Hey, while discussing the Galaxy with a coworker today, he mentioned that OLED displays 'wear out'. That was the first I have heard of it, so I looked it up.
From Wikipedia's
OLED page:
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The biggest technical problem for OLEDs is the limited lifetime of the organic materials. In particular, blue OLEDs historically have had a lifetime of around 14,000 hours (5 years at 8 hours a day) when used for flat-panel displays, which is lower than typical lifetime of LCD, LED or PDP technology—each currently rated for about 60,000 hours, depending on manufacturer and model.
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Now you know.
I suppose there's a chance the Galaxy's AMOLED display begins to show signs of wear after, say, 3-4 years, but I guess that's acceptable. I don't know what a worn display might look like; the best example is
this image, also from Wikipedia.