nickchallis92
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If we're going to go down that route, the GS6 display is significantly better than the iPhone6S display, with or without the screen resolution boost.
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6S display still 326 PPI
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If we're going to go down that route, the GS6 display is significantly better than the iPhone6S display, with or without the screen resolution boost.
throAU
macrumors G4
It's better, yes. Not significantly. I've seen GS6 display and wasn't too impressed.
nickchallis92
macrumors 6502a
On that basis, there isn't a single smartphone screen that impresses you.
Indeed. Doesn't that mean that currently all top manufacturers has achivied the point where the display quality is top notch despite the resolution or technologyy they are using. I mean... GS6, iP6, G4 etc. all have display quality more or less the same. Differences are minimal.
AintDutchNotMuch
macrumors regular
I own an iPhone 6 and my girl has the LG G3. HD vs Quad HD display. I get around 6.5 to 7.5 hours of screen time on my 6, and my girlfriend gets 3 to 3.5 hours. Colleague who has the Galaxy S6 with Quad HD says he gets around 4 hours of screen time.
The 6 Plus has 1080p, but is a bigger phone to accommodate a bigger battery to compensate for that higher resolution. The 6/6S would have to be a lot thicker if it had 1080p, because it would need a bigger battery. Also the iPhone 6 has a relatively small 4.7 inch screen, it's just to watch some videos without paying too much attention to the resolution. For reading text, it's perfectly fine. At least, that's how I think about it.
The 6 Plus has 1080p, but is a bigger phone to accommodate a bigger battery to compensate for that higher resolution. The 6/6S would have to be a lot thicker if it had 1080p, because it would need a bigger battery. Also the iPhone 6 has a relatively small 4.7 inch screen, it's just to watch some videos without paying too much attention to the resolution. For reading text, it's perfectly fine. At least, that's how I think about it.
Gathomblipoob
macrumors 603
Cyberguycpt
macrumors 65816
Some people really need to stop being fan boys and admit the truth. Everyone would have been happy if the 6s and 6s Plus would have had a better screen and no one would have been thinking that they wished the 6s would have had the same screen as the 6. It's just that Iphone customers care more about other things such as the ecosystem, ease of use, and yeah the IT factor that the Iphone just has. Right now I'm rocking a Note 5 until the 6s Plus comes out and yes I will miss this screen, it's great but for me the Iphone offers more than just a screen to me. The best things that I like about the Iphone is customer support, and the fact that I don't have to compromise on software. I get all the great IOS apps and Android apps. It's a win win for me.
But if I were buying a phone solely on screen quality it definitely would be the Note 5 hands down. And yes I can see the difference.
But if I were buying a phone solely on screen quality it definitely would be the Note 5 hands down. And yes I can see the difference.
Gathomblipoob
macrumors 603
nickchallis92
macrumors 6502a
Well not really. Only one of those phones is actually capable of showing the colour black.
Macsidia
macrumors 6502
All I can do is take the "wait and see" approach. Apple is renowned for optimization and they know how to get the best from the 326 PPI display.
nickchallis92
macrumors 6502a
Depends on the screen technology used. With LCD IPS screens that is usually true. The current 2K screens on the Note5/Edge+ use less power than the Note 3's 1080p screen, however.
Lunfai
macrumors 68000
Resolution discussions are mute if it's going to effect either battery life or performance. If you look at the 6+ right now, you can see some people suffer lag and this is purely because it's driving such a big screen. I don't want to see either of these problems with the 6s.
I just don't really see how it's important when there are so many other things that are make much more of a difference. Think about it. The difference in size between the 6(S) pixels and the 6(S) Plus pixels are less than the thickness of silk fibre. Is that really worth pushing the GPU and/or cutting short the battery life for? I say that it's much more important to get the screen quality right. For instance, if the 6S had AMOLED with the same resolution as it currently does, I would choose it over any resolution of LCD, just because I think that vibrant colours are much, much more important than a sharper text.
I certainly hope the build a new phone and not one to match iOS. I'd like the 6+ size less the bezels. That's like 1 inch shorter. Pressure sensitive screen could be one step away from fingerprint scanner in the screen.
Or maybe a screen resolution of 1125 x 2000 (375 x 667 points rendered @3x - 488 ppi) wasn't yet feasible for the yields and volumes they needed on the iPhone 6?
Not being disappointed with 326ppi does not necessarily equate to iOS not having to change.
I'm someone who's fully in favour of the 4.7" iPhone getting something close to a 1080p screen, or even better if they could cram it into 4.3-4.5" (i know i know, i'm dreaming).
That said, there's something to be said for the fact that there are more complaints of stuttering on the 5.5" iPhone. Clearly they haven't got the rest of their hardware / software up to snuff to be indiscriminately throwing in higher and higher resolution screens.
That said, there's something to be said for the fact that there are more complaints of stuttering on the 5.5" iPhone. Clearly they haven't got the rest of their hardware / software up to snuff to be indiscriminately throwing in higher and higher resolution screens.