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Hello, I've been on numerous web sites during these last days concerning the Samsung Galaxy Note and it seems that many people are complaining about the screen having some pink,green and blue dots on white backgrounds specially when watching videos.
Will that problem be solved if ICS sandwich is intalled on the note or is it a factory problem?
I'm was about to buy the Note but now i'm unsure, please help me out!
Thank you in advance!
I wouldn't read to much into these stores. I've had Samsung phones sgs1 sgs2 and now note. Never had any problems with any of them.
Sent from a noob on a new note
I don't have any such problems with mine and I don't know of anyone else with such problems either.
Rhys D luffy said:
Hello, I've been on numerous web sites during these last days concerning the Samsung Galaxy Note and it seems that many people are complaining about the screen having some pink,green and blue dots on white backgrounds specially when watching videos.
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I don't recall anyone EVER complaining about that.
I assume it's the latest "X said that Y said that Z said......." trend.
Way more people are complaining about black crush/bad blacks, which is apparently fixed in ICS.
- Frank
Rhys D luffy said:
Hello, I've been on numerous web sites during these last days concerning the Samsung Galaxy Note and it seems that many people are complaining about the screen having some pink,green and blue dots on white backgrounds specially when watching videos.
Will that problem be solved if ICS sandwich is intalled on the note or is it a factory problem?
I'm was about to buy the Note but now i'm unsure, please help me out!
Thank you in advance!
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I've never heard or experienced the problem you describe!
The screen is just perfect! Nothing to worry about. Just go buy it and you will never be satisfied with any other screen again!
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The camera produces, on low light conditions a pink/green dot in the middle of the display, not on the photos.
On videos using lower or higher resolution then devices native playback resolution 800p produces black squares on low light scenes with dark content. Example Rasty nails video on YouTube look it at the different formats and checked how they behave.
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Using my Note for a Month now.. No screen problem at all.. Yes camera produce a pink spot on white background in low light.. otherwise it is one of the best camera on a mobile.. Hope this helps..
This is the best screen I have ever looked at..
Rhys D luffy said:
Hello, I've been on numerous web sites during these last days concerning the Samsung Galaxy Note and it seems that many people are complaining about the screen having some pink,green and blue dots on white backgrounds specially when watching videos.
Will that problem be solved if ICS sandwich is intalled on the note or is it a factory problem?
I'm was about to buy the Note but now i'm unsure, please help me out!
Thank you in advance!
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I spoke to Samsung directly about the pink dot on the camera. It would seem to be a design fault, and I feel the likely cause is the autofocus. it is only apparent under some lighting conditions and stills can easily be corrected with photoshop. Video is the same, but I have to say, that I have shot some amazing footage that out performs my now retired and sold semi pro vid. camera. Until I see ICS on my phone, I wont know if this has been fixed. (all digi sensors have defects that are mapped out via firmware). In all other respects the screen is perfect, brilliant even. If this bugs you, its not a smart phone your looking for, its a digital SLR that you need. If your happy with what I've said, you should not worry.
Hello guys, I'm going to "shamelessly promote" the video I made with the Galaxy S3 unboxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bFhWPZsgKM
I had the blue version for a while, now I have the white one... I've made videos presenting the S Voice feature, the camera, the PopUp Play... if you have any other suggestions, please let me know and I'll do my best to help you.
Regards,
Alex.
Nice video. And thankfully for us, it's in English.
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some much awaited tests are
1.led notifications demo
2. multi tasking
hope you have time for that
LED Notifications - I'll do that tomorrow, Light Flow style.
MultiTasking - tomorrow as well, because my camera's battery died...
Thanks for the feedback!
AlexDmi said:
MultiTasking - tomorrow as well, because my camera's battery died...
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Use the GSIII's camera.
A small fun fact : if you noticed, the colors on the boxes are... on the blue version "Metallic Blue" and on the white version "Ceramic White"... Not Pebble or Marble
Also, here's the S-Voice demonstration : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_iFDigHo0Q
Enjoy!
thanks, am looking forward to your video about the notification LED and the multitasking (please try to check the HTC ONE X multitasking videos and try to emulate them)
just seen the s-voice video and it is nice =)
good s-voice demo.....thanks for the time man.
Please also test the text reflow on stock browser. I am particularly interested in seeing whether it can reflow to any zoom level we want and not just to a particular zoom level by double tapping..
Good video. Notification LED on S3 its good to have on it. So slim phone, beautiful design than its previous version, it will dress in Pebble blue and marble white colours. I am going have this device or maybe I choose other one.
AlexDmi said:
Hello guys, I'm going to "shamelessly promote" the video I made with the Galaxy S3 unboxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bFhWPZsgKM
I had the blue version for a while, now I have the white one... I've made videos presenting the S Voice feature, the camera, the PopUp Play... if you have any other suggestions, please let me know and I'll do my best to help you.
Regards,
Alex.
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thanked in advance for the upcoming notification led and multi-tasking video.
Appreciated!!
Thanx a lot for ur demos, could u plz test the NFC with smart tags, net browsing experience and the wireless charging?!
How is the battery with or without data on?!
could u check for a pink tint in white Screen
at both full and low brightness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPfV...jQPIaifFCRn04fKPZnJCc&lch=email&feature=email - PopUp Play feature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41fMmfwBnGo&feature=youtube_gdata_player - camera & burst shot
Tomorrow I'll do the led and browser and multitasking ones
I can't test the nfc or the wireless charging, because I don't have the hardware, unfortunately.
Will try with the pink tint
Regards,
Alex.
If you have a note, can you check if the note's 2500 mah battery fits inside the sgs3 ?
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When you did the "best shot" demo, one can clearly hear 11 shutter sounds but the phone only takes 8 pics!
Blue vs white?
Thanks for your effort.
Since you´ve had both colors, can you share some impressions? What made you switch?
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If you have a note, can you check if the note's 2500 mah battery fits inside the sgs3 ?
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Nope, the Note's battery is bigger and it has 3 pins, while the S3 battery has 4. So unfortunately, it won't work.
Kiahnlliya said:
When you did the "best shot" demo, one can clearly hear 11 shutter sounds but the phone only takes 8 pics!
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Hmmm... don't know what to say about that. The shutter sound is too fast to be able to make the difference between them. Still, it takes only 8 photos, I assure you of that
jrrasch said:
Thanks for your effort.
Since you´ve had both colors, can you share some impressions? What made you switch?
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I changed because of the circumstances, not because I wanted to change it Don't know what to say about it... I like the white version too, but if I were to pick between them... it'd be hard.
seen a million camera and pop up play vids. pls do led notification
Coming right up YouTube's really slow at uploading... I have 6 videos uploading and it's taking... foreeeeever. You can subscribe and you'll get a message as soon as the video's up & running According to them, the first one, the one with the accesibility features (motion controls & stuff like that) will be online in ~ 20 minutes... so I'm guessing 40-50 min / video... LED Notification is 3rd... so it should be online in ~ 2 and 1/2 hours or so.
Thanks!
Not a single review has produced a picture like this yet
http://photos.pcpro.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_PC_Pro/dir_327/it_photo_163531_52.png (but that's old)
I want to see the S3 vs S4 display on REALLY small text.
Check out this website on the phone, scroll to the bottom and choose "full page" http://www.theage.com.au/ the 'non mobile' version looks like crap on an S3 due to the pentile DPI being not high enough. - I'd love to know the S4 vs S3 on ultra fine text.
Unfortunately NO ONE is taking shots like this in review, sigh
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Not a single review has produced a picture like this yet
http://photos.pcpro.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_PC_Pro/dir_327/it_photo_163531_52.png (but that's old)
I want to see the S3 vs S4 display on REALLY small text.
Check out this website on the phone, scroll to the bottom and choose "full page" http://www.theage.com.au/ the 'non mobile' version looks like crap on an S3 due to the pentile DPI being not high enough. - I'd love to know the S4 vs S3 on ultra fine text.
Unfortunately NO ONE is taking shots like this in review, sigh
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I may be getting one ahead of retail release, will try and get those photos. I cannot believe that at a DPI of 441 anything is visibly noticeable to the naked eye, so for myself I'm not getting hung up on this.
NZtechfreak said:
I may be getting one ahead of retail release, will try and get those photos. I cannot believe that at a DPI of 441 anything is visibly noticeable to the naked eye, so for myself I'm not getting hung up on this.
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Your effort would REALLY be appreciated - no damn reviewer online is competent enough to do it.
Ideally
S3, S4, Iphone 5 and HTC One all at similar range on the same web page- specifically the S3 vs the S4 though, as they are such comparable phones.
I've heard people speculate pentile can be as bad as "40% worse" then same DPI of a normal display
So 1920x1080 - 40% = only 1152x648
Food for thought
(I've also heard 20% worst, 25% worse and 33% worse)
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Your effort would REALLY be appreciated - no damn reviewer online is competent enough to do it.
Ideally
S3, S4, Iphone 5 and HTC One all at similar range on the same web page- specifically the S3 vs the S4 though, as they are such comparable phones.
I've heard people speculate pentile can be as bad as "40% worse" then same DPI of a normal display
So 1920x1080 - 40% = only 1152x648
Food for thought
(I've also heard 20% worst, 25% worse and 33% worse)
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I wouldn't say it's worse in a percentage like that
it still has 1920x1080 blue and red subpixels, it just shares the greens as far as I'm aware of
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- I'd love to know the S4 vs S3 on ultra fine text.
Unfortunately NO ONE is taking shots like this in review, sigh
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Doesn't have a good camera and definitively no macro mode, so it might not help, but here is my two cents:
- picture from S4 hpics.li/edae2bd
- picture from HTC One : hpics.li/c745d54
- and the same on S3 : hpics.li/bcb10ce
[Sorry, not allowed to post attachements and/or URL, so copy paste]
My own opinion: can't seems to distinguish any pixel on S4 and One, but as screen is brighter on One and less blurry, seems better.
PS : whole screen just to see how small it is, so very difficult to read with eyes : hpics.li/5e304c3
[Edit: Use copy paste in browser to see pictures. If someone can make a post with inner pictures, feel free to do this]
I really liked the sgs3 display. It wasn't the brightest, nor the sharpest, but any pixelation caused by the pentile layout seemed to be very round and subtle in comparison to pixelation caused by rgb pixels... maybe just me though.
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Doesn't have a good camera and definitively no macro mode, so it might not help, but here is my two cents:
- picture from S4 hpics.li/edae2bd
- picture from HTC One : hpics.li/c745d54
- and the same on S3 : hpics.li/bcb10ce
[Sorry, not allowed to post attachements and/or URL, so copy paste]
My own opinion: can't seems to distinguish any pixel on S4 and One, but as screen is brighter on One and less blurry, seems better.
PS : whole screen just to see how small it is, so very difficult to read with eyes : hpics.li/5e304c3
[Edit: Use copy paste in browser to see pictures. If someone can make a post with inner pictures, feel free to do this]
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Hey thanks man - pics a little shabby due to no proper camera - but got most of what Iwanted answered. The improvement from S3 -> S4 is huge, even if the one is a bit better again, the S4 looks much more usable.
If anyone else can nab some more ultra fine text shots like that with a camera camera, I'd appreciate it!
Thanks man
Right around 4:05 this video shows you a decent shot of the sub-pixel arrangement but nothing stellar. I'm sure as time passes we will get this content.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hdQd5sD2ww
pYlOne75 said:
Doesn't have a good camera and definitively no macro mode, so it might not help, but here is my two cents:
- picture from S4 hpics.li/edae2bd
- picture from HTC One : hpics.li/c745d54
- and the same on S3 : hpics.li/bcb10ce
[Sorry, not allowed to post attachements and/or URL, so copy paste]
My own opinion: can't seems to distinguish any pixel on S4 and One, but as screen is brighter on One and less blurry, seems better.
PS : whole screen just to see how small it is, so very difficult to read with eyes : hpics.li/5e304c3
[Edit: Use copy paste in browser to see pictures. If someone can make a post with inner pictures, feel free to do this]
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Actually looking at it extensively the colours on the S4 look much worse than the S3 - is the S4 set to low brightness mode perhaps? It's definitely crisper and more readable and less over saturated (good) but almost excessively dull.
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Right around 4:05 this video shows you a decent shot of the sub-pixel arrangement but nothing stellar. I'm sure as time passes we will get this content.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hdQd5sD2ww
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Yeah I've seen that one before - thanks - but it's actually too close to be honest, you can't really get a good idea of the quality - whereas the other photos in this thread are much more user friendly - close to what the limits of human eyesight can see, that's good / realistic for every day use.
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Actually looking at it extensively the colours on the S4 look much worse than the S3 - is the S4 set to low brightness mode perhaps? It's definitely crisper and more readable and less over saturated (good) but almost excessively dull.
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It was set to Auto + 5 for brightness. I took a new pic at high brigthness. And please note that software isn't final yet, so you'll have different settings in final software. Color accuracy might be adapted. And I'm quite sure it will differ from my sample.
New S4 with full brighness : hpics.li/cfaaca1
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Two more pictures with my no-macro camera as close as possible.
S4: hpics.li/7ed6128
One: hpics.li/1b76d3c
One full width, just to notice that it shouldn't be a problem on both handsets, even at 5cm of the eyes : hpics.li/2182e11 :cyclops:
Definitely appears to be a superior screen to the S3, no question. I'm pretty convinced I'm snapping one up - thank you!
Searched through the net but couldn't find any pics of the grey color except for the pre-order shops pictures, that I think are rendered photos...
this is the closest I found to compare, but they seem to be rendered pictures also...
and the hands on pictures are with the silver version that is available in China... but is there anyone already having grey version and could post some real life pictures?
Thx a lot!
Just found this one:
community.zteusa.com/thread/11674
Looks great!
If anyone requests, I can post more images of the Quartz Grey model tomorrow.
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If anyone requests, I can post more images of the Quartz Grey model tomorrow.
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Post as much relevant pictures as you can
I have taken a series of 11 photos which can be viewed in full resolution at the link below. Let me know if there are any specifics that you all would like to have an image of.
https://app.box.com/s/u9y1ibg4o6oean0ilvxnqel0jnrfjozx
ronj1986 said:
I have taken a series of 11 photos which can be viewed in full resolution at the link below. Let me know if there are any specifics that you all would like to have an image of.
https://app.box.com/s/u9y1ibg4o6oean0ilvxnqel0jnrfjozx
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Because of the poor lighting the color balance is off in the photos so it's very hard to get a full grasp of what the color looks like. If you have the time and are willing, some shots using daylight will work much better.
Thanks either way for taking the time to help the community!
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Here is an unboxing of the Quartz Grey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ7xPtv7VF4
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Because of the poor lighting the color balance is off in the photos so it's very hard to get a full grasp of what the color looks like. If you have the time and are willing, some shots using daylight will work much better.
Thanks either way for taking the time to help the community!
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I had a feeling the pictures were subpar. I was on in my bed, then remembered to post to the community. I am charging my camera(GSE7)-going to be getting rid of it in a week- and will capture better images within an hour.
Are people still wanting pics? Mine came yesterday from NewEgg..?
here is a photo of mine
http://imgur.com/a/iPyS5
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here is a photo of mine
http://imgur.com/a/iPyS5
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Please see the updated images at the link below. Let me know if you all need any specific images.
https://app.box.com/s/badocfe7dvmtdwz00rdpgjruphl2yivn
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Asus ROG Phone come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I haven't been able to play much with the phone, since I haven't got a cover for it yet.
But in the super resolution option, the camera is using 49MP? or is it actually just upscaled resolution from the 12MP? I hope future update will bring 960fps slowmotion.
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I haven't been able to play much with the phone, since I haven't got a cover for it yet.
But in the super resolution option, the camera is using 49MP? or is it actually just upscaled resolution from the 12MP? I hope future update will bring 960fps slowmotion.
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it appears that it takes multiple photos at different exposures kind of like an hdr image, but stitches them together in a way that produces an nMP x 4 resulting image, in this case 12MP x 4 = 48MP. Don't know where you got 49, is the sensor maybe like 12.2MP or something?
So anyway, its not a true 48/49MP image, but its not just an upscale either.
I'm sure updates will start rolling out in a few months, it will interesting to see what they can bring. I don't know much about asus phones, but I'ved owned a ton of asus products, and I'm sure the rog phone will at least get something cool :good:
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it appears that it takes multiple photos at different exposures kind of like an hdr image, but stitches them together in a way that produces an nMP x 4 resulting image, in this case 12MP x 4 = 48MP. Don't know where you got 49, is the sensor maybe like 12.2MP or something?
So anyway, its not a true 48/49MP image, but its not just an upscale either.
I'm sure updates will start rolling out in a few months, it will interesting to see what they can bring. I don't know much about asus phones, but I'ved owned a ton of asus products, and I'm sure the rog phone will at least get something cool :good:
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Hopefully you can see the picture. And in the corner it shows 49M. I wish Oneplus 6/T would release their gaming mode for all Androids. It is much better done than the gaming mode asus has.
Yea I see, I'll correct myself. "I don't know where IT got 49
Is gaming mode like when you go to developer settings and enable CPU high performance mode? sounds like it essentially does the same thing... I'n which case I wouldn't care because it will already be way faster than my m7 haha
maybe you could upload some pics with super res on and off, seeing as this is a photo quality thread?
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Yea I see, I'll correct myself. "I don't know where IT got 49
Is gaming mode like when you go to developer settings and enable CPU high performance mode? sounds like it essentially does the same thing... I'n which case I wouldn't care because it will already be way faster than my m7 haha
maybe you could upload some pics with super res on and off, seeing as this is a photo quality thread?
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Sorry for the late reply. Weather have been really boring lately. But this is standard and high resolution sample from this morning.
bamsemh said:
Sorry for the late reply. Weather have been really boring lately. But this is standard and high resolution sample from this morning.
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thanks for getting back to us with pics. :good:
the super res image definitely has better detail, and is also darker.
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thanks for getting back to us with pics. :good:
the super res image definitely has better detail, and is also darker.
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I ended up returning the rog phone. Oneplus 6 performs 250% better in online gaming.
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I ended up returning the rog phone. Oneplus 6 performs 250% better in online gaming.
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okay well I hope you enjoy your oneplus, I dont really play online games so I really only cared about its speakers screen and camera. Thanks again for your input! I'm still probably going to try to get one of these :good:
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okay well I hope you enjoy your oneplus, I dont really play online games so I really only cared about its speakers screen and camera. Thanks again for your input! I'm still probably going to try to get one of these :good:
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Go for it, it's a great phone like the colored great sounding speakers, design symmetry which is rare to find now a days. There are a lot of pros going for this phone. I would say it's worth its price, could it have been better? sure!. But the same argument applies to every phone out there.
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Go for it, it's a great phone like the colored great sounding speakers, design symmetry which is rare to find now a days. There are a lot of pros going for this phone. I would say it's worth its price, could it have been better? sure!. But the same argument applies to every phone out there.
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I ordered it. Should have it by next week. Very true, every phone has some sort of compromise. on my m7 is was the lack of a qwerty keyboard, and now it will be size/material/cases for me. Man I really love my current case haha
I'll post back when I get the phone and root/setup/etc
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okay well I hope you enjoy your oneplus, I dont really play online games so I really only cared about its speakers screen and camera. Thanks again for your input! I'm still probably going to try to get one of these :good:
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Currently using 1st gen RazerPhone and although the screens a bit dark I was mainly looking to get this phone for Netflix and Google/YouTube Premium. Now I know HDR isn't everything but how is video and sound on this phone for Netflix. With Amoled screen I feel it would be better and curious if any black borders on screen during YouTube or Netflix playback. While also going back to 1080 from 1440.
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Currently using 1st gen RazerPhone and although the screens a bit dark I was mainly looking to get this phone for Netflix and Google/YouTube Premium. Now I know HDR isn't everything but how is video and sound on this phone for Netflix. With Amoled screen I feel it would be better and curious if any black borders on screen during YouTube or Netflix playback. While also going back to 1080 from 1440.
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I'm currently using an m7 and the speakers are definitely blown after all these years (almost 5). I have an ROG phone in transit right now, was supposed to be delivered today but the canada post stike is messing with all the couriers right now so fedex hasn't shipped it yet. probably tomorrow. almost for sure. I will definitely let you know how everything is when I get it though! plus I plan to root it and find mods and see what else the phone is capable of.
In regards to black borders on youtube and netflix, since the phone is 18:9 it will definitely have them on netflix, since everything on there is pretty much all 16:9. Youtube has a mix now of multiple aspect ratios so it depends. I'm sure you could zoom in to crop it to 18:9 but I'd prefer the black borders over that personally. (maybe future phones could have ai that fills in the black with generated content? haha)
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I'm currently using an m7 and the speakers are definitely blown after all these years (almost 5). I have an ROG phone in transit right now, was supposed to be delivered today but the canada post stike is messing with all the couriers right now so fedex hasn't shipped it yet. probably tomorrow. almost for sure. I will definitely let you know how everything is when I get it though! plus I plan to root it and find mods and see what else the phone is capable of.
In regards to black borders on youtube and netflix, since the phone is 18:9 it will definitely have them on netflix, since everything on there is pretty much all 16:9. Youtube has a mix now of multiple aspect ratios so it depends. I'm sure you could zoom in to crop it to 18:9 but I'd prefer the black borders over that personally. (maybe future phones could have ai that fills in the black with generated content? haha)
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I remember TVs doing this and started to watch what I could of blizzcon 2018 where my friends TV was cutting alot of the screen off the picture off as menus where not right as per it's display from the laptop so made everyone wait will I fixed the TV. I agree I'm too use to 16:9 now and although I won't be selling my RazerPhone it will probably always be with me as a 2nd phone in my tech bag as you never know when it's needed plus being on a true unlimited data plan with not tethering limit its handy to just have spare if I need it or someone else needs it if traveling. I'll have to live with some bars as 18:9 is still new but did see this.
Any video letterboxing is moot as the actual size of the video doesn't change relative to a 16:9 screen, and actually the extended width can help for movies that are shot is a wider aspect.
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I remember TVs doing this and started to watch what I could of blizzcon 2018 where my friends TV was cutting alot of the screen off the picture off as menus where not right as per it's display from the laptop so made everyone wait will I fixed the TV. I agree I'm too use to 16:9 now and although I won't be selling my RazerPhone it will probably always be with me as a 2nd phone in my tech bag as you never know when it's needed plus being on a true unlimited data plan with not tethering limit its handy to just have spare if I need it or someone else needs it if traveling. I'll have to live with some bars as 18:9 is still new but did see this.
Any video letterboxing is moot as the actual size of the video doesn't change relative to a 16:9 screen, and actually the extended width can help for movies that are shot is a wider aspect.
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yea exactly, since the video resolution doesn't actually change its just best to live with the bars. you still have to do it when watching 4:3 content on a 16:9 anyway so its kinda like the same thing.
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yea exactly, since the video resolution doesn't actually change its just best to live with the bars. you still have to do it when watching 4:3 content on a 16:9 anyway so its kinda like the same thing.
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Yeah I am currently going through some old Star Trek on Netflix and completely forgot about the 4:3 bars. I will probably drop my pre order once I hear back from Asus regarding their 4G supported bands and if they match my Carriers bands. I don't want a phone which doesn't work on 4G. Plus there's and LTE issues with non partner/devices bought from manufacture direct that don't have their branded image on them may not work. trying to get ThreeUK and Asus to confirm i wont have an issue. Plus I know i have 15 days to return it with Asus but want them to advise if i have to pay p&p to return it if it doesn't do what I need.
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Yeah I am currently going through some old Star Trek on Netflix and completely forgot about the 4:3 bars. I will probably drop my pre order once I hear back from Asus regarding their 4G supported bands and if they match my Carriers bands. I don't want a phone which doesn't work on 4G. Plus there's and LTE issues with non partner/devices bought from manufacture direct that don't have their branded image on them may not work. trying to get ThreeUK and Asus to confirm i wont have an issue. Plus I know i have 15 days to return it with Asus but want them to advise if i have to pay p&p to return it if it doesn't do what I need.
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you can double check, I found that the rog supports 4 of 6 lte bands my carrier offers which means slightly restricted throughput/signal strength in certain areas of the city but still lte everywhere.
try googling your carrier + lte bands and see if you can't find some useful information. also google the bands that it does offer to see which ones are most important and you can use that to make a decision.
Rashad83 said:
Go for it, it's a great phone like the colored great sounding speakers, design symmetry which is rare to find now a days. There are a lot of pros going for this phone. I would say it's worth its price, could it have been better? sure!. But the same argument applies to every phone out there.
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Its a nightmare buying any phone these days with everything done online. I honestly wish that some reviews would actually test and use the devices a bit more rather than the same boring un boxing videos plastered up on YouTube and only a handful of them are actually technical. The ones that are any good are those who start to use the devices as a daily driver for a while.
iStasis said:
Its a nightmare buying any phone these days with everything done online. I honestly wish that some reviews would actually test and use the devices a bit more rather than the same boring un boxing videos plastered up on YouTube and only a handful of them are actually technical. The ones that are any good are those who start to use the devices as a daily driver for a while.
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Just got my phone, I'll test and report back after work. Still need to get a new sim though.
EDIT: so I've been playing around with the phone. I don't have a usb type c connector or a micro sim so theres only so much I've done with it so far but it is impressive. Also for some context, screen on max brightness, rgb logo on colour cycle, and 90hz refresh has used about 25% after 3hrs screen on time. That would have totally drained my old phone
also the wifi is fast on my 5ghz band, 9ms ping and maxed out dl and ul
I did the system update and it made the screen dimmer :/ hope I can fix that after rooting
If theres something specific you'd like to know about just ask
My camera is Not sharp. It looks Like autofocus doesnt work.