Display backlight LEDs clearly visible at the bottom!

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I just got the Mi3 a few days ago and the first thing I noticed was a very minor defect- a pattern at the bottom of the display which was only visible on white screens.
Here is a picture of it (move your head a bit away from the monitor and look hard at the very bottom edge of the display to see it):

I guess this is where the backlight LEDs are placed and the pattern is formed due to it. This pattern is less visible when looking directly but it can be seen well enough while tilting the screen a bit.
It is a very minor issue to me as it is visible only on white screens/screens with bright colours but it is still a bit annoying while browsing, reading an ebook, etc.

So, it this present on all Mi3s due to the way the phone is manufactured or is my Mi3's LCD defective?

 

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[reneftw]

My screen looks the same.

 

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My screen looks the same.

So, does that mean all Mi3s have this?

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[PaulTT]

Mine looks the same.

 

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Mine looks the same.

Now I guess this isn't an isolated issue and is present in most Mi3s. But I don't know why they designed the display this way.

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[kishorparmar]

So, does that mean all Mi3s have this?

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yes all Mi3s have this

 

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yes all Mi3s have this

Thanks for the confirmation. I'm not that bothered about this problem now and I won't try for a replacement.

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Has anyone got a Mi3 which doesn't have this problem?
Also, is there any method to find out whether my display is made by Sharp or LG?

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[matthias1203]

i really don't have that problem. I tried to look in ever angle. It is clean white down there. Can't see led.

 

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i really don't have that problem. I tried to look in ever angle. It is clean white down there. Can't see led.

Good to hear.
Do you have the Tegra or the Snapdragon version?

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[matthias1203]

Good to hear.
Do you have the Tegra or the Snapdragon version?

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Snapdragon. it is not bright like on top or sides but also not dark in "waves" like on picture

 

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So, this defect had started to annoy me a bit and I took my phone to the Mi service center(Egmore, Chennai). I showed this problem to them and right away they recognised it and told me that this was present on all Mi3s and it wasn't a defect. They handed me over another Mi3 which they had and, sure enough, it also had the same "problem".
I wonder why no reviewer has mentioned this defect though and why there isn't a lot of talk about this. There has been a little talk about the gradual darkening of the screen from top to bottom(which I have recently noticed in mine too). I guess people aren't that bothered about it. :silly:

 

[vasishath]

My mi3 also has this thing. Its not a defect. Try seeing a teardown of the device and u will see that the display leds are located at the bottom in the same pattern as you see those black shadows. This is completely normal.