Costliest iPhone 18 Pro Display Complaints Go Viral

In what could be a shocking and glaring error in the costliest iPhone, the latestly released iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, some users have reportedly noticed coloured lines appearing on their displays, raising concerns among buyers.

Viral posts shared online show green, pink and red vertical lines running across the screens. Some users have claimed that Apple replaced their devices after they reported the problem.

Similar complaints have reportedly surfaced from India and other countries. However, the exact number of affected devices is not known. Some users on social media have linked the problem to Samsung Display, which supplies OLED panels for Apple’s premium iPhone models.

The comments are reportedly based on comparisons with similar green-line complaints reported by some Samsung smartphone users in the past. A netizen wrote that the issue could be related to a faulty display panel, while another compared the reported iPhone issue with the green-line problem seen on Samsung’s Galaxy S series.

Samsung Display supplies LTPO+ OLED panels for Apple’s high-end iPhones. The technology uses an oxide-based driver unit aimed at improving power efficiency. However, there is no confirmed evidence that Samsung displays are responsible for the reported iPhone 18 Pro issue.

Meanwhile, Apple has not officially commented on the latest reports. Coloured vertical lines are not entirely new among iPhone users. Similar display complaints have been reported with some earlier models, including the iPhone X, iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 Pro.

One post on X showed images that appeared to display a coloured vertical line running down an iPhone screen.

For now, the number of affected iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max units remains unclear. As of now, it is too early to determine whether these reports are individual cases or indicate a bigger display-related problem. Let’s wait and see whether Apple would respond to these viral posts of display problems.