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iPhone X screen quality?

Too many sites, sources, and quotes from Apple staff indicate the iPhone X does not use an off the shelf OLED display; it's an Apple design Samsung fabricates for Apple.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/11/02/iphone-x-oled-pixel-layout/

However, Samsung manufactures them based on Apple’s design and exacting requirements, they’re not off-the-shelf parts
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And another

http://mashable.com/2017/10/31/how-apple-built-the-iphone-x/#W4c7Z.XtnSqw

Apple had been working on OLED for years, but knew that they couldn’t use off-the-shelf OLED technology for the iPhone X. “In order to enable the edge-to-edge design we wanted, it could not be a typical OLED, had to be a flexible OLED to be able to go top to bottom and side-to-side,” said Riccio.

They also had to work through some of the challenges of existing OLED technology including color accuracy, off-axis view, and burn in.

Apple confirmed that the iPhone X does use a Samsung OLED display, but it’s not an off-the-shelf component. They worked with Samsung to create bespoke technology and then, Federighi told us, did a lot of low-level software work to overcome OLED’s inherent drawbacks.
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And another

http://appleinsider.com/articles/17...w-apples-face-id-vision-for-the-future-of-ios

Reporting for TechCrunch after a briefing with Apple executives, Matthew Panzarino noted that the new iPhone X is not using a standard Galaxy panel or an "off the shelf" display component design Samsung offers to other firms.
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Technarchy said:
Too many sites, sources, and quotes from Apple staff indicate the iPhone X does not use an off the shelf OLED display; it's an Apple design Samsung fabricates for Apple.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/11/02/iphone-x-oled-pixel-layout/



And another

http://mashable.com/2017/10/31/how-apple-built-the-iphone-x/#W4c7Z.XtnSqw



And another

http://appleinsider.com/articles/17...w-apples-face-id-vision-for-the-future-of-ios
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Even if apple is using a customized screen, fact is that it is using a lower ppi can also mean apple didnt get best one. If you take away the notch, X screen is more like a 1080p screen and not the 1440p screen used in Samsung top end. Why didnt Apple use the 1440p screen? Also why the stated brightness is much lower than S8/Note 8

Actual nobody has any info on the "custom" screen really means. It can only just mean "custom" is referring to taking the standard panel and doing the notch cut-out or the rounded corners and maybe the signal strip that can be bended.
 
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I don't think the review said the screen is bad. Just that apple is not using the top end screen from Samsung. FYI, s6 already got a great screen.

He even named the generation of the screen apple use using.. unless he is b.s.
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He is ********ting. For reference, here is the pixel structure of s6:
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Here is Note 8:
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And finally here is iphone x:
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As you can see even the note 8 has more in common with the s6 than iphone x with an s6. The shape of green pixels is different and the size of subpixels is greater in iphone x than in both the s6 and note 8 (less black space between pixels)

He is probably bitter he wasnt’t given an iphone before launch, even though he pretends like he did not want to do a preview constrained by apples guidelines. In the past he was a cheerleader for nokia until a massive falling out with them. He is likely a paid cheerleader for samsung now.
 
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mib1800 said:
Even if apple is using a customized screen, fact is that it is using a lower ppi can also mean apple didnt get top-notch one. If you take away the notch, X screen is more like a 1080p screen and not the 1440p screen used in Samsung top end. Why didnt Apple use the 1440p screen? Also why the stated brightness is much lower than S8/Note 8
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The iPhone X is not an S8 or Note 8. There is no need to try and replicate either.

It's not appropriate to consider the X display as a 1080P due to the notch. It would be like saying my S8+ is not really QHD+ because the curved edges taper off and aren't usable or eye engaging.

However, we can speculate that Apple's resolution increments are not only a hardware and marketing choice, but a software choice where Apple iOS teams, and app developers can quickly reengineer apps for the same experience as other Apple devices

Actual nobody has any info on the "custom" screen really means. It can only just mean "custom" is referring to taking the standard panel and doing the notch cut-out or the rounded corners and maybe the signal strip that can be bended.
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It's not "custom". It's Apple's design, period, and Samsung fabricates that design for Apple.
 
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Also was this a google translate issue? Like the S8, the iPhone X has True Tone technology.
 
The viewing angle is horrible it’s yellow tint when you stare and a slight move goes white this is much worse than iPhone 7 it changes colour as you move this is poor and it’s so narrow going from plus is a massive down grade and Face ID doesn’t work when on side
 
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The viewing angle is horrible it’s yellow tint when you stare and a slight move goes white this is much worse than iPhone 7 it changes colour as you move this is poor and it’s so narrow going from plus is a massive down grade and Face ID doesn’t work when on side
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According to your posting history...you don’t even have one. What are you talking about?
 
dan9700 said:
Oh is that so I was in line for 13 hours and just got home so believe me or not I’m being honest
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Well there is only one way to settle this, pictures or it didn't happen. Also if you have "just got home" there is no way you could of tested Face ID properly.
 
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He’s not lying, I’ve just opened mine. Yellow/ normal straight on. Slight tilt it goes blueish
 
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mib1800 said:
https://translate.google.com/transl...om/review/apple-iphone-x-fl.shtml&prev=search

Unfortunately, Apple could not buy from Samsung screens of recent generations, since their cost was prohibitively high, Samsung left such a matrix for their devices. As a result, Apple was content with generation 5, that is, the level of the Galaxy S6 matrix (for comparison, in Note 8 there is a screen of generation 8, and in S9 in half a year it will be the 9th generation). For the average person, all these generations look like a sort of gibberish, which does not say anything.

So, the first ideological solution is to limit the brightness of the screen, by default it is set to 625 nits (manual adjustment), that is exactly the same level as the iPhone 7/8 and other models. This is a comfortable level for the room, but in bright sun it is not so good (sorry, but in Moscow it's rainy and it's hard to show it in the photos). For comparison, in the automatic mode iPhone X issues 725 nits, under the same conditions and also with automatic adjustment of the Samsung Galaxy S8 + 1 000 nits, and Note 8 1 200 nits. That is, the current flagship from Samsung gives brightness almost twice as much, which makes the picture in bright light much more realistic, you do not see fading and, for example, when photographing, you can achieve realistic results, for example, when correcting the exposure, and do not do it at random .

But the comparison with Galaxy Note 8, it will lose, this matrix of different generations, the display from the iPhone should rather be compared with the Galaxy S6. But for the iPhone audience, in any case, this is a strong step forward, since they did not see anything comparable, they simply do not have experience in using high-quality AMOLED screens.

Like the S8, the iPhone X has True Tone technology, it uses the RGB sensor on the front panel to evaluate the lighting conditions and shift the white balance point, colors are more natural. In my opinion, this is a good technology that makes the picture more natural, no matter where you look at it, in bed under a blanket, in an office or on the street. The sensor tries to bring the picture to some common denominator. In screens from Samsung generation 8 and 9, more advanced RGB sensors are used, with a more accurate estimate of the illumination, plus two on the front and back surfaces. Great brightness allows you to adjust the white balance in a wide range, which makes the picture the same in almost all conditions. In the iPhone X, this is not the case, there is not enough capacity in the display. But again, for people who have not tried the best, this will be a definite step forward.

The advantage of the AMOLED screen in this device is reduced to none by the fact that Apple could not integrate it correctly (there is no additional chip to control the screen modes, even despite the saving on brightness). While I was studying this phone, I was always feeling that Apple was saving on small things to fit into the development budget and the BOM-list.
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I said for months they would be using a older generation S6 panel especially for profit reasons and I got slaughtered by many on here. And that true tone thing he met was actually referring to the ambient light sensors on the galaxies which is somewhat similar to true tone but not exactly. That means even a moto z2 force has a better AMOLED panel than the iphone X since its using 7th generation.
 
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I said for months they would be using a older generation S6 panel especially for profit reasons and I got slaughtered by many on here. And that true tone thing he met was actually referring to the ambient light sensors on the galaxies which is somewhat similar to true tone but not exactly. That means even a moto z2 force has a better AMOLED panel than the iphone X since its using 7th generation.
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Did you even read and see the pixel structures? The iPhone X is different and larger while the note 8 and s6 are similar. There goes your misguided theories.

Also True Tone is nothing like dynamic mode in the galaxies. I had the s8 and putting it in that mode it would change the colour from super saturated to hyper saturated depending on environment which was appalling and not useful at all, while Apple tries to match the ambient light conditions to make the colours look more natural.
 
God. All these people complaining about it being yellow! If I turn off True Tone it’s blistering white. If I tilt I get a very SLIGHT blueish tint. Stop making a mountain out of a mole hill.
 
When I get my X later today, I expect the display to be amazing, and way better than the 7 Plus which was quite excellent. That's what I've read from everyone who has seen one in person so far. At that point I'm not going to give rat's arse whether it has more nits or less nits or a few pixels less than the Note. I think we are getting too mired in the details and need to step back and look at the whole package.
 
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I think I prefer the display on my 7+ - but I'm not returning my X - I love it.

When playing video and looking at images I can see the pentile layout. I guess because its new, its something I'l have to get used to. I can't see the arrangement on my S7 but then that does have a way higher resolution.

Still, happy with the phone.
 
Dave245 said:
Well there is only one way to settle this, pictures or it didn't happen. Also if you have "just got home" there is no way you could of tested Face ID properly.
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The X is going to my wife as a 10 year anniversary gift but I will post pics comparing the X to my 8+ once it arrives at some point today.

The Spigen case I ordered for her arrived a few minutes ago, and isn’t as small as expected compared to the 7+ case I got last year.
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Also...See how easy it is to post a pic to prove my claim isn’t baseless...
 
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redman042 said:
When I get my X later today, I expect the display to be amazing, and way better than the 7 Plus which was quite excellent. That's what I've read from everyone who has seen one in person so far. At that point I'm not going to give rat's arse whether it has more nits or less nits or a few pixels less than the Note. I think we are getting too mired in the details and need to step back and look at the whole package.
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I thought that too but was disappointed...really expected it to pop a lot more.
 
Technarchy said:
The X is going to my wife as a 10 year anniversary gift but I will post pics comparing the X to my 8+ once it arrives at some point today.

The Spigen case I ordered for her arrived a few minutes ago, and isn’t as small as expected compared to the 7+ case I got last year.
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Also...See how easy it is to post a pic to prove my claim isn’t baseless...
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Exactly, so the person I was replying to could easily post a picture showing the display.
 
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dan9700 said:
The viewing angle is horrible it’s yellow tint when you stare and a slight move goes white this is much worse than iPhone 7 it changes colour as you move this is poor and it’s so narrow going from plus is a massive down grade and Face ID doesn’t work when on side
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It wasn't designed to...
 
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