[carnivalist]

I was set on this handset (and a Tab S 10.1). However in the course of my research I've been very alarmed about the claimed problem of screen burn with SuperAmoled/Amoled screens.

One of the main reasons I wanted a Note is to take advantage of the screen size to extensively use Maps on foot and play games. It seems that this is precisely the kind of use that some claim causes problems.

Any advice? i.e should I be worried? I see that the Note 5 is supposedly abandoning SuperAmoled. Is this because of the screeen burn?

[Everything Goes]

Screen burn is the wrong name but Amoled screens do have a life span which has improved. It's not an issue I've seen personally.Think I've seen one post about it on here over the years. Think it was someone who was using their phone as a music player with the screen permanently on and there were problems with the colour blue. Its not an issue most people will encounter.

[Gigabit]

I had a Note 3 that I used a good 8 hours every day, a lot of it spent texting on the same coloured screen and I didn't see the issue for the 6 months I owned the device and I looked very carefully.

I don't think you'll have an issue tbh.