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Google says bumpy Pixel 8 screens are nothing to worry about | Display "bumps" are components pushing into the OLED panel. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by chrisdh79@alien.top to c/gadgets@hardware.watch

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[–] tomistruth@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

So they were to cheap to put in a metal shield between components and screen.

[–] matt95110@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pennies in quantities of millions adds up, but that is why you just up the price of the phone $5 and no one cares.

[–] tomtv90@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

They did that too, several times.

[–] LT-Lance@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There is a thin copper plate between the screen and components. In some of the teardowns of phones with these bumps, the copper plate was punctured by the components...

[–] a7madib@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

The sad part is the things poking through the screen were designed as leaf springs to keep from the screen pressing onto the components. at least that’s what it looks like.

[–] sarcoidal@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

But then the phone would be a metal sheet thicker oh no

[–] starkiller_bass@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Or were they too INNOVATIVE???