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Consumer Reports has been paid off by Apple yet once again:

We had Consumer Reports' in-house television expert Claudio Ciacci take a look at the iPhone X’s display, which employs the same OLED technology used in our top-rated TVs. To evaluate the screen’s performance, he compared it to the OLED displays on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and an LG V30.

“They have the same attributes we’ve grown to love in OLED TVs,” he says.

Using a series of images and test patterns, he confirmed that the iPhone X screen has rich, deep black levels; accurate colors; and incredibly wide viewing angles. The differences were striking when compared with the traditional LCD screen on the iPhone 8.

The iPhone X performed slightly better than the Note 8 and the V30. The X's screen was more accurate with colors and brighter, which brings out the highlights in photos.

“The images had a more vibrant presentation,” says Ciacci. “They popped more and the perceived detail was greater.”
 
People are just stating the bleeding obvious here.

“I compared my Note 8’s display to my so-and-so’s X and the Notes was noticeably sharper!”

Of course it is, it has a higher PPI. You don’t need to compare them in real life to know that. The Note 8 has 521 PPI vs the X’s 458. You don’t really need to compare both side by side in person to know what you could’ve just learnt by looking up the specs.

Screen sharpness is just one piece of the pie though and doesn’t automatically make one screen superior than the other. This was true when the iPhone 4 first went Retina which had IPS to go along with it, but now they are only slightly sharper to the human eye these days. What matters more is greyscale, contrast, colour accuracy, colour shifting etc. Personally, I’m awaiting Erica Griffins in depth take on the X’s display. She’s the only reviewer who truly cares enough to dive deep into the specifics in her reviews and, going by her tweets, she is really impressed by the screen on the X and says that it’s the first phone she can truly enjoy watching content on. That, and stating if you want the most accurate looking OLED display on a phone then to go with the X.

As for the Note having a ‘better’ looking display; are the people who said this comparing with their Note set to basic? It’s probably on Adaptive which will make the screen ‘pop’ more and looks more pleasing/eye catching to most humans eyes than a completely accurate display would. I think that’s highly unfair and inaccurate if you’re comparing them both that way. Set it on basic mode and then compare to the X, this would be more of a fair comparison.
 
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Own the X but the Note 8 looks much more vibrant and brighter. Kills the X.

... because it is set to ‘adaptive’. Go into settings, set it to basic and then compare. This is the only way to fairly test them both. Adaptive will automatically look better because most people like colours that ‘pop’, despite its innacuracy.
 
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People are just stating the bleeding obvious here.

“I compared my Note 8’s display to my so-and-so’s X and the Notes was noticeably sharper!”

Of course it is, it has a higher PPI. You don’t need to compare them in real life to know that. The Note 8 has 521 PPI vs the X’s 458. You don’t really need to compare both side by side in person to know what you could’ve just learnt by looking up the specs.

Screen sharpness is just one piece of the pie though and doesn’t automatically make one screen superior than the other. This was true when the iPhone 4 first went Retina which had IPS to go along with it, but now they are only slightly sharper to the human eye these days. What matters more is greyscale, contrast, colour accuracy, colour shifting etc. Personally, I’m awaiting Erica Griffins in depth take on the X’s display. She’s the only reviewer who truly cares enough to dive deep into the specifics in her reviews and, going by her tweets, she is really impressed by the screen on the X and says that it’s the first phone she can truly enjoy watching content on. That, and stating if you want the most accurate looking OLED display on a phone then to go with the X.

As for the Note having a ‘better’ looking display; are the people who said this comparing with their Note set to basic? It’s probably on Adaptive which will make the screen ‘pop’ more and looks more pleasing/eye catching to most humans eyes than a completely accurate display would. I think that’s highly unfair and inaccurate if you’re comparing them both that way. Set it on basic mode and then compare to the X, this would be more of a fair comparison.
You understand you cant see this correct? well obviously not.
The ppi past a certain point will not make things sharper. 450 compared to 600 you won't notice a difference in sharpness at normal viewing areas.
For VR yes you will see a difference.
What you are seeing as sharpness from a normal viewing area does not relate to the PPI.
 
That's what photo display mode is for. Another display mode on the note 8.
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well have fun switching the mode in the settings everytime you want to watch a movie, surf the web, look at some pictures, impress people with the display....
 
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well have fun switching the mode in the settings everytime you want to watch a movie, surf the web, look at some pictures, impress people with the display....

You can stay in a adaptive mode and it switches for you itself most of the time......but for your own peace of mine you can switch yourself to ensure its in the right mode......I rather have both options which i do. Options is key here....if you don't want them enjoy Apple's way.

Also, this thread should be retitled to Samsung is King of OLED's since they make the displays.
 
lol, people think punchier and over exaggerated colors make a screen better. It's just like samsung tvs, always punchy but when you compare to sony, the sonys are always better and more realistic looking.
 
lol, people think punchier and over exaggerated colors make a screen better. It's just like samsung tvs, always punchy but when you compare to sony, the sonys are always better and more realistic looking.
This! That’s why I got a Sony TV at the beginning of the year.
 
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I personally think my Samsung Galaxy S8+ has a more pleasing display.

The higher PPI results in an overall sharper image and the colors are just more vibrant and tangible.

I don’t care what technical measurements say, my eyes and brain say the S8+ is more pleasing.

Though it’s also much bigger at 6.2” which also ups the fun factor.

Let’s see what Apple does next year with the $2000 X-Plus :p
 
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What was all talk of note 8 putting out double nits?

So turns out Samsung supplied a competitive panel AND apple calibration topped it off
 
You can stay in a adaptive mode and it switches for you itself most of the time......but for your own peace of mine you can switch yourself to ensure its in the right mode......I rather have both options which i do. Options is key here....if you don't want them enjoy Apple's way.

Also, this thread should be retitled to Samsung is King of OLED's since they make the displays.

if adaptive mode can't even get it right with pictures in the webbrowser, it seems broken to me.

(as seen here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ticle-comparison.2084330/page-2#post-25386389 )
 
Own the X but the Note 8 looks much more vibrant and brighter. Kills the X.
but thats your personal taste....I hate the way Samsung screens are on both the Note 8 and S8.....Too cartoonish for me......Over Saturated....
 
Just waiting for some claims to come in that DisplayMate is Bias, and does not know how to properly test a phone.

http://www.displaymate.com/iPhoneX_ShootOut_1a.htm

iPhone X matched or set new smartphone display records in the following categories: highest absolute color accuracy, highest full screen brightness for OLED smartphones, highest full screen contrast rating in ambient light, and highest contrast ratio. It also had the lowest screen reflectance and smallest brightness variation with a viewing angle

And

It is the most color accurate display that we have ever measured. It is Visually Indistinguishable From Perfect, and is very likely considerably better than any mobile display, monitor, TV or UHD TV that you have.

Is it the best display ever? They don’t really state clearly on that, but as I stated earlier I didn’t expect to see Apple get top honors in this regard. I am happy that their implementation (industry only IIRC) of a pressure sensitive smartphone OLED didn’t come at the expense of color accuracy, viewing angles, or brightness.

Interesting to see their viewpoint on the sub-pixel arrangement, and how it is different than any other display. Looks like some objective proof that this is not an off the shelf Samsung Display as many claimed it would be.

On that note, thank you Samsung for letting Apple change your default screen tech reference enough to make it work for Apple’s needs, and for doing a good job in manufacturing it!
 
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What was the reason that Apple switched to OLED? Was it just to accommodate the shape of the screen? I like my X but I don't really notice an improvement in colors over my 7+
 
Just waiting for some claims to come in that DisplayMate is Bias, and does not know how to properly test a phone.

http://www.displaymate.com/iPhoneX_ShootOut_1a.htm



And



Is it the best display ever? They don’t really state clearly on that, but as I stated earlier I didn’t expect to see Apple get top honors in this regard. I am happy that their implementation (industry only IIRC) of a pressure sensitive smartphone OLED didn’t come at the expense of color accuracy, viewing angles, or brightness.

Interesting to see their viewpoint on the sub-pixel arrangement, and how it is different than any other display. Looks like some objective proof that this is not an off the shelf Samsung Display as many claimed it would be.

On that note, thank you Samsung for letting Apple change your default screen tech reference enough to make it work for Apple’s needs, and for doing a good job in manufacturing it!

Are you clairvoyant?

In reality, its really not. It almost doesn't look like a OLED and looks more like a brighter more vivid LCD. Apple usually always wins for accuracy and calibration but clearly if you see both screens side to side. You will still give the win to the Note 8. They failed to mention the lower resolution etc, the lower amount colors that can be displayed etc. This is definitely Apple ensuring displaymate gets their paycheck.

They couldn't even clearly say the display was clearly better than the Note 8...and you know why.
 
OLED has shorter expectancy than LCD. Blue pixel will be the first to die.

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You can stay in a adaptive mode and it switches for you itself most of the time......but for your own peace of mine you can switch yourself to ensure its in the right mode......I rather have both options which i do. Options is key here....if you don't want them enjoy Apple's way.
That is just plain wrong. Adaptive mode is either saturated or for unknown reason it goes to super saturated. It is the most inaccurate mode out there and it doesn’t go to a more accurate mode no matter what content is in displayed.
 
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