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When a single pixel fails on its own, it’s unlikely the damage will spread.<\/p>\n
But when the problem is caused by phsyical damage to the screen, the risk of it spreading to other pixels (so-called ‘pixel cancer’) skyrockets.<\/p>\n
And your chances of being able to fix the dead pixels plummet.\ufeff<\/p>\n
“Sadly, it’s unlikely you can fix the actual issue but it’s only the screen that has damage, so you don’t need a whole new phone,” Long said.<\/p>\n
“A new screen on an older phone is far cheaper than almost any new phone, and a new screen on a more recent phone, while likely expensive, is still far cheaper than buying the same phone again.”<\/p>\n
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Long told 9news.com.au ‘pixel cancer’ doesn’t always mean you need to fork out for a brand new phone. (Today)<\/p>\n
Common causes of ‘pixel cancer’ include direct physical damage to the front of the screen or bumps to the edge of the screen at the wrong place or on the wrong angle.<\/p>\n
Long recommends investing in a high quality protective phone case to prevent physical damage.<\/p>\n
He also said it’s a good idea to update your case from time to time, as they can become soft over time and offer less protection.\ufeff<\/p>\n
“Also, don’t drop or bump your phone – it’s worth a lot of money.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It starts with a tiny black dot on your phone screen. Then, before you know it, your device…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-91312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The tiny black dot on this iPhone screen (left) quickly turned into something much bigger. (Nine)But \ufeff\ufeffToday<\/a> and A Current Affair<\/a>‘s resident tech expert Trevor Long told 9news.com.au it doesn’t always mean you need to fork out for a brand new phone.<\/p>\n