[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] usmaak:
I took another look at the two Note 8s in the family and they do both have this flaw. Originally I thought it was just a reflection on the metal, because you have to be looking at it from nearly on top to see it. Somewhere greater than a 70 degree angle. Both of them have it pretty much the same, though one is a bit brighter than the other. On top of that, because the Tech21 cases that I'm using on it have semi-transparent edges, it can be seen a little bit even with the case on.

Although I like to think that Samsung is going to do something about this, I have my doubts. How many screens have been produced and waiting to be put onto a new phone? I can't imagine that Samsung is going to scrap all of those expensive screens because of a cosmetic flaw. Even if there is some way to change existing screens so that they no longer display this flaw, that would be time consuming and anyway, so much of production is probably at least partially automated. I doubt that they'd want to slow down production. Lastly, if what's been said about this being around since curved screens have been around, why would they choose now to fix what they probably consider a tolerance issue? And even if they did decide to change production and fix it, how long would it be before existing stock was sold and the "new and improved" stock made it to the shelves?

Not trying to be negative, but whenever I buy something electronic, I don't just slap a case on it and move on. I tend to follow threads like this one. Every device that I've had has had some kind of flaw and inevitably someone from the company has said that production issues are being addressed. I've never seen it happen. It's very costly and companies aren't about etching away at their bottom line for something that many will never notice. That and a year from now, they'll have moved on to the Note 9, and left the Note 8 in the rearview.

Warranty replacement of the screen is a possibility, except they're selecting from already produced screens that are known to have this flaw. So unless the person repairing it is going to purposefully seek out a screen that does not have the issue, a repaired phone could come back with the same issue. I'll be interested to see people's experiences with warranty repair.

Seeing as I have two Note 8s and they both have it, I have doubts that exchanging one would result in me getting a better screen. I am not doubting that perfect screens exist, but based on my extremely small sample size of two, as well as the people complaining about it in this thread, I just feel that it's somewhat likely that I'll end up with another one that has the same problem in some way, or a completely different problem. I'm never happy about these things and in some ways I do feel annoyed that something like this is present on a $1000 device. This is something that I go through every time I get a device, whether it be this, or uneven screen lighting or weird tints, or something else entirely. I used to run back to the store and swap swap swap, but I'd never end up with the perfect device that I thought my money should get me. Though I wouldn't say that I've become more accepting of these types of things, I have become more tolerant.

Hopefully the Note 9 fixes this or goes back to flat screens. I really just don't understand why Samsung is so in love with their curved screens.