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I just went down to Best Buy looked at a Nexus S side by side with a Fascinate and a Captivate, and the Nexus S screen looks smaller by 0.1-0.2 inches! It also looked slightly smaller than my Samsung Focus.
I thought the Nexus S was supposed to have a 4" screen just like the Galazy S phones. Am I blind, crazy, smoking crack or did Samsung pencil whip us on the specs?!
Are any of you guys seeing a difference?
Same size next to my vibrant. I think the curve is playing tricks on you.
tintingkc said:
Same size next to my vibrant. I think the curve is playing tricks on you.
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Didn't think of that - it could have been an optical illusion.
Seemed that same way to me so I put them next to each other.
One thing I did notice. The NS does have much better color and brightness. The vibrant looks real blue next to the NS. Was a nice surprise. The new phone seems more neutral in color and if you put them both next to each other you can see it with the screens off. The NS has a more smoked color to the screen than the blue tone in the glass of the galaxy s phones.
No and I wear glasses. So yeah, I'm not seeing things like you have. ;p
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maybe an optical illusion
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maybe an optical illusion
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I totally agree with OP, even the icons are smaller.
I was going to get the thunderbolt, but then I came across the slashgear review that said it has a regular tft display. So then I checked HTC's website and it says TFT.
Hmm...
Whatever it is, it looks pretty nice.
http://cdn.androidcommunity.com/wp-...110318-bkn2b2bcciqxthw31wjx55bixc-540x287.jpg
Looks pretty bad in that pic. Looks like I won't be getting it now.
stfugtfo85 said:
http://cdn.androidcommunity.com/wp-...110318-bkn2b2bcciqxthw31wjx55bixc-540x287.jpg
Looks pretty bad in that pic. Looks like I won't be getting it now.
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Yeah, that pic looks awful. Good thing mine doesn't look anything like that. Might want to look at one in person before you judge it.
Coming from the Fascinate, the screen is the worst part of the Thunderbolt. We'll see if I used to it after a week or two.
I also used to have a fascinate.
Screen is a huge factor in buying a phone since, you know, that's the thing we look at on the phone lol.
How many of you are gonna view your screen from an angle?
stfugtfo85 said:
http://cdn.androidcommunity.com/wp-...110318-bkn2b2bcciqxthw31wjx55bixc-540x287.jpg
Looks pretty bad in that pic. Looks like I won't be getting it now.
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You sound like the baby in the picture.
Are you guys seriously getting mad??? I'm trying to figure out information about the screen because I wanted this phone, but the screen is a HUGE factor in my decision. I can't check it out in person until after work. Anyone have any pics of the screen at a direct angle?
The screen is TFT and it is not a very good one in my opinion. I don't care much about the viewing angles - for me the colors are pretty poor and it is not very sharp. The lack of sharpness is mostly due to blowing up the resolution on a larger screen but the colors on this thing are pretty bad when compared to my amoled Incredible and iPhone 4. Not crisp, not very good. The screen is very nice for video (due to the size) but otherwise completely unremarkable when compared with devices a year older.
Combined with the battery life and some serious Sense bugs, probably sending this one back. My coworker already sent his back today.
I guess I am disappointed with all the buildup of this "flagship" phone. Seems they could have presented a tighter package. I really wanted to like this phone - oh well.
Its been reported that the screen is SLCD its better than my EVOs screen. I personally dont like amoled screens, there too saterated imo. HTC is moving from amoled screens to SLCD LIKE the bolt.
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Whatever the screen is its amazing. Vibrant and sharp.
I went from an iPhone 4 to Fascinate and now Thunderbolt out of those 3 the iphone had the best display and the fascinate had by far the worst i hated the screen the colors just looked fake and made everything look cartoony. I absolutely LOVE the screen on the thunderbolt SLCD ftw!
I've got a Dinc and aDX (both rooted FWIW), and a Xoom. Picked up a Thunderbolt over the past weekend. Love the screen. Much better than the DX, and I personally don't care for the saturation of the Dinc AMOLED. T-bolt screen is on par with the Xoom which is gorgeous.
The screen owns the crap out of my Droid, which was confirmed to possess a normal TFT screen.
The T-Bolt definitely has a Super TFT LCD. I'm not sure a Super AMOLED would be necessarily better at this point, except for battery savings on 4G.
honestly this phone looks much better than my eris, and my incredible. and most definitely better than my g-tablet lol.
there is no angle where the screen loses color and it is extremely crisp looks much better than the dx when held right next to it. It just seems sharper. same res though.
I was actually pleasantly surprised by the quality of the Bolt screen. It's bright, vibrant and colors are very nice. I came from a Nexus One AMOLED screen.
Screen on TBolt rocks, at least on mine it does.
how are you gonna judge a phones display without seeing one in person? nerd much?
this screen looks great to me...but I couldn't care less whether you get the phone or not..
eleazar123 said:
Coming from the Fascinate, the screen is the worst part of the Thunderbolt. We'll see if I used to it after a week or two.
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I agree. The screen is the biggest disappointment to me. It's not bad, it's just not up to par, in my taste, with either the iPhone 4 or the Nexus S and Galaxy S SAMOLED screens. It's the least satisfying thing about the phone for me, but not sure it's a deal breaker. I'd prefer a SAMOLED Thunderbolt, though!
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... but the screen is a HUGE factor in my decision. I can't check it out in person until after work. Anyone have any pics of the screen at a direct angle?
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The screen should be a huge factor in your decision, but no picture on the internet is going to give you an idea of how it looks in person...
re: Nexus One comments, it's a first generation AMOLED (no S) device with a pretty lousy implementation of it on top of everything else. Totally unusable in sunlight, totally oversaturated, totally wonky. Not sure about DINCs or anything else.
I've have every model of iPhone, including the iPhone 4, a Nexus S, Nexus 1, Galaxy S i9000, Galaxy S Vibrant, Thunderbolt, and used to have an EVO 4G. The iPhone 4's display is pretty amazing, but I think I still prefer the SAMOLEDs.
SAMOLEDs are a tough act to beat in my opinion, but only because I like INKY blacks...total lack of color/light blacks, which only the SAMOLED/AMOLED displays can deliver. Compare a Thunderbolt to a Nexus S in a darkened room with a black screen on the phone and the Nexus S will emit no light...the Thunderbolt will emit a glowing black-ish backlit light. Not important to all, but something I really notice. As said above, not a deal breaker to me, but I'll jump ship to the first decent LTE phone to come along with a SAMOLED screen.
I do not have any problem with my display. Yeah, AMOLED and SAMOLED displays will have better contrast and more vibrant colors... but I do not have any issue with my TB display.
I came from an AMOLED Nexus One.
Well we know the DHD has LCD, but AT&T site says the inspire has SLCD... I compared mine to two MT4G, one has LCD, the other SLCD... and apparently my inspire behaves (saturation/view-angle) somewhat in between, leaning towards the LCD.
So how about yours? you probably get a LCD if a sharp view angel gives you wash out colors.
So AT&T is giving out misleading info then..
ripped a link about the MT4G good vs bad screen: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=863679
not really sure how accurate my judgement is.....but i can look at mine almost 180 degrees, basically until i cant see the screen anymore, and colors still look great. Doesn't seem to be washed out for me, but again, i have never compared a SLCD to an LCD.
Just as a side note....I have been MORE than impressed with this screen, even coming from a s-amoled on the Captivate. I was really thinking i was going to miss the "pop" from the captivate screen, but the colors on the Inspire have been more than pleasing to my eye. Although, the black levels on the LCD suck compared to the OLED....
buddy17 said:
not really sure how accurate my judgement is.....but i can look at mine almost 180 degrees, basically until i cant see the screen anymore, and colors still look great. Doesn't seem to be washed out for me, but again, i have never compared a SLCD to an LCD.
Just as a side note....I have been MORE than impressed with this screen, even coming from a s-amoled on the Captivate. I was really thinking i was going to miss the "pop" from the captivate screen, but the colors on the Inspire have been more than pleasing to my eye. Although, the black levels on the LCD suck compared to the OLED....
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Leaning towards SLCD over here as well.
Searching in the forum and saw someone saying the DHD in India are SLCD. Does anyone know how to determine it on the software side?
aqw955 said:
Well we know the DHD has LCD, but AT&T site says the inspire has SLCD... I compared mine to two MT4G, one has LCD, the other SLCD... and apparently my inspire behaves (saturation/view-angle) somewhat in between, leaning towards the LCD.
So how about yours? you probably get a LCD if a sharp view angel gives you wash out colors.
So AT&T is giving out misleading info then..
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I have an HD2, which has a common LCD...with the washed out view angles and all...and my Inspire doesn't exhibit the angle washout as my HD2. The colors are a bit more intense also.
I'm with everyone else here. I can look at mine in a complete 180 degree arc and lose very little color and detail from the most extreme angles.
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I'm with everyone else here. I can look at mine in a complete 180 degree arc and lose very little color and detail from the most extreme angles.
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ditto, i'm leaning toward SLCD
Colors are not washed out practically at all, viewing from any angle up until I can no longer see the screen. I'm wagering SLCD.
I came from Vibrant, so maybe I expected a bit too much for the inspire then..
but I compared mine to a Desire Z's SLCD and its really different.
The colors when viewing at 45 degree on the 1-2 O'clock position of the phone is extremely washed out and showed a green tint.
aqw955 said:
I came from Vibrant, so maybe I expected a bit too much for the inspire then..
but I compared mine to a Desire Z's SLCD and its really different.
The colors when viewing at 45 degree on the 1-2 O'clock position of the phone is extremely washed out and showed a green tint.
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Might just be your device, brother. I came from a Captivate (SAMOLED) and it's WP7 cousin, the Focus, and I see little to no difference in off angle viewing from either of those devices. The colors stay true, but obviously the luminance does decrease the further you move from 0 degrees.
Also, I'm using a crappy, AT&T store, anti-glare screen protector till my nice ones show up tomorrow. That further degrades the quality of the screen, so the true nature of the screen is better than I've even been describing it.
. This is surely sad.. did anyone try the Android emulator method (dmseg) in the my4g link and see what type of panel it is?
aqw955 said:
. This is surely sad.. did anyone try the Android emulator method (dmseg) in the my4g link and see what type of panel it is?
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I looked at it, but this handset isn't a mytouch4g. That command shows a number designation that we don't have a key to for this device. They may very well be the same, but we don't know for sure. My number would designate that I had the "good screen" but I have yet to see any reply that would cause me to think that there were any bad screens, other than you. If you are unhappy with your device, take it back and see if the sales rep wouldn't mind you running the hardware check for the screen. However, if its as noticable as you say, you should be able to tell without it.
I tested my inspire against the atrix im currently using, and the qHD screen has significantly more color washout and bleed than the inspires panel. A 45 degree angle of the atrix tints everything a yellowish haze.
mine has a type 1 panel.. so I guess I'm filing a return.
Ok...so, several sites, all have different info. PC Mag, whom I trust dearly, say it's on LCD... Most other say its SLCD.. So..I have to call HTC tonight after work anyways... I'll ask them, and if I can get them to verify which one, I'll report back..
Hey guys, I have a question about our skyrockets displays. When I look straight at mine, it's kid yellow. But when I slightly tilt it at any angle it becomes whiter bluer. It's like going from warm colors straight to cold.
Is this normal on a super amoled plus? Never had one before and I'm coming from the ips display on an iPhone.
It doesn't bother me, but I'm just curious.
Mine does the same thing. At least in this app. I don't recall if I have ever looked at this phone or an iPhone before from that acute angle. I try to notice.
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its the way the phone is. It doesn't have a true white display due to Amoled screen. Do a search and you will know more of other people complain about this.
Huh. I hadn't noticed this until just now. It's not intolerable but yes, seems to be true.
However, no one does true black like Samsung, and the positive aspects of the screen far outweigh this as well as the lines you see when not in full bright mode (I usually keep mine on full brightness anyways).
Got a new HTC One X Rogers version.
One dead pixel.
Screen ripples with pressure on the side.
Small light bleeding at the bottom.
That's about it.
I bought it off someone. No returning it.
I'm going to try my best to deal with it, I mean who cares about the light bleed? I'm not staring at a black background in the dark all night so I won't see it much, the dead pixel is so tiny and somewhere where I won't notice it too often unless I look and I never regularly apply that much pressure when using my phone so the other issue is okay too. Phew... calm down. No need to resell it. Ugh.
Whatever this is a decent phone but HTC get your freaking QC together.
hadrice said:
Got a new HTC One X Rogers version.
One dead pixel.
Screen ripples with pressure on the side.
Small light bleeding at the bottom.
That's about it.
I bought it off someone. No returning it.
I'm going to try my best to deal with it, I mean who cares about the light bleed? I'm not staring at a black background in the dark all night so I won't see it much, the dead pixel is so tiny and somewhere where I won't notice it too often unless I look and I never regularly apply that much pressure when using my phone so the other issue is okay too. Phew... calm down. No need to resell it. Ugh.
Whatever this is a decent phone but HTC get your freaking QC together.
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Every One X I've seen has that screen ripple when putting quite a bit of pressure on the sides/corners of the display
Okay that means all I'm really dealing with is the light leak (makes the bottom part of phone bright and a dead pixel.
For instance it's black but around the bottom there is globs of light that makes it slightly less black and more grey... light leak. Meh barely noticeable.
YES I CAN DEAL WITH IT A FREAKING DEAD PIXEL PHEW. I CAN DO IT.
I returned mine over a dead pixel, it also had light bleed but I was fine with that. My new one is flawless in every aspect.
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Sigh... still trying to deal with it lol but this is really so disappointing...
The fact that HTC has such a great design but this phone is screwed up by the various issues because HTC doesn't have good QC.
Dead pixels
Wifi Issue
Screen Banding
Screen flickering
Screen rippling
Build Quality in general from creaking to glass problems
List goes on. Honestly I had a Galaxy Note before this.... 0 problems.
hadrice said:
Sigh... still trying to deal with it lol but this is really so disappointing...
The fact that HTC has such a great design but this phone is screwed up by the various issues because HTC doesn't have good QC.
Dead pixels
Wifi Issue
Screen Banding
Screen flickering
Screen rippling
Build Quality in general from creaking to glass problems
List goes on. Honestly I had a Galaxy Note before this.... 0 problems.
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Awww man u left to note??? Id never get rid out it for a one x lol
Im not.bashing.u bro! !! Just saying my opinion but man u can handle that pixle issue!!! Or go get note back
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Haha Yeah, I'm quite pleased except with these two issues...
Galaxy Note was a bit too unpolished with TouchWiz 4.0 and I didn't want to brick it with flashing ROMs and I figured the Sense 4.0 would be smooth and I was right.
Stupid dead pixel. That's all that's bothering me right now because that's all that I can see ATM haha.
Naw it's sold ):
all i have is a little bit of light bleed from the bottom which from the looks of it most people have.
Ohh, dont push on the screen
I figured out my bleed at the bottom was actually light spilling from the capacitive buttons.. OP did you try a pixel fixer app? Worked on my nexus1 back in the day.
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Probably same here for me too, capacitative button light leak. Meh :/ And I did but it doesn't seem to work. I assume it's stuck and not dead because it's white lights up?
Try rubbing it with a pencil eraser. Also, the Amaze suffers from light-bleed from the capacitive keys too, I'm sure a fix to turn them off will be out in time.