Google says bumpy Pixel 8 screens are nothing to worry about — Display ‘bumps’ are components pushing into the OLED panel::undefined
Pixel 8, now with permanent braille
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.
Why can’t we just get a phone that is 2mm thicker
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.
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.
0.2 mm would probably be plenty
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
Ford Prefect
Let’s just have a pint and wait for Pixel 9.
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
Helmet doesn’t fit in the driver seat add a bump like the GT40.
Pay no attention to our bad engineering.
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Google says, worry not, 🚫
For bumpy Pixels, it’s all a plot 🌈
Display ‘bumps’ arise, but don’t despair 😮
Components pushing, it’s just unfair 😤
🖥️Pixel 8 got the glitch 😍
📺OLED panels, still make us itch 😫💦
they are WHAT? lol Thankfully none on mine.
For now
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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Sooo… don’t buy a Pixel 8 because of a design flaw is what I’m hearing? Thanks for responding, Google.
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…
“Nooo, it will never break on the pressure points. It won’t wear-out faster. We promise.”
Ribbed for your pleasure
“no functional impact”? We clearly have very different ideas about the function of a display.
It’s always something with Google, isn’t it?
