iPhone XR How much sharper is the XS display compared to the XR?

[MyMacintosh]

I really don’t understand how I’m the only one who can see that’s the 8+ and XS are sharper than the XR

you're not but apparently if you notice it, you're some kinda "moron who need to go back to school" and an apple fanatic who is the sole reason the company is a trillion dollar company because i'm being tricked into going for the pricer phone based on some made up abbreviation. lol honestly jokes

 

[purged]

Absolutely.

 

[Puonti]

I really don't get why some of you are acting like the XR screen is potato quality? It's literally the same as the 8, 7, 6. And it looks better than those bc of software improvements.

It's not the same though - my iPhone 7+ loses brightness when viewed off-axis and shows signs off the IPS "sheen", but the colors stay true.

However the Xr I use at work additionally color shifts to a reddish hue when viewed off-axis, and the Xs and Xs max color shift to a blueish hue. Undoubtedly there's variance in the amount of color shifting that happens between individual units, but these are just signs of differences in panel tech.

I'm guessing Apple couldn't make the 7 / 7+ / 8 / 8+ displays work with Xr's special design needs and had to change something. Maybe the panel itself, maybe something in the assembly. But their output is definitely not the same.

I should note that while I'd love to have the same great off-axis performance on my next phone as I do on my 7+, color shift is still something one can mitigate. Just hold the phone straight-ish. Being able to use all these phones extensively side-by-side I'm unfortunately finding I might be susceptible to the ocular irritation others have reported with the X series iPhones. That's a far more pressing concern for me.

 

[apolloa]

This sums it up pretty well with the PPI obsession..

 

[kasakka]

Does anyone know why on other devices, for example the Samsung S8 or oneplus6, when watching Netflix it shows on a full screen. While on an iPhone it shows black bars on the sides? While all phones have a 19:5 aspect ratio.

iPhone is 19.5:9 and S8 is 18.5:9 aspect ratio.

Obviously you can't stretch a 16:9 display to wider or it will distort so instead they either zoom it in a bit which crops the picture slightly or add black bars on the sides.

As for the XR screen, at least based on website viewing in the store it was hard to tell a difference between the XS and XR so Apple certainly knew what they were doing even if on paper the XR resolution seems quite low. For most users I think it will mainly show in reading very small text (e.g. websites that don't scale properly to mobile) where more pixels is better.

For me as an XS owner it mostly comes down to physical size. I would take XR over XS Max because it's more manageable to use with one hand. I would (and did) take XS over both because it's more compact. I felt the large screen size of XR gave pretty much no benefit over the XS when I tried both side by side. If you want a big screen go with the XS Max instead.

 

[Vivian125]

The display on my 8+ was way sharper than my current XR.

The display is good but not good enough for my needs and I want to return it ASAP for the XS. How much of a difference will i notice especially with like black text and stuff?

Knoot really. If i compare the iPhone XS Max screen to the new iPad Pro 2018, the XS Max looks on warmer side while the iPad Pro looks more realistic, maybe slightly crispier, clearer, than XS Max
Top 6 Best display according to my eyesight.
1. iPad Pro 11 inch/ iPad Pro 12.9 2018
2. iPhone X/XS
3. iPad Pro 10.5” (Late 2017)
4. iPhone 6/7/8 Plus
5. iPhone 6/6S/7/8
6. iPhone XR

iPhone XR compared to SE, the XR is only slightly better.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Knoot really. If i compare the iPhone XS Max screen to the new iPad Pro 2018, the XS Max looks on warmer side while the iPad Pro looks more realistic, maybe slightly crispier, clearer, than XS Max
Top 6 Best display according to my eyesight.
1. iPad Pro 11 inch/ iPad Pro 12.9 2018
2. iPhone X/XS
3. iPad Pro 10.5”
4. iPhone 6/7/8 Plus
5. iPhone 6/6S/7/8
6. iPhone XR

iPhone XR compared to SE, the XR is only slightly better.

The display on the new iPad pros are the same as those on the 2017 model.

But yeah I’d put the 6/6S/7/8 above the Xr because they are smaller so things look sharper as it’s more condensed.

 

[hipsheik]

I've been using the XR and I still don't like reading text on it.

Coming from an 8 plus.

The form factor of the XR is much better though.

I don't miss carrying around the plus.

Maybe one day they'll give us an XR with a higher PPI.

 

[Broadus]

I occasionally compare my XR with my wife’s 6s (I did it again just now) and can tell absolutely no difference in the crispness of fonts, but the colors of the XR appear a bit richer.

 

[CalibreX]

A study says 291ppi is the max a Eye can see. (30cm distance) (Around >0.00842mm between Pixels). Was around 2011-2013 i think, from a german ophthalmologist study.

It is more the Resolution itself, but i have no Problems with it at all. It is still a very nice Display.

 

[C DM]

A study says 291ppi is the max a Eye can see. (30cm distance) (Around >0.00842mm between Pixels). Was around 2011-2013 i think, from a german ophthalmologist study.

It is more the Resolution itself, but i have no Problems with it at all. It is still a very nice Display.

Many people can certainly see the difference with higher PPI.

 

[HYPOKON2000]

Should be better than your 8+.

BTW, 8+ being way sharper is quite a stretch.

Fake news

 

[CalibreX]

However the Xr I use at work additionally color shifts to a reddish hue when viewed off-axis, and the Xs and Xs max color shift to a blueish hue. Undoubtedly there's variance in the amount of color shifting that happens between individual units, but these are just signs of differences in panel tech.

Well that a (AM/P)OLED Panel shift Color is normal.
Samsung Galaxy S8 was a good reddish shift. S9 very slight green-blue. Google Pixel 2 XL in the first batches strong blue shift. POLED adds a grain to it at low brightness. (Plastic-Substrate instead of Glass). All OLED still have degenaration of lightpower within 2-3 Years and Burn-in/Ghost-Image as well. And they are Slow as hell in Refresh-Rates.

Thats why only some TVs are done with OLED, but no Computer Monitors.

All in all, OLED technology has not yet completely outgrown its infancy.
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Many people can certainly see the difference with higher PPI.

Ok it depends of the Visual Acuity a person has, but i think many wont get better then 20/15.

I say it with a Acuity of 20/20 :

Viewing Distance : 11 inch
6,1" 826x1792
20/20 Vision = 1 Arc Minutes // 0.0002901 Radians
326 PPi Screen // max 316 ppi what the Eye can see.



next Iphone XS Max :

Viewing Distance : 11 inch
6,5" 1242 x 2688
20/20 Vision = 1 Arc Minutes // 0.0002901 Radians
455 PPi Screen // max 313 ppi what the Eye can see.

As you see, the Test person woulndt see any diffrence (ppi) at all between these two screen.

Results getting better with a Vision of 20/10, but not many have a such good Vision.

 

[C DM]

Well that a (AM/P)OLED Panel shift Color is normal.
Samsung Galaxy S8 was a good reddish shift. S9 very slight green-blue. Google Pixel 2 XL in the first batches strong blue shift. POLED adds a grain to it at low brightness. (Plastic-Substrate instead of Glass). All OLED still have degenaration of lightpower within 2-3 Years and Burn-in/Ghost-Image as well. And they are Slow as hell in Refresh-Rates.

Thats why only some TVs are done with OLED, but no Computer Monitors.

All in all, OLED technology has not yet completely outgrown its infancy.
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Ok it depends of the Visual Acuity a person has, but i think many wont get better then 20/15.

I say it with a Acuity of 20/20 :

Viewing Distance : 11 inch
6,1" 826x1792
20/20 Vision = 1 Arc Minutes // 0.0002901 Radians
326 PPi Screen // max 316 ppi what the Eye can see.

It can certainly be more than that: https://techdissected.com/ask-ted/ask-ted-how-many-ppi-can-the-human-eye-see/

Whatever the numbers might be, the point is that there are many who can see a difference between 300 and 400 or even higher PPI.

 

[CalibreX]

It can certainly be more than that: https://techdissected.com/ask-ted/ask-ted-how-many-ppi-can-the-human-eye-see/

Whatever the numbers might be, the point is that there are many who can see a difference between 300 and 400 or even higher PPI.

But it doesn't matter that there's no topic to quarrel about there are not many who can see the difference..but rather few. because to see the difference you have to be at (441ppi) or below 20/10 (441ppi and more).

My Post was just how ophthalmologists would calculate it. There many Links out there with these mathematics, which also disassemble the optoglass guy from your link.

 

[C DM]

But it doesn't matter that there's no topic to quarrel about there are not many who can see the difference..but rather few. because to see the difference you have to be at (441ppi) or below 20/10 (441ppi and more).

My Post was just how ophthalmologists would calculate it. There many Links out there with these mathematics, which also disassemble the optoglass guy from your link.

Given the number of people on the planet, it's safe to say that there are plenty who can see the difference. The higher you go the less can see it and the less it would matter, but when we are talking about something in the 100, 200, 300, and 400, maybe even up to 500 range, plenty of people can notice a difference between those. There's definitely nothing to quarrel about.