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Fantastic news, Motorola is known for prioritizing DC dimming on their screens, which many report significantly reduces eye strain [1]. I was never aware of the
by backscratches 7mo ago
Fantastic news, Motorola is known for prioritizing DC dimming on their screens, which many report significantly reduces eye strain [1]. I was never aware of the issue, I thought my switch to an OLED phone (iPhone xs) just coincided with getting older and normal tired eyes of aging. But when I switched to a pixel phone my eyes began blurring and aching to an extent I started to research a bit and found that the pixel screens had extremely low Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) rate for screen dimming, apparently as a cost saving measure, and eye strain was a common complaint. I do not experience anything like it with desktop/laptop IPS screens.
A 4" flip phone with graphene would be so nice.
[1] https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/best-phones-for-pwm-flicker-sensitive https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/best-phones-for-pwm-fl...
(I am reposting from leak past yesterday)
- gib444 7mo ago> pixel screens had extremely low Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) rate for screen dimming, apparently as a cost saving measure The PWM issues are inexcusable. Cost saving measure on a £999 phone. Ridiculous!
- dagmx 7mo agoIt’s not just a cost saving measure. PWM has some benefits like better accuracy and linearity in the lower brightness ranges.
- wishfish 7mo agoTheir OLED screens + software are some of the best for those of us who suffer. Motorola is one of the last major companies to still offer IPS devices too. In terms of screen hardware, Graphene chose well. I just hope that GrapheneOS will be offered on one of the IPS phones in addition to the expected OLED model(s).
- backscratches 7mo agoAgreed. An IPS graphene phone would be perfect.
- throwaway290 7mo agoiphones ship an accessibility toggle to disable PWM.
- backscratches 7mo agoSo do pixel 10 series with Graphene (though it is only a small improvement). All other pixels are even worse with zero mitigations.
- unselect5917 7mo agowhat's it called? searching Settings for "pulse", "width", and "modulation" all produce no results.
- fragmede 7mo agoSettings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → Reduce White Point Also Display Pulse Smoothing (PWM) if you're on Tahoe.
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- unselect5917 7mo agoThank you!
- Klinky 7mo agoReduce White Point doesn't solve the problem, but helps reduce brightness while leaving the phone at a higher brightness to reduce the modulation depth. This also results in color and contrast changes. Apple is still one of the worst offenders for flicker sensitive people.
- throwaway290 7mo agoI was not taking about the old reduce white point setting. I'm talking about the new setting that specifically disables PWM. It may require a new phone or new ios but it exists.