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iPhone 7's 'Best LCD Display Ever' Marks 'Major Upgrade Over iPhone 6'
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Hope you can see it with your display. It's called OLED burn in.
and the Apple screens arent flawless either, got a small burn dark spot on my ipod touch 6 recently without doing anything wrong, no drops, nothing.
Actually I noticed my iPhone 6S was dimmer than my 6. Don't have the 7 yet to compare all three...
I am quite sure it's determined by comparing the known input (e.g. a photo or a generated image) to the output and quantifying the accuracy. Most displays show an image which has very little to do with the real data.
It's not a question of mattering - it's a question of whether the difference is perceptible. Since the entire purpose of color accuracy in a workflow output device (monitor, printer for proofing) is to allow humans to accurately gauge color while manipulating image data, any improvement beyond perceptibility does not increase the utility of the output device.
Not paying $800-$900 for an LCD phone with yellow display problems.
Hey, as a photographer who actually makes a living. If you edit your pictures on your phone then you´ve already lost.
Pentile hasn't been used for a few years now.
Actually, all of Samsung's OLED displays are still Pentile, even the Note 7. "Diamond" configuration if you want to get technical, but it's still just a variation of pentile. I'd agree with the general consensus that they still look great, but that's a lot of processing work done to maintain a resolution that you will only see on green pixels.
"At a high level this is a 5.7 inch 1440p Super AMOLED display that is made by Samsung with a PenTile subpixel matrix that uses two subpixels per logical pixel in a diamond arrangement."
-http://www.anandtech.com/show/10559/the-samsung-galaxy-note7-s820-review/2
Not thrilled with the PWM flicker either, but that's a separate issue.
That is the correct white point. Everybody chooses too high of a color temperature to make the screen look bright. I have all my computer monitors calibrated to the correct 6800 K white point, which took me a while to get used to, and the iPhone always looked way too blue.
If you're not previewing your work in the same environment and devices the end user is viewing them, then you don't know what you're doing. Very little photography is for studio display.
Without wishing to appear combative, "most people" have no idea what constitutes a good display. Average Joe thinks oversaturated colours and a blue white point are amazing. Proper calibration will initially appear yellow to those people. They probably also have nastily setup blue TV screens.
Granted, people have different opinions, but in a topic about display accuracy, "most people" would expect that those who assert their opinion would at least educate themselves before commenting. Colour accuracy is not an opinion, it's scientifically measurable, with equipment. Hence the article.
Yellow Screen Fix:
Here's a fix for you who have a yellowish display or some other unlikeable Colorado.
IOS 10, not sure if it's in older IOS versions.
Settings > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Color Filters
Turn On
Select Color Tint and
Adjust Intensity & Hue to get the desired color.
Have fun.
Another thing that annoys me a great deal with AMOLED screen is that they have to use "Pulse Width Modulation" to control brightness, which effectively means that they are rapidly flashing the screen to make it dimmer when you turn down the brightness.
While not everyone can perceive this (unless you tell them), PWM makes AMOLED screens flicker constantly when they're not at full brightness. I can easily spot AMOLED screens from afar, not because of contrast ratio or over saturated colors, but because when I blink or move my eyes quickly the flicker is very noticeable to me and would probably give me a headache from prolonged use.
Yeah, me too.
I had "Auto Brightness" turned off though and I hear that can make a difference, so going to turn that back on, on the 7+ and then compare with the 6+ when I get home.
Does it really make that much of a difference on a small mobile device, to be putting this kind of R&D into?
I've been satisfied with all of my Retina screen iPhones, And I can't really say that going from one version to the next really wowed me in any way, even though they have been improving them.
I've been satisfied with all of my Retina screen iPhones, And I can't really say that going from one version to the next really wowed me in any way, even though they have been improving them.
Not true at all. Many documentarians do that. Sure, I would much rather be using Lightroom with my calibrated display at home. But often prefer to work with my devices in the field.
If that's not for you, that's OK.
I'd like to see your work. Have a link to share?
Apparently these guys have never read the macrumors iPhone forum.....or they'd know that the iPhone 7 has the worst yellow screen that anyone has ever seen.
Even in light of this thorough testing, I'm sure the yellow-screen hate crowd will still be shouting from the rooftops.
I'm giving mine a few days, but overall I'm not impressed by my display. My 6s not only appears a bit cooler, but it's brighter than my new 7. It has nothing to do with adjusting any settings on the phone. I've owned and exchanged many devices with various displays and it's just the pick of the litter.
For anyone that has both a 7 and a 6s/s and says their 7 is brighter, can you post pictures of the 2 side by side? I went to the Apple store yesterday and didnt see a single 7 that was brighter than my 6.
Fair enough.
I've had early Samsung devices where the older PenTile matrix was obvious. (And horrible to look at)
The current configuration is pretty much indistinguishable to the average person.
The pixel density is high enough that images in VR headsets look really good.
And I agree, the PWM flicker is noticeable when you dim the display below 50% brightness. Can't see it at all at 80% or higher.
i kept predicting that this was tied to auto brightness, yet noone of the complainers wanted to listen. now it's finally proven by displaymate, thank god.
i'm not surprised. switching from the Galaxy S7 to the iPhone 7 it was obvious to me, that both screens are amazing.
The iPhone 7 is clearly alot brighter and the Galaxy S7 too yellow (in comparison). Colors are great on both of them.
But the lower resolution did bug me at first. The first time text appeared on the Phone i instantly noticed, it's not as sharp. But the brain seems to correct this, because i don't notice it anymore.
Easy solution- stop giving them money. Don't like the way Apple does business? Don't give them your business. If you think you're getting the short end of the stick, stop buying their sticks. Those of us that still feel like we're getting what we want will continue to buy Apple products, and those that don't have other options.