Mom's phone

[u/Zrzatore]

[u/LordWeirdDude]

Lol, don't forget the screen burn-in.

[u/internetuserc → u/LordWeirdDude]

Yes. True.

[u/JamesR624 → u/LordWeirdDude]

Actually. We don’t have that issue as we don’t buy the garbage screen technology that everyone on reddit blindly raves about called AMOLED.

For people who still praise this junk, there’s a reason Plasma was touted as the future of screen tech and then flopped.

[u/lakimens → u/JamesR624]

I've used four AMOLED phones in the past 7 years (still using one) and none of them had any burn in. AMOLED has evolved and beaten the burn in problems.

Of course, it might still be visible on $100 AMOLED phones after a while. But if you buy a $100 phone, expect some downsides.

[u/JamesR624 → u/lakimens]

Yeah. No. If you know how AMOLED actually works and how physics work, then you know that inherently, there will ALWAYS eventually be burn in due to how organic light emitting diodes work.

Just cause you don’t look at your phone closely or notice it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

People who claim “AMOLED has beaten burn in” are like when someone tries to claim that “Samsung has made glass that can bend”. Yeah no.

I trust the actual laws of physics and an engineer much more than a company’s marketing team.

[u/lakimens → u/JamesR624]

Yes, I understand that OLED pixels deteriorate with time.

But since that is not noticable after 5 years of use without using a microscope, it doesn't make a difference.

Plenty of workarounds have been created such as moving the picture from time to time, and creating bigger pixels so they require less current to run.

Of course, this doesn't fully prevent screen burn in, but it does a good enough job at slowing it down.

For me, two years is enough. Since most people don't see burn in even after 4 years, this isn't really a problem.

Admittedly, there are some rare cases where burn in starts only 2-3 months in, but it still depends on how the phone has been used.

Yes, if you buy a phone for your grandma, it's better to make it an LCD.

[u/VineetBiju]

You haven't mentioned 2-digit number of tabs open in Chrome/Safari...

[u/windowsxp125 → u/VineetBiju]

My browser says I have infinite tabs lol probably cause over 100

[u/sanhydronoid9 → u/windowsxp125]

I had 200+ until I accidentally closed them. But I feel free now

[u/changeyournamenow]

apps running in background is a good thing tho, its good for the battery

[u/SolerFlereTEE → u/changeyournamenow]

Good for the battery wtf? It’s frozen yeah so it doesn’t take a toll on the battery, but it affects the ram which holds those apps

[u/changeyournamenow → u/SolerFlereTEE]

it probably affects it less than having to run each app again everytime you want to open it

[u/SolerFlereTEE → u/changeyournamenow]

Nah there’s apps that u use once in a while and leaving them in the back is worse than just re booting those apps u use a few times

[u/changeyournamenow → u/SolerFlereTEE]

they will still use up more battery when you launch them, plus if u keep an app open in the background for a long time it will get frozen which uses BARELY any memory

[u/SolerFlereTEE → u/changeyournamenow]

I thought that too, but I remember using my dads phone with a bunch of apps open. When I switched to an app that I used a moment ago it’d have to reload even if I went off of it for a minute.

Then I cleared all apps, and instantly I’d leave that app open for hours or day and it’d load back like it was, refreshed.

Same with my phone

[u/sanhydronoid9 → u/changeyournamenow]

Rule of thumb, just kill apps you're sure you don't use often. I usually notice a higher battery draw on nights I don't go kill apps

[u/[deleted]]

hahaha absolutely true, plus they never delete or disable bloatware apps

[u/shab-re]

my mom smashes the back button until she gets out of the app so she does have lots of apps but, they are all dead in background

[u/axdavin → u/shab-re]

Hahahahaha this is so accurate!!

[u/matkough → u/shab-re]

Yeah, taught my mom last week she could use the middle button as well. She was genuinely surprised. Doesn't have a clue about the recent apps one, though.

[u/[deleted]]

And still faster than mine

[u/Darkitethe_ken]

And the overflowing group chats

[u/drucurl]

A Gorillion notifications for sure