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Hey everybody. My 32GB Prime arrived yesterday and I'm a little underwhelmed by the screen quality. Compared to my little Jiayu G4S the screen doesn't look great, especially white. Thanks to lolo9393 I was able to read through the thread below and on about the second page there is info about how to discover who made your screen. Even though Xiaomi claimed the screen would be made by Sharp, it looks as though this is not the case for some of us. To test which version you have, open the dialer and enter *#*#6484#*#*. This will open a test app. Tap 'software version' then scroll down to where it says 'LCM'. It would appear mine is made by Tianma which explains a lot.
For those of you who haven't bought your phone yet, I would recommend asking your reseller to test your device first and see which LCD had been used. It sounds like AUO make a better looking panel (edit - or not?)
Here's how my Tianma screened Prime looks next to an Oppo Find 7a. Both are set to Max brightness. The Note 2 display is set to 'cool' in settings which is as blue as it gets. Any of the other settings make it look more yellow. The Oppo is on the left. To the naked eye the Oppo doesn't have the pink tint that you see in the photo.
*update* I thought I'd take another photo of my screen after two weeks and three different ROMs. Now I'm using the most recent multi language development ROM from 11th September. Same scenario as before, both screens are set to maz brightness, Opposed find 7a on the left. The XRN2 is set to 'cool' in settings and reading mode is off. Looks a little bit whiter than before to my eyes, but perhaps that's just wishful thinking. Either way my cheapo Jiayu G4S looks better than both. Shame the GPS doesn't work on the Jiayu!
http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/225576-xiaomi-redmi-note-2-mt6795/
Same here, me and a friend checked it, and both we have the Tianma screen. Both phones are 16GB version.
unrealmitch said:
Same here, me and a friend checked it, and both we have the Tianma screen. Both phones are 16GB version.
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That's annoying. On the one hand, I guess it's common for manufacturers to use parts from different suppliers, but the phone has to only just been launched and Xiaomi made a point of bragging about using a Sharp screen. I think it's dishonest. I don't think I can return the phone to the reseller because it's not really their fault. My Jiayu G4S was just as cheap and has a much nicer screen.
Uhh. Does it really look that bad? I have ordered a Redmi Note 2. Hope that its screen is manufactured by Sharp.
For what I paid for this device, I think the Tianma screen (yes, I checked) on my device is fine. I think of this as an intermediary device as I dropped my old phone and needed one ASAP and in August this was the best thing on the market, for me it is a great intro to Xiaomi and I will wait to see what the Mi5 reviews are like when it is launched.
Do you have the TDD, FDD or GSM version?
Thank you!
Does anyone found a SHARP one, or they are all Tianma???
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Does anyone found a SHARP one, or they are all Tianma???
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Yeah, I'm wondering about the same thing. Which versions have Tianma screen - all 16GB (not Prime) versions, or just the GSM version? Or is it completely random?
In a Russian video review a guy said that he had yellow tint with the GSM version, and that the display is better on LTE version (I don't remember which one was it though).
droidaem said:
Yeah, I'm wondering about the same thing. Which versions have Tianma screen - all 16GB (not Prime) versions, or just the GSM version? Or is it completely random?
In a Russian video review a guy said that he had yellow tint with the GSM version, and that the display is better on LTE version (I don't remember which one was it though).
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I have the 32GB Prime LTE version, and it has the Tianma screen. It's not awful, and considering the SoC I guess it's where they've saved money. If I hadn't just owned two Chinese cheap phones with better screens, I wouldn't have been any the wiser.
If I had a way to contact Xiaomi directly I would ask them to replace the phone, purely on principle.
One benefit of this screen is that it is softer on the eyes at night if you're reading in bed.
I might not be able to do it for a day or so, but when I get a chance I will try to take a photo of the difference between devices to show you.
Again, it's not terrible by any means, it just didn't meet my expectations.
Okay, thank you for your reply.
However, in this screenshot it looks like the other way around.
http://attach.bbs.miui.com/forum/201509/08/213030ox1sde17j41jcbd4.jpg.thumb.jpg
Tianma screen is blueish, but definitely looks better than AUO. Or could it be just about the Color Temperature setting in MIUI?
To my eyes the 'standard' setting looks creamy/yellow and the the 'warm' setting looks very pink/yellow. I set it to 'cool' immediately and it looks kind of OK, but it lacks 'pop'. I you were to put it next to a 2013 Nexus 7 it wouldn't look very good at all. Maybe tomorrow evening I'll try to mirror my screen to the TV and take a photo of the difference.
Viewing angles are good by the way. There is some 'crush' in videos and on the home screen wallpaper for me. I think it really will depend in what you're used to as to whether you like it or not.
This's the "old" news in China's forum, NONE of the screen is provided by SHARP
All the provider are from Tianma(85%)/AUO(15%) the number is the chance you will get.
There's also the rumor in China that Xiaomi never claimed they will use SHARP/AUO in screen, but actually, some of the people found that there's some evidences shows there's a slogan on their official site before selling.
And some of the people said Xiaomi break the rule in China's market with its super low price to force all the mobile manufacturer to lower their price. So some of the manufacturer edit the picture and spread the rumor that Xiaomi cheated consumers.
This is still a mystery because Xiaomi never apologize to this event but make good a loss
to the consumers a 5000 mAh power bank if you buying from their official recognized online shop, Tmall.com and JD.com.
I think Redmi Note 2 is released in the short time that the engineer in Xiaomi did't even tune it completely. The first or second wave who get the phone complaining the tint is too yellow compare to others. But if you are worry about the yellow tint, you can OTA to the latest stable version of MIUI or by FlashTool.
Don't forget MediaTek have the new technology, MiraVision™ which can easily tune the tint of screen color. By the latest stable ROM(6.7.5.0 Stable), Xiaomi also fix the unresponsive touchpannel by upgrading the driver of CTP from T2.0 to T2.3.
In short, you'll never get any screen from Sharp but mostly from Tianma and likely from AUO.
I have both LG G4 and N2 16gb, the Tianma screen isn't all that bad, although I see some slight bleeding that the bottom, but I can live with it, it is my seconardy/gaming phone afterall
I just got the phone. It has Tianma screen, but it looks good.
I'm pleased you like it I guess it just depends what screen each of us is used to. Sadly I've just come from a very 'white' looking screen (not sure if that makes sense).
I also just tweaked things manually using the Miravision app to get it more to my liking.
The screen on my phone looks very good, don't care who is the manufacturer of it, but i just checked and it is Thianma. I even compared it to calibrated with custom kernel Nexus 6, and still looked good.
dazed1 said:
The screen on my phone looks very good, don't care who is the manufacturer of it, but i just checked and it is Thianma. I even compared it to calibrated with custom kernel Nexus 6, and still looked good.
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That's interesting. I wonder if some are better than others. If not I must have really weird eyes, although the difference with the other phones in my household is very pronounced.
I checked and also got a tianma screen. It doesn't look too bad. I compared it to the xperia z2 (which has a pretty average screen though I think) and it wasn't really any worse. Maybe very slightly more faded at max brightness.
I'm more concerned about how much battery this thing uses. I've only had the phone for a few days but it hasn't seemed that great. Although the automatic brightness sometimes feels erratic and made the screen too bright.
Also I think I got some scratch already on mine. It's not visible if I wipe the screen clean so just need to do that and apply the screen protector that came with the phone. But I suppose no gorilla glass here!
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I checked and also got a tianma screen. It doesn't look too bad. I compared it to the xperia z2 (which has a pretty average screen though I think) and it wasn't really any worse. Maybe very slightly more faded at max brightness.
I'm more concerned about how much battery this thing uses. I've only had the phone for a few days but it hasn't seemed that great. Although the automatic brightness sometimes feels erratic and made the screen too bright.
Also I think I got some scratch already on mine. It's not visible if I wipe the screen clean so just need to do that and apply the screen protector that came with the phone. But I suppose no gorilla glass here!
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Sorry to hear you have a scratch already I better hurry up and buy a screen protector for it. So far I only have a gel case to cover the back.
I'm not getting great battery life either, but I've only had a few battery cycles so far. Perhaps it will improve. My little Jiayu G4S also had a very good battery life which may mean my expectations are set quite high.
I'm not sure, but I think my screen may actually be getting whiter over time. Perhaps I'm just getting used to it!
my screen is scratched on day 2 as well in my pants too. Definitely not Gorilla glass.
Hy to all Nexus 5X Users,
I want to give a little feedback to the N5X. On my first order i get
a H791. I was very dissapointed about the screen quality. A yellowish tint, really
ugly. I read in forums about that an thinked thats nornal.
After 3 days i send it back because i hate this yellow sh...
1 week later i give the N5x a new chance and get a H791F.
Looks complete the same but when turning on, i see a clear screen, sharp
with fine colors, no yellow tint.
So, there are really different screens built in. Some people know it build
differences or calibrate wrong. False, the yellow screen is also awful if
i calibrate it myself.
I will make photos to see the differnce.
how to you check your display serial number ?
I think the difference between H791 and H791F are just of supported bands and markets
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomparer&id1=9095&id2=9047
It would be intresting though to compare our display serial number to see if the yellowish ones are a specific series or different manufacturer.
Photos
Here are the photos.
Also the vibra motor is on the nexus with the yellow screen
louder. It feels as the whole nexus plastic body vibrate. hard
to explain but like a cheaper chinese phone.
The battery cover also feels not so smooth. My girlfriend does
not know a lot of smartphones but i asked her about the 2 nexus.
She said that the one feels like a chinese copy from the one with the bright lcd.
The yellow screen one has on the sticker outside the box standing 3GB, thats
also strange.
PS. how can i look for the display serial?
Did you buy both phones from Google store?
I also have a 5X with yellow screen - but the thing that annoys me even more is the loud vibration motor.
So is the vibration really a difference between your two phones?
Some screens are yellow but it's not because of the version. Also all the vibration motors sound similar, but once you put a SIM card it can change how it sounds. Something to do with the sim ejection pin that Google acknowledged as normal.
konsolen said:
Here are the photos.
Also the vibra motor is on the nexus with the yellow screen
louder. It feels as the whole nexus plastic body vibrate. hard
to explain but like a cheaper chinese phone.
The battery cover also feels not so smooth. My girlfriend does
not know a lot of smartphones but i asked her about the 2 nexus.
She said that the one feels like a chinese copy from the one with the bright lcd.
The yellow screen one has on the sticker outside the box standing 3GB, thats
also strange.
PS. how can i look for the display serial?
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I have the H791 version, yellow screen and on the sticker standing 3 GB. I bought it from Carphone Warehouse (UK). The "3GB" thing is really strange.
But H791F is USA version, H791 is international version for cellular. It's the only difference between 2 of them.
How can I be in the EU - NL then and have a H791F also..? Also ordered in NL..
bblzd said:
Some screens are yellow but it's not because of the version. Also all the vibration motors sound similar, but once you put a SIM card it can change how it sounds. Something to do with the sim ejection pin that Google acknowledged as normal.
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I didnt notice the yellow of mine. I had the same problem on my nexus 5, it disappeared after a while. Something about the glue and time
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I have the H791 version, yellow screen and on the sticker standing 3 GB. I bought it from Carphone Warehouse (UK). The "3GB" thing is really strange.
But H791F is USA version, H791 is international version for cellular. It's the only difference between 2 of them.
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US version is the H790 as far as I know..
Inviato dal mio Nexus 5X utilizzando Tapatalk
T-junk said:
How can I be in the EU - NL then and have a H791F also..? Also ordered in NL..
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So probably I'm wrong.
kamajikaciya said:
So probably I'm wrong.
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Ohh yeah, i didn't try to imply that idea, sorry if it did sound like that.
Maybe it's time to collect serial numbers then?
Nexus 4 Nexus 5 and i dont know about the Nexus 6 but the first 2 had different versions also.
I have a LG Nexus 5X model LG-H791F retailed and ordered in The Netherlands
My s/n is: 510KPZK01653
The PCB is manufactured in Korea. I just will put logic and say South-Korea hehe.
My phone reports as: bullhead LGH790 32GB
I ordered and use mine in the US on Verizon.
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ethanfel said:
how to you check your display serial number ?
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I'm not sure if there's an easier way, but I just went to the bootloader and looked. Turn off your phone. Then press and hold Power and Volume Down at the same time. It will start at the bootloader and show you some basic stats. Then just press Power again to continue booting.
The sad thing is that people have been conditioned by all those cold screens, over the years, to perceive them as the norm.
While in fact, most of the time, the yellower screen is the more accurate one.
The problem with nexus 5x is that its screen is inconsistent, not that it's yellow.
Ciebiada said:
The sad thing is that people have been conditioned by all those cold screens, over the years, to perceive them as the norm.
While in fact, most of the time, the yellower screen is the more accurate one.
The problem with nexus 5x is that its screen is inconsistent, not that it's yellow.
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At this point your comment is not right.
Here the problem is that there are Nexus5X devices on the market
which have different parts inside. Nobody like the yellow screen, so
why should these people not choose for a device with a cooler LCD.
What we know at this time that the F version has a brighter display
and also a better vibra motor.
Also we do know that phones with 3gb on the sticker are yelowish.
The lte bands are the same like the normal version. Why?
konsolen said:
What we know at this time that the F version has a brighter display
and also a better vibra motor.
Also we do know that phones with 3gb on the sticker are yelowish.
The lte bands are the same like the normal version. Why?
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These are what is known as manufacturing tolerances. They can be found with every device made, specifically cheaper ones which don't spend as much money on quality control.
Some are yellow and some are not but it has nothing to do with the regional versions.
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At this point your comment is not right.
Here the problem is that there are Nexus5X devices on the market
which have different parts inside. Nobody like the yellow screen, so
why should these people not choose for a device with a cooler LCD.
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Mate. In your entire comment there is only one part that is right: "there are Nexus5X devices on the market
which have different parts inside", which actually is the norm, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Ciebiada said:
Mate. In your entire comment there is only one part that is right: "there are Nexus5X devices on the market
which have different parts inside", which actually is the norm, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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Who said that something is wrong?
We talk only about the differences and how we could identify it.
The customer should have the choice!
Ok, it is something wrong! Here are the words from the androidpit review:
Nexus 5X yellow screen problem
There have been some reports that the Nexus 5X screen has a yellow tint. All phones have some color bias; LCD panels on the likes of the Sony Xperia devices tend to favor cooler blues or purples, while Samsung’s AMOLED screens are typically warmer.
If your Nexus 5X screen has a noticeably yellow hue, however, something is not right. There isn’t anything you can do to correct this yourself, but you may wish to return your Nexus 5X and ask for a new one.
Coming from Iphone - Galaxy S7 Edge AT&T Snapdragon: Quite warm and Yellowish White
Hey,
I have the AT&T Snapdragon Galaxy S7 Edge. I come from the Iphone 6S Plus.
One thing I just want to ask the community:
The S7Edge gets quite warm. I am not saying it gets brutally hot (only in Gear VR it does). But even with normal tasks it definitely gets warm very quick. And that is quite annoying to be honest. I come from the Iphone which only gets this warm when I leave it out in the open on a hot summer day. Within 5 minutes of use of the Galaxy S7Edge it immediately gets noticeably warm. Is this normal? Because the Iphone simply stays nicely cold.
Does your S7Edge phone always get warm? Or does it stay cold like the Iphone? Maybe it is a problem with the AT&T version?
Second Point is that the whites on the screen have a yellowish tint. Maybe not noticeable on its own but if I put my Iphone next to it, you clearly see a nice snow white in the iphone and a yellowish tint in the S7Edge (multiple birghtness levels tested). If I take a pic of a white wall in my room it is really noticeable. Is there a way to change the color temperature?
This could be a deal breaker for me.
What are your thoughts?
Thank you
Chrisu24 said:
Hey,
I have the AT&T Snapdragon Galaxy S7 Edge. I come from the Iphone 6S Plus.
One thing I just want to ask the community:
The S7Edge gets quite warm. I am not saying it gets brutally hot (only in Gear VR it does). But even with normal tasks it definitely gets warm very quick. And that is quite annoying to be honest. I come from the Iphone which only gets this warm when I leave it out in the open on a hot summer day. Within 5 minutes of use of the Galaxy S7Edge it immediately gets noticeably warm. Is this normal? Because the Iphone simply stays nicely cold.
Does your S7Edge phone always get warm? Or does it stay cold like the Iphone? Maybe it is a problem with the AT&T version?
Second Point is that the whites on the screen have a yellowish tint. Maybe not noticeable on its own but if I put my Iphone next to it, you clearly see a nice snow white in the iphone and a yellowish tint in the S7Edge (multiple birghtness levels tested). If I take a pic of a white wall in my room it is really noticeable. Is there a way to change the color temperature?
This could be a deal breaker for me.
What are your thoughts?
Thank you
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Because iPhone has a way off white. The white of it is about 7000 which is blue not white and you already get used to it because almost every apple device tend to make color like that to be so called visually appealing at first sight. Just relax and enjoy the almost perfect white on Galaxy s7 is accurate and better for your eyes. However you can change color range and white point in setting under display mode. If you still feel bad just to check displaymate site and check out their phone display review. See how much Galaxy s7 is better than iPhone one this category
What's interesting is that iOS (I'm coming from iPhone too) is updating 9.3 software to give you night mode where you can tint the screen to a warmer color at night because it's so much better for your eyes.
mjs2011 said:
What's interesting is that iOS (I'm coming from iPhone too) is updating 9.3 software to give you night mode where you can tint the screen to a warmer color at night because it's so much better for your eyes.
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There are many free apps available on the Play Store that offer this function. I personally use "Bluelight Color Filter" although you can set any colour to reduce glare. It works great at night when you are reading in bed.
Well done for leaving iOS by the way, welcome to the amazing world of Android!
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I don't have my S7 Edge on my hands yet, but I have noticed that all Samsung phones look yelowish when you compare with other phones, even with my alternative Moto G 2013, it looks super white and my S6 Edge+ looks yellow when I put them together. But when it comes to colors the S6 is much richer than any other phone I see with super white screen, so I guess the LCD screens look very white because of the light source they use and the AMOLEDs handle the colors better.
You can find some apps to change the screen temperature, 6500K is the perfect white to me.
Chrisu24 said:
Hey,
I have the AT&T Snapdragon Galaxy S7 Edge. I come from the Iphone 6S Plus.
One thing I just want to ask the community:
The S7Edge gets quite warm. I am not saying it gets brutally hot (only in Gear VR it does). But even with normal tasks it definitely gets warm very quick. And that is quite annoying to be honest. I come from the Iphone which only gets this warm when I leave it out in the open on a hot summer day. Within 5 minutes of use of the Galaxy S7Edge it immediately gets noticeably warm. Is this normal? Because the Iphone simply stays nicely cold.
Does your S7Edge phone always get warm? Or does it stay cold like the Iphone? Maybe it is a problem with the AT&T version?
Second Point is that the whites on the screen have a yellowish tint. Maybe not noticeable on its own but if I put my Iphone next to it, you clearly see a nice snow white in the iphone and a yellowish tint in the S7Edge (multiple birghtness levels tested). If I take a pic of a white wall in my room it is really noticeable. Is there a way to change the color temperature?
This could be a deal breaker for me.
What are your thoughts?
Thank you
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You seem like a troll to me. Sorry if your not but I have the edge (although the exynos version) but the screen is about as perfect as it gets it probably your iPhone that is totally off! Also the "heat" is really non existing on normal to high usage so either your a troll or you have a lemon device. End.
At the moment, I have both devices. Having used the S7 Edge since the release, yesterday I switched to the S7. In shifting back to the S7 Edge just now, I noticed the two device's displays are quite different.
The S7 clearly has more saturated colors and looks far brighter. The S7 Edge, in comparison, looks slightly more dull when side by side.
For reference, I tested both devices in the same conditions. That is to say the S7 and S7 Edge with automatic brightness disabled and pushed up to maximum manual brightness. Also I tested both in a darker room. For reference both were set to AMOLED Cinema.
Unfortunately even when the automatic brightness is turned back on, it's clear the S7 still looks more vibrant.
Can anyone explain what's going on here? Is it simply that the Edge looks like it has a lesser screen because of the larger size and thereby lower pixel density. Or is it something about the panels themselves and thus the S7 that I have now just happened to get a better panel than the Edge.
Any thoughts or answers would be appreciated.
Displaymate tested them and stated that they are practically identical in terms of performance: http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S7_ShootOut_1.htm. Any chance you can test out against another Edge?
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Artood2s said:
Displaymate tested them and stated that they are practically identical in terms of performance: http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S7_ShootOut_1.htm. Any chance you can test out against another Edge?
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Actually no, unfortunately. Neither device has been released in Japan yet. Both of the ones I have are imported.
The thing is lot more complicated...
Each S7 Edge has different display quality! When you put 2 S7 Edge Side by Side and compare, you will see that the displays have different tint (mostly yellow), and more worse: a lot of the displays are not homogeneous. that means that one corner or side is brighter then the rest of the display.
i wrote a few threads regarding this, i also sent a message to displaymate (because they test "cherry-picked" devices, and do not mention this), see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/note4-amoled-screen-quality-t2906365
basically i do think that the s7 screen is better, due to the Edge screen is P-AMOLED to be flexible! but the differences between otherwise identical devices are really huge!
i ordered my 5th device today, because all of them had flaws:
1st: display not good compared to second device
2nd: the device i use now. very good viewing angles and no tint, BUT: left side of display is darker then right side
3rd: display strong yellow tint
4th: display almost good, slight yellow tint. would take this, BUT: front cam takes blurry pictures compared to other devices...
5th: ordered today!
you may think i'm a hypocrite or have OCD, but it makes me mad that a 800EUR device has such flaws!!!
The s7 has more PPI due to smaller screen than edge
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i ordered my 5th device today, because all of them had flaws:
1st: display not good compared to second device
2nd: the device i use now. very good viewing angles and no tint, BUT: left side of display is darker then right side
3rd: display strong yellow tint
4th: display almost good, slight yellow tint. would take this, BUT: front cam takes blurry pictures compared to other devices...
5th: ordered today!
you may think i'm a hypocrite or have OCD, but it makes me mad that a 800EUR device has such flaws!!!
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Or, you know, maybe you're looking for a flaw that's not there? It's a well known fact by now that a bend in a display, like the Edge, will have some shifts in brightness, tint and contrast, especially right in that bend! If this is something that annoys you, then I'd recommend you stick with flat panels from now on, because this won't be "fixed" for awhile. It's just the way it is.
Also, you do not have OCD.
"Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over."
If you turn the screen on and off 30 times before you can make a call, you have OCD. If you have to knock your door five times each time you come home, you have OCD. If you think the smartphone's screen is the wrong hue, that's not OCD, that's just being picky.
TML1504 said:
The thing is lot more complicated...
Each S7 Edge has different display quality! When you put 2 S7 Edge Side by Side and compare, you will see that the displays have different tint (mostly yellow), and more worse: a lot of the displays are not homogeneous. that means that one corner or side is brighter then the rest of the display.
i wrote a few threads regarding this, i also sent a message to displaymate (because they test "cherry-picked" devices, and do not mention this), see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/note4-amoled-screen-quality-t2906365
basically i do think that the s7 screen is better, due to the Edge screen is P-AMOLED to be flexible! but the differences between otherwise identical devices are really huge!
i ordered my 5th device today, because all of them had flaws:
1st: display not good compared to second device
2nd: the device i use now. very good viewing angles and no tint, BUT: left side of display is darker then right side
3rd: display strong yellow tint
4th: display almost good, slight yellow tint. would take this, BUT: front cam takes blurry pictures compared to other devices...
5th: ordered today!
you may think i'm a hypocrite or have OCD, but it makes me mad that a 800EUR device has such flaws!!!
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I think you're being a tad bit OCD. At the end of the day, the S7 might have a slightly better display than the S7E but the screen size and battery size make the S7E better for me personally. If you're looking for a slightly better looking display then maybe you'd be happier with the S7.
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Or, you know, maybe you're looking for a flaw that's not there? It's a well known fact by now that a bend in a display, like the Edge, will have some shifts in brightness, tint and contrast, especially right in that bend! If this is something that annoys you, then I'd recommend you stick with flat panels from now on, because this won't be "fixed" for awhile. It's just the way it is.
Also, you do not have OCD.
"Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over."
If you turn the screen on and off 30 times before you can make a call, you have OCD. If you have to knock your door five times each time you come home, you have OCD. If you think the smartphone's screen is the wrong hue, that's not OCD, that's just being picky.
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Thx for the medical and display-tech lecture, I'm a university lecturer (engineering and physics) myself!
1) Display quality: You did not read my post, or my linked thread regarding note4! The display of note4 was not curved, and had the same problems as all of samsungs amoled devices before: When you compare 10 devices side by side, you will see that each and every device has different screen tone, uniformity, ... About 2 out of 10 I would consider "good", all other have flaws such as a not uniform brightness distribution (one side of the screen is darker then the other side), or bad viewing angles.
this is NOT a problem which every device has, as I always found one device in the past which was "OK" after exchanging a few times.
same happened last week and today: last week i got a device with a really nice screen, but the front cam took blurry pictures compared to the other S7E devices I have in front of me. this can be easily reproduced, so the cam or lens has a problem the other devices do not have.
the device i got today has the best screen so far (good and even white distribution, good viewing angles), the front cam is ok (a bit less sharp pictures then my reference device, but WAY sharper as from the last weeks device), but there is a scuff on the top metal frame of the display, between the glass and the metal. this is no dust particle, it is a real scuff. :| i will test the rear-cam as well, if it is ok i will stay with this device, as the scuff is not nice, but a minor issue compared to the display faults of the other devices.
also, i showed the different displays of all my S7E devices to friends and colleagues (because they thought i'm crazy because of my exchanges), and all of them see the display faults as well. you need to have devices for comparison, then you will notice how bad some screens are compared to others!
so no need to go for an other device as the S7E, because there ARE good ones existing. but you have to be lucky to get one...
on the OCD: this was half ironic, because i know that OCD really is.
TML1504 said:
Thx for the medical and display-tech lecture, I'm a university lecturer (engineering and physics) myself! .
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I did.... not read that Note 4 thread, and I did (clearly not) understand what you said (blame the beers I had), but alright, I do understand what you're saying now, and yeah, there is a slight difference in each panel, and some will get a slightly better panel than the other one. That happens with every screen out there, including LCDs, and viewing angles are also something that gets affected, but I have the impression that this is more of an issue with LCDs.
I would keep swapping it until I got a good panel, so keep doing what you're doing until you get tired or hit the jackpot. The screen is rated as the best smartphone screen ever, so I promise you it should look amazing. The issues you're experiencing is very common though, and must be somewhat expected when we are early adopters. These are typical issues that Samsung will weed out with time.
I saw a strange think on S7E: the 2 sides of the screen have grey shadow area if you looking at it in a dark room with low brightness of course...is that normal?
My is perfect :sly:
MATRIKS said:
My is perfect :sly:
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I saw other phones and talked to other S7E owners, and they see this grey halo too, when the brightness is low and the environment really dark. Do you think that it is a problem of my screen?
I've just got a G4 (standard not Plus) and booted for the first time, and I'm surprised to see the screen has a noticeably more yellow cast and lower brightness than that of the even more budget Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 I'm upgrading from. All display settings checked and unchecked Etc. so that's not the issue.
Anyone else able to do the same comparison or comment on their screens? Just wondering if this is normal or if I've got a lemon. I know screens can vary, but whites have a distinct yellow cast on this display so trying to work out if it's worth returning or not?
Thanks
stkpxl said:
I haven't noticed on the one I just got. I came from a Note 4. Compared to that screen, it's pretty damn good and quite a surprise.
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Yep weirdly maybe I jumped the gun a bit. Compared to the Voda Smart Ultra 6 it looked really yellow, but after looking at it on its own a while later I thought 'well it is warm, but the whites do actually look white I suppose'. So then compared it to my S6 Edge thinking I'd really see a difference... well the G4 is 'whiter' than the S6 Edge lol.
Shows you how screwed up things get when you compare, in isolation I wouldn't have noticed. The Smart Ultra 6 just has a really 'white is white and very bright' screen, if one that's not quite as crisp as the G4.