As far as I know, that is normal and called IPS glow. Your phone probably has an IPS screen as well, you should be able to find a similar effect on it. I am actually considering buying this monitor myself right now, and this and the high price are my only two big negative points, so I'm looking at VA ones. Can you tell me one thing, which is how the contrast is on your monitor? some sites report it as 800:1, others as 1100:1, although you probably aren't able to verify that without pro hardware..