Eye strain with iPhone 13s/14s?

Submitted by Cookyjar t3_zvdh32 in iphone

I have had iPhone XR for 3+ years and it has been great. It has LCD screen instead of OLED which is what all the new iPhone models have.

I played around with regular iPhone 14 the other day at Verizon store for like 5-10 minutes and i noticed that because of the display being more crispy and brighter, I felt more eye strain compared to my XR.

Has anyone experienced something like this with the new iPhone models? Am I just imagining this? I could do with a new phone but it would be a bummer if I can’t use it because of eye strain. How can I deal with this?

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vedant2204 t1_j1olkrd wrote

Use the reduce white point feature. I found that really helped with eye strain, especially in the dark.

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TWYFAN97 t1_j1onfuq wrote

It’s very possible you have a slight sensitivity to PWM (pulse width modulation) which is how the phone controls brightness.

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lliarrr t1_j1opvp7 wrote

I feel like I do with my 14 pro max honesty idk why, I had an 8 plus and I felt mine but when I got the 14 my eyes felt weird if that makes sense

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Cookyjar OP t1_j1oquob wrote

Did you just end up keeping the 14 pro max? How are your eyes feeling now?

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lliarrr t1_j1os6e9 wrote

Yes I’m not super sensitive to it but when switching phones my eyes feel less heavy if that makes sense. I honestly had no idea anything about PWM I’m just now finding out what it is hahaha

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Cookyjar OP t1_j1osccs wrote

So I’m guessing your eyes got used to it?

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lliarrr t1_j1osxpk wrote

Not necessarily used to it, but more as in I just gotta deal with it

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jacdot t1_j1pguoe wrote

I had eye strain and migraines when I first got my 12 mini. I played around with various settings but the cure was turning off the needs attention and Face ID features - turns out I'm sensitive to the infrared they use

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Wasaab t1_j1pokaq wrote

I had the same problem when I first switched from and LCD iPhone to an OLED iPhone, I eventually got used to it

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