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Which one has better-looking screen? iPhone X or Note 8?
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Checked out a note 8 at costo yesterday. The hardware looks great. I’d love an unholy alliance of Apple design and Samsung hardware.
I’d settle for a Note 8 without samsungs crapware. A pixel note 8
I’d settle for a Note 8 without samsungs crapware. A pixel note 8
Samsung make the panel for Apple. Also, there was a low yield rate for the displays so you know Apple were very picky.
Please put your source up for this claim that the display Samsung are selling Apple is “3 generations” behind.
If you like the saturated colors, go to settings>accessibility>display accommodations>color filters and turn it on and adjust the blue/yellow up
But I'm not a Note 8 user. I withheld buying it because I'm not a fan of the FPS being at the back. So whilst I'm not sold on the X, I'm not convinced about the N8. So I got neither. But come on, when it comes to the screen/display, the Note 8 is the clear winner. Most would agree.
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It's not fact, but sometimes popular opinion can be so great that it just becomes the way it is. In my opinion, the air in earth's atmosphere is better for you than the atmosphere on a planet in a galaxy a hundred million light years away. Fact or opinion? It's an opinion of course. And most would agree. Of course there may be a few smart ass scientists who will try to labour the point that this might not necessarily be the case, like what you are doing with the iphone display, but most would agree that the earth's atmosphere is better for you, without getting all scientific about it. And most agree the Note 8 is the better screen. Yes preference it is, but most smartphone reveiwers say it is the Note 8 display.
Put it this way, if you had the ultimate smackdown between the iphone x and the Note 8, the categories being display, battery life, software speed and peformance, ergonomics in the hand, premium look and feel, features and raw specs, even if the iPhone X wins it 6-1, the 1 category going to the Note 8 would be the display. It's not even an argument and I'm starting to doubt you have even seen the Note 8 display in person to make such a conclusion.
See my post above about my so called allegiance to the Note 8.
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BvizioN
macrumors 603
Best is subjective, as other members have already told you. I have Galaxy S8 and the iPhone X. While the Galaxy S8 looks good, it is over saturated. iPhone X does have more settled colours. There is no need for a display to be oversaturated to look good.
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There isn't one. Just made up stuff as usual.
Saw this and looking at the color, saturated looks better than washout. Top is note8 and bottom is ipx.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
And what is that supposed to be? I am supposed to trust some comparison that a guy did on the internet over THIS?
Not to mention that I have both and the difference is just on the punched colours S8 have.
Btw, I find it quite hilarious that whoever did that comparison, used full screen on the S8 and black bars on the iPhone X. Very nice try indeed 🙂
You just ask which phone can render primary colors that look "real" to your eyes.
Black bar is because app not optimized for ipx.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
Yes, if you want to do fair comparison then use both devices displaying images on a full display. There are millions of ways to do that. For what I know, that person could have used 2 different images with 2 different saturation levels. I got both devices and even though the iPhone X saturation is a bit more settled, is not as different as that person wants to make it look. Not to be trusted.
It is from a YouTube video and the person was running the same screen test app on both phones.
BvizioN
macrumors 603
Yeah, I get it. Thanks.
YouTube is flooded with click bait videos. You decide if you trust them or not. Most of them, I know I don't. When I have time I will post some photos of both these devices showing exact same photo, with brightens set to maximum on both and with a standard colour profile on the S8. Honestly, I have not noticed much difference myself but you will be the judge of it.
quietstormSD
macrumors 65816
If you take off true tone and bump up the brightness all the way on the X it will look just like the note 8.
kp98077
macrumors 601
having been at the mall with kids yesterday for hours 🙁 I compared note 8 to my X and honestly there is simply NO comparison. The X is so much sexier, better built, screen looks richer (colors), I even asked 4 separate people they all agreed, so I have not idea why people are getting all 'up in arms' here thinking the note 8 is better, it's essentially not IMO, i found it even hard to read the text it looked smaller on the note 8! Or fuzzier or something just not clear. Make me feel good about being a proud X owner! 🙂 Nonetheless, enjoy what you enjoy..
jamesrick80
macrumors 68030
Turn on the Note 8 video enhancer mode and it makes even the brightest iphone X look dim especially in youtube videos....
gtg465x
macrumors 6502a
Lol, straight out of your ass. Go read the DisplayMate review and inform yourself.
Long story short, the screens are pretty much equal in quality. The Note 8 screen does slightly better in some aspects (pixel density) and the iPhone X screen does better in other aspects (gamma, full screen brightness). That said, most people will think the Note 8 looks better side by side because Samsung punches up the colors by default and Apple keeps them accurate by default. And the Note 8 screen is also a lot bigger, so of course it will look more immersive. But if you prefer color accuracy above flashy oversaturated colors, you’ll probably enjoy the calibration and color management offered by iOS on the iPhone X more.
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Those iPhone colors aren’t “washed out”, they’re correct. That’s the color that is supposed to be displayed, but the Note 8 oversaturates colors by default. If you prefer colors to really pop like that, even if they aren’t true to life, better to choose the Note 8, as long as you can stand Samsung software.
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MacQork
macrumors regular
To you, primary green/red/yellow colors should look like with a pastel shade like ipx. To the rest of us normal human, those primay colors on the note8 is more correct
bmac4
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That is completely incorrect. The Note 8 colors are completely over saturated and look like cartoon trash. I will take the natural colors the way I see the real world, not this Over blown fake crap.
gtg465x
macrumors 6502a
It’s not subjective bud, and sRGB allows for plenty vivid colors.
I use the note 8 and iPhone X as my daily phones. I 100% believe the note has the superior screen (by a good amount. I’m just glad Apple finally joined 2015 and made an OLED.
They being said the OLED on the iPhone is a beautiful screen and is leaps and bounds superior to most lcd screens.
They being said the OLED on the iPhone is a beautiful screen and is leaps and bounds superior to most lcd screens.
bmac4
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While I agree I am glad Apple has joined the OLED game, I don’t think think the OLED of the X is leaps and bounds better then the LCD on the iPhone 8 Plus. Yes it’s better and blacks look amazing, the color accuracy on the LCD is fantastic as well. Yes the X is sharper and a better screen all around, just not leaps and bounds. It sounds like you prefer that warmer screen that has colors that pop. Not necessarily accurate, but that are bright and standout. That’s all well and good, and if you like it better that is the case for a lot of people. I for one prefer the X accurate colors to the Note 8’s colors.
aevan
macrumors 601
I do believe it's subjective and I can totally understand that some people prefer the Note 8 because of the vibrant colors. For me, I actually prefered Apple LCDs to Samsung OLEDs because the colors were just too garish for my taste and.... They seem kitsch to me, to be honest.
Now, if it was a gaming TV, I wouldn't mind the intense saturation - but I often look at illustrations on my phone and Samsung screens were just.... no. And I tried several display modes, I just didn't like it. Also, I never liked pentile and there was something that made the image seem off for some reason.
iPhone X, on the other hand, it is a different story. It's punchy without looking kitsch, and Apple's special pentile arrangement and AA is making it a non-issue to me. And I really like True Tone. Still, even on the X, some images seem too artificial to me, compared to best LCDs, however it could be just in my head. In the end, contrast, brightness and colors are a win in my book, compared to LCDs and Notes. Definitely prefer X to Note.
But I am aware it mostly comes down to taste and what you prefer. People will, generally, respond better to more vibrant displays in A/B testing (that is why TVs have vibrant modes on when on display) so I do believe more people pick Note 8 as the winner when you put Note 8 and X side by side. Still, X has a better picture in my opinion.
And it's fine, choose the one you like more and be happy. However, I find it funny how some people almost get insulted if I claim that I prefer Apple screens to Samsung ones. But I do, and I'm not the only one, apparently.
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A color is a color - so "correct" only applies when you compare it to something. So, what are we talking about? Colors of a photo on screen compared to a real world object? Oh, Apple wins here, definitely. Take a photo of a red apple (no pun intended) and see which screen matches it more closely - no contest. Even if the punchy red apple looks prettier on a Note screen to a lot of people.
But what about CG images, non-photo material, illustrations, etc? Well, you can't claim what is the "correct" color on a digital illustration/graphic either - unless you compare it with the screen that artist used while creating the image. And in that case, it's probably an IPS LCD of a Wacom tablet or Dell monitor or whatever. So, again, what is the "correct" color here? Probably something close to an LCD screen, which is ironic. Let me put it this way, if an artist sent me an illustration to approve for print, and I had only my phones with me - I would definitely look it on the iPhone, because the Note would be deceiving. Talk about correctness.
No, there is no "correct" color here, just a matter of taste. It's ok to prefer the Note colors, it really is. But, there are people who prefer iPhone X screen, it matches the physical world more closely if you take a photo of it, it matches the rest of the digital world more closely - so I'm not sure what you're getting at. And, vibrant as colors on a Note are, saying that iPhone X has a 'pastel shade'.... that's just biased and wrong, man. How do professional LCD screens look to you then? Grayscale?
Now, if it was a gaming TV, I wouldn't mind the intense saturation - but I often look at illustrations on my phone and Samsung screens were just.... no. And I tried several display modes, I just didn't like it. Also, I never liked pentile and there was something that made the image seem off for some reason.
iPhone X, on the other hand, it is a different story. It's punchy without looking kitsch, and Apple's special pentile arrangement and AA is making it a non-issue to me. And I really like True Tone. Still, even on the X, some images seem too artificial to me, compared to best LCDs, however it could be just in my head. In the end, contrast, brightness and colors are a win in my book, compared to LCDs and Notes. Definitely prefer X to Note.
But I am aware it mostly comes down to taste and what you prefer. People will, generally, respond better to more vibrant displays in A/B testing (that is why TVs have vibrant modes on when on display) so I do believe more people pick Note 8 as the winner when you put Note 8 and X side by side. Still, X has a better picture in my opinion.
And it's fine, choose the one you like more and be happy. However, I find it funny how some people almost get insulted if I claim that I prefer Apple screens to Samsung ones. But I do, and I'm not the only one, apparently.
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A color is a color - so "correct" only applies when you compare it to something. So, what are we talking about? Colors of a photo on screen compared to a real world object? Oh, Apple wins here, definitely. Take a photo of a red apple (no pun intended) and see which screen matches it more closely - no contest. Even if the punchy red apple looks prettier on a Note screen to a lot of people.
But what about CG images, non-photo material, illustrations, etc? Well, you can't claim what is the "correct" color on a digital illustration/graphic either - unless you compare it with the screen that artist used while creating the image. And in that case, it's probably an IPS LCD of a Wacom tablet or Dell monitor or whatever. So, again, what is the "correct" color here? Probably something close to an LCD screen, which is ironic. Let me put it this way, if an artist sent me an illustration to approve for print, and I had only my phones with me - I would definitely look it on the iPhone, because the Note would be deceiving. Talk about correctness.
No, there is no "correct" color here, just a matter of taste. It's ok to prefer the Note colors, it really is. But, there are people who prefer iPhone X screen, it matches the physical world more closely if you take a photo of it, it matches the rest of the digital world more closely - so I'm not sure what you're getting at. And, vibrant as colors on a Note are, saying that iPhone X has a 'pastel shade'.... that's just biased and wrong, man. How do professional LCD screens look to you then? Grayscale?
reasonrulaz
macrumors member
Note 8 has a color profile.. Everyone talk about note 8 display's over saturate, punch, vibrant, unrealistic colors.. But there is a option for color profiles.. I'm also don't like "Adaptive display" mode oversaturate colors, but I'm using "Basic" mode, and it's present very very accurate, realistic color reproduction.. Please compare Note 8 "Basic" mode with iPhone x display for color correctness....