Google says bumpy Pixel 8 screens are nothing to worry about — Display ‘bumps’ are components pushing into the OLED panel : technology

[–] Eric_Pollock@lemmy.world 181 points 11 months ago

Sooo... don't buy a Pixel 8 because of a design flaw is what I'm hearing? Thanks for responding, Google.

[–] RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 106 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry about those bumps in your hood. It's just engine parts pushing into the sheet metal.

But I want a perfect hood

WE SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ford Prefect

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Let's just have a pint and wait for Pixel 9.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 97 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Bumps the size of those shown are pretty obviously a defect, because it distorts the image in a way that can not be reasonably expected for such a product, even if it's only visible for a very keen eye, it can be returned by the customer under warranty.
If Google should try to refute that, they will almost for sure lose any claims decision under EU or comparable law.

[+] kadu@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago (7 children)

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[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy was already Reddit before the exodus. Lemmy users just have different interests so the bullshit is highly specific here.

[–] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I left reddit due to the "um akshually" crowd that I'm starting to see here. Forgive me for not writing a 10 page essay as a reply and them trying to use information I ommited because it was barely relevant as a gotcha to prove they're still somehow more correct than me.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it tends to stir up more on here but I can’t tell if it’s actually more prevalent or if I just notice it here because the interactions are a lot more sparse than they were on Reddit. It may still be only 1 or 2 comments per topic but, when there’s only 20 comments total, it makes up a larger share of the comments than I would have noticed on Reddit amongst hundreds of comments.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 13 points 11 months ago

I saw those same comments and believe it's either paid disinformation or complete morons operating off some paid disinformation they read somewhere else. This is inexcusable from a company as large as google plain and simple.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

One user claimed I was responsible for destroying the environment, because I said I wouldn’t tolerate the bumps

That's Blaming the victim. The ones destroying the environment are the ones making faulty products by design, and those that make products designed to fail. So in this scenario, the guilty party is clearly Google.

I was dumb because the bumps “are not noticeable at all”

Probably projection because he is not so smart himself.

Congrats Lemmy on slowly turning into Reddit.

I agree It happens more frequently now than ½ a year ago. But I don't think we are quite there yet. Maybe it's unavoidable on an open social media platform. It's beginning to look that way IMO.

Maybe we need a platform with steeper difficulty to entry? When reddit was new it was very good, I think it was in part because the design was pretty boring. That may have kept the people with the shortest attention span away.

Maybe if Lemmy removed the thumbnail pictures for posts, I suspect that could help a lot.

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I don't want to shock you, but most Lemmy users were/are redditors. Just a weird coincidence.

[–] blackkn1ght@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Corporate bootlickers and astroturfers were amongst the first to migrate here, and unfortunately are quite abundant.

[–] Haha@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

Spit on em haha

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.one 85 points 11 months ago

Pay no attention to our bad engineering.

[–] hersh@literature.cafe 71 points 11 months ago

"no functional impact"? We clearly have very different ideas about the function of a display.

It's always something with Google, isn't it?

[–] Tygr@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago

Pixel 8, now with permanent braille

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

“Nooo, it will never break on the pressure points. It won’t wear-out faster. We promise.”

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The "puncture marks" shown in the article are caused by some sort of grounding connectors/lever thingies, most likely for the capacitive touchscreen. So they aren't some random "components" poking through.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Phones are such a shitshow today. I feel like they are dreaming up gimmicks just to sell something new, when all along the conventional design was just fine.

And stop anti-innovating. Give us back our SD slot and headphone jacks!

[–] justTouchIt@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Gotta do whatever you can to save that 0.01 mm

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 2 points 7 months ago

My first communicator had an SD slot and a miniSD slot. This made copying photos from SD to SD harder than necessary, so I hoped it'd get better with time.

Now, because of sPaCe CoNcErNs I don't even get to have any card slot in my 14" laptop (only in my 10"one) a headphones jack in my 8" phone (only in my 3.5" one).

[+] WoodlandAlliance@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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[–] pohart@programming.dev 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

0.2 mm would probably be plenty

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. I don't understand why everyone wants thinner phones...weight I get, but the thin-ness just makes it harder to hold.

Give me a Gameboy sized phone, idgaf.

[–] Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The weird thing is, I'm not sure any customers actually do care. it genuinely just feels like engineers finding ways to masturbate over how thin they can get something.

[–] RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

they are WHAT? lol Thankfully none on mine.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

For now

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Ribbed for your pleasure

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Time honored tradition. Wheel doesn't fit in your lowered car? Add a bump like the Daytona. Turbo doesn't fit in your hood? Add a bump like the eclipse.

Ez

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Helmet doesn't fit in the driver seat add a bump like the GT40.

[+] zeze@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 8 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

It looks like components inside the phone are pressing up against the back of the OLED display, resulting in visible bumps under the right lighting conditions.

When the screen is turned off, not in use and in specific lighting conditions, some users may see impressions from components in the device that look like small bumps.

The pictures and videos out there all involve people shining flashlights into a turned-off display, so it's not the end of the world.

It wasn't noted in the video, but freeze-frame it and you'll see some pretty alarming indents in the copper sheet on the back of the display that you can try to match up to the other half of the phone.

It's also strange that this happens only on some Pixel 8s, indicating it's a QC issue and not some purposeful decision in the never-ending quest for device thinness.

The tell-tale sign of this being an actual problem will be an OLED display that's internally broken but doesn't have a shattered glass cover.

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[–] feef@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I post again but both my 2 pixel 7 pro units had exactly the same. It not visible at all when the screen is on but still quite disappointing..

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm tired of all these flat phones anyway.

[+] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 11 months ago

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