Everyone who's owned a SIII knows the screen is completly useless when it comes to the sun being shined at it. Cannot see anything. What about the S4? Same issue? Just curious about to buy one
Also how's the screen for you all? =)
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I haven't found it too bad, I have found the auto brightness to adjust really well. It hasn't been too sunny here though
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Shoulon said:
Everyone who's owned a SIII knows the screen is completly useless when it comes to the sun being shined at it. Cannot see anything. What about the S4? Same issue? Just curious about to buy one
Also how's the screen for you all? =)
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I don't have an S4 yet but a report by displaymate a couple of days ago showed that when you have auto brightness turned on the AMOLED screen is just as bright as the brightest LCDs out there (around 475 nits). Of course you can't set this amount of brightness manually since you would overheat your phone and cause screen burn in if you did. That is why Samsung only allows this for when you have on auto brightness. Since as soon as you go back indoors it will lower the brightness back down.
Long time S3 user (launch) and just picked up the S4 yesterday. The screen, in terms of quality, offers a noticeable improvement over the S3. I migrated everything over from one phone to the other and there's no mistaking which is which. The total difference, however, is less than the difference we saw going in the S2->S3 IMO.
In bright light, unfortunately, they're basically the same as far as I can tell. The auto-brightness setting seems more conservative on the S4 (possibly to help with thermal issues), but I haven't had a chance to crank it up all the way out in the sun.
If screen brightness matters a lot to you, I urge you to take a look at the EVO. The LCD screen on that is much improved, extremely bright as usually, and the blacks are getting considerably blacker (see anantech review). I myself played with it for a half hour but quickly jumped back on the S4 since it fits me better.
I've owned every galaxy phone since the galaxy epic. (Sprint qwerty phone) AMOLED screens are great despite no anti glare features.
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Screen is great until your moving grey on a black background and then you have weird purple smears going on. Not sure if it's a faulty display or just 'how it's meant to be'
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The screen is stunning! Extremely sharp with smooth text and eye popping colours, its basically like Apple's Retina display on iP5 but with AMOLED benefits on top.
In sunlight it fares well from my experience, better than S3, IMO, its a lot less reflective.
Stunning!
6 Stars.
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I was reading TechRadar's review while waiting for my N4 to be delivered. They made a lot of big promises on the LCD's ability to show black. Here are the highlights so you don't have to read the whole thing:
"When you're looking at icons on a black background (like in the app drawer), you can't even see the black, if that makes sense. It is so deep, that icons just float."
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"The screen is invisible when off – but when it lights up, you're treated to 4.7-inches of True HD IPS Plus beauty."
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"It is razor sharp – blowing Retina out of the water and we'll venture it is one of the best we've seen on a handset."
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This put my expectations high. Upon actually receiving my N4, it was underwhelming. I can see the black, I'll say the LCD does black well, but not as well as the review states. My LCD is also not invisible when off. I can look at the front of the phone at almost any angle and be able to tell you where the edges of the screen are when it's off. Lastly, (this is mostly opinion) I think that while this screen is comparable to Retina, it doesn't "blow it out of the water."
What are your experiences with the N4's screen? It would seem either TechRadar was stretching the truth, or LG started shipping newer phones with cheaper LCDs inside. Thoughts?
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I was reading TechRadar's review while waiting for my N4 to be delivered. They made a lot of big promises on the LCD's ability to show black. Here are the highlights so you don't have to read the whole thing:
This put my expectations high. Upon actually receiving my N4, it was underwhelming. I can see the black, I'll say the LCD does black well, but not as well as the review states. My LCD is also not invisible when off. I can look at the front of the phone at almost any angle and be able to tell you where the edges of the screen are when it's off. Lastly, (this is mostly opinion) I think that while this screen is comparable to Retina, it doesn't "blow it out of the water."
What are your experiences with the N4's screen? It would seem either TechRadar was stretching the truth, or LG started shipping newer phones with cheaper LCDs inside. Thoughts?
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I love the screen the only thing I miss on the samoled screens are the black. Other then that it's way better then anything I've owned.
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I wont criticize anything from now on. Because here people always want to hear good things about everything. So i would say N4 has the best display i have ever seen in any phone.
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I wont criticize anything from now on. Because here people always want to hear good things about everything. So i would say N4 has the best display i have ever seen in any phone.
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:sniffs:
Smells like butthurt.
OP, I can see my LCD's borders with the screen off, too. So what? It looks great.
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It would seem either TechRadar was stretching the truth, or LG started shipping newer phones with cheaper LCDs inside. Thoughts?
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Or maybe, just maybe, each phone is not 100% like the next. Nor is each person's eyesight.
But that would be crazy, wouldn't it?
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The blacks are pretty deep for me after calibrating with an oled.
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I'm very impressed by the display personally. Yes, I can distinguish between the screen and the bezel but I honestly don't care. Colours are surprisingly on par with the SGS3 but not as oversaturated, and whites are more white than the SGS3. The sharpness of the display is great as well. Overall, pretty awesome.
What gets me the most is the off angle blacks, they are horrible, unless you look at the phone perfectly perpendicular to the sides and tops then the blacks invert and become bright gray, even a slight change in viewing angle causes major degradation, its almost as bad as a TN display. Like all LCD's the blacks look great in a bright room, its when it gets dark that it turns to crap.
Hi, I was just at the store today and felt that I wanted to compare my screen to the s4 a bit after arguing with my friend about amoled screens, it showed that I was right. I have always been complaining about their bad white balance and inaccurate colors(even without display settings!),
but still xperia Z don't have the best viewing angels but that doesn't matter to me at all, even looking at angels on the amoled it gets reflective and miserable...
Same picture downloaded at both devices (white picture)
Both screens at 100% light
Now judge yourself, no editing done and picture taken with my friends HTC sensation xl
I must say s4 has also very low screenlighting and won't stand a chance this summer in a sunny day
Is the xperia Z a clear winner?
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Indeed it is!
Both phones was less yellow but the camera of my friends HTC is oversaturating yellow a bit, but the difference was exactly the same as in the picture
Their true colors are shown in the right middle of the s4 and the left middle of the xz as the autofocus was there
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No doubt someone from the samsung camp will go on about how 'deep' the blacks are though
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No doubt someone from the samsung camp will go on about how 'deep' the blacks are though
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Lol, true blacks, 90% while browsing on the Internet, play store is white and most apps up to 70%, now they have nothing to say about colors I guess
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No doubt someone from the samsung camp will go on about how 'deep' the blacks are though
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Yeah.. but the deep blacks aren't helping the S4 either! All S4 models (exynos5 or snapdragon version) received by users so far seem to be plagued by yet another AMOLED screen issue, purple/pink smearing is what they're calling it. There is sort of pink/purple smudging if a white/grey image is moved/scrolled over a black background like when scrolling in the settings menu, browsing web with dark bg etc.
Edit: About the whites, of course the XZ screen is better calibrated.
The joys of being an early adopter eh!
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Lol, true blacks, 90% while browsing on the Internet, play store is white and most apps up to 70%, now they have nothing to say about colors I guess
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Most of my apps, playstore, facebook, whatsapp, dialer, message, contacts and a few more are all black in color. Those apps looks better in black.
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Actually it was worse than I though it would be, I expected s4 to be better than s3 and it was even worse?
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Hmm, have you turned on the backlight on s4? Looks pretty dark.
S.
S4 screen brightness cannot be on par with LCD's brightness. Even so, your photo makes it look really dark in both phones.
btw, S4 screen's white is much better than S3, I would say the color balance is nearly the same as IPS LCD, very vibrant and punch colors. However, it seems your unit also suffers the red/pink tint in the white.
OK I have to agree that:
1. The Z's white is essentially white whereas the S4...I don't know what to make of it.
2. The Z's LCD is brighter though I have not yet had the chance to properly check the S4 with the backlight on. I will check and update.
So, I was lucky enough to my hands on the S4 LTE version yesterday (my wife was due for an $0 upgrade and she didn't want it as she loves her Note 2, so I jumped at the chance and now I will be comparing both the Z and S4 for a week or 2 before deciding on which one to keep. I'll be posting a separate thread on my findings.
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Hmm, have you turned on the backlight on s4? Looks pretty dark.
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Yes brightness at 100% on both
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Hmm, have you turned on the backlight on s4? Looks pretty dark.
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(assuming that you aren't being sarcastic/facetious)
In an OLED display the individual pixels themselves glow, unlike an LCD display
where the pixels are colour filters with a fixed backlight common to
all pixels shining through to make them light up.
There is as much need/use for a back-light in an OLED display as there is
for a back-light on a light globe/bulb.
So looking on this pictures it seems Galaxy S one has better screen then both appart from low pixely density(grainy picture).
I'm satisfied with screen on Xperia Z but when I look at Galaxy S its hard to go back on X Z screen. It may be oversaturated but if anyone has similiar device to compare screens side by side you will be amazed how this older phone still has excellent screen compared to most new phones (htc one x, htc one, s4, iphone 5,etc).
I compared both, and I think the camera cannot capture it truely, and it's not fair to compared in this way
One thing is with automatic brightness, S4 is much birghter (475 nits compared to a little more than 300 nits of maximum mannual brightness)
The Galaxy S4 uses one innovative approach to overcome this – when Automatic Brightness is turned on, the Peak Brightness becomes significantly brighter in high ambient lighting than is possible with Manual Brightness, up to as high as 475 cd/m2, which is 34 percent higher than is possible with Manual Brightness. This is done so that users can’t permanently set the brightness to very high values, which would run down the battery quickly.
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http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S4_ShootOut_1.htm
Very reasonable that nobody needs more than 300 nits to read indoor. (actually 200 nits is even more than enough)
It's the same on Note 2, and there is an app name "A Brighter Note" (rooted) that allows maximum manual brightness matches maximum auto brightness.
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I compared both, and I think the camera cannot capture it truely, and it's not fair to compared in this way
One thing is with automatic brightness, S4 is much birghter (475 nits compared to a little more than 300 nits of maximum mannual brightness)
http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S4_ShootOut_1.htm
Very reasonable that nobody needs more than 300 nits to read indoor. (actually 200 nits is even more than enough)
It's the same on Note 2, and there is an app name "A Brighter Note" (rooted) that allows maximum manual brightness matches maximum auto brightness.
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The OLED theology has not yet surpassed LCD,
and as in your article wrote
"OLED displays are generally not as bright as the brightest LCD displays."
It isn't as bright either
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The OLED theology has not yet surpassed LCD,
and as in your article wrote
"OLED displays are generally not as bright as the brightest LCD displays."
It isn't as bright either
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Brightest LCD display on mobile is Nokia 701 (more than 1000 nits), not Xperia Z
And I think you still don't get my point. The pic you showed innitially is the comparison of XZ to 300 nits brightness of S4 which is not the maximum capacity the device can get (475 nits), that's why it looked pretty dim
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Brightest LCD display on mobile is Nokia 701 (more than 1000 nits), not Xperia Z
And I think you still don't get my point. The pic you showed innitially is the comparison of XZ to 300 nits brightness of S4 which is not the maximum capacity the device can get (475 nits), that's why it looked pretty dim
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But the brightness difference between s4 and xz was far beyond 34%, even though it would get the chance to go to it's maximum it wouldn't be higher than xz, if I put my brightness to about 40% they will be at the same level,
Then xz has 60% left to show
and s4 34%
And what I also don't like is the pink color which is supposed to be white
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But the brightness difference between s4 and xz was far beyond 34%, even though it would get the chance to go to it's maximum it wouldn't be higher than xz, if I put my brightness to about 40% they will be at the same level,
Then xz has 60% left to show
and s4 34%
And what I also don't like is the pink color which is supposed to be white
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Yes, I know that it will not exceed the brightness on XZ, but you still don't get my point.
I mean the the gap of screen brightness is not as big as your first picture if the S4 showed the highest brightness it can get (which can achieve right after being rooted).
And 300 nits is enough for indoor reading in any case. The use of the more birghtness is for reading outdoor only (or maybe for somebody wanna show off how bright the device is), but brightness is not everything for outdoor visibility. Contrast and reflectiveness is also important.
This one showed that S4 is quite close to HTC One in visibility
I am currently using Galaxy Nexus, its screen brightness is kind of average nowadays.... Just OK indoors and barely visible outdoors (but feels fine to me)
I tried to switch to Galaxy Note II last fall but hated its screen low brightness, it felt for me like a mirror, reflecting all that light from lamps indoors. Also, I hated fingerprints on it which were visible with the screen on.
I have just read a lot of reviews about SGS 4, that the screen brightness is even lower and it is impossible to see anything outdoors and perhaps it has the same problems of reflecting lights that I hated with Note 2.
Sorry for my English, I hope you understand what I mean
Was already prepared to buy SGS 4 Nexus edition but now I am really concerned about the screen
Probably going to wait for the next motorola devices
There are brighter screens out there but it's a lot better than some say. Unfortunately the auto brightness doesn't work too well which effects some people's opinion a little too easily I suspect despite the fact it's a software issue which will undoubtedly be improved.
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Hello all! I'm still using my Galaxy Nexus (Toro) and I'm due to upgrade next month, I'm now seriously considering the Galaxy S4, but the one thing that has me concerned is the screen quality.
As some of you may already know, the Galaxy Nexus has some odd color reproduction (especially in the greys) when the screen is anything below maximum brightness. It looks like there is almost a texture to the greys, and whites when scrolling. (See photos here)
I understand that this is the nature of the display on the GNex and I've learned to just tolerate it.
I really just want to know if the S4 suffers from the same issue at all?
Thanks in advance!
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Hello all! I'm still using my Galaxy Nexus (Toro) and I'm due to upgrade next month, I'm now seriously considering the Galaxy S4, but the one thing that has me concerned is the screen quality.
As some of you may already know, the Galaxy Nexus has some odd color reproduction (especially in the greys) when the screen is anything below maximum brightness. It looks like there is almost a texture to the greys, and whites when scrolling. (See photos here)
I understand that this is the nature of the display on the GNex and I've learned to just tolerate it.
I really just want to know if the S4 suffers from the same issue at all?
Thanks in advance!
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I personally notice the same thing for the greys in my S4, but I think is less evident than on the Nexus (my sister has one and I compared the 2 displays). In any case I think that it is a "feature" of AMOLED displays! The white instead is perfect and believe me is the best white I've ever seen on an AMOLED display!
Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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Dont know about i9505 but the only "issue" i have on my i9500 is purple smearing that too on some 3rd party apps and barely noticable(after the update)...
And s4 has currently the best screen that u cn get in the market apart from iphone5 or note 2..but the latter phones are not full hd so s4 somewhat wins the round.
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Obagleyfreer said:
Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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Those were all the issues I was afraid of...
I may risk it though, I believe Verizon has a pretty painless return/exchange policy.
Thanks for all the continued replies, I really appreciate it!
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Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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I have none of these issues, except the smearing, which with the update is fixed. Anything else is just perfect. I would say that this is the best mobile display put on a phone so far, and by faaaar the best SAMOLED out there.
Obagleyfreer said:
Screen issues on the Galaxy S4? Where do I start!
*Pink tint
*Light Banding across the screen on low brightness
*Purple smearing
*Hue changing when keyboard is toggled
*Screen flickering when using data on white Web pages
*Purple greys on low brightness
I'm sure there's more!
The S4 is the worst of the Galaxy devices for quality control.
It was rushed to market to compete with HTC and Sony and so suffers a lot of issues.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S4 but definitely check the screen as soon as you get it.
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I can confirm that I have all these issues aswell...
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derWolf_ said:
I have none of these issues, except the smearing, which with the update is fixed. Anything else is just perfect. I would say that this is the best mobile display put on a phone so far, and by faaaar the best SAMOLED out there.
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The latest update did NOT fix the smearing.
It is just no longer as noticeable in the settings of TW.
All 3rd party apps and even other parts of TW still have the purple smearing, even the stock gallery.
It is simply a drawback of the AMOLED display showing pure black by turning off the pixels.
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Liskrig said:
Those were all the issues I was afraid of...
I may risk it though, I believe Verizon has a pretty painless return/exchange policy.
Thanks for all the continued replies, I really appreciate it!
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It's worth the risk mate. The S4 is still one hell of a phone!
It's just a shame Samsung were blinded by the $$$ and didn't put the S4 through proper quality control.
If you bought it I don't think you'd regret it
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The latest update did NOT fix the smearing.
It is just no longer as noticeable in the settings of TW.
All 3rd party apps and even other parts of TW still have the purple smearing, even the stock gallery.
It is simply a drawback of the AMOLED display showing pure black by turning off the pixels.
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True, however for most of us it was most obvious in the settings menu, and it is gone from there, which is fine by me
However, you said it is a drawback of the AMOLED technology. I don't remember my old S2 having smearing issues? Or did it..
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True, however for most of us it was most obvious in the settings menu, and it is gone from there, which is fine by me
However, you said it is a drawback of the AMOLED technology. I don't remember my old S2 having smearing issues? Or did it..
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It's not a drawback of AMOLED it's a draw back of this display turning off pixels to make black.
The S, S2 and S3 did not shut down pixels for blacks.
You get better battery life and purer blacks on the S4 but the downside is the smearing effect.
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It's not a drawback of AMOLED it's a draw back of this display turning off pixels to make black.
The S, S2 and S3 did not shut down pixels for blacks.
You get better battery life and purer blacks on the S4 but the downside is the smearing effect.
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Your right...we have to live with it...the pixel are going from off to on when scrolling through black menus..thats why this happens. ..older galaxies never actually cut off...if wanna fix this you can use screen adjuster and slightly adjust the rgb, this will stop the smearing but also stop the pixels from turning off when displaying black
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Just bought my Moto X from motomaker, made an order on thursday and received it this morning - so fast (St Louis, MO)!
So my main concert is the screen brightness. Even my Galaxy Nexus was not the brightest phone that I ever had, but Moto X screen is even dimmier. It is probably the same screen that was used at Galaxy Note 2 except being smaller. That screen was dim as well. That causes the display to be reflective to lamps and sun which annoys me.
Second thing that I did not like so far, is, surprise, the phone's shape which everybody likes. For me the edges are too sharp, maybe I just have too big hand.
Camera is a little bit better than Galaxy Nexus camera, for me the quality of it is ok so far.
But active notifications rock.
Do you know if it will be possible to increase the brightness somehow?
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Just bought my Moto X from motomaker, made an order on thursday and received it this morning - so fast (St Louis, MO)!
So my main concert is the screen brightness. Even my Galaxy Nexus was not the brightest phone that I ever had, but Moto X screen is even dimmier. It is probably the same screen that was used at Galaxy Note 2 except being smaller. That screen was dim as well. That causes the display to be reflective to lamps and sun which annoys me.
Second thing that I did not like so far, is, surprise, the phone's shape which everybody likes. For me the edges are too sharp, maybe I just have too big hand.
Camera is a little bit better than Galaxy Nexus camera, for me the quality of it is ok so far.
But active notifications rock.
Do you know if it will be possible to increase the brightness somehow?
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I don't find the brightness to be an issue, even turned all the way down - any chance you can go to a retailer and check to see how the brightness compares on one of their floor models? It seems like that could be a defect, rather than working as intended.
I don't know the Max brightness is fine for me. I actually wish the brightness went Lower. That is really not that big of a problem. As for the camera I don't know what all the criticism is about. The low light could be better but I think the regular shots are very good
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Eh, depending on the kernel drivers maybe increasing the brightness is possible. But I doubt it. I think its happened before on other devices, but usually LCD screens. This is amoled so I bet it won't happen.
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I don't find the brightness to be an issue, even turned all the way down - any chance you can go to a retailer and check to see how the brightness compares on one of their floor models? It seems like that could be a defect, rather than working as intended.
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2nd, i find it quite bright. In most cases i have it set pretty dim. I'd compare in store.
That's AMOLED for you. I had 2x GNEX and both had different brightness and colour. One had to be 55% to be equivalent to the other at 30%.
If you think it is too dim, you are probably right. Just exchange it.
RogerPodacter said:
Eh, depending on the kernel drivers maybe increasing the brightness is possible. But I doubt it. I think its happened before on other devices, but usually LCD screens. This is amoled so I bet it won't happen.
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My Gnex with Faux kernel can be set to a ridiculously bright setting through rgb and gamma. Then you have active display/screen mode on the other Galaxy devices so it's possible.
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May just be defective. I leave my screen around 40 percent and it's more than bright enough even in sunlight.
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I don't know the Max brightness is fine for me. I actually wish the brightness went Lower. That is really not that big of a problem. As for the camera I don't know what all the criticism is about. The low light could be better but I think the regular shots are very good
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I find the camera to be inconsistent. Some photos look great and others look like they have a gray haze over them. I think it just has issues with white balance, really. Because of that, in outdoor sunlight photos look pretty good, but with LED lighting, or CFL lighting, they look washed out.
Hopefully the new update makes it more consistent.
Lemme go a lil' offtopic
How pure is this Moto X android in comparison with the GS4, HTC One, Xperia Z
You know the pure android.
How much is this android distant with the "pure edition"? (Manufacturer bloatware (except for google))
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Lemme go a lil' offtopic
How pure is this Moto X android in comparison with the GS4, HTC One, Xperia Z
You know the pure android.
How much is this android distant with the "pure edition"? (Manufacturer bloatware (except for google))
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According to the reviews I've read on Android Central by Phil and Jerry, it is stock Android with a couple of added features that are beneficial rather than gimmicky. The skin looks like vanilla Android, whereas TouchWiz, Sense, etc. use difference icons, different menus, OEM-specific apps (like Samsung's S Voice, for example), etc. The Moto X seems to be stock Android 4.2 with a transparent navigation bar, active notifications, and the Motorola app to connect the phone to the computer (so you can get incoming texts, etc. on your desktop).
AnMotass said:
Lemme go a lil' offtopic
How pure is this Moto X android in comparison with the GS4, HTC One, Xperia Z
You know the pure android.
How much is this android distant with the "pure edition"? (Manufacturer bloatware (except for google))
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It has a very pure Android feel. As mentioned above, there are just a couple nice additions. The active notifications really should be included on all smart phones.
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DarkVasyaK said:
Just bought my Moto X from motomaker, made an order on thursday and received it this morning - so fast (St Louis, MO)!
So my main concert is the screen brightness. Even my Galaxy Nexus was not the brightest phone that I ever had, but Moto X screen is even dimmier. It is probably the same screen that was used at Galaxy Note 2 except being smaller. That screen was dim as well. That causes the display to be reflective to lamps and sun which annoys me.
Second thing that I did not like so far, is, surprise, the phone's shape which everybody likes. For me the edges are too sharp, maybe I just have too big hand.
Camera is a little bit better than Galaxy Nexus camera, for me the quality of it is ok so far.
But active notifications rock.
Do you know if it will be possible to increase the brightness somehow?
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I completely agree with the edges but I also agree it is because you have big hands. I was dropping the phone all the time because of its size. I got this case that fits nice is a little bit thicker and looks pretty nice. I actually only got the case because I wanted a little but more grip on the phone with these shaq like hands I have.
http://www.qmadix.com/covers-cases/s-series-cover-motorola-moto-x-rdblk.asp
I can post/send you some real pictures later if you would like.