How do you buy a phone without warranty? Isn't it a consumer's RIGHT?
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How do you buy a phone without warranty? Isn't it a consumer's RIGHT?
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I purchased the used version without warranty. Please tell me the solution of spots!
Fayzann said:
I purchased the used version without warranty. Please tell me the solution of spots!
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Put the screen on full brightness and leave it on overnight.
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Put the screen on full brightness and leave it on overnight.
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Thank you so much sir, I will try this and should I check the option for never on the sleep time?
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Put the screen on full brightness and leave it on overnight.
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I have a question, what will happen if making brightness full and leaving it overnight? does it makes some difference to the LCD? or does this works?
nothing will help you trying to get rid of those yellow spots. They appear when phone gets warm and they disappear when phone gets cool, the only way to remove yellow tint is to send it back for a repair.
BTW, used phones got warranty too. But you have to have INVOICE/RECEIPT - any prove that you bought it in a legal way. Buying used phones is legal, but you should get some sort of proof.
If you are without warranty there is a posibility that you got your phone ilegally (stolen/ditched batch).
And one more thing - there are two types of HTC One X out there
1) TRADE ones - usualy they are cheaper with more problems (screen, yellow spots, bad tegra chip, hot as hell) and are usualy sold WW mostly via internet. Usualy they are some sort of "not so good at quality control but we (htc) need money so lets sell them for a lesser amount of money".
2) SELLING ones - they are more expensive and sold by official HTC distibuters and carriers. They have outstanding performance and build quality due to good quality control. But remember, some of SELLING ones can end up with TRADE batch so some might be lucky (I am sorry but AMAZON, EBAY, EXPANSYS have the TRADE ones so you will most likely have some problems with the phone.)
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nothing will help you trying to get rid of those yellow spots. They appear when phone gets warm and they disappear when phone gets cool, the only way to remove yellow tint is to send it back for a repair.
BTW, used phones got warranty too. But you have to have INVOICE/RECEIPT - any prove that you bought it in a legal way. Buying used phones is legal, but you should get some sort of proof.
If you are without warranty there is a posibility that you got your phone ilegally (stolen/ditched batch).
And one more thing - there are two types of HTC One X out there
1) TRADE ones - usualy they are cheaper with more problems (screen, yellow spots, bad tegra chip, hot as hell) and are usualy sold WW mostly via internet. Usualy they are some sort of "not so good at quality control but we (htc) need money so lets sell them for a lesser amount of money".
2) SELLING ones - they are more expensive and sold by official HTC distibuters and carriers (I am sorry but AMAZON, EBAY, EXPANSYS have the TRADE ones so you will most likely have some problems with the phone.)
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I got S720e version, OK then I will buy a new phone which will be official one, Tell me which is better Galaxy s3 or One X?
Two types of HTC One X (mostly quality control)
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I got a yellow tint at the top of my screen about two weeks ago after having my One X for about 4 weeks. I noticed the phone was getting hot with just about anything I did i.e. using Facebook. I downloaded Dead Pixel Detect and Fix off Play Store, set the colour to yellow and put it on full brightness overnight. I also pressed gently on the affected area with the yellow tint and that helped "massage" the tint away a bit. The next morning it had pretty much gone and stayed away since.
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I got a yellow tint at the top of my screen about two weeks ago after having my One X for about 4 weeks. I noticed the phone was getting hot with just about anything I did i.e. using Facebook. I downloaded Dead Pixel Detect and Fix off Play Store, set the colour to yellow and put it on full brightness overnight. I also pressed gently on the affected area with the yellow tint and that helped "massage" the tint away a bit. The next morning it had pretty much gone and stayed away since.
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OK, Now I have downloaded "Dead Pixel Detect and Fix" from Play Store, now what should I choose? There are 2 options.
"Fix It" and "Colour"
what should I do next to resolve yellow spots?
was ur issue resolved?
I had two one xs and both had yellow spots. In both phones it went away on its own.
Yellow Tint
I too had the Yellow Stains on the screen. Resolution "HTC replaced the screen". However they took 3 weeks for replacement as the parts were not available. Contrary they provided me +1Month of warranty on the phone.
I am using the replaced screen for 3 weeks now and i see a Yellow spot on the right bottom corner. Will be giving this to the service centre again this week.
I came to this forum to know why the spots occur in first place
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I too had the Yellow Stains on the screen. Resolution "HTC replaced the screen". However they took 3 weeks for replacement as the parts were not available. Contrary they provided me +1Month of warranty on the phone.
I am using the replaced screen for 3 weeks now and i see a Yellow spot on the right bottom corner. Will be giving this to the service centre again this week.
I came to this forum to know why the spots occur in first place
had the yellow spot bottom left of screen, fridge trick seemed to work for a very short time, then I came to the fix (for me anyway) I had a rubber type skin/cover on the phone, I took it off and within an hour the yellow dot had disappeared, this may sound basic, but those of you with a protective case and a yellow dot, simply try it and see.
I have a 32GB reserved at Best Buy for pickup today. I have an original n7 32 that I got back in December, and this one is going to replace it. I was actually already planning on selling it, because the light bleed and lag drives me nuts. I was thinking of canceling the Best Buy order and waiting, because I have seen a disturbing number of early build issue type posts. Question is, how long should I wait for the first run issues to be worked out before buying? When I bought mine in December, I expected those issues to be worked out, but I went through three before hitting on one that did not have screen lift issues.
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I am pretty eager to hear opinions regarding this question as I bought my first nex 7 in september and it still had the scren lift like yours one.
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Got my 32gb on friday at best buy. No hardware issues/defects/issues. You'd have to wait maybe a month for section shipments.
Mostly it depends on the stock ordered by those sites and stores. When they run out of stock, then only will they replace their stock. It only depends on how much the stock is recycled, given the amount of people returning their device due a "single dead pixel" or a lil bit of "light leak"...
I suggest wait for a bit, like 2-3 months for the first batch to run out, then give it a shot.
Best buy says 30-60 days is next order
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I suppose that I could always pick it up, give it a try and return it if there are any issues. It's just that I have always had terrible luck with release date electronics. I have never had one without issues.
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Just to update, I went ahead and picked it up. Figure that I can always return it if it has problems. Unfortunately, I'm going to need to return it. There are three problems that I saw right off.
1. There is a bright spot on the screen that's visible to the eye. If displaying white, the bright spot is brighter white, when displaying blue, it's brighter blue, etc...
2. There is a speck of dust under the screen, about half an inch below the bright spot.
3. It creaks pretty badly when held on the right side, near the bottom. So basically, when holding it in portrait mode.
Of these four issues, only the first issue is a deal breaker for me. The spot is large enough that it is noticeable when looking at the screen. It is more obvious when looking at a lighter color like white or light grey, but it is visible with all colors. I'm not sure how these screens are put together, so this might be completely off. It looks like there's some kind of film or something, and in the brighter area, it looks like it is a little thinner. The only reason that I noticed the spec of dust was because I was looking at the white spot under a magnifying glass, to see if I could figure out what it was. The spec of dust is not visible, even while wearing my strongest glasses. The creaking comes and goes. I'm guessing that with time, it would disappear entirely. And I do plan on having it in a case, so it really wouldn't matter. One thing that seems apparent while comparing the two, at least to me, is that the original model was more solidly built. Not that the new one seems cheap, because it doesn't. But it just doesn't seem as solid. Of course I did have to go through three original N7s before I found one that didn't have screen lift.
The screen itself (once looking past the white spot) is amazing! I have had a number of iPads and I have my current N7 and a Kindle Fire (original), and I have NEVER seen a screen that is so even. One of my primary complaints with my original N7 is that the screen is ever so yellowish along the right side of the screen. It is distracting enough when reading on the Kindle app that I set the background color to Sepia to overcome it. And not only is it very even, but the resolution is unlike anything that I've ever seen on something this small. The text on Kindle books is crisp and easily readable. On my original N7, I can see pixels. Though not nearly as bad as the Kindle Fire. Also, the white is more pleasing to the eye than the white on the original N7 was. I know that this is a subjective thing. Where my old N7 had a slightly reddish tint to the white, the new one doesn't have that. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it. But I think that it looks much nicer. The new N7 is also much brighter than the original. I'd say about 30% brighter.
And it's definitely fast. I wasn't really happy with my orignal N7, because of the issues that it has with light bleeding. But now it also seems really slow. I'm not sure how to fix that. Maybe a new ROM is in order.
Unfortunately, I can't keep one with a bright spot like this one has, so back it goes. Perhaps I'll take the advice given above, and give it a few months and try again.
One of the ways that I sold my wife on the original N7 was by saying that it would keep getting Android updates. I guess I accidentally lied about that. 4.2.2 appears to be as high as the original N7 will go, at least without a custom ROM.
Well what rotten luck for you. I haven't any of these Problem fortunately. Hope you get it fixed
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4.2.2 appears to be as high as the original N7 will go, at least without a custom ROM.
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Heh???
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-updates-pushing-today-current-nexus-devices
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Heh???
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-updates-pushing-today-current-nexus-devices
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agreed, my first get ironically updated to 4.3 1.5 hours prior to me picking up my new nexus 7 on friday
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Heh???
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-updates-pushing-today-current-nexus-devices
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Yea. Dumb statement that I made. My N7 has not gotten any use for the last few months. I saw that it was on 4.2.2 still, and just made an assumption.
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usmaak said:
Just to update, I went ahead and picked it up. Figure that I can always return it if it has problems. Unfortunately, I'm going to need to return it. There are three problems that I saw right off.
1. There is a bright spot on the screen that's visible to the eye. If displaying white, the bright spot is brighter white, when displaying blue, it's brighter blue, etc...
2. There is a speck of dust under the screen, about half an inch below the bright spot.
3. It creaks pretty badly when held on the right side, near the bottom. So basically, when holding it in portrait mode.
Of these four issues, only the first issue is a deal breaker for me. The spot is large enough that it is noticeable when looking at the screen. It is more obvious when looking at a lighter color like white or light grey, but it is visible with all colors. I'm not sure how these screens are put together, so this might be completely off. It looks like there's some kind of film or something, and in the brighter area, it looks like it is a little thinner. The only reason that I noticed the spec of dust was because I was looking at the white spot under a magnifying glass, to see if I could figure out what it was. The spec of dust is not visible, even while wearing my strongest glasses. The creaking comes and goes. I'm guessing that with time, it would disappear entirely. And I do plan on having it in a case, so it really wouldn't matter. One thing that seems apparent while comparing the two, at least to me, is that the original model was more solidly built. Not that the new one seems cheap, because it doesn't. But it just doesn't seem as solid. Of course I did have to go through three original N7s before I found one that didn't have screen lift.
The screen itself (once looking past the white spot) is amazing! I have had a number of iPads and I have my current N7 and a Kindle Fire (original), and I have NEVER seen a screen that is so even. One of my primary complaints with my original N7 is that the screen is ever so yellowish along the right side of the screen. It is distracting enough when reading on the Kindle app that I set the background color to Sepia to overcome it. And not only is it very even, but the resolution is unlike anything that I've ever seen on something this small. The text on Kindle books is crisp and easily readable. On my original N7, I can see pixels. Though not nearly as bad as the Kindle Fire. Also, the white is more pleasing to the eye than the white on the original N7 was. I know that this is a subjective thing. Where my old N7 had a slightly reddish tint to the white, the new one doesn't have that. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it. But I think that it looks much nicer. The new N7 is also much brighter than the original. I'd say about 30% brighter.
And it's definitely fast. I wasn't really happy with my orignal N7, because of the issues that it has with light bleeding. But now it also seems really slow. I'm not sure how to fix that. Maybe a new ROM is in order.
Unfortunately, I can't keep one with a bright spot like this one has, so back it goes. Perhaps I'll take the advice given above, and give it a few months and try again.
One of the ways that I sold my wife on the original N7 was by saying that it would keep getting Android updates. I guess I accidentally lied about that. 4.2.2 appears to be as high as the original N7 will go, at least without a custom ROM.
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I'm sure BB would let you exchange it for another (and even open it in store to make sure it's good) if you wanted to keep it still.
I got my new HTC m8 couple of days and I noticed that the display on the right corner where it's to meet the device body is a slightly higher than the rest of the corners and it also look different than them is that like something to worry about ?
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I got my new HTC m8 couple of days and I noticed that the display on the right corner where it's to meet the device body is a slightly higher than the rest of the corners and it also look different than them is that like something to worry about ?
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I received mine the exact same way, however, i haven't noticed any blatant issues with the phones touchscreen, i've just learned to live with it.
Hi,
I've just noticed that on the left hand side of my screen I have a vertical bar around 2mm wide that looks corrupted in some way - like filled with horizontal hatched lines that I'm assuming are defective pixels or similar. It's a bit hard to describe, and even harder to get a decent photo of the problem. The attached is the best I could do.
The issue seems to be there all of the time, but is less noticeable on solid white / black backgrounds than it is on block colours.
Is this likely to be hardware issue, and would it be covered under UK warranty?
Thanks
cjc.
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Hi,
I've just noticed that on the left hand side of my screen I have a vertical bar around 2mm wide that looks corrupted in some way - like filled with horizontal hatched lines that I'm assuming are defective pixels or similar. It's a bit hard to describe, and even harder to get a decent photo of the problem. The attached is the best I could do.
The issue seems to be there all of the time, but is less noticeable on solid white / black backgrounds than it is on block colours.
Is this likely to be hardware issue, and would it be covered under UK warranty?
Thanks
cjc.
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That definitely looks like a faulty panel. Nothing like that on my 10 (Carbon Grey, Tianma).
I'd get in touch with HTC UK and see what they think.
I have exactly the same issue and i've had my phone a week. I didn't notice it at first but it's definitely more noticeable on non white backgrounds, i've checked it with a screen tester which you can go through blocks of colour with. I also have the same slight dip in the top left.
How has your warranty claim gone with HTC? I'm going to try phoning them up today. I bought my phone from Very.co.uk but would rather deal directly with HTC.
Following this as well as I have stuck pixels in the middle of the screen. Very have been difficult to deal with so I'd really like to know how things go with HTC UK
Hey just as a follow up. very.co.uk refunded me with no questions asked. They don't do replacements so you have to re-order.