Yep, not much different. It's all the little things though.
Touch ID works much faster, and I like the new home button better.
I just noticed today that I can just lift my phone up off my desk and it turns on automatically. That's neat!
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iPhone 7's 'Best LCD Display Ever' Marks 'Major Upgrade Over iPhone 6'
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Yep, not much different. It's all the little things though.
Touch ID works much faster, and I like the new home button better.
I just noticed today that I can just lift my phone up off my desk and it turns on automatically. That's neat!
I agree. I went in ordering my 7 not expecting much of a difference, but after spending the weekend with it, it's a very noticeable upgrade.
In the article, it gives us the possible reason -- Scratch and cost.
Samsung display has higher resolution, lower typical power-consumption, wider color gamut (131% sRGB in wide-gamut mode vs 101% for iPhone 7, 100% of Adobe RGB vs no support on iPhone 7), physical flexibility (bendable, curvable), and as you said, better blacks. Other than that both displays are equally good
People complaining of yellow screens don't understand this white point issue. The 6 and 6S were simply too blue. This was one of the first things I noticed when I picked up the phone. The colors are amazingly accurate on the 7, and the off-angles don't suffer nearly as much. Also, the brightness can be adjusted if you think it is too dim. Not sure why anyone is complaining about dimness.
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but really SAMSUNG! Galaxy.
I guess since Samsung doesn't use LCDs in their high end phones, it makes sense that Apple hold that spot.
Donald Trump is noticeably more orange on my 7 plus vs my old 6 plus.
This is my issue with these DisplayMate tests. I don't know where they get their samples, but they seem to be cherry picked. I've never seen them mention the great amount of variation there often is with Apple's screens.
The iPad 3 got great marks from them, but half of those had a yellow stripe running somewhere down the screen. How can the color measurements be accurate with that, or with uneven backlighting?
Actually the issue is Apple's arrogance, narcissistic attitude and extreme greed. They've brought this on themselves.
As a long time Apple customer I've witnessed a huge shift in consumer attitude. We use to enjoy acknowledging Apple's success. But in recent years the customer ends up getting the short end of the stick. If not for Apple's expertise at sucking every last dollar from us, they wouldn't be so powerful and dominate.
In the real world Apple is getting back what they put out.
Samsung display has higher resolution, lower typical power-consumption, wider color gamut (131% sRGB in wide-gamut mode vs 101% for iPhone 7, 100% of Adobe RGB vs no support on iPhone 7), physical flexibility (bendable, curvable), and as you said, better blacks. Other than that both displays are equally good
Resolution is not related to AMOLED, and I plaud Apple's decision not to waste battery drivig an insane amount of pixels that no human can see (not certainly me)
Bendable, not a problem on the iPhone 7.
Color gamut and blacks, ok, but the rest is far from "equally good", with the iPhone 7 display being the best in several categories.
Lol, so no matter what happens, Samsung holds the honor of making the best smartphone screen ever. If the Galaxy phones have best screens, they win. If iphones have best screens, they win. Win/Win
Amazing but no one I know cares about this. If they can take photos in the club w/o blur and play Candy Crush all day w/o having to recharge, they're happy.
I think that's fairly common unless you're rabidly into phones. I have a Nexus 6 and when I go to stores and play with newer phones it all seems kinda meh.
Funny, the complete lack of reading comprehension here ...
""DisplayMate said the iPhone 7 has "the most color accurate display" that it has ever measured, adding that the smartphone's display is "very likely considerably better than any mobile display, monitor, TV, or UHD TV" that consumers have."
You have to learn to laugh at the poor folks that are locked in to contracts with the latest Android junk.
Listen, guys and gals ...they'll end (contracts) soon enough and you're welcome to join the fray again as the subjective and objective data is out ...regardless how hard you attempted to disprove it. iPhone 7/7+ are truly, hands down the best smartphone available today. Period.
1440p resolution is the reason Samsung phones run like crap. I'm glad Apple prioritized performance over pixel count, which quite frankly 99% of users don't even notice.
People seem to be disregarding this. The software will allow for the extra brightness only when needed.
By perfect they mean the DCI-P3 and sRGB standards. All of the colors differ so little from the standards that human I can't notice the diffenrence even when comparing side by side. That's what they ment and I think it is completely fair to call that perfect color science wise.
The iPhone hit "good enough" for most people in terms of screen, CPU, GPU, camera and battery life (on the plus models at least) two generations ago, if not more. Continuing to improve on things that people are basically already completely satisfied with can only win you so many points.
The benchmark you cite in that second paragraph is a perfect example. Nobody ever accused the A9 of being too slow; it was and is still one of the fastest mobile processors available. So the A10 is even better - and by a significant amount! But so what? It's not moving the needle on the subjective experience more than a degree or two.
On the other hand, the physical size of the phone is something that matters every single time you pick it up, or even walk with it in a pocket. I'm not one to push for change just for change's sake (I love my 2012-design SE!), but changing that form factor of the current iPhones (bezels and soap-bar style shape) wouldn't just be vanity, it would make them a lot easier to hold and carry. It doesn't strike me as even a tiny bit odd that would matter more to most people than an ever-faster CPU when we're already not close to maxing out that previous one.
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