My phone has banding, which from what I can tell was normal. This was my 3rd Nexus. But this one also had a a very thick horizontal band at the top which was different from everything I saw on other phones.
I decided to ignore it until a couple days ago. I bought my wife Nexus for Valentines days from Costco. And as soon as I got home and put both of our phone next to each other......MAN...what a difference.
Her screen is what I call perfect. Both phone run side by side with the brightness settings the same are two different screens. She has no banding....zero. On any brightness setting, her screen is 10% brighter than mine. And her whites are really white.
Mine on the other hand has all types of banding including that really thick horizontal bar. My screen is not as bright, and I realized that my screen (especially on whites) has a purple tint to it.
And you want to know something else that's really odd. The stock ICS wall paper, the rainbow, it's different on hers. The vertical color bands vary in shades and thickness. The little specks are in different locations. Its a different wall paper.
I have this weird feeling Samsung has caught on to its mistake, and has corrected screens in those new batches. Basically screwing us early adopters. But I'm telling you there a newer better Nexus out there.
I'm requesting a fourth replacement. Sad.
