I was content to let this die, but it seems to be on permanent life support. So unless the mods want to delete/lock this thread, I'll take the time to continue responding to your bizarre claims.
No. The resolution difference is not as massive as people make it out to be. 800x480 is nothing to sneeze at with 233ppi @ 4". You get a larger area which gives you the option for roomier virtual keyboards among other things, improving text input accuracy. It does not in the slightest sense look "low res". And however minute, a 4" display can be held further away from the user, making 233ppi @ 4" different than 233ppi @ 3.5".
Once again I will refer you back to how ppi vs. distance from the user affects how one sees a screen. For the.....I lost count how many times.
Again, no. I don't think you have the slightest idea what you're talking about. The iPhone4's IPS panel has a contrast ratio of 800:1. The contrast ratio of SuperAMOLED is, to an average user, essentially infinite due to the nature of how AMOLED functions. Depending on how you measure it if you want to assign it a value, the SuperAMOLED screen has a contrast ratio of anywhere from 50,000:1 to 100,000:1.
It is not simply double, or triple, but orders of magnitude better than the iPhone4's IPS panel in terms of contrast ratio.
The only area where the IPS panel has a significant advantage in this area is color saturation. As stated before, SuperAMOLED can make certain colors appear oversaturated (although generally they are images which border on oversaturated to begin with regardless of display, so the severity to which it oversaturates is rather debatable).
Reading comprehension. It is your enemy. What I said verbatim:
"Standard AMOLED is more difficult to read in direct sunlight compared to the iPhone display, however SuperAMOLED bascially bridges that gap."
IPS panels, like the one used in the iPhone4, have superior viewing in daylight when compared to standard AMOLED. SuperAMOLED is something completely different, and among other improvements, essentially negates the sunlight viewability difference.
Yes I'm confident you've used both extensively despite you having no clue what I was talking about with regards to sunlight viewability, contrast ratio, color saturation, resolution, etc. It's one thing to after this claim "I don't know specifics, I just buy", it's something entirely different to not even mention the sunlight viewability, misread what I wrote, and then claim the sunlight viewability is better on IPS panels. And then follow that up with "I've used both extensively".
No, the contrast ratio, ppi, screen size, sunlight viewability, color saturation, etc, etc, etc, are not matters of opinion. They are matters of observed and verified fact.
If you want to view things such as "water is wet" as an opinion, then by all means do so. But when you are openly derided for publicly expressing your doubt that it is fact, don't act surprised.
What one prefers, a 3.5" IPS screen with 960x640, or a 4" SAMOLED screen with 800x480....THAT is a matter of opinion. Arguing about the numerical values and the nature of what constitutes things like "contrast" is not a matter of opinion.
