[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] @rbiter:
With your post I wonder if the oleophobic or any other coating is affecting screen quality when in fact it is the glass or screen. Apple has a higher QC but surely Samsung didn't give them their top tier binned screens and make Sammy look bad. I am quite sure Apple uses some kind of coating on their screen because the X shot straight to the top of best screen for anti reflections. With you saying when I turn my screen upside down things change lead me to believe Samsung isn't using a high consistent quality process for coating the glass.

I know about some of this because plasma screens had bad reflections and it was worse when OEMs started using ABL to limit the power consumption of plasmas. (that is funny because my LCD uses more power than my plasmas) Plasmasare not as good for bright rooms. Samsung last hurrah for top tier plasmas, the F8500, was praised for it's quality, deep blacks, contrast, uniformity, picel response and many people noticed how non reflective the glass was, meaning Samsung pulled out all the stops for their last great plasma. (the H8500 was an afterthought and looked terrible using pentile matrix) I remember a few people had uneven coating affecting reflections and some had wives that used improper chemicals that wiped that coating off pissing off quite a few theater enthusiasts.

We all know AMOLED has the added benefit of less reflectivity by nature so I wonder what Samsung is using for oleophobe and any other additives for coating. Have any of you used any chemicals to wipe your screen? I've used alcohol wipes but ones that were specifically made for glasses so the alcohol content was light and not rubbing off coating. Are any of you using wipes that are dripping wet with alcohol or any other chemicals affecting perceived screen quality? My note9 screen is not perfect and the barely noticeable flaw is non existent with my screen protector. I honestly think some people are waaaay too picky for mobile devices. When you start out using the price for justification it makes me wonder if you could afford it in the first place. I paid $4000 for a top of the line FALD LCD Samsung tv and the screen had dirty uniformity on white screens. Many people were returning their sets because of this, many doing several returns for many reasons and still ending up at square one for that covered perfect white screen. Thing is I use my tv as a monitor and never stare at white screens so I passed on trying to get the perfect one. TV performs flawlessly beside it's small shortcomings and I am very happy with it. Same goes for my phones. I have had the slightest issue but you're playing lottery for something you don't understand and making the price go up for the rest of us and making it easy for OEMs to hand out refurbs because of this dumb pursuit for perfection.

There are much worse problems in the world and people are chasing their tails because of unjustified OCD and turning $7-800 phones into $1000-1250 phones. Quite sure Apple goes through the same mess though they won't admit it. Just makes it easier for them to charge $1000 for incremental updates on phones. The X wasn't incremental but we have been enjoying the X experience for years minus the notch. And don't jump on me for Apple's QC and quality control. My first two iPhones were defective and my 3rd has an issue that is of little consequence. Not to mention antennagate, bend gate, battery issues, screen issues, genius stores, human rights issues, no factories, buying companies and then only use their products in house (looking at you Authentec and others), false advertising, bad PR, glass backs since iPhone 4 (have never seen so many broken screens or backs and the screens were smaller) and the pursuit of trying to kill off private repair shops because apple wants that green.