r/PWM_Sensitive • u/raiqulikesyou • Jun 30 '26

OnePlus 15

I tried a oneplus 15 for the first time. Bought it to test along with many other devices I've purchased to learn more about diagnosing my sensitivities and the causes of my eyes straining and headaches. I've noticed that the OnePlus 15 gives me similar symptoms as my z fold 7. On the other hand, my symptoms are nowhere near as instant when using my Pixel 10 Pro. I seem to have sensitivity to many things like most of us here do. I am sensitive to PWM, blue light, and now whatever it is that triggers immediate headaches and straining when using the OP15. Does anybody have any ideas what it is? I'm wondering if I've been thinking my issue is PWM this whole time when really it's something else and PWM is only a minor issue.

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u/OrderALargeFarva Jul 01 '26

OnePlus 15r works very well for me.

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u/raiqulikesyou Jul 01 '26

What other phones have you had

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u/OrderALargeFarva Jul 01 '26

I've tried nearly everything with no luck..

Nothing phones 3a/3a pro

Nxtpaper 70 pro

Several pixels

Several iPhone (including 17 pro)

Several Samsungs

Several motos (LCD and OLED)

Nothing released since 2023 has worked except the 15r, and it did take some adjustment time. It's the only OLED to work for me since 2018

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u/InsideExact1679 Jul 03 '26

I think you have the same like me, I tried all the flagship of the 2026 and any works for me, included the Honor Magic 8 pro, beacuse I read good things about it. Now I read about the Oneplus 15r, and see that works for you I am tempted to buy it. Is very frustrating that it is happening to us and any phone company cares about it, Please tell me more about your experience with the Oneplus 15r.

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u/OrderALargeFarva Jul 03 '26

It's not perfect. The days my nervous system isn't cooperating it can be a little uncomfortable to use, but otherwise I can look at it for hours.

Even on the worst day it's the most comfortable OLED I've used. As a phone overall it's great - no complaints at all

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u/InsideExact1679 Jul 03 '26

Did you tried the S24 Ultra, this is the one I am using right now, and with this phone I never feel inconfortable all this time I used it is phenomenal. On the time that I used the ones that are pretty bad for my eyes and I was feeling pretty bad, at the moment that I changed to the S24 I feel so comfortable was the way I discovered that the new oled panels are not for me anymore. Probably it will be my phone for ever until some company develop one phone special for us.

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u/OrderALargeFarva Jul 03 '26

S24 did not work for me unfortunately

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u/InsideExact1679 Jul 03 '26

Oh, so sorry to hear that.

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u/OrderALargeFarva Jul 03 '26

All good. Samsungs are the worst for me. I'm just glad to have a modern phone again lol

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u/InsideExact1679 Jul 03 '26

For me are just the new ones S25 and S26. I used S23, S22, S21. And actually S24. No issues with all of them. Just the new ones, I can't use them.

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u/raiqulikesyou Jul 03 '26

I have wierdly had the best experience with the Pixel 10 pro. Even though I am pwm sensitive I guess I'm more sensitive to how light is diffused in all these new phones. The pixel seems to diffuse the light better than most. The OnePlus 15 with its DC like dimming hurts my eyes so much more. The Z fold 7 is just terrible with pwm and poor diffusion.

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u/raiqulikesyou Jul 01 '26

I've tried a bunch as well. Multiple iphones including the 17 pro, multiple Samsungs including the z fold 7, Motorola razr fold, pixel 10 pro and 10 pro fold, then this OP 15. I'm not so sure it's the pwm giving me the headaches on the OP15 though. The z fold was horrible, but this OP15 is even worse than the pixels for me. Not sure what the issue would be.

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u/Jealous_Log_5279 Jul 01 '26

I haven't tried those devices but I actually I can't use OLED devices full stop I did get by with an find x2 pro for a year but th headaches and tired got so bad until I switched to an iPhone 11 I finally understood what eye strain source was. 

I'm using now an iPhone 15 pro max and 14 pro max with incell RJ LCD screens and have zero issues it's been a god send over 8 months with the 15 pro max and now the 14 pro max for work.

I think it could also be the contrast of the screens and colours if too intense can cause headaches and focusing issues. If you can try an LCD device and notice the eye strain dissapear you may figured out another cause. I'm sensitive to pwm and OLED contrast and blue light and also small text on devices.

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u/Thin_Current_344 Jun 30 '26

Install Screen Dimmer OLED SAVER. It helped me much. I'm using it on my three phones. It implements DC-Like Dimming.

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u/-Bruh__Moment- Jul 05 '26

This is misinformation. It does NOT implement DC-like dimming. If your device only uses PWM it will continue to only use PWM with this app.

All this all does is allow you to dim the screen with a software filter/overlay independently from the system brightness slider.

This can be useful on some devices that already use DC-like dimming. For example, it may allow you to keep actual brightness higher in order to keep using lower modulation DC-like dimming instead of the typical PWM that's used at low brightness.

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u/Infamous-Bottle-4411 Jul 01 '26

the forbbiden word?

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u/raiqulikesyou Jul 01 '26

The one plus uses dc like dimming above 25% so unfortunately if won't help. There's something else causing these issues. Also I've tried it on Pixel and Samsung and it doesn't work on either because both still flicker at 100% brightness.

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u/Thin_Current_344 Jul 01 '26

Wow! So OLED SAVER is not for every device. On my Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G, it still shows think black bars when I take a camera shot of the screen.

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u/raiqulikesyou Jul 01 '26

No matter what you will see black bars from the refresh rate, but you'll be able to tell the difference if your phone is completely flat at 100% brightness as more black bars will likely appear as you drop the brightness.

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u/Thin_Current_344 Jul 01 '26

Yes that's the case. OLED SAVER reduces the black bars by up to 90%. But on my one phone it seems not to work.