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DisplayMate Rates iPhone 5 Screen as "Best Smartphone Display" They've Seen

subsonix said:
No, but they were the first to create a mobile multitouch device that anyone cared about on a large scale. Basically, they were the first to do it right.
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So now every touchscreen enabled smartphone is an iPhone knockoff.

That's the thing I hate about Apple. Or rather it's fans. If Apple uses something invented or perfected elsewhere, they were inspired, and it's only natural they use the best.

But if Apple invents something? Oh, God forbid that ever happens, because everyone will have to put up with people screaming "THEY STOLE AND COPIED" every time some other company uses their idea for the next 15 years.

What is it with this pathological need for some people to believe Apple did everything first, and everybody else only sucks at the teat of their genius?
 
Oh really?

Samsung's OLED technology is No.1 in the market...

Plus, Samsumg makes better screen than LG/Sharp..

This is so stupid people comparing OLED vs. LCD LOL....

Retina is just a piece of crap that Apple named on some high resolution product..

Apple don't have technology to produce it without LG.. and almost impossible to catch up the production without LG..
 
kangsw2 said:
Samsung's OLED technology is No.1 in the market...

Plus, Samsumg makes better screen than LG/Sharp..

This is so stupid people comparing OLED vs. LCD LOL....

Retina is just a piece of crap that Apple named on some high resolution product..

Apple don't have technology to produce it without LG.. and almost impossible to catch up the production without LG..
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Tell me how that red looks on that OLED in 3 years.
 
Rennir said:
The thing is, a lot of these "metrics" are subjective, so your wish will probably never come true. Take contrast for an example. Perhaps some like higher contrast, that's unrealistic. And for those who tout the realism in the color reproduction in the iPhone's screen, it's always interesting to note whether or not they choose to be as picky about how accurate reality is represented to them in other areas of entertainment or visual imagery. How about photographs? Or movies? It's also interesting to note that as far back as the 4, perhaps even earlier, Apple enthusiasts have been using the color/contrast accuracy argument.

There's actually a thread that disproves the whole Geekbench thing, at which point everyone started going back to the old position of dismissing benchmarks and only focusing on read world performance (which will be subjective).

I do agree that people who unnecessarily bring in Android phones into solely iPhone threads, or vice versa are rather annoying. But I guess since competition is ramping up that it's an inevitable side effect, as both sides have ardent supporters.
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What I find funny are that the people who say the Galaxy S3 is a quad core and does better on non stock browsing benchmarks - that's only the non-US edition. The US edition is slower then the iPhone 5 regardless. Which is where I live, and quite arguably, the biggest smartphone market...

And although this thread talks about the screen metrics. I was referring to all metrics, like the YouTube review videos. IE: Siri vs S-voice, camera quality, screen quality, speed in opening/closing apps, turning on, speed tests, etc.

I'm not saying that the Galaxy S3 is garbage or a bad phone. I think its a great phone. All I want is for the trolls to stop trying to convince people that the Galaxy S3 is BETTER then the iPhone 5. I don't even want them to admit that the iPhone 5 is BETTER then the GS3. It all depends on what the person values in a phone and what is a better fit for them. In my case, it was the iPhone 5.
 
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jctevere said:
I'm not saying that the Galaxy S3 is garbage or a bad phone. I think its a great phone. All I want is for the trolls to stop trying to convince people that the Galaxy S3 is BETTER then the iPhone 5. I don't even want them to admit that the iPhone 5 is BETTER then the GS3. It all depends on what the person values in a phone and what is a better fit for them. In my case, it was the iPhone 5.
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Indeed. Both phones and the OSes they use are great. And whichever a person chooses will serve them well. It's personal preference. Neither phone is crap and both phones have pluses AND minuses. To each their own.
 
kangsw2 said:
=D Apple just CAN'T have OLED technology because high tech manufacture companies like Sony, LG and Samsung wont give it to Apple.

check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dY_ADCTBKVE


Please don't compare the newest technology with LCD technology that Apple don't even know how to produce.
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Apparently you're unaware of the problems OLED have with maintaining color over the long-term... particularly the red spectrum. This is why you don't see OLED sweeping the television market.

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kangsw2 said:
=D Apple just CAN'T have OLED technology because high tech manufacture companies like Sony, LG and Samsung wont give it to Apple.

check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dY_ADCTBKVE


Please don't compare the newest technology with LCD technology that Apple don't even know how to produce.
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Oh.... and I've been following OLED tech since it's initial discovery announcement.
 
DesterWallaboo said:
Apparently you're unaware of the problems OLED have with maintaining color over the long-term... particularly the red spectrum. This is why you don't see OLED sweeping the television market.

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Oh.... and I've been following OLED tech since it's initial discovery announcement.
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Where is your source and evidence regarding color issue and OLED market?

Seemingly, people these days just make things up with big mouth and can't provide little source to support their claim.. you could say "in my opinion" =D

You are following does not mean you know OLED :D
 
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tech4all said:
lol a great screen is nice, but it doesn't mean it beats the cr*p out of SGIII. lol you fanboys are funny!
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Given:
  1. It's been established (by independent testers) that the iPhone 5 is faster overall, with better graphics performance
  2. It's been established (again by independent testers) that it has a better display.
  3. There's more software available for the iPhone.
  4. Siri has been shown (again by independent testing) to out perform S-Voice.

What, exactly, is left for the SGIII to compete on before, in your opinion, it can be said that the iPhone 5 beats the crap out of the SGIII?

The only metric I've seen where the SGIII beats out the iPhone 5 is screen *size*. What else is left?
 
I'm just going to nit-pick something here, so feel free to ignore me...

lilo777 said:
There is only one category where the difference in the specs is huge. It's a contrast ratio. Here SGSIII is still better almost two orders of magnitude (45,000 vs 1,356).
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45,000 is in *NO* way "almost two orders of magnitude" more than 1,356.

If you take 1,356 up two orders of magnitude, you get 135,600.
If you bring 45,000 down two orders of magnitude, you get 450.

It would have been perfectly fine to say 'more than an order of magnitude', but "almost two" is flat out wrong.

End math rant.
 
Maybe I'm blind, but I don't think the display is THAT amazing. To me it looks just like the iPhone 4 display.
 
syedrizvi21 said:
I feel like all these tech companies are on apple payroll ... Lol
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That and Samsung's pocketbook. Displaymate should be ashamed of themselves because clearly they've written the article for exposure and not for science. If they cared at all about facts, they would have exposed their eyes to the BEST SCREENS, not just the two screens on the two most popular smartphones.

P.S. The HTC One X is more than a match for the iP5 in performance and is a highly touted unit with an arguably superior display. Apparently, it doesn't exist in Displaymate's limited world.
 
JordanNZ said:
The new iPod touch uses the same display is the iPhone5.
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same resolution, or will they actually produce an ipod touch with the same display tech as the iphone - ie the 4th gen ipod touch ran a retina lcd, but was not ips.
 
Malmer said:
Wouldn't be surprised if the Lumia 920 screen smokes the iphone 5, just as it does with the camera in tests.
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Unfortunately, nobody cares about it since only prototypes and predictions exist for 920 and 10,050:
You know, the one that will later crush the 920.

Something called mass production needs to take place first.

You are misguided to think that Nokia with stop everyone else from rolling out their own evolutionary/revolutionary ideas in short order when the prototype 920 with (insert fruit product) OS decides to quit playing hide and seek.

But nice try.
 
JordanNZ said:
It's the same display this time (IPS and all).

With them moving to in-cell technology, it probably saves them money to just use the same display as the iPhone.

http://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/specs.html
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hmm, why dont the dicks (they aint no geniouses obviously) at the apple store know that...


but interesting how they describe the two

iphone5
Retina display
4-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
800:1 contrast ratio (typical)
500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front
Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

ipodtouch
4-inch (diagonal) widescreen display with Multi-Touch IPS technology
Retina display
1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 pixels per inch
800:1 contrast ratio (typical)
500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
 
Jimrod said:
Well my screen looks lovely but it's not accurate, it IS yellow/green tinted and many times to me it looks "off" compared to my iPhone 4. As well as comparing (as I expect the 4 is slightly blue tinted) I decided to measure it...

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Now, when are Apple going to either give me the option to calibrate my colours without Jailbreaking or do I have to go and try to get a replacement?

P.S. - Blame Apple for the crappy pic, if they hadn't purposely put a downgraded camera in the iPad 2 (compared to iPhone) then it would be better... :)
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What did you use to measure that? And how old is your instrument? If it is a Datacolor spider or a X-Rite i1d2 and more than a year old, it is off. Actually if it is a Spyder (even a new one) it is off regardless :) Main reason I ask, is that red is low and when a colorimeter goes out of spec, red is almost always the first color to drift.

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I will soon take some measurements on the IP5 (I have a C6 and Calman, for those who care lol). And similar to what I did for the "new ipad" I will post the charts. I don't have a S3 to compare it to. But it doesn't really matter. If the IP5 measures well (gut feeling it will), that's really all that matters.

Take the report from Displaymate with a grain of salt. As they are kind of a joke. I would have loved to see a real grayscale graph, instead of just a gamma graph (FYI there is NO 2.2 gamma "standard"). Also the fact that they sell software and software only to calibrate your display is a joke. You cannot do a proper calibration without instrumentation.
 
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