Hi,
I want to use the P6500 for outdoor navigation. Does someone know how good the display with direct sunlight is? Has to be the backlight turned to max level or can it be turned off?
Kind regards
hqqh
It's not terrific in sunlight, but it's not terrible. Yeah, the display has to be turned up pretty bright for readability. And if you're looking for clear, bright displays, you're better off with other HTC phones.
Alan
Does anyone have a clue how the new screen behaves outdoor, especially under direct sun light. My current HD "sucks" on that matter, espaecially when using GPS navigation during day time .
Thanks
yeah, HD sucks under the sun lol.
indoor comparision..
The HD 2 has a light sensor which will control the backlight based on the light in the environment you in. I have seen it on a Rodium and i must say it works very nice!
SNL said:
The HD 2 has a light sensor which will control the backlight based on the light in the environment you in. I have seen it on a Rodium and i must say it works very nice!
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If I'm not misstaken, even the Touch Diamond had that...
still doesn't answer the "question"
The Touch HD had this too but still sucks under sunlight. Even if you manually set to maximum brightness it was pretty bad under sunlight.
I thinks this is a hard question to answer till the device is in the market
Normally, it is the glass protection of a capacitive screen which gives good readability under the direct sun, while the resistive needs a plastic cover able to catch up the points of pressure filtering a lot of brightness.
In my experience (Samsung Omnia HD), the capacitive is very readable even under the sunlight, BUT, I'm not sure if the 65K colors Vs. 16M colors could affect the result.
I agree dfulgo. Although I'm not sure but I think this might really be the case.
If you have seen this video in youtube (link below) where they compared 7 different phones, even the Omnia2 AMOLED screen cannot compare to the Iphone's sunlight legibility. I think this is really mainly because of the strong reflection on the glass for the Omnia2, and not just the brightness of the screen. And the Omnia HD with capacitive screen looks better in sunlight than Omnia2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8b5Jb_dB3M
I'm hoping this is the case, so we might have good sunlight legibility for the HD2!
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I think this is really mainly because of the strong reflection on the glass for the Omnia2, and not just the brightness of the screen.
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I am pretty sure it's because of it being an AMOLED screen. Those always have bad sunlight readability.
I think I read somewhere, that the HD2 was ok outdoors, but I am not really sure. Well, we will know for sure when it's out.
So, "Nothing new under the sun"?
Glass Cover
If Leo have glass cover (like Iphone) outdoor on direct sun light - OK
But if have plastic cover , we must wait for next phone
I hope HTC to use glass screen !!!
Answer???
If anybody have in new HTC HD2 , lets tell us about outdoor properties!!!
if anybody can use search utility, use it
it has glass screen, under sun light it is no problem...
once againt, search utility -> 3rd from right on that brown upper panel... click on search, and add a point of your question...
Please pose a photo of the screen, at least.
Thank's
the hd2 is very good in sunlight ... de best HTC device (screen) untill now.
still the iphone is a little better.
i saw hd2 in real under the sun light. difference with iphone? NO! hd2 perfectly shows its display in any condition. just 2 differences: 1) hd2's glass is more reflecting in comparison with the iphone one, but this doesn't affect its usability 2) the tft-panel adopted in hd2 has got more contrast, black is blacker!
gsmarena
Well, what you say makes me a little bit happier, because there is a preview on gsmarena.com and they say HD2 sucks under the sunlight (though the overall preview is very positive, they say sun light legibility is poor)
I also read a post by xmoo who owns a HD2 said sunlight legibility sucked. :confused
Still no conclusive answer. I guess we need a photo comparison between iPhone, Touch HD and HD2.
mobile-review
According to some pictures from mobile-review (there is a review in russian, google translate is not 100 procent), it looks not so bad (they say it´s better than on previous HTC devices)...problem is the screen reflects too much, but it looks to me colours are not washed out
Hello,
Can anyone give some comments about the screen visibility outdoors? I'm specifically interested in reading ebooks and browsing the web in direct sunlight. How does the 7.7 perform? I assume the brightness would have to be turned up to 100%.?.
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Hello,
Can anyone give some comments about the screen visibility outdoors? I'm specifically interested in reading ebooks and browsing the web in direct sunlight. How does the 7.7 perform? I assume the brightness would have to be turned up to 100%.?.
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Can't complain!
I can see my 7.7 screen clearly in direct sunlight at ~30% brightness.
7.7 screen is most visible in direct sunlight than any other phone I've seen (yes, it is better than both RFT and TFT LCD).
Yes screen very good in sunlight
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Can anyone please comment on outdoor visibility with the M's screen? How about overall brightness. On my S3, one of the huge knocks I have on it is the outdoor visibility. It's nearly just washed out and blank in direct sunlight glare. I was at the Bucs football game on Sunday and damn could I not read much, even on full brightness it was bad and sucked my battery up. My fiancee's 4S screen however was at mid brightness and it was perfectly visible. Another Galaxy user commented on how she could actually see the screen when doing a group self-portrait =)
Anyway, I've read several S3 screen comparisons and know it's not the best..pentile and all and seeing the M has an AMOLED pentile display, I'm curious about outdoor visibility and overall brightness. Thanks!!
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Can anyone please comment on outdoor visibility with the M's screen? How about overall brightness. On my S3, one of the huge knocks I have on it is the outdoor visibility. It's nearly just washed out and blank in direct sunlight glare. I was at the Bucs football game on Sunday and damn could I not read much, even on full brightness it was bad and sucked my battery up. My fiancee's 4S screen however was at mid brightness and it was perfectly visible. Another Galaxy user commented on how she could actually see the screen when doing a group self-portrait =)
Anyway, I've read several S3 screen comparisons and know it's not the best..pentile and all and seeing the M has an AMOLED pentile display, I'm curious about outdoor visibility and overall brightness. Thanks!!
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Not nearly as good as the Droid or D3. Its readable in direct sunlight but I have to really look closely. For example on a contact it is very hard to see the different number categories like Home, Mobile, etc. They should have used a bigger font.
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Huawei MediaPad M5's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
As per @wondering wanderer request:
I tried watching some Netflix outdoors this morning on the train station platform - not in the shade.
It was a nice clear bright Spring morning but it was not overly sunny either...
On the maximum brightness setting the screen was visible and the Netflix episode watchable.
When set to Auto brightness the tablet dropped the brightness by about 30% and the movie was still kind of watchable but not brilliant.
Not sure but I would say it was slightly brighter than my Sony Z3C tablet under similar conditions - but this is very subjective.
I also then watched a few more minutes sat on the train with my back to the window and the video was still perfectly watchable. Again I would say it was slightly better than with my Z3C tablet in the past under similar conditions.
I should mention that I currently have an anti-glare matte screen protector fitted - so not sure how this impacts the above...
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As per @wondering wanderer request:
I tried watching some Netflix outdoors this morning on the train station platform - not in the shade.
It was a nice clear bright Spring morning but it was not overly sunny either...
On the maximum brightness setting the screen was visible and the Netflix episode watchable.
When set to Auto brightness the tablet dropped the brightness by about 30% and the movie was still kind of watchable but not brilliant.
Not sure but I would say it was slightly brighter than my Sony Z3C tablet under similar conditions - but this is very subjective.
I also then watched a few more minutes sat on the train with my back to the window and the video was still perfectly watchable. Again I would say it was slightly better than with my Z3C tablet in the past under similar conditions.
I should mention that I currently have an anti-glare matte screen protector fitted - so not sure how this impacts the above...
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Thanks so much harryw66.
I really appreciate your time & effort posting your comment here.
BTW: Visitors of this thread, if interested, harryw66 have a problem with the Bluetooth on his new mediapad m5 mentioned in the following thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-m5/help/m5-bluetooth-headphones-connectivity-t3781135
I saw it setting next to mediapad m3 lite 8.
About the same brightness (both set to max).
Only difference is the color. The m3 was more of bluish white, while the m5 8.4 was more toward yellowish white.
I don't think it'll serve me good as a navigational gadget (google map) for my car.
Thanks to XDA_RealLifeReview for starting this thread.
Arizona sunglasses test
Here's my test: looking at topo maps with the screen in direct Arizona summer sunlight, with my sunglasses on. My point of comparison is my Nexus 7 (2013). I haven't run this test extensively yet but my initial impression is that the M5 compares favorably side by side with the N7. I was expecting to be a little disappointed but I'm actually pretty pleased so far!
Compared with the galaxy tab s, the mediapad has poor sunlight visibility
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Compared with the galaxy tab s, the mediapad has poor sunlight visibility
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I had both, I see no big difference, btw the brightness Tab S vs MediaPad M5 - 314 cd/m² vs 378 cd/m² (from notebookcheck), it means M5 has brighter display (~20%)
Brighter, but the panel reflects more than the one on the tab S.
Another thing, I like to wear polarised sunglasses. With all my previous phones in portrait and tablets in landscape position this was no problem. With the M5 10.8 however the screen is rotated 90° . It is impossible to use the tablet in landscape with polarised glasses.