Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

iphone 6+ screen sharper ?

cababah said:
Like you are on a webpage, let's say MR forums, and you pinch to zoom on letters. I could see some jaggedness on the outline of the text when zoomed in on the iPhone 6 but on the 6+ the text still appears smooth and sharp.
Click to expand...

That makes no sense as you are not zooming in on the screen itself. If anything you'd need to zoom out to make the letters smaller to see if they maintain clarity or become little blobs.

I'm surprised this pinch to zoom actually convinces people they are testing screen clarity. I'm even more surprised Apple once used it in advertising to show just that. How is spreading a single letter across many pixels any indication of quality? It isn't.
 
I have a life. Can't tell. Don't care. More than Good enough.

I do like the battery life and video mode 6+. These are palpable.
 
Mr. Buzzcut said:
That makes no sense as you are not zooming in on the screen itself. If anything you'd need to zoom out to make the letters smaller to see if they maintain clarity or become little blobs.

I'm surprised this pinch to zoom actually convinces people they are testing screen clarity. I'm even more surprised Apple once used it in advertising to show just that. How is spreading a single letter across many pixels any indication of quality? It isn't.
Click to expand...

there defitnetly is a difference in clarity, load up a desktop website page, and have both completely zoomed out on both, on the Plus you can defitnetly read text easier and it looks more sharper as a whole, the webpage, then the 6. not a huge difference but the Plus does seem to be perfectly sharp
 
I have a 6 and I used my friends 6+ to see how I'd like it. Although I don't like the size of the 6+ I could instantly tell the screen was sharper. Not saying my 6 is bad by any stretch just the 6+ is better.

I'm unfortunately expecting the 6S to be everything I want in an iPhone.
 
Bahroo said:
there defitnetly is a difference in clarity, load up a desktop website page, and have both completely zoomed out on both, on the Plus you can defitnetly read text easier and it looks more sharper as a whole, the webpage, then the 6. not a huge difference but the Plus does seem to be perfectly sharp
Click to expand...

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Some folks seem to be saying they are zooming in (i.e., scaling up) text to examine screen quality.
 
I just compared my 6 Plus to a students 6. Just a couple of differences...

1) Screen brightness. The 6 Plus is brighter.
2) Sharpness. The 6 plus is ever so slightly sharper to the eye, but not enough to discuss at length.

Just a tid bit... I'm so happy I went with the 6 Plus. The screen size is incredible and looks amazing.
 
GrecoISU said:
I just compared my 6 Plus to a students 6. Just a couple of differences...

1) Screen brightness. The 6 Plus is brighter.
2) Sharpness. The 6 plus is ever so slightly sharper to the eye, but not enough to discuss at length.

Just a tid bit... I'm so happy I went with the 6 Plus. The screen size is incredible and looks amazing.
Click to expand...

Minor disparitiies in the manufacturing process, both the Plus and 6 on average have about the same brightness/nits give or take some may be a little higher then others and so
 
Bahroo said:
Minor disparitiies in the manufacturing process, both the Plus and 6 on average have about the same brightness/nits give or take some may be a little higher then others and so
Click to expand...

Regardless, the iPhone 6 screen is... brighter.
 
It's a very small difference, and the difference is most noticeable if you're comming from a 6 Plus. Otherwise it's not a big deal, and I don't think it should sway your decision.

On the other hand, the Plus has a few visual oddities because of its weird scaling. For example, lines that are rendered at 1px are scaled down, and it's noticeable if you look for it. It makes the battery indicator look different, and makes dividing lines in menus shimmer when scrolling slowly.
 
kmj2318 said:
It's a very small difference, and the difference is most noticeable if you're comming from a 6 Plus. Otherwise it's not a big deal, and I don't think it should sway your decision.

On the other hand, the Plus has a few visual oddities because of its weird scaling. For example, lines that are rendered at 1px are scaled down, and it's noticeable if you look for it. It makes the battery indicator look different, and makes dividing lines in menus shimmer when scrolling slowly.
Click to expand...

Apps just need to be updated to the new iPhones thats all
 
kmj2318 said:
It's a very small difference, and the difference is most noticeable if you're comming from a 6 Plus. Otherwise it's not a big deal, and I don't think it should sway your decision.
Click to expand...

To offer another opinion, I think the 6 Plus is staggeringly sharper than the 6. It's not the ppi that just makes it sharper/smoother. Sure that's 326ppi on the 6 vs 401 on the 6 Plus. But also the fact that the 6 Plus downsamples from a higher resolution that adds to things. That's why, from my perspective, the 6 Plus is even easier on the eyes than an HTC One M8, despite the M8 having a higher ppi.

In any case, there's no comparison between the 6 and 6 Plus in MY eyes. The 6 Plus is hugely sharper.
 
Well, there are more ppi on the 6+ so it should be clearer, especially if you zoom in on some elements.
 
The 6 has a great display, no doubt, and it's plenty sharp.

But the 6 Plus is sharper, and if display quality is something you pay close attention to, you will definitely notice it.

With previous iPhone retina displays, I couldn't see the pixels unless I looked really closely.

With the 6 Plus, you can't see the pixels period. Text is absolutely perfectly smooth. It's as good as any print magazine.

Movies in high quality look like a Blu-Ray, on your phone.
 
anonymous4a said:
Can you really tell that the iPhone 6+ screen is sharper than the iPhone 6 ? I know the ppi is higher but is it actually noticeable ? I was thinking of getting the iPhone 6+ instead of iPhone 6 just for this ..
Click to expand...

I can tell when my 6 and 6 Plus are sitting side by side. The screen quality on my 6 Plus is much better than my 6 without a doubt.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back