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Iphone 7 Higher Res Display

Radon87000 said:
That's your opinion and it's fine but factually the S6 display is better and is going to be used by Apple in their next iPhone like it or not .
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The bold is an example exaggeration getting in the way of fact. The fact is nobody knows when and if OLED screens (and who manufacturers them) are going to be used in any iphone. The opinion is OLED might be used and the exaggeration is "like it or not".

Also let's see here: factually the s6 display is better, and subjectively the iphone display is better.:rolleyes:
 
I personally think 1080p is fine on both sizes. However, I wouldn't be against 1440p on the 7 Plus, as higher res displays look great. Comparing my 1440p 494ppi Nexus 6 to my 750p 326ppi iPhone 6 shows a massive difference in between.
 
I7guy said:
The bold is an example exaggeration getting in the way of fact. The fact is nobody knows when and if OLED screens (and who manufacturers them) are going to be used in any iphone. The opinion is OLED might be used and the exaggeration is "like it or not".

Also let's see here: factually the s6 display is better, and subjectively the iphone display is better.:rolleyes:
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Actually "better" is a very relative term.

S6 OLED has eye popping saturated color in general, which lots people like it for game/movie/video... but 6s has a very neutral LCD color, it is better to represent real like photo or documentary video. When is last time you see a eye popping carton's like color in real life. There is no "better" for everyone, some like one, some like another.

Apple has always focus on pro-like photography, realism, proved it on their obsession for development camera for cleaner picture, not more pixel. They will not implement OLED until they could at least find a way to allow switching between eye popping saturated color and very very neutral (dull to some people like saturated color) real life color.
 
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jasie02 said:
Actually "better" is a very relative term.

S6 OLED has eye popping saturated color win general, which lots people like it for game/movie/video... but 6s has a very neutral LCD color, it is better to represent real like photo or documentary video. When is last time you see a eye popping carton's like color in real life. There is no "better" for everyone, some like one, some like another.

Apple has always focus on pro-like photography, realism, proved it on their obsession for development camera for cleaner picture, not more pixel. They will not implement OLED until they could at least find a way to allow switching between eye popping saturated color and very very neutral (dull to some people like saturated color) real life color.
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The S6 OLED has multiple color settings. It's "Basic" setting is considered the most accurate display on a cell phone ever:

http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S6_ShootOut_1.htm
 
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jasie02 said:
They still over saturated to my eye, for me, regardless which mode I used, compared with real life photo from digital SLR on calibrated monitor.
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Basic is as accurate as you get. It is dull compared to the other modes and looks the closest to the iPhone.
Anyway who are we kidding since Samsung bashers can't see past Apple ********!
 
Radon87000 said:
Honestly I dont know about that "Truer colors" stuff much but the screen on the Samsung S6 really makes the 6 look antiquated.Its visible even in these photos.Just look how pleasing and warm the screen on the S6 is.Even the pictures are sharper.


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This isn't a valid comparison, due to at least three very obvious matters -

1) There's a huge difference in screen brightness settings between the two. Change the brightness settings and perception of color and image details change. It's evident in both samples, but I'll concentrate on the lower of the two. The sky detail behind the dark cloud in the upper left is entirely missing from the Samsung - that may be the display setting, or the exposure meter setting on the camera (properly exposing the brightest part of the iPhone image, leading to over-exposure of the Samsung). Similarly, there's better exposure of the upper-right of the Samsung image (more shadow detail).

2) There are also obvious reflections in both images (especially obvious in the lower-right of the Samsung image). Reflections will obviously affect perception of contrast (and unevenly, in this case - different reflections on each phone).

3) The Samsung display is letterboxed, the iPhone is not. That means we're looking at differently-scaled images, leading to total cropping-out of some details in the iPhone. The less-observant will attribute the loss of details (say, in the upper right of the lower sample) to display acuity, when it may be that those details aren't even in the frame.

I could go on, but it's just pointless to make serious comparisons when the "test" is so poorly conducted. I don't care who "wins" or loses, but the contest is so badly skewed that there's no way to make a valid judgement.
 
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First of all, how can you compare screens by a photo viewed on another screen? That's like deciding what tv to buy by looking at the adds on a flyer!
 
Screen resolution has not been something I have been left wishing was better for years. I'd rather not get a resolution increase for the sake of a resolution increase and a possible performance hit to go with it. I have looked at (and used) various quad HD screens on competing devices and none of "clearly better" to my eyes. Others may disagree, and that is fine.

That said, I am not opposed to higher res screens should I not have to give up anything. I say this because I felt like I gave up quite a lot with Apple first iteration of a larger screen (6 plus)
 
lordofthereef said:
Screen resolution has not been something I have been left wishing was better for years. I'd rather not get a resolution increase for the sake of a resolution increase and a possible performance hit to go with it. I have looked at (and used) various quad HD screens on competing devices and none of "clearly better" to my eyes. Others may disagree, and that is fine.

That said, I am not opposed to higher res screens should I not have to give up anything. I say this because I felt like I gave up quite a lot with Apple first iteration of a larger screen (6 plus)
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Yeah I know others have higher resolution but honestly I'm not dissatisfied with the iPhone's resolution. Colors are nice and accurate and text is pretty clear to me. Like others I'm not opposed to the 7 getting a bump in resolution but it's not a deal breaker to me. Lol people act like a better than 720p display is absolutely illegible. I'm watching a basketball game on ESPN hd but I guess I can't see anything because it's only 720p smh.
 
lordofthereef said:
Screen resolution has not been something I have been left wishing was better for years. I'd rather not get a resolution increase for the sake of a resolution increase and a possible performance hit to go with it. I have looked at (and used) various quad HD screens on competing devices and none of "clearly better" to my eyes. Others may disagree, and that is fine.

That said, I am not opposed to higher res screens should I not have to give up anything. I say this because I felt like I gave up quite a lot with Apple first iteration of a larger screen (6 plus)
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Most won't notice a difference (just like you said you can't see one to be clearly better) between a 1080p screen and a Quad HD (1440p) screen on something as small as a phone screen. It's all about viewing distance. At a normal viewing distance there will be almost no perceivable difference. It's not until you move the screen closer (not normal viewing distance) can a difference be made. It would drain more battery for pretty much zero gain at normal viewing distances.

1440p phone screens are no more than a spec to say it's higher spec. Just like Octa core chips are just a spec to say it has more cores. Most Octa core chips still can't even score better single core geekbench numbers better than an A7 in the 5s two-three years later. Apple's A9X knocks the socks off pretty much all Octa cores with only 2 cores. More isn't always better.
 
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It's just techie snobbery! 1080p is perfectly fine for a 5.5" screen.
The manufacturers are just trying to push the boundaries for tech supremacy like how Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp did in the TV space until LG and Samsung almost put each one of them out of business.
 
Radon87000 said:
I am comparing it with the smaller 6s which has 720P. The difference is visible as clear as day. The iPhone 6s has blurry text compared to the S6 .The Plus edition is already sharper than the 6 in the first place
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Yea the display on the 6 and 6s models are downright awful. It's not just the low resolution, it's the terrible quality control. As someone who works in wireless, and unboxes multiple 6s models per day, I can say that most of them have uneven lighting and or dark area's or light bleed somewhere on the display. It's the kind of half assed quality control you would expect from a no name manufacturer, but not Apple.

When you put it all together, they are pushing out a 650 device with huge bezels, lackluster battery life, a low resolution display, 11gb of usable storage, and displays, many of which have uneven brightness etc. Anyone who says that this is not strictly for profit motive definitely needs to wake up and look at what the competition is offering at a much better price.

An iPhone used to mean a quality product, that is no longer the case.
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lagwagon said:
Most won't notice a difference (just like you said you can't see one to be clearly better) between a 1080p screen and a Quad HD (1440p) screen on something as small as a phone screen. It's all about viewing distance. At a normal viewing distance there will be almost no perceivable difference. It's not until you move the screen closer (not normal viewing distance) can a difference be made. It would drain more battery for pretty much zero gain at normal viewing distances.

1440p phone screens are no more than a spec to say it's higher spec.
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I would have agreed with you until I actually used a Note 5 for several days. Now, the 6s Plus display, while still good, looks a bit washed out and the 6s display is much worse.
 
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Mrsemexter said:
I know I always wonder why they no longer do anything first, it does not really make any sense to me, like even the dual camera won't be the first phone on the market to offer it
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It really is a glaring fail on Apple's part.

With more money than any other corporation, with the finest engineers, Apple has the capability to create amazing things. The fact is they cannot hide their greed and addiction to money. By refusing to innovate they save millions of dollars. By trickling out small incremental developments, then spin the talking points to convince people the features are far more important than they are, Apple continues to reap profits beyond ones widest imagination.

Only Apple could coast along and not get any flack for doing so.
 
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Most people don't care about Apple profits; they like the products and support. To whit the continuous record breaking quarters.

The above is a prime example of generalizations and hyperbole.:):)
 
maxsix said:
It really is a glaring fail on Apple's part.

With more money than any other corporation, with the finest engineers, Apple has the capability to create amazing things. The fact is they cannot hide their greed and addiction to money. By refusing to innovate they save millions of dollars. By trickling out small incremental developments, then spin the talking points to convince people the features are far more important than they are, Apple continues to reap profits beyond ones widest imagination.

Only Apple could coast along and not get any flack for doing so.
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Glaring fail that they can't satisfy the unrealistic desire of some to constantly be revolutionary and blow things out of the water with something completely new and unimagimanable essentially in a repeated basis? Yeah...
 
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I hope there is a resolution bump. The 6S has the same PPI as the iPhone 4; let that sink in for a while...

And you CAN easily see pixels at 326ppi...at least I can.
 
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maxsix said:
It really is a glaring fail on Apple's part.

With more money than any other corporation, with the finest engineers, Apple has the capability to create amazing things. The fact is they cannot hide their greed and addiction to money. By refusing to innovate they save millions of dollars. By trickling out small incremental developments, then spin the talking points to convince people the features are far more important than they are, Apple continues to reap profits beyond ones widest imagination.

Only Apple could coast along and not get any flack for doing so.
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Yeah Apple is so failing. How did they get all that money? It's not like anybody buys their phones...smh
 
adamhenry said:
You're right, I can see them but my nose puts oily blotches on the screen when I look at them. :D
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No need.Just put any latest Android flagship side by side with the 6 and the difference is starkly visible.Heck I can see the difference in sharpness from my 2 year old Nexus 5.

It's also visible when you compare the sharpness of the 6 plus to the 6 as well
 
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