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I've noticed every aspect of what you've mentioned, and had a GS2 back in the day - however I think that it's a manufacturing choice and not necessarily the nature of AMOLED screens. To be honest I can't wait to see how an Apple AMOLED display would turn out. I've yet to see the iWatch, but I do not think it would look like the samsung AMOLED screens i.e. overly high contrast and saturation.

ah, great point - i haven't seen an apple watch yet but that would be where to start checking out what apple does with it (duh!). i also haven't seen the new macbook - maybe a trip to the apple store is in order next week....
 
please no AMOLED.. LCD (RGB) is such a more natural spectrum. AMOLED looks great at first but then you realize everything including contrast and color are exaggerated. some people with photography or design hobbies/professions NEED natural displays or those charcoal grays and near-whites get lost - and i came to feel like there was always a slight filter over the image, especially with pics using the flash. Samsung phones' screens admittedly look great and crisp, but it's somewhat of a - for lack of a better word - 'gimmicky' visual trick. preference matters a lot here, but i'd hate for apple to ditch the best visual representation phones have to offer (imho).

Samsung has a technology they used in the Galaxy S2 (i think) thats called Super AMOLED Plus, it uses RGB pixel matrix, not PenTile, so its as sharp as LCD at the same pixel density (because PenTile has less sub-pixels, it need higher pixel density to look as sharp as LCD)
 
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please no AMOLED.. LCD (RGB) is such a more natural spectrum. AMOLED looks great at first but then you realize everything including contrast and color are exaggerated. some people with photography or design hobbies/professions NEED natural displays or those charcoal grays and near-whites get lost - and i came to feel like there was always a slight filter over the image, especially with pics using the flash. Samsung phones' screens admittedly look great and crisp, but it's somewhat of a - for lack of a better word - 'gimmicky' visual trick. preference matters a lot here, but i'd hate for apple to ditch the best visual representation phones have to offer (imho).
This why phone makers like samsung have added different screen modes to suite the needs of different users.

There is a basic, adaptive,cinema and a photo mode. The photo mode tones down the colors so they look more natural. The basic mode also keeps the pictures natural looking.
 
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This why phone makers like samsung have added different screen modes to suite the needs of different users.

There is a basic, adaptive,cinema and a photo mode. The photo mode tones down the colors so they look more natural. The basic mode also keeps the pictures natural looking.

good to know.. then i'm sure we can expect the same from apple in 2020. hooray!
 
Ming is a woman and yet in most article people assume she is a man and refer to her as "he". Please fix this.

Probably because it IS a man! haha.
This is one of the most bizarre posts on MR for a long time!
Don't worry mate, we all screw up sometimes.

Check the Panda's post above for the link!

Oh and if all HIS predictions are true, then we are looking at a really solid upgrade. The camera in particular seems like it will be worth it.
 
You never know, they put a slightly larger battery in the 5S
Technology continues to get energy efficient, doesn't mean the battery needs to shrink with it. Instead, it could just, you know, extend the battery life of the more energy efficient, newer tech!
 
Technology continues to get energy efficient, doesn't mean the battery needs to shrink with it. Instead, it could just, you know, extend the battery life of the more energy efficient, newer tech!

Yeah but the rate at which processors and screens are getting more efficient is like less than 10%. Whereas an 10% increase of battery size (very small) is instant and much more reliable lol. Plus bigger battery improves screen off time by a ton, which is always good. Look at iPhone 6+ owners, the battery on that thing isn't even as big as the android competitors yet it lasts for DAYS lol, and it's basically the same internals as the iPhone 6 but with a bigger battery. No way to get around it, the only way to improve battery significantly is physically having a larger battery.

Although typical apple they won't do this, and instead they've opted to make software improvements this year to iOS 9 supposedly upping battery life by 1 hour (pretty good) just from internal efficiency tweaks, as well as giving people the option of having a low power mode now - so that is what we get instead of an actual increase in battery capacity. I'm fine with it, but some people still want a thicker phone with a fat battery and the heft of an iPhone 4S.
 
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A stronger aluminium, so that the iPhone 6s won't bend when you put it in your pocket.

Innovation my ass!

Do you think Apple use that type of Aluminum on the watches so they can't bend too? And what is it with this bend-gate silly nonsense anyway? I thought kids have given up on that months and months ago when the myth died.
 
please no AMOLED.. LCD (RGB) is such a more natural spectrum. AMOLED looks great at first but then you realize everything including contrast and color are exaggerated. some people with photography or design hobbies/professions NEED natural displays or those charcoal grays and near-whites get lost - and i came to feel like there was always a slight filter over the image, especially with pics using the flash. Samsung phones' screens admittedly look great and crisp, but it's somewhat of a - for lack of a better word - 'gimmicky' visual trick. preference matters a lot here, but i'd hate for apple to ditch the best visual representation phones have to offer (imho).

The exaggerated/over saturated colors are what bugged the heck out of me about Samsung phones. I'm *hoping* Apple gets that dialed in better IF they decide to use it.

I'm fine with the LCD and LOVE the color spectrum - Apple has nailed that except for the iPad mini 2 - the colors are way off compared to the iPhone and full size iPad. It's the one time I wondered if Steve would have allowed that.
 
I've noticed every aspect of what you've mentioned, and had a GS2 back in the day - however I think that it's a manufacturing choice and not necessarily the nature of AMOLED screens. To be honest I can't wait to see how an Apple AMOLED display would turn out. I've yet to see the iWatch, but I do not think it would look like the samsung AMOLED screens i.e. overly high contrast and saturation.

Well not quite the same but maybe it will give you an idea.

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"7000 Series aluminum -- the same used in competition bicycles"

Competition bicycles from 1990, sure. The high end in cycling moved on to Metal Matrix Composites, laminated carbon & textile composites, Scandium alloys, grade 9 & 5 Titanium alloys, weird small batch exotic steel alloys, and every declassified wonder material aerospace can legally dribble out ever since.

The black should really be a proper hardcoat in black. I mean, if you're going to anodize the thing, and it's going to end up black anyway, there's no reason not to make that oxide case nice and thick.
 
I just find it interesting that the iPhone 5 was black, then made into "space gray" for the 5S... And now that's just reverted this time around. #innovation

It was rumoured that the black/space black colour of the iPhone 5 was dropped due to it been difficult to anodise. I hope that colour doesn't return, I found the black front and the black/space black back just didn't look as nice as the space grey back, not enough contrast between the two colours in my opinion.
 
I found the black front and the black/space black back just didn't look as nice as the space grey back, not enough contrast between the two colours in my opinion.

It's all a matter of opinion. Some people like contrasting looks; which tends to make it look more stylish. Some people like the cleaner, stealth look of the all black coloring.

Similarly, when BMW removed their Sparkling Graphite Metallic coloring (very dark grey) and left only the "Space Grey" shade of grey (lighter grey) I was super pissed. I felt similar when the black color of the iPhone was replaced with space grey (which I see as a shade of silver).
 
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Wish they were making it thicker to accommodate a bigger battery -_-

I have a useful phrase for you - keep repeating it until it sinks in: "Nobody knows, nobody knows, nobody knows..."

Translated, that means NOBODY knows.
 
Every iPhone (besides the 3G) had a larger battery than the previous generation. It doesn't need to be thicker to accommodate a large battery.

I wish Apple would bring back stainless steel in their phones.
 
Thanks for the screenshots that give us absolute pin-point accuracy of how the AMOLED screen looks in person :rolleyes:

LOL hey now, I explained it was to give an 'idea' of what it looks like lol - not exact, but on my Samsung S27D590, OSX Yosemite, it looks pretty accurate.
 
LOL hey now, I explained it was to give an 'idea' of what it looks like lol - not exact, but on my Samsung S27D590, OSX Yosemite, it looks pretty accurate.

Lol well I did first see iOS7 in a screenshot. They told me it only looks terrible because it's a screenshot. I've never trusted anyone since :D
 
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