But then you get to the bloatware samsung piles on along with its butchered up android mess. Makes for a good bloatware special for the unwashed tho.
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DisplayMate: Samsung Galaxy S9 Beats iPhone X With 'Best Performing Smartphone Display'
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Dozens of people (many of them professionals [in the tech industry] - myself included), have said it's a compromise, yet I continue to see people conflate "embracing the notch" with "it's an ideal solution" as if everyone believes that.
I think there's a significant number of people that mean, it's an interesting/effective/clever implementation _in_the_context_ of the current technology that requires there to be non-display area to house the various cams/sensors/projectors. 
Apart from the X, the last few generations of iphones have had the same display. A 4 month gap is insignificant here. Apple for years didnt bother improving their retina display
These ratings are so dumb. Every time a new phone comes out then it tops the ratings. And who actually cares other than fanboys who troll comments sections? All flagship phones these days have great displays and good cameras. Whether one gets a 98 vs a 97 or an A+ vs an A does it matter?
I’m always amused at Samsung’s incredibly accurate displays that are set by default at very inaccurate settings. It was very telling watching family shoot video over the holidays. Red in real life becomes more like vivid orange on the screen.
All that image shows me is the GS9 is not bezel-free. Having curved edges just to give that illusion is form over function.
Until they cut a notch in the iPhone's screen. lol..
One must wonder how much Samsung learns from manufacturing Apple Spec Displays. Another good reason to help LG rise to the challenge.
If you compare both phones on DisplayMate, it’s about as close as you get. The iPhone X DESTROYS the S9 on manual brightness, which is important to me since I won’t use auto brightness. I’d say the S9 has 10 points and the iPhone X has 9.5 haha. The iPhone X did also get an A+ rating.
To be fair, the S9 doesn't have that much more bezel than the X.
It's also not accurate for people to claim the X doesn't have any bezel, as it still has a fairly thick black border around the entire phone. In fact, the side bezels have remained more or less the same thickness in relation to past models, it's just that the head and chin have been slimmed down.
I just dislike having to choose between either a notch or curved sides now.
How about side reflections of that infinity display? It took me 2 seconds to realise that this "tech" is a gimmick when it first showed on Galaxy device. Demo store reflections were all over the sides of the phone. I do not see this issue ever get solved unless Samsung goes back to regular plain display.
Samsung pushes us "infinity", while Apple gives us "the notch". I hope both will follow footsteps of curved TVs.
Samsung pushes us "infinity", while Apple gives us "the notch". I hope both will follow footsteps of curved TVs.
Look how stupid the S9 looks next to the X with those bezels and nonconcentric corners.
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One must wonder how much Samsung learns from manufacturing Apple Spec Displays. Another good reason to help LG rise to the challenge.
Because LG won't "learn from manufacturing Apple Spec Displays"?
Or because LG doesn't make their own branded cell phones?
One doesn't solve an implied problem of IP theft by sharing the IP with other companies that also compete in the very same way. That is at least as likely to make another monster.
Probably not much since Samsung has had Displaymate's best display for a number of years. Last year didn't really change anything.One must wonder how much Samsung learns from manufacturing Apple Spec Displays. Another good reason to help LG rise to the challenge.
They probably would not be able to tell the differences when held in front of them (without being able to see the brand)...
You have audiophiles, who are able to hear things that aren't actually there, and now we have Videophiles, who can see the invisible.
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I like the notch! The only stupid things in that photo is side curved glass on S9. No sense, just fun for distortions
But does it really matter though? I have had my fair share AMOLED screens w/ Samsung and never really cared to boast about their brightness specs. I also owned the iPhone X for a bit too and never cared to brag about the OLED exact specs either.
Either way, both phones will have amazing screens. OS matters more than nits or any other screen metrics. Either you want something basic and that updates frequently or you want something with more features and customization w/ the expense of software updates or software longevity.
Either way, both phones will have amazing screens. OS matters more than nits or any other screen metrics. Either you want something basic and that updates frequently or you want something with more features and customization w/ the expense of software updates or software longevity.
I mean... we could also flip that and say...
Look how stupid the S9 looks next to the iPhone X with that disgusting, unusable curved side.
Let’s not pretend anyone has achieved perfection...
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FWIW, I’m not too keen on any OLED panel. Samsung’s displays are usually too saturated and the iPhone X, while having better colour calibration, isn’t as restful on my eyes as the lcd’s. I have the X and I find the oled screen still a bit too ‘stark’ for my liking even compared to my LCD iPhone. The screen I’m happiest with is the lcd panel in the iPad Pro 10.5 where the TrueTone setting makes all the difference (even though the X has this feature too). I also, weirdly, quite like the Apple Watch OLED display - go figure!
Next time, though the X is a great all round phone, I’m tempted to go back to an LCD version depending on what Apple leave out of it compared to the premium versions.
Next time, though the X is a great all round phone, I’m tempted to go back to an LCD version depending on what Apple leave out of it compared to the premium versions.
I would trust these reviews more if they tested a phone purchased as a normal consumer, rather than it being a review unit
You can never tell if the review is a true experience of what a user might see as opposed to what the supplier wants seen
In this case is the display naturally that good, or was it tweaked by Samsung prior to sending to displaymate for review
You can never tell if the review is a true experience of what a user might see as opposed to what the supplier wants seen
In this case is the display naturally that good, or was it tweaked by Samsung prior to sending to displaymate for review
Some people try to get off Apple and reality syncs in that the OS is the most important part of these phones. You won't get a iOS experience on Android and vice versa.
This. I have a iPhone 8 and I have to admit the display is much easier on my eyes than my S8.