Some Nothing Phone 1 early adopters complain of dead pixels and weird green display tint
Following months of hype and anenthusiastic launch, Carl Pei’sNothing Phone 1seems to be off to a solid start with an attractive price tag, unique design, and solid specifications. Unfortunately, just days after the launch, buyers worldwide are complaining of dead pixels and a weird green tint issue in the display — issues that OnePlus users are all too familiar with.
Pei exited OnePlus in late 2020, so he was around to see the weirdgreen tint issue the OnePlus 8 Pro faced. Now it seems some of those problems have made their way to Nothing, and a growing number of new Phone 1 owners onTwitterandRedditare complaining of a green tint in the upper or lower half of the display, as spotted byAndroid Authority. The tint is clearly visible when displaying a dark image or when dark mode is turned on, as we can see in the videos users share:
It doesn’t sound like getting an exchange is a sure fix, either, as one new owner who purchased the Nothing Phone 1 from Indian e-tailer Flipkart discovered. When the device exhibited a green tint on the display, they sought a replacement, only to receive another device exhibiting the same issue.
Meanwhile, media outlet Beebom noticed display pixels dying around the hole-punch cutout for the selfie camera just three hours into using its review unit. That wasn’t an isolated incident, since another user also witnessed pixels dying around the camera cutout on their Phone 1 within an hour of usage.
Nothing Support acknowledgedsome of these complaints streaming in on Twitter, and now the company has an official statement on the problem. A spokesperson for Nothing told Android Police, “All OLED screens are susceptible to green tinting when the brightness level is set too low - this is not exclusive to Phone (1). We’re aware that some customers are impacted, the scale of which is very low. Our standards are very high and this is not the experience we want any user to have. We are working hard to improve this issue and recalibrate the display effect in an upcoming software update. In the meantime, we encourage affected users to contact our Customer Support team and request a replacement.” If you do want to contact Nothing support, you can do so on thebrand’s official website.
UPDATE: 2022/07/20 11:57 EST BY JAMES PECKHAM
A spokesperson for Nothing shared a statement
Nothing commented on the problem acknowledging the issue and saying it will be working on a way to recalibrate the display in a future software update.
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