I have all the problem described in this article. And I have definitely rant [1] about OLED for a very long time since the launch of iPhone X. The PWM problem is quite well known on Internet forums but again mainstream media doesn't want it as a story (yet). I also ran away from Malls or shops that use crappy LED that have their flickering level at a low rate. ( Not to mention their utter crap colouring ) I did once try to call for quality standards of LED but obviously no one cares. It was the first time I felt what disability were like when the your surroundings assumes everything is perfect or without disability.
I also think those who are susceptible to PWM are also latency sensitive. Which means ProMotion / 120Hz panel is definitely a thing I can felt. And micro jank are definitely observable. ( I discovered that in the early days of Firefox, that was before Mozilla took jank / micropause in their UI seriously )
> I had had motion issues with an earlier phone at one point, and knew to turn off motion effects to solve that problem.
Unfortunately this is not widely known. I have friends who have very mild symptoms they didn't know it was those motion causing it.
>Am I going to be shut out of future phone upgrades? I don’t see many of the top-of-the-line models coming out with LCD displays.
What the article didn't state, was that OLED has an economy of scale and roadmap that makes LCD pretty much irrelevant from a BOM cost perspective. i.e It isn't even about picking a lower end iPhone SE or iPhone 11 for LCD Screen. Soon OLED will take over that segment as well. And you can bet those OLED screen will have even more PWM than the current best iPhone. And remember, iPhone already have the best OLED screen in terms of PWM levels.
That is why I am praying there will be iPhone SE Plus with a LCD Screen. And iPad Air stays with LCD.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18505704
I also think those who are susceptible to PWM are also latency sensitive. Which means ProMotion / 120Hz panel is definitely a thing I can felt. And micro jank are definitely observable. ( I discovered that in the early days of Firefox, that was before Mozilla took jank / micropause in their UI seriously )
> I had had motion issues with an earlier phone at one point, and knew to turn off motion effects to solve that problem.
Unfortunately this is not widely known. I have friends who have very mild symptoms they didn't know it was those motion causing it.
>Am I going to be shut out of future phone upgrades? I don’t see many of the top-of-the-line models coming out with LCD displays.
What the article didn't state, was that OLED has an economy of scale and roadmap that makes LCD pretty much irrelevant from a BOM cost perspective. i.e It isn't even about picking a lower end iPhone SE or iPhone 11 for LCD Screen. Soon OLED will take over that segment as well. And you can bet those OLED screen will have even more PWM than the current best iPhone. And remember, iPhone already have the best OLED screen in terms of PWM levels.
That is why I am praying there will be iPhone SE Plus with a LCD Screen. And iPad Air stays with LCD.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18505704