Downsampling is actually extremely effective, and in many ways is better than native. That's why a lot of modern PC games feature this. e.g. A 4K-rendered video game downsampled to fit a 1080p display can look quite a bit better than the regular 1080p-rendered content. Definitely more resource intensive than regular 1080p, though. That's likely why 1080p on the 6 Plus looks noticeably sharper than 1080p on the smaller HTC One M8.
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Downsampling is actually extremely effective, and in many ways is better than native. That's why a lot of modern PC games feature this. e.g. A 4K-rendered video game downsampled to fit a 1080p display can look quite a bit better than the regular 1080p-rendered content. Definitely more resource intensive than regular 1080p, though. That's likely why 1080p on the 6 Plus looks noticeably sharper than 1080p on the smaller HTC One M8.
Given Samsung is already at that stage that apple may or may not be in within 2 years, I really can't see them suddenly coming out with a display that is better than Samsung's.
I was talking more about the UI than rendered content, videos/photos. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind having 3x resolution on iPhone 6S, however the negative consequences (battery, performance, blurry unadapted web/app content, etc..) outweigh the tiny difference in sharpness.
Considered old by who ? Android manufacturer using pentile matrix display at absurdly high resolutions just as a marketing gimmick ?
yet somehow looks better than an iphone display...
He's doing that since the beginning....
It takes just a little search about your activity here to understand your posts...It's a tech forum and very expensive tech at that, so why can't people debate or Heaven forbid criticise any of Apple's products? Recently I have agreed with an OP that the already gargantuan 6+ gaining an extra 20g of weight isn't exactly fantastic. I have also voiced my disappointment at the batteries being reduced in size, and here I am criticising the use of inferior resolution displays in the 6S. Is any of that seriously unreasonable??
I have ordered a 6S+ so none of this is a dealbreaker but Apple's products are far from the sheer perfection that many here state they are. The ridiculously over-sensitive Apple defenders really do make me giggle though.
Better? Nope....
You can measure differences only with instruments.
Everyone knows samsung displays are the best. All reviewers, all independant screen testing sites. it's a fact.
It is why this thread exists.
Differences noticeable only using test bench....
That's the only way for Samsung to try to sell their dull devices: marketing gimmicks.
So typical of Samsung....
Why is it that when Samsung, HTC, Sony, LG etc do something like have a better screen, more RAM or a camera with more megapixels it's just a numbers thing, totally unnecessary and pure marketing BS for the uneducated?
The iPhone 6 absolutely had insufficient RAM, the S6 camera is fantastic and the i6/6S display is clearly inferior to pretty much every other premium smartphone on the market.
Look at an iphone screen. Blacks are light grey.
Look at a samsung screen. Blacks are black.
No testing equipment. Just a human observation
I wouldn't underestimate Apple. Putting out a retina 5k display is a massive engineering feat, yet Apple did it, designing a custom timing controller that is no mean feat.
The display is not inferior, the ram is not insufficient, but feel free to buy a "fantastic " htc phone if you wish....
After your constant whining on this forum for months about how bad your iPhone 6+ was, I really hope you are not going to buy another iPhone.
Please do yourself a favor and buy a Samsung product.
Current iterations of all iPhones and iPads rely on LCD technology, where a backlight shines from underneath and crystals "rotate" to filter the light into different colors. As a result, it can't actually display pure black - there will be some backlight bleeding, but usually this is not noticeable.
In contrast, OLED technology works by having the "pixels" (LEDs) actually emit light rather than relying on a backlight. This is why it's called "Light Emitting Diode". As a result, purer blacks can be achieved via OLED.
However, AMOLED pentile matrices have a huge disadvantage - they cannot produce white correctly because they don't use a pure RGB matrix (this is not a limitation of OLED - Samsung used to have a Super AMOLED+ display that didn't have this limitation).
Most people don't mention the pentile effect because they look at photos and videos where white is not so common. However, I often read books, and I really find the lack of whiteness very irritating. Having said that, recent advances in Pentile have mitigated this to some extent, but I still see it when I stare at some time on the display set of a Galaxy S6 for example.
The 6+ is an underspecced pile of garbage, hence myself and others complaining about it. Why do people like you descend on theads and spew your usual 'buy an Android' BS whenever anyone dare criticise the great Apple?
Fixed for you.
Calling it a pile of garbage is a real stretch. It may not be the most advanced phone spec-wise, but it is a perfectly useable and extremely nice phone to use for a lot of people, average consumers in particular. You don't really think Apple could pull off getting so many people buying their iPhones year after year if they produced "an underspecced pile of garbage" do you? Especially in China where there are plenty of pretty well specced phones....
Calling it a pile of garbage is a real stretch. It may not be the most advanced phone spec-wise, but it is a perfectly useable and extremely nice phone to use for a lot of people, average consumers in particular. You don't really think Apple could pull off getting so many people buying their iPhones year after year if they produced "an underspecced pile of garbage" do you? Especially in China where there are plenty of pretty well specced phones....
Thanks, I know perfectly well...
I don't need "pure blacks " on my phone: the blacks displayed by my iPhone are absolutely enough.
But people trying to defend Samsung (or just bash Apple) are describing it like my iPhone could show only "light grays" instead of blacks. That's just ridiculous...
We are speaking about tiny differences noticeable only on a test bench.
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Whereas on an iPhone LCD screen the whites are typically cream or yellow.
..... no.... where are you getting that from?
And yet you want to buy another iPhone ?Whereas on an iPhone LCD screen the whites are typically cream or yellow.
You are contradicting yourself on every post, revealing the true nature of your presence here.
Buy a Sony ....
There's a reason those QHD display phones are laggy; and it's not all Android itself. You need RAM and processing power to push around that many pixels.
I would take a smooth device ANY day over a few more pixels on a 5" screen rather than trying to cram a QHD screen in with 4gb RAM and need a 3000mah battery just to get a few hours of usage time.
I would take a smooth device ANY day over a few more pixels on a 5" screen rather than trying to cram a QHD screen in with 4gb RAM and need a 3000mah battery just to get a few hours of usage time.
Well, depending on the batch most iPhone displays are cream or yellow. I've owned four iPhones and only one had what you could call a white display.
Don't be racist.
(Had to.)
But I have to admit a better black level makes contract much more stunning. The colors and contrast on the Apple Watch are superior to the iPhone.