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iPhone 14 Pro Max Earns Best Smartphone Display Award, Replacing iPhone 13 Pro Max
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I’m sorry the regular pro is a pos. You got to step up your game and get the max or sit down and just relax. And play the sax on your bax. Keep talking and I’ll charge you tax
i don’t know what I’m doing
No the part you are missing is that they tested all the phones, the best phones
I took my kids to an amusement park this weekend and was frequently checking game updates for my Chiefs (RIP) and my iPhone 14 Pro was so easy to read in direct sunlight. The problem? It was draining my battery like CRAZY. I had to put it into low power mode so it wouldn't get so bright.
I doubt there are many situations where I would be outside in direct sunlight for so long frequently checking my phone over the course of a three hour NFL game but still that 2300nits is amazing and absolutely nukes batteries. They can seriously stop working on display brightness I see no reason to ever improve over looking great in direct sunlight. For HDR content indoors I often find myself turning down the brightness because it's just too blinding.
I doubt there are many situations where I would be outside in direct sunlight for so long frequently checking my phone over the course of a three hour NFL game but still that 2300nits is amazing and absolutely nukes batteries. They can seriously stop working on display brightness I see no reason to ever improve over looking great in direct sunlight. For HDR content indoors I often find myself turning down the brightness because it's just too blinding.
Very interesting to read the display can only reach 2000nits in a 1% window, and still maxes out around 1000nits at full screen white, and even half screen white. ABL is commonplace on OLED TVs, but I’ve never seen it on an iPhone before. This effectively means light mode still maxes out at 1000nits, but dark mode maxes out at 2000nits which explains what I was seeing with my friends 14 pro testing it next to my 13 pro.
To be fair, light mode was already plenty visible in direct sunlight at 1000 nits and it’s the dark-mode-all-the-time-idiots like me that need the legibility boost.
To be fair, light mode was already plenty visible in direct sunlight at 1000 nits and it’s the dark-mode-all-the-time-idiots like me that need the legibility boost.
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Here's the thing, the 13 Pro Max hits the exact same brightness measurement in direct sunlight with an all white screen at roughly 1000 nits. This is the first time I've seen Apple stoop to Samsung's advertising level and claim 2000 nits as that is with a very low APL which means most of the display isn't displaying anything at all.
1% APL at over 2000 nits means 1% of the screen is white and the remaining 99% is turned off. I never thought I'd see the day Apple would do this but they know this is for all intents and purposes the same OLED display as last year with a few wins for efficiency so they have claim something different from the previous year. Disappointing!
Do you say Congrats TSMC for Apples processors?
Anecdotally on these forums, people prefer the PWM of the 13 over the 14.
So, I mean good job, making a display that gives you a headache in even more color!
The PWM is so bad with the flickering on these phones I had to downgrade back to an iPhone 11 which is the last iPhone with an LCD (correction iPhone SE has an LCD still). No more headaches, no more EYE STRAIN. I can spend hours staring at an LCD no problems.
The problem is, what happens when the entire iPhone line shifts to OLED?
Even on Android phones you'd be hard pressed to find any flagship with an LCD panel nowadays.
So, good job... Samsung? I mean it's Samsung's panel in the end. 😉
And how's that BOE panels doing on the regular iphone 14? Where are the tests on them?
And how's that BOE panels doing on the regular iphone 14? Where are the tests on them?
Literally about to “downgrade” to a third-gen SE from an iPhone 13 mini with eye-stabbing OLED. These displays are so overrated it’s crazy. Like, just look at the headline/article.
I’m so excited to use the SE alongside my trusty iPad 9th-gen for that comfy, full-LCD experience (excluding my Watch which in comparison I hardly look at). I keep anxiously checking the Apple Store app to see whether the SE’s entered into the “Preparing to Ship” phase. 😩
I just did the same thing tonight. Downgraded from 14 Pro back to my XR. I couldn't take the eye strain anymore.
As a recent upgrader from the 12 Pro, I'm really enjoying the 120 hz uber-smooth performance of this display. Really makes using the phone feel so fast and fluid.
When I fly my DJI Mini drone, my phone is my display. It's always been a struggle to clearly see the video feedback in direct sunlight. Looking forward to trying out some flights soon with the enhanced brightness of this phone.
When I fly my DJI Mini drone, my phone is my display. It's always been a struggle to clearly see the video feedback in direct sunlight. Looking forward to trying out some flights soon with the enhanced brightness of this phone.
Difference is, Apple designs Apple silicone from ground up and the core technology behind it is Apple engineering and TSMC manufacturers them. But Samsung has the core technology in display and Apple tweaks them to their spec.
Qualcomm takes ARM cores and builds processor around them (tweaks them). So I guess next time Qualcomm releases a new Snapdragon you’ll be saying “Congrats ARM”?
That's cool that it's the best but it's still a screen that is small enough to fit in your pocket.
Isn't that like buying the best color TV of 1969 to watch the Moon Landing?
Isn't that like buying the best color TV of 1969 to watch the Moon Landing?
Are you implying Snapdragon is the best processor? When did they beat Apple silicone?