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iPhone 5 green mist issue found

We all know that the new iPhone 5 is far from perfect. Issues have piled up, and now another problem has surfaced. A green mist has been reported to affect the phone’s screen.

When Apple officially announced its shiny new kit, it immediately started a craze. On the first day the new iPhone was available for pre-order, Apple’s pre-order stock was sold out. On its official release date, thousands of Apple fans flocked to Apple retail stores, queuing for hours just to purchase the iPhone 5. Sadly, excitement quickly turned to disappointment when the phone’s flaws started popping up.

The first flaw to plague the iPhone 5 was the new Apple Maps app that replaced Google Maps with iOS 6. The app turned out to be bug-infested, which turned out to be a complete mess. The second flaw affected the black versions of the new iPhone. Owners of the iPhone 5 black noticed that their new kit was easily scratched. To add insult to injury, Apple brushed the problem off and called it “normal”. The third flaw is the purple haze effect. Captured images using the phone’s camera were affected by a purple halo. This happened when bright light entered the camera’s lens. Apple advised its customers to simply point the lens in a different direction. The last issue has just surfaced. Owners are complaining that a green glow escapes the edges of the phone’s display, according to Pocketnow.

Click on play to see the green glow.

It seems the issue only occurs upon waking the handset from sleep. It also seems to be a minor problem, which disappears after a few seconds. However, Apple doesn’t seem to think it’s a minor problem since it has replaced the handsets with a ne iPhone 5 when customers complained about the green glow issue.

Apple is yet to mention the green glow issue or what is causing the problem.

Have you noticed the green glow issue on your iPhone 5? Let us know through a comment below.

About Andrew Ramsey

Andrew has been involved within the mobile phones industry for over 10 years, from operating within the high street retail sector, business to business sales and management through to present day online mobile phones news and price comparison.
  • Eugene

    Yes, exactly the same happens to my phone, and it started doing that after 4-5 days after purchase day. I can see this green mist, when let’s say phone was asleep for ~5min, then I’m turning the screen ON, rubbing the screen with my palm and the green mist appears around screen’s edges and quickly disappears in seconds.. It really disappoints me, because I just took a 2 years contract with this iPhone 5, so I don’t really want any issues like this to happen.. Please reply with your opinions, and suggestions or any other alternatives that you may think of! Thank you

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