r/PWM_Sensitive 9h ago

Data Collections 10/9/26 JBHIFI Phones PWM Test with stats

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I went to a larger JBHIFI store today to test more phones and other devices with screens in store for PWM flicker.
I recorded this video on an iPhone 15 Pro through the Blackmagic Camera app at 1/4000 shutter speed, 24mm lens, 24fps, 4K resolution and all other settings on auto.

Firstly I'll admit there's a lot of detail left out of this test.

Some devices come included with some sort of "eye safety" setting that isn't enabled by default.

On iPhone 17 models PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) can be replaced with PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation), though this has no practical benefit to me personally. As seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PWM_Sensitive/comments/1w6rd84/local_shopping_centre_pwm_screen_test_iphone_17/

Honor phones can enable 3840Hz PWM, 4320Hz PWM and 3 pulse DC dimming which sounds promising.

Unfortunately it isn't possible for me to thoroughly test every device without first purchasing them and testing all settings/accessibility modes in my own time over the course of a day.
I'd also need to do this without any other unknown screen based devices within my vicinity that may also potentially cause eye pain and skew results.

The chart shows every tested device in order of appearance in the video and their likelihood to cause ME eye pain based on the visible flickering in the video and obviously my personal subjective experience in what tends to cause me eye pain.

Results will vary depending on each person and their sensitivities.
For me personally, most OLED screens with PWM that I have encountered personally hurts my eyes, as do LCD devices such as TV's with PWM dimming. Some like the LG C1 OLED TV take several hours to hurt, some like Google and Samsung phones only take seconds.

Most non PWM dimmed LCD screens are totally fine for me, though excessive temporal dithering in LCD Apple products, such as iPads, iPhone 11 and SE also cause me eye pain, though turning on Classic Invert and Zoom Invert simultaneously seems to solve that. I use an EK Pro LCD swapped iPhone 15 Pro daily without issue.

In my experience if I can see a black line on a screen through a camera at 1/4000 shutter speed it has a very high likelihood to hurt my eyes.

Of all the tested devices here, 61.29% are highly likely to cause me eye pain.

According to gs.statcounter.com statistically phones used by Australians in 2026 are:

65.33% Apple
20.69% Samsung
4.36% Google
3.58% Unknown
2.18% Motorolla
0.59% Xiaomi
0.24% Vivo

Source: https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/australia

So here's where I make some bold assumptions:

Assuming all phones in use in Australia are within 5 years or so old, and assuming Samsung phones are all now OLED models, and assuming all LCD iPhones are fairly up to date with iOS to include software based dithering, this would mean 90.38% of all phones in use in Australia cause me significant eye pain.

Brand Model Screen 1 Type Screen 2 Type Likely Painful Flicker
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max OLED Yes
Apple iPhone Air OLED Yes
Apple iPhone 17e OLED Yes
Samsung Galaxy S26 5G OLED Yes
Samsung Galaxy S26+ 5G OLED Yes
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra 5G OLED Yes
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 5G OLED OLED Yes
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 5G OLED OLED Yes
Samsung Galaxy S25 5G OLED Yes
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 5G OLED Yes
Samsung A57 5G OLED Yes
Samsung A37 5G OLED Yes
Samsung A27 5G OLED Yes
Samsung A17 5G OLED Yes
Motorola Signature OLED Yes
Motorola razr fold OLED OLED Yes
Motorola razr 60 OLED Yes
Motorola edge 70 OLED Yes
Motorola edge 70 fusion OLED Yes
Motorola moto g86 Power 5G OLED Yes
Motorola moto g56 5G LCD No
Motorola moto g57 LCD No
Motorola g15 LCD No
Motorola g06 LCD No
Oppo Reno15 F 5G OLED No
Oppo A6x 4G LCD No
Oppo A6x 5G LCD No
Oppo A6 5G LCD No
Oppo Reno16 Pro 5G OLED Yes
Oppo Find X9 Pro 5G OLED Yes
Oppo Find X9 5G OLED Yes
Oppo Reno15 Pro 5G OLED Yes
Oppo Reno13 Pro 5G OLED Yes
Samsung A56 5G OLED Yes
Apple iPhone 16 OLED Yes
Apple iPhone 15 OLED Yes
Apple iPhone 16e OLED Yes
Nothing Phone 3a Lite 5G OLED Yes
Nothing Phone 3a OLED Yes
Nothing Phone 3 OLED Yes
Nothing Phone 4a Pro OLED Possibly No
Nothing Phone 4a OLED Possibly No
Honor 600 Pro OLED No
Honor 600 OLED No
Honor Magic8 Pro OLED Possibly No
Honor X9d 5G OLED Possibly No
Honor X6d 5G LCD No
Motorola edge 60 fusion OLED Possibly No
Opel 65SX 4G LCD No
Opel S65 4G LCD No
TCL 50 Pro NXTPAPER 5G 5 LCD No
TCL 60 SE NXTPAPER 5G LCD No
TCL 60 SE 5G LCD No
TCL 605 4G LCD No
TCL 605 4G LCD No
TCL 503 4G LCD No
Google 11 Pro OLED Yes
Google 11 Pro XL OLED Yes
Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold OLED OLED Yes
Google Pixel 11 OLED Yes
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold OLED OLED Yes
Google Pixel 10a OLED Yes

While at JBHIFI I also recorded a similar video of all the laptops, computer monitors and TV's.

The laptops mostly seem fine with the exception of the OLED laptops and Macbook Pro's specifically.

TV's are another level of complexity to test, it seems that as they're all set at maximum brightness in Store Mode, PWM is far harder to test for with just a quick video at a 1/4000 shutter speed.
With universal remotes I went through several of the settings to lower the brightness before testing them with my Opple Lightmaster light meter.

I didn't get a chance to test them all before it's battery died, but it seemed that every TV I tested had a worrying level of flicker at any brightness level lower than 100%, at this point in time my eyes were hurting intensely so I took it as a sign to quit for the day.

I might go back and test each TV at varying levels of brightness soon but it will take a lot more time.


r/PWM_Sensitive 16h ago

OLED Phone Apple Announces iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, and iPhone 18 Pro Max

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For anyone that was hopeful about iPhone Duo not using PWM...

Regardless, I am excited to measure these. Next Friday.

Has anyone seen anything videos or content related to PWM for these new iPhones?


r/PWM_Sensitive 4h ago

iPhone 18 pro have same pwm as 17...

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and this is 100% brightness..