Burn in is not a thing of the past, it is still around trust me, it is the nature of the beast
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Switched from Android - my observations
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That was true a long time ago. AMOLED is still a power sipper compared to LCD no matter what colours are displayed now. Samsung's whole TouchPiss is white and bright.
IPS has had it's day. I used to like how IPS looked but after owning a S6 and using Photo and Basic mode, IPS looks a bit lifeless.
I have a Galaxy S6 collecting dust in the drawer. I've tried every screen mode available and while basic was better, whites were still yellowish and colors are over saturated.
Working in wireless, I look at phones all day. The two most accurate displays to my eyes are the 6S plus and the LG G4. Many people love Samsung displays, I'm not one of them.
Really, which phone? I have been using them for years and I can't remember the last time I have seen it even when I was using a phone for nav and the screen would have been on for well over a hundred hours with the nav screen.
Burn in happens, bigtime. The on screen buttons are already burned into my mate's Nexus 6P screen.
We think it's yellow because the other modes are more blue. But in reality Basic and Photo are daylight balanced.
Basic is 4600k and over and Photo is 5000k and over. I used photo and when changing from Dynamic to Photo, you immediately see piss yellow whites. But after a couple of days, it doesn't look yellow anymore.
I don't particularly like Basic cause it looks too dull.
I don't mind the 6s Plus IPS screen. Colours look nice but it doesn't get dim enough at night and contrast could be better. Still a step up from my OPO, M8 and Nexus 5.
I cant believe i even have to bring this up when were are talking about amoled, when they display a static image for a period of time, they will develop a burn in period.
Nexus 6 for starters, go to any store where they have amoled phones on display, including latest and greatest from samsung, they all have burn ins, that's the pit fall of amoled technology as its stands today.
Well firstly the whites on amoled screens are blueish not yellow and secondly this is not an opinion, this is a fact from multiple reviews that tested the display and found the Note 4 to have the most accurate colours to the Standard sRGB/Rec.709 Color Gamut. The Color Gamut of the Basic screen mode is very accurate, with a nearly perfect 101 percent of the Standard sRGB/Rec.709 Color Gamut. Even better, the Absolute Color Accuracy for the Basic screen mode is an impressive 1.5 JNCD, the most color accurate display ever measured for a Smartphone or Tablet, which is visually indistinguishable from perfect. But go ahead and continue to say the iPhone screen is more accurate to your eyes lol
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But to be honest. How many people have their phones on the home screen 24/7 like in the stores? I am not sure the burn in affects people through normal use.
The problem with demo models are that auto brightness is turned off and they are normally at max brightness.
Auto brightness is key to not having burn ins. Unfortunately almost all Android handsets have very crappy auto brightness implementation.
The iPhone has the most fluid auto brightness implementation I have encountered in a very long time.
Completely agree on the iphone brightness part. I actually mention that on another thread that no one, and ive had a plethora of phones of the years, no one does auto brightness like apple. They have auto brightness game on lock down.
1. Its tricky to select tracking numbers in emails. You just have to learn and adapt to how iOS works on that
2. Google's Gmail and Inbox apps are very robust and there are other email apps out there that work wonders even on iOS
3. I agree with you. I used Google Now repeatedly. I used it for news and relevant info etc. There isn't any replacing Now. Since using an iPhone I've hardly ever used voice commands since Siri often blows chunks. Voice commands will phase out of your habits in time
4. Please clarify.
5. I find the HD option for videos is plenty high quality enough. But yea, 4K is lacking. There isn't a substitute for watching a video at a higher resolution than the screen itself.
6. Most websites I frequent opened in Safari fine. The lack of strong adblocking is disappointing
7. I can only pray that Apple folds and gives more power to the devs. I loved Fleksy but it still largely unusuable
8. The default Mail app supports attachments fine now but like 2, plenty of mail apps exist that do it better
9. I used to think this was so important but after the first month you'll find that its really a non-issue
You'll either adapt or die.
Tell him to get off his phone for hours at a time. Unless you are on your phone continuously, it's not a problem.
There is a BIG difference between burn-in and image retention. Burn-in is often cited as a problem more common in past phones. Image retention is often mistakingly identified as burn-in. Image retention can resist for a long period of time, but will eventually fade. The same applied to the more recent, though no longer produced, plasma TVs.
I love my iPhone and have settled into iOS for the long run, but the Note 5 screen was a beauty to use on a daily basis. Over the years, I never had a problem with burn-in, even when it was a legit issue.
Citing phone store display models as proof of burn-in is illogical. No one uses their phone, on max brightness, 24/7, on the same screen for weeks-on-end. On top of that, standing in a store, you can't differentiate between burn-in and image retention.
I love my iPhone and have settled into iOS for the long run, but the Note 5 screen was a beauty to use on a daily basis. Over the years, I never had a problem with burn-in, even when it was a legit issue.
Citing phone store display models as proof of burn-in is illogical. No one uses their phone, on max brightness, 24/7, on the same screen for weeks-on-end. On top of that, standing in a store, you can't differentiate between burn-in and image retention.
Some may but the there is also the difference that some wants to control their devices and customize them and get all the benefits. None of my friends didnt choose android because they cant afford iphone. If they can buy Note, they surely can buy iphone too. They chose android because they want to be able to choose and it gave something for the money too.
I have zero devices that have problem with screens. And been using android devices for years... Dont know what they do with their devices to get burn-in images/screens... Or why they dont use auto screen off after few minutes...
A smartphone wouldn't be much use to me if I had to use it quickly and then switch the screen off ASAP.
Here is my problem with iOS.
Period, plain and simple.
I want to be able to download from the Internet or Files from email and store them on the device.
This way I can attach them to emails, or upload them on websites that have the option.
This is soooo freaking basic! If I need to sign a waiver of liability for possible contamination, so be it.
Android and even freaking Wndows phone (.005% Market Share) can do this.
And please, don't give me work around apps. That's just nonsense. Even with "workaround apps", that still does nothing when it comes to websites that offer uploads.
This simple thing keeps me an Android user. I have a 6s and AW, but they are not my go to all-in-one workhorse.
Period, plain and simple.
I want to be able to download from the Internet or Files from email and store them on the device.
This way I can attach them to emails, or upload them on websites that have the option.
This is soooo freaking basic! If I need to sign a waiver of liability for possible contamination, so be it.
Android and even freaking Wndows phone (.005% Market Share) can do this.
And please, don't give me work around apps. That's just nonsense. Even with "workaround apps", that still does nothing when it comes to websites that offer uploads.
This simple thing keeps me an Android user. I have a 6s and AW, but they are not my go to all-in-one workhorse.
Well good thing that isn't the case for any smart phone on the market, made by a name brand.
Come people. Contribute to the conversation with something useful or insightful. Assumptions or anecdotal evidence doesn't help. Just because some random Joe in this forum says his phone has burn in (probably just screen retention....but whatever) doesn't mean all amloed screens are flawed.
What will you guys be saying if apple goes to the amloed screens in the future, as rumored? Will it be like the past, where all of the sudden it is the greatest thing in the world?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all Apple integrated now, short of an Apple Watch (not my thing, don't like the price or looks.). I enjoy my MacBook Pro, iPad, Apple TV, and iPhone. I would love to justify, having spent a large amount of money on this products, my purchases. While I can in saying they are great at what they do, I can't dismiss their flaws or ignore the features of other platforms and Eco systems. Apple is best to me...for now.
Amloed tech is fantastic and likely the future for display technology in some shape or form. Does your Apple Watch have burn in?
My Samsung s5 had burn in with the keyboard and the status bar. Was quite noticeable after a year. Always had brightness set at auto 50% when auto brightness worked properly.
New year, new tech.
My buddies launch day s5 doesn't have the same problem. No different than an iPhone with a yellow screen.
Your buddy must not use his s5 very much, you can deny burn in all you want but its there. Browsing Tapatalk, web browsing, reading ebooks via amazon kindle app, those are big contributors and eventually, it takes longer on some screens than others, you will have a burn in.
Right.....forgot you must know my buddy. Same with my buddy who has had the s4 for years, and won't give it up. He is a sports journalist, he issues his phone more than most. No burn in.
Therefore, unfortunately, you are incorrect. Much more reputable and respected resources in the tech industry disagree with you. Again, new year, better tech. Burn in (or rather image retention), was more likely on the S3 than the S4, and more likely on the S4 than the s5. Today, the s6 and note 5 have the best screens, from a tech standpoint, in the industry. As I stated before, just because you can find it here or xda doesn't mean "all screens" will get burn in.
You can throw the phones with burn in, in the pile with the bent iPhones, iPhones with dead pixels, exploding batteries, etc.
Does that mean all phone suffer from the above? No, most don't, and people need to understand that on here. It's almost like listening to a political debate, the way arguments proceed here.