I worked at a phone repair shop for almost a decade and fixed hundreds if not thousands of phones. It was rare to see this but when I did it was a Samsung and it had been dropped. The glass would be fine but the OLED would be wrecked. I also had many people lie about what happened to their phone when it was obviously dropped.
It was rare to see this but when I did it was a Samsung and it had been dropped.
Yeah I agree with you there I've experienced the same, it's almost always a Samsung with an OLED screen and curved edges, that gets dropped with a hard impact on one of the corners.
When I dropped my pixel 5a the screen looked like a TV in a horror film. Were they lying for warranty purposes? Otherwise I can't see a reason not to tell a repair shop what actually happened.
A lot of the times it would be to replace screens under warranty. On multiple occasions we would get "I went to bed with it on my nightstand and when I woke up the screen was shattered" When the phone had been clearly dropped. I'm glad I got out of that business when I did. The constant mental burden of people blaming you for their phone not working was unbearable.
With my experience in repairing smartphones, I've found that those with curved edge displays are the most susceptible. I remember when the s7 edge launched, a ton of those phones got the green lines across the screen. So I'd imagine phones with folding screens are also more susceptible to this damage.
In the article, the two phones mentioned have either a curved edge or a folding screen. It seems that any curve or fold in the OLED display makes it easier to damage.
Oneplus offers lifetime free display replacements, but only in India. Samsung was also offering selective display replacements for select S series device for a limited time time again only in India..
Personally, all companies should provide display replacements for hardware defects at least upto 5 if not 6 years. If I get a greenline on my smartphone I won't be buying from them again.
You already need to be mindful of displaying static elements on OLED displays. Greenline is another problem.
I have noticed some phones being more susceptible to this than others. My galaxy s9 has been through the ringer and is perfectly fine, meanwhile seen note 10 has this issue a lot.
spooky green line stay away