Here’s to hoping Apple's OLED color isn’t wacky like Samsung's.

[KingslayerG5]

Or have any burn-in issues like LG's found on the V30 and Pixel 2 XL.

I actually do find iPhone (LCD) displays are the best over LG and Samsung displays.

LG seems too dim or lifeless. Not since the G2 have they made an impressive display for a smartphone. Ever since I saw the Quad HD G3, it no longer popped.

Samsung's is too cartoony which makes iOS look more cartoony as is with all the different colors on their apps that you can't change. Not a fan of the unnatural colors from OLED.

HTC's Super LCD and iPhones 7+/8+ look the best to me.

 

[ultravegeta1981]

I do prefer a good LCD over any AMOLED as well.

 

[geoff5093]

Or have any burn-in issues like LG's found on the V30 and Pixel 2 XL.

I actually do find iPhone (LCD) displays are the best over LG and Samsung displays.

LG seems too dim or lifeless. Not since the G2 have they made an impressive display for a smartphone. Ever since I saw the Quad HD G3, it no longer popped.

Samsung's is too cartoony which makes iOS look more cartoony as is with all the different colors on their apps that you can't change. Not a fan of the unnatural colors from OLED.

HTC's Super LCD and iPhones 7+/8+ look the best to me.

I do prefer a good LCD over any AMOLED as well.

It's funny, you guys say this now but when the iPhone X comes out with it's AMOLED display you'll be saying how it looks so much better than the iPhone 8 with it's LCD, and you're so happy Apple made the move to AMOLED.

Look at wireless charging. A few months ago people were saying if it's the same wireless charging Android phones use (i.e. slow), it will be pointless and no one will use it. Now everyone is praising it saying how glad they are that it supports it.

You may think Samsung displays are extremely oversaturated and cartooney, but a lot that is because of the colors they choose to use for their UI. Read this from Display Mates:

Most high-end digital cameras have an option to use the Adobe RGB Color Gamut, which is 17 percent larger than the Standard sRGB / Rec.709 Color Gamut used in consumer cameras. The AMOLED Photo screen mode on the Galaxy S8 provides a very accurate Color and White Point calibration to the Adobe RGB standard, which is rarely available in consumers displays, and is very useful for high-end digital photography and other advanced imaging applications.


The measured Color Gamut of the AMOLED Photo screen mode is a very accurate 98 percent of the Standard Adobe RGB Color Gamut, and the measured Absolute Color Accuracy is a very accurate 2.7 JNCD. See the Color Accuracy section and the detailed Color Accuracy Plots for the measurements and details. Select the AMOLED Photo screen mode using Display Settings – it is not the default screen mode for the Galaxy S8.

The Basic screen mode provides a very accurate Color and White Point calibration for the Standard sRGB / Rec.709 Color Gamut that is used to produce most current consumer content for digital cameras, TVs, the internet, and computers, including photos, videos, and movies. The measured Color Gamut of the Basic screen mode is a very accurate 101 percent of the Standard sRGB / Rec.709 Color Gamut, and the measured Absolute Color Accuracy is a very accurate 2.3 JNCD, which is very likely considerably better than your living room HDTV and also your laptop and computer monitor.


Use the Basic screen mode for the best color and image accuracy for most current consumer content, which is especially important when viewing photos from family and friends (because you often know exactly what they actually should look like), for some TV shows, movies, and sporting events with image content and colors that you are familiar with, and also for viewing online merchandise, so you have a very good idea of exactly what colors you are buying and are less likely to return them. See the Color Accuracy section and the detailed Color Accuracy Plots for the measurements and details. Select the Basic screen mode using Display Settings – it is not the default screen mode for the Galaxy S8.

 

[Suckfest 9001]

It's funny, you guys say this now but when the iPhone X comes out with it's AMOLED display you'll be saying how it looks so much better than the iPhone 8 with it's LCD, and you're so happy Apple made the move to AMOLED.

Look at wireless charging. A few months ago people were saying if it's the same wireless charging Android phones use (i.e. slow), it will be pointless and no one will use it. Now everyone is praising it saying how glad they are that it supports it.

You may think Samsung displays are extremely oversaturated and cartooney, but a lot that is because of the colors they choose to use for their UI. Read this from Display Mates:

We don't need to read some website's opinion on stuff to make up our minds. Many people, myself included, prefer the LCD screens over the cartoony burnt-in flickerfest pentile OLEDs. It's getting a little old being repeatedly told "NA NA DISPLAY MATE SAYS ITS A GOOD SCREEN SO YOU SHOULD ALTER YOUR OPINION ACCORDINGLY"

i'm sure they're a perfectly reputable website, but honestly their credibility gets damaged every time a samsung loyalist posts a link to their site every time somebody says anything negative about samsung's oled panels

it's not like the same exact people who are saying this now are the same people that praise it later on. there are more than just a few of us on these forums you know. that "but you guys change your minds all the time" argument is old as hell and is never accurate

 

[Falhófnir]

I believe the green/ purple cast from an extreme angle is an inherent property of oleds, but happy to bow to superior knowledge; certainly all the oled's I have had have displayed it (sans the RGB one in a Nokia Lumia 820, don't know if that makes a difference?)

 

[ultravegeta1981]

It's funny, you guys say this now but when the iPhone X comes out with it's AMOLED display you'll be saying how it looks so much better than the iPhone 8 with it's LCD, and you're so happy Apple made the move to AMOLED.

Look at wireless charging. A few months ago people were saying if it's the same wireless charging Android phones use (i.e. slow), it will be pointless and no one will use it. Now everyone is praising it saying how glad they are that it supports it.

You may think Samsung displays are extremely oversaturated and cartooney, but a lot that is because of the colors they choose to use for their UI. Read this from Display Mates:

I did not say I hate Oled. I just prefer LCD over it.

Have the s8 and have it on basic screen mode and love how it looks. But a good LCD looks sharper. Must be the penile matrix of the oled.

 

[Suckfest 9001]

I did not say I hate Oled. I just prefer LCD over it.

Have the s8 and have it on basic screen mode and love how it looks. But a good LCD looks sharper. Must be the penile matrix of the oled.

That's likely what it is. Lots of green dots, not as many blue or red. Also, circles don't fill as much space as squares, hence the mesh look

 

[geoff5093]

We don't need to read some website's opinion on stuff to make up our minds. Many people, myself included, prefer the LCD screens over the cartoony burnt-in flickerfest pentile OLEDs. It's getting a little old being repeatedly told "NA NA DISPLAY MATE SAYS ITS A GOOD SCREEN SO YOU SHOULD ALTER YOUR OPINION ACCORDINGLY"

i'm sure they're a perfectly reputable website, but honestly their credibility gets damaged every time a samsung loyalist posts a link to their site every time somebody says anything negative about samsung's oled panels

it's not like the same exact people who are saying this now are the same people that praise it later on. there are more than just a few of us on these forums you know. that "but you guys change your minds all the time" argument is old as hell and is never accurate

Sigh... Your fanboyism is showing. You are ignoring straight up facts about color reproduction and saying because Samsung uses lots of bright colors in their UI and defaults to high saturation, that their displays are garbage compared to the LCD on the iPhone. It's a fact, LCD is old tech and is being replaced, it's time to move on. There are lots of new design choices and features that just aren't possible on LCD, like cut outs for the notch, or always on displays.

 

[Suckfest 9001]

Sigh... Your fanboyism is showing. You are ignoring straight up facts about color reproduction and saying because Samsung uses lots of bright colors in their UI and defaults to high saturation, that their displays are garbage compared to the LCD on the iPhone. It's a fact, LCD is old tech and is being replaced, it's time to move on. There are lots of new design choices and features that just aren't possible on LCD, like cut outs for the notch, or always on displays.

no, that's not what im saying at all. dont try to strawman your way out of this. i said i dont like their displays because oleds are (direct quote):

cartoony burnt-in flickerfest pentile

apple uses bright colors too, and probably more so than samsung. yet their displays dont look nearly as ridiculous. this isnt the software - this is the hardware

lcd may be old tech, but oled has way too many issues at this time to be eligible to replace lcd.

"fanboyism is showing" rofl - you're talking to a guy who owned way more android phones than iphones, please get real asap

 

[geoff5093]

no, that's not what im saying at all. dont try to strawman your way out of this. i said i dont like their displays because oleds are (direct quote):


apple uses bright colors too, and probably more so than samsung. yet their displays dont look nearly as ridiculous. this isnt the software - this is the hardware

lcd may be old tech, but oled has way too many issues at this time to be eligible to replace lcd.

"fanboyism is showing" rofl - you're talking to a guy who owned way more android phones than iphones, please get real asap

Funny how you say it's too early, yet the iPhone X is using it. I'm going to save this thread, because I can guarantee you when people start seeing the iPhone X they're going to say how much better the display is.

 

[Suckfest 9001]

Funny how you say it's too early, yet the iPhone X is using it. I'm going to save this thread, because I can guarantee you when people start seeing the iPhone X they're going to say how much better the display is.

wont be the same people that are currently complaining about it, but thanks anyway. i dont agree with apple's decision to use it. i don't agree with the pricing of that phone either, or the fact that the screen isnt even goddamn rectangular. that phone is a giant pile of "nope" to me

 

[torana355]

I did not say I hate Oled. I just prefer LCD over it.

Have the s8 and have it on basic screen mode and love how it looks. But a good LCD looks sharper. Must be the penile matrix of the oled.

I guess it can be subjective but if you read any review for either a flagship Phone or TV, its an OLED screen that comes out on top each time. Having proper blacks is the most important thing for me which is why LCD can never be a viable option for a high end display imo. Colour accuracy on OLEDS is also very good, Samsung just have the option to have more vibrant colours out of the box as you know. The grainy look was the biggest downfall on AMOLEDS, but with the new diamond arrangement of the sub pixels on the S8 plus I don't see any grain. There is a reason Apple have finally chosen to make the move to OLED, and its because its clearly superior now.

 

[Chronus]

wont be the same people that are currently complaining about it, but thanks anyway. i dont agree with apple's decision to use it. i don't agree with the pricing of that phone either, or the fact that the screen isnt even goddamn rectangular. that phone is a giant pile of "nope" to me

It doesn't matter, Apple could release an 8bit grayscale E-ink screen that stinks of dogturd and most macrumours readers would still defend it and proclaim it's the bestest thing ever.

 

[Harthag]

Sigh... Your fanboyism is showing. You are ignoring straight up facts about color reproduction and saying because Samsung uses lots of bright colors in their UI and defaults to high saturation, that their displays are garbage compared to the LCD on the iPhone. It's a fact, LCD is old tech and is being replaced, it's time to move on. There are lots of new design choices and features that just aren't possible on LCD, like cut outs for the notch, or always on displays.

What are you talking about? The Essential Phone is not OLED and has a cut out for its notch. Calling someone else a fanboy whilst not realizing he himself is also a fanboy...priceless.

You know what else sucks about OLED? PWM dimming on Samsung OLEDS. LG isn't using PWM in the Pixel 2 XL or V30 OLEDS. Samsung IS using PWM dimming in its screens. PWM dimming causes flickering and eye fatigue, among other issues. If Samsung didn't cheap out they'd use a proper constant current dimming technique.

My "old and outdated" iPhone 7 IPS screen is much better than my Pixel 2 OLED from Samsung.

 

[Suckfest 9001]

It doesn't matter, Apple could release an 8bit grayscale E-ink screen that stinks of dogturd and most macrumours readers would still defend it and proclaim it's the bestest thing ever.

Rofl nice 1, totally accurate
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What are you talking about? The Essential Phone is not OLED and has a cut out for the notch.

You know what else sucks about OLED? PWM dimming on Samsung OLEDS. LG isn't using PWM in the Pixel 2 XL or V30 OLEDS. Samsung IS using PWM dimming in its screens. PWM dimming causes flickering and eye fatigue, among other issues. If Samsung didn't cheap out they'd use a proper constant current dimming technique.

My "old and outdated" iPhone 7 IPS screen is much better than my Pixel 2 OLED from Samsung.

Yup, that's the flickering I was talking about. Drives me crazy. You can just see in store displays which phones are OLED and which use traditional LCD

 

[MrX8503]

I don’t know what causes the green cast when the phone is viewed off angle. Possibly Pen Tile? I know the Apple Watch doesn’t exhibit this.

FYI, I haven’t seen an S8 or Note 8 in person. Just S7 and older.

Possible the photo isn’t accurate, but if you look at the white text in the navigation bar, the S7’s text has a green tinge.

 

[ABC5S]

People should be more worried that the screen on the X wont be bright enough. A lot of people, after the keynote, said that the screen was quite dimm, even on max brightness settings.

Always possible since keynote and such were pre production
I'd say probably not tho because don't they talk about nits already on specs page and it's supposedly around parity with 7/8?

NIT is much lower on Apples X than on Samsung’s S8 Or Not 8 along with DPI as well, and that quite frankly bothers me in why Apple did this. Probably battery life

 

[MrX8503]

NIT is much lower on Apples X than on Samsung’s S8 Or Not 8 along with DPI as well, and that quite frankly bothers me in why Apple did this. Probably battery life

Yeah who knows. I’m anxious to see reviews of the display under a microscope.

The effective resolution is actually slightly less than the 8+ because Pentile has ~1/3 less effective pixels. So the sharpest iPhone is actually NOT the X. This would explain why iOS11 text has gotten bolder.

 

[Ipadfever]

wont be the same people that are currently complaining about it, but thanks anyway. i dont agree with apple's decision to use it. i don't agree with the pricing of that phone either, or the fact that the screen isnt even goddamn rectangular. that phone is a giant pile of "nope" to me

Yes I am in disbelief that it isn’t rectangular or symmetrical!!
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Apple screen is top notch and is known for its superb yellowish tint and washout colors.

Pun intended huh “top notch”

 

[sumsingwong]

Here's a comparison of the viewing angles of my Note 8 and 6s+. The Note 8 is using the basic display setting. I tried to match the brightness as best I could. The 6s+ is warm.

 

[sumsingwong]

Here the same image on both displays. Again, Note 8 is on basic display. This is a good example that Samsung displays can be adjusted to show natural colors like the iPhones if the user chooses. Most Samsung owners don't use the basic setting which is why they always look over saturated.

 

[Diorama]

Yeah if your S8 is oversaturated then there must be sumsingwong with your phone.

 

[fs454]

I think the note 8 OLED will *SMOKE* the iPhone X OLED

but its still a Samsung panel

In what? the one category that counts that temporary auto 1000-nit brightness mode the Note has that can't be initiated by the user? Max brightness on the S8/Note 8 slider is 615 nits.

I don't think Apple would go so hard on the Super Retina Display branding and the constant assertion that this is the best iPhone display by far if it wasn't an improvement on the 8/8 Plus displays, which is a very tall bar to hit. They know it's going to be subjected to extreme scrutiny.

Something that can get Apple excited moreso than the display on the 8 Plus is reassuring - I'm assuming they wouldn't go with this tech at all if it was demonstrably worse than the lower end models. I wouldn't be so sure that Samsung stiffed Apple here, they're paying a nice premium for the panel and Apple has notably high standards in the display category.

 

[mib1800]

I think for iphone X that cost about 1.5-2x price of S8 but with a screen that has lower resolution and lower brightness, no matter how one defends it with whatever excuses, the conclusion is still a negative.

 

[flat five]

I think for iphone X that cost about 1.5-2x price of S8 but with a screen that has lower resolution and lower brightness, no matter how one defends it with whatever excuses, the conclusion is still a negative.

what if you're comparing it (X) to what you've been using the past couple of years.. say, an iPhone 6s.
?