I just ordered the att band nexus s i9020A and was curious if it has the AMOLED or S-LCD display. It hasn't arrived yet and I just red that some Nexus model have and don't have AMOLED. Just want some info.
I9020 means S-AMOLED.
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I9020 means S-AMOLED.
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That's what I thought originally, but I'm finding specs for the i9020A that say either SLCD or Super AMOLED. I know the i9023 is SLCD & the i9020T is AMOLED. Do you have info that can back up your statement?
Indeed, I also found features mentioning a S-LCD screen, so i don't know.
But why make a LCD version with I9020 reference ?
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Indeed, I also found features mentioning an S-LCD screen, so i don't know.
But why make a LCD version with I9020 reference ?
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Good question, it definitely had me crying lol. But I just saw this http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1023470.html & feel better now. It's has AMOLED. THANK GOD!
That is more logical.
So far, all the Canadian market ones have been AMOLED.
Si si correcto. The phone came and it is amoled.
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AFAIK, for all Samsung devices, model numbers i9xx0 come with S-AMOLED display and model numbers i9xx3 come with SC-LCD display.
I've confirmed this with actual hardware:
i9000 vs. i9003
i9020 vs. i9023
I can confirm. I have an I9020a in Canada and it is Super Amoled.
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what, how many models does exist? i'm swapping from desire hd, basically because the amoled screen. now i'm worried, i'll need to wait it arrives to check it! =o\\
is possible to point where each model is sold? And for god's sake, why make it with slcd? can't samsung supply its own models?
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And for god's sake, why make it with slcd? can't samsung supply its own models?
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Actually, no. For an international phone distribution, it's quite hard to get all those up and running with OLED's, because they can't produce as much displays as the number of demands. That's why they've gone with i9023 SCLCD.
Honestly with what Google is doing to samoled display, you'd probably be better off with a s-lcd display ...
My g2 has better colors then my nexus s does now....
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Honestly with what Google is doing to samoled display, you'd probably be better off with a s-lcd display ...
My g2 has better colors then my nexus s does now....
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You should be shot and killes for a statement like that. But I did notice the Captivate's Samoled is brighter/whiter than our Samsoled screens. It doesn't bother me becauseits easier on my eyes. The Captivate burned my retinas lol.
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what, how many models does exist? i'm swapping from desire hd, basically because the amoled screen. now i'm worried, i'll need to wait it arrives to check it! =o\\
is possible to point where each model is sold? And for god's sake, why make it with slcd? can't samsung supply its own models?
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The Sclcd passes government codes in most countries, amoled does not because it was not made there. Its all about GDP these days. But which model did you buy? Like you, I was thrown off when I foundoit about the models. I almost bought a i9020t for my at&t sim which would have capped me at 2g speeds... I did some research & bought the new Canadian release i9020a which works on at&t 3g bands (with an amoled display!!).
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Lol but its true...my poor ns looks horrible and makes my g2 look like the device with super amoled screen...
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The first problem I have with SAMOLED is that the greys have a red/purple tint in them. The blacks are gorgeous, but the greys are just drab except at full brightness. What I noticed is that in SAMOLED displays, as you reduce the brightness, the colors shift. Greys go to red/purple, whites to to dirty white, etc. The different colors do not change luminosity equally. Some colors stay brighter than others. SCLCD does not have this problem.
The other problem I have with SAMOLED is the PenTile pattern matrix. If you compare the i9020 (SAMOLED) and the i9023 (SCLCD) side-by-side, you will see the difference in the whites. The SAMOLED display has a very visible pattern to it. Also, if you view the Maps app, or any app filled with text, in both, the SCLCD has better readability.
Supposedly the SAMOLED+ displays use a regular RGB matrix, and the second issue should be resolved. But, I still want to see how/if the colors shift as you reduce the brightness of the display.
The only downside I have seen in the SCLCD is that blacks are not black at full brightness. Otherwise, it is superior to the SAMOLED in every other way. Viewing angles are comparable, and readability in sunlight is better with SCLCD IMO.
I wish the Nexus S had some kind of oleophobic coating on the screen. I am constantly wiping the oil off of the display. The Nexus One was better in this regard. I don't know if it had an oleophobic coating, but it was much less susceptible to skin oil, and easier to clean.
There are at least 4 models for Nexus S:
i9020A North American GSM frequencies. SAMOLED display.
i9020T T-Mobile and European GSM frequencies. SAMOLED display. (supposedly for US, UK and Canada only.)
i9023 T-Mobile and European GSM frequencies. SCLCD display. (supposedly for rest of world, though may be sold in US, UK and Canada.)
SPH-D720 Sprint EVDO + WiMAX. SAMOLED display.
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The first problem I have with SAMOLED is that the greys have a red/purple tint in them. The blacks are gorgeous, but the greys are just drab except at full brightness. What I noticed is that in SAMOLED displays, as you reduce the brightness, the colors shift. Greys go to red/purple, whites to to dirty white, etc. The different colors do not change luminosity equally. Some colors stay brighter than others. SCLCD does not have this problem.
The other problem I have with SAMOLED is the PenTile pattern matrix. If you compare the i9020 (SAMOLED) and the i9023 (SCLCD) side-by-side, you will see the difference in the whites. The SAMOLED display has a very visible pattern to it. Also, if you view the Maps app, or any app filled with text, in both, the SCLCD has better readability.
Supposedly the SAMOLED+ displays use a regular RGB matrix, and the second issue should be resolved. But, I still want to see how/if the colors shift as you reduce the brightness of the display.
The only downside I have seen in the SCLCD is that blacks are not black at full brightness. Otherwise, it is superior to the SAMOLED in every other way. Viewing angles are comparable, and readability in sunlight is better with SCLCD IMO.
I wish the Nexus S had some kind of oleophobic coating on the screen. I am constantly wiping the oil off of the display. The Nexus One was better in this regard. I don't know if it had an oleophobic coating, but it was much less susceptible to skin oil, and easier to clean.
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No rant intended or anything but your infos are well outdated. Firstly the nexus s samoled version do not have the red/pink tint even on the lowest brightness. This was fixed by Google in the 2.3.3. This was not the only change in colour:hence you can find a lot of users complaining about the colour changes. Secondly, the nexus s do have an oleophobic coating on the screen.
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Hello
I am planning to buy the nexus s
I know that 9020 (Super AMOLED) is better than 9023 (SLCD)
but i dont have enough money to buy new 9020
i can buy with the money i have
3 Months Used 9020 (Super AMOLED) in very good condition or New 9023 (SLCD)
so which one u advice me to chouse
and thank you
Try the Q&A section.
Without doubt, a brand new i9023 is the choice. That SLCD screen means much less battery consumption with almost the same quality than the SAMOLED one.
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i put there but no one reply
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Without doubt, a brand new i9023 is the choice. That SLCD screen means much less battery consumption with almost the same quality than the SAMOLED one.
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I am pretty sure it is actually inverse. Less battery consumption with the i9020.
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Great reading in the sun with the 9023, don't know about the 9020
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Without doubt, a brand new i9023 is the choice. That SLCD screen means much less battery consumption with almost the same quality than the SAMOLED one.
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As far as I know SAMOLED consumes less battery, because black pixels doesn't use battery at all and also darker pixels needs less power than lighter pixels.
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Great reading in the sun with the 9023, don't know about the 9020
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9020 is brilliant in the sun, better than all LCDs I've seen, super or not.
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Guys, I have the SAMOLED version bought in the UK, and a friend of mine has the SLCD version, so I had some time to check the differences. First of all, the SLCD version of Nexus S, is in fact a bit thicker (!) than the SAMOLED version. As for the screens, his phone just depicts the white colour better, but my phone has more vivid colours overall. As regards the battery consumption, I don't believe there is a noticeable difference.
I have a i9023 and I had a SGS with SAmoled, this is what i noticed:
Power:
SAmoled drains almost nothing is you have complete black zones in your screen (f.i. black bg, black icons and so on). Whenever you have bright colors SAmoled drains like a truck.
SLCD has a quite linear power consumption regardless of your theme.
Using an UI like MIUI, which is light and bright, would be a suicide.
Colors:
SAmoled has a very deep black, very high contrast and crazy colors, that's true, but those are mostly false. You will never see, in real, so much saturated colors.
SLCD is a normal LCD, just a little better.
Overall SAmoled will make you feel better though.
Outdoor readability:
SLCD is just better, no matter what. With direct sun the only way to read a screen is a good backlight.
This is my experience
If the budget cap is large get the i9023
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I have a i9023 and I had a SGS with SAmoled, this is what i noticed:
Power:
SAmoled drains almost nothing is you have complete black zones in your screen (f.i. black bg, black icons and so on). Whenever you have bright colors SAmoled drains like a truck.
SLCD has a quite linear power consumption regardless of your theme.
Using an UI like MIUI, which is light and bright, would be a suicide.
Colors:
SAmoled has a very deep black, very high contrast and crazy colors, that's true, but those are mostly false. You will never see, in real, so much saturated colors.
SLCD is a normal LCD, just a little better.
Overall SAmoled will make you feel better though.
Outdoor readability:
SLCD is just better, no matter what. With direct sun the only way to read a screen is a good backlight.
This is my experience
If the budget cap is large get the i9023
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i always use my i9020 with %0 brightness it doesn't matter indoor or outdoor using or night or daylight
Note:You can set the brightness to %0 with brightness widget without it it stuck at %8.
i haven't seen a SLCD Nexus s but i have seen the SLCD Desire and the colours are much more vibrant on the SAmoled and they really stand out but i would still say go with the i9023 just because it's new and probably has the warranty and all the documentation.
9020 or 9023 - I think they are equal - it's a question of personal taste.
If your budget is a little problem, try to buy a used 9023 - should be the cheapest one.
Here is mine: http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190525532514&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:AT:1123 (used it for 10 days...)
and there are many more..
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I have seen both lcd and superamoled versions and i think the quality is just a bit better in the i9020 super amoled screen
so as long as the phone is in a good condition i would say go for that one ...
I decided to finally sell my Desire and move on to a better phone, I stopped at Nexus S. I heard of great battery life, good hardware and nice design but the most important thing for me is the display. I really love the screen on the galaxy S i9000 but when I heard that nexus S in europe will be getting SLCD I was kinda disappointed, specifically because of visibility in the sun light, not really concerned about the colors. How much better is the s-amoled compared to the slcd? Is it the same as the Desire SLCD? Cause the display on my desire was simply pathetic, I barely could call someone in direct sunlight.
I also want to know how different they are in general, is there any community for the european version, are there any roms or developers at all? Is it easy to root?
About displays, there is an entire topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921861
I advice you to fully read it
Anyway totally different from desire slcd (made by sony)
It claims to be better than samoled in direct sunlight.
It really comes down to black vs. white
The SAMOLED has great blacks, but not so great whites
SLCD has great whites and not so great blacks.
I tend to prefer the colors of the SLCD over the SAMOLED...except for when I prefer the great blacks of the SAMOLED over the SLCD.
Day to day use...flip a coin. They're both great.
SAMOLED devices I've owned = Vibrant & Nexus S
SLCD devices I've owned = G2 and G2x (IPS)
Friends Desire is unreadable in the direct sunlight, Nexus SLCD no problem, readability is really great, i got mine 1 week ago and am still head over heels with the display....would prefer SAMOLED, but just for the name of it and battery saving with black wallpapers, couldn't really tell the difference was it not for i9023 in About Phone
Here's how I rate the displays with regards to sunlight readability:
1. HTC Desire SLCD (Sony)
2. Samsung Nexus S SCLCD (Samsung)
3. Samsung Nexus S S-AMOLED (Samsung)
3. HTC Desire AMOLED (Samsung)
Between SCLCD and SAMOLED, viewing angles are comparable, but SAMOLED has better blacks. However, SAMOLED uses PenTile matrix for the display, which I am very uncomfortable with. If you get the chance, check out both versions side-by-side in a store and then decide.
Between Sony SLCD and Samsung SCLCD, the Sony display has richer colors IMO; the Samsung display looks a bit washed out to me. Viewing angles are comparable.
Nexus S SAMOLED model number is i9020(A/T).
Nexus S SCLCD model number is i9023.
Samsung Galaxy S i9000 uses same display as Nexus S i9020(A/T).
Samsung Galaxy S i9003 uses same display as Nexus S i9023.
There were 2 versions of the Nexus One and HTC Desire. Earlier models used Samsung AMOLED displays. Later production switched to Sony SLCD due to supply constraints.
After reading this topic and viewing some youtube vids, I am definitely getting the slcd version, it even beats the retina-crap when it comes to colors. Thanks for your answers guys, really helped me.
Btw, I've seen ROM incompatibilities between some models of the Nexus S, which are those? Will I be able to run most of the ROMs on an European SLCD version?
Edit: is the phone easy to root btw? I'm planning to root it in day 1. The Desire process was pretty risky, how is the Nexus S at that chapter?
Oh and another thing that just popped up in my mind, what speed "class" is the internal memory, for example I have an 8GB class 6 SD card that I heard I won't have anywhere to insert it in, but will I have the same speeds when copying....say a 1gb divx movie?
Loving my slcd now, battery lasts so much longer when playing games compared to s amoled.
I was at start very hesitant to buy the lcd model, but now that I finally did it, I couldn't be happier. Comparing it to my old Desire (amoled) or my father's Galaxy S (amoled) really does emphasize the issues of pentile matrix. I used to be very dismissive of people complaining about the pixel arrangement, but now I stand totally behind them. True, the colors don't pop so much and the blacks aren't quite there, but still the i9023 screen beats Desire's and galaxy's screen.
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Edit: is the phone easy to root btw? I'm planning to root it in day 1. The Desire process was pretty risky, how is the Nexus S at that chapter?
Oh and another thing that just popped up in my mind, what speed "class" is the internal memory, for example I have an 8GB class 6 SD card that I heard I won't have anywhere to insert it in, but will I have the same speeds when copying....say a 1gb divx movie?
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This phone is the easiest thing in the world to root. This was my first android phone, and I pretty much successfully rooted it day 1. I did read up quite a bit prior to getting the phone though. I did experience some problems at first trying to get the USB drivers for the phone to start working, and then I used the PDAnet way and it worked flawlessly.
Make sure when you are installing roms and stuff later that you install the right versions for your hardware. There have been cases of people screwing up their phones badly flashing the wrong things. Hopefully you will have a similarly pleasant experience with this phone as I did! =)
Be careful when flashing ROMs. i9020 uses a SAMOLED display driver. i9023 uses an SCLCD display driver. Because of differences between the two, there have been reports in this forum of people flashing the wrong firmware to the wrong device and the display not functioning afterwards.
Nexus S is the easiest device to root. It was made for modding by enthusiasts.
I'm not sure about the internal memory. AFAIK the memory is soldered onto the motherboard (think like iPhone), not a hidden µSD card (like in many WP7 devices). It shouldn't matter. In my use, I have found it to be plenty fast.
Coming from a Nexus One (AMOLED... not Samsung's Super) to the Asia's iteration to Nexus S (SCLCD). The Nexus S SCLCD makes reading text much more comfortable compared to N1's AMOLED. The color is a tiny bit less vibrant and black is not true black compared to N1, but people who looked at my phone and says it looks really crisp and clear to them. No complaints from me! Plus, battery life seems better overall - though I think it's debatable whether its due to the LCD or hardware when comparing to the N1.
Hello everyone,
I've been doing some research about the differences between the i9020T and the i9023 models. So far, the only difference is the fact that the i9020T has SAMOLED vs. SLCD on t he i9023. Is this right? Would the i9023 work on T-Mobile USA's network?
Also, I am considering the SLCD version, since I've one of my coworker's Nexus S and the screen resolution on the SAMOLED is not that great, plus there's some sort of green tint in the colors. Besides that, the contrast is amazing.
So, in terms of resolution and color fidelity, which screen is better?
Sorry for the noob questions here, I am asking so I won't be disappointed and bother you guys even more.
Thank you in advance.
Does anyone care to help?
Resolution on both screens is the same. Other than the screen, there's no difference between the two. As for the color, it can be adjusted using Voodoo color.
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Resolution on both screens is the same. Other than the screen, there's no difference between the two. As for the color, it can be adjusted using Voodoo color.
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Uh.. you must be kidding right? there's a huge difference between Super AMOLED & Super LCD.
I9020T hands down. No debate here. Super AMOLED just looks fantastic.
I'm in the UK and about to buy the nexus s, just sold my xperia x10 (I will never buy an se phone), I want the SAMOLED version, is there any way of telling which is which?
Thanks.
I'm pretty sure that all nexus's are super amoled.
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I'm pretty sure that all nexus's are super amoled.
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The USA and UK version of the nexus s is super amoled, the european version is super lcd.
Buy a 10$ jewelers loupe and use it to look closely at the pixels on the display.
If it looks like the image found in the PENTILE article at wikipedia its a SAMOLED display. At the time of this post Only samsung makes SAMOLED displays and they only use pentile matrix, which does not look like any other display at high mag (led, lcd, amoled or otherwise)...
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The USA and UK version of the nexus s is super amoled, the european version is super lcd.
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Thank you for information ^^
Also, SLCD has dots that looks like dust has penetrated the seal of the screen and are collected under it.
SAMOLED when turned off has a nice darkish navy blue look to it.
I just want to know if you satisfied with the One S pentile matrix screen. I have a Sam S2 and recently bought a One S (S3 chipset) and i noticed the lcd is very pixelated (if its a real word, sry for my English) compared with the S2's screen. Its not too bad but noticeable and a bit disappointing. How you live with this?
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I just want to know if you satisfied with the One S pentile matrix screen. I have a Sam S2 and recently bought a One S (S3 chipset) and i noticed the lcd is very pixelated (if its a real word, sry for my English) compared with the S2's screen. Its not too bad but noticeable and a bit disappointing. How you live with this?
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By not being incredibly picky. The phone wasn't cheap, so before I signed a contract, I made sure I was happy with every aspect of the phone. While I do agree it's pixelated, and that my Sensation had slightly better quality, I am incredibly happy with the screen. I'm rarely centimeters away from the screen so I can live with it especially because the color reproduction is amazing.
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I just want to know if you satisfied with the One S pentile matrix screen. I have a Sam S2 and recently bought a One S (S3 chipset) and i noticed the lcd is very pixelated (if its a real word, sry for my English) compared with the S2's screen. Its not too bad but noticeable and a bit disappointing. How you live with this?
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I think you just get used to it after a while. I couldn't stand the screen when I first got the phone, It stopped me using it regularly because I just used to get annoyed at the screen! (sad I know) But now I don't even think about the screen because I'm so used to it. I came from the Desire S which had a S-LCD display and a 480x800 display so that was a very good screen considering it was only 3.7 inches! I found the amoled colours of the one s to be extremely saturated. I didn't like the yellowish/blueish whites and the fact that every time you slightly changed the angle of the screen the colours would turn slightly blue. Text looked pixelated especially on a white background, that doesn't help considering a key part of sense 4 settings is all white background. It took me a good month to get used to the screen and 3 months in, I'm used to it Possibly getting the Nexus 4 soon so doubt I'll have much longer with this phone anyway.
Sorry for the little off topic might pickup a one s didn't want to start a new thread...
I saw the one s at my local fido store and damn its so snappy even whit sense !! But i tried the one x and it was somewhat slower is this normal ? Flicking through homescreens just werent the same..
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I did notice it some when I first got it, but I really don't anymore at all, and like was said above, I'm never close enough to my display to really notice it. I think the screen is incredible, as is every other aspect of the phone. I LOVE my One S.
I thought it would annoy me, but the phone was free so I decided to bite the bullet. I've had the phone 6 months now, and I really don't notice it at this point.
I love the one S display, sure the screen isn't as sharp as the GN, GS 3 and one X etc. and you don't get as much screen real estate but everything else is just as good, if not better:
- one of the best screens in sun light, don't even have to put my screen above 70% brightness in direct sun light in order to be able to make stuff out easily and this is on a darkish background too, MUCH better than the GN and GS 2 in this area
- colour reproduction is superb, my screen is pretty much perfect, whites are super white, brighter white than my dell u2311h, iirc a review site stated that the screen is better calibrated than the GS 3 SAMOLED screen
- no tinting at all on mine, usually with AMOLED screens you get a blue or yellow tint, which is noticeable at angles on whites but not on mine (this varies with every single screen though)
- of course blacks are black and the viewing angles are superb
- high contrast ratio etc. so games and videos look great
I only notice the pentile when looking at white text on black backgrounds and a few icons, but only when I really look for it and have my face pretty close to the screen. I find the one S screen to be sharper overall compared to the GS 2 screen.
I have had the one S beside the GS 2, GN and GS 3 and personally I didn't like the GS 2 screen at all, res. is too low so things are huge (felt like an old man using a phone designed for people with poor eye sight ), colours are far too saturated/warm. The GN screen is nice and sharp but the colours aren't saturated enough, rather dull over all and plus both phones are poor in comparison to the S for view ability in the sunshine. The GS 3 screen is great, better than the GN, however, I think the one S screen looks better for colours.
Anandtech more or less summed up my thoughts:
What’s different, however, is how well HTC has controlled the color temperature and gamma compared to Motorola in the RAZR. As shown in the HCFR galleries below, gamma is pretty close to 2.2 until you get to the high end, and color temperature is pretty close to 6500K, except at the two darkest grey points. This is so much better than any other OEM calibration of an AMOLED panel I’ve taken a look at, which is rather humorous because the panel is undoubtably Samsung’s. HTC is also letting the panel go pretty bright, up past 350 nits, instead of clamping it way down around 200 (I’m looking at you, Galaxy Nexus) to save power. I also haven’t noticed blacks not being totally off on the One S like I have with some others. Of course, colors are still massively oversaturated if your source color space is sRGB.
I’ve griped about PenTile RGBG before on this panel and other SAMOLED displays, but I find the One S to be completely enjoyable in spite of having it thanks to two things. First, how well HTC has controlled the panel (no awful hues, weird white points, or dramatic shifts as you change brightness) - this is basically the best I’ve seen this particular panel, and until SGS3, the best I’ve seen AMOLED in general. Second, because HTC doesn’t appear to be applying any processing that applies sharpening (like Samsung’s mDNIe) to text.
How you feel about PenTile really is the final factor: it’s there, but I’ve slowly become accustomed to it after staring at it for so long. If you go back to the Nexus S days, I was one of the most outspoken critics because of how large those subpixels were. With small enough subpixels (below visual acuity), PenTile starts to make sense. In other news, HTC moving back to Samsung AMOLED for phones is an interesting move after supply issues forced HTC to SLCD with some earlier phones, here on the HTC One S however, it looks great.
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My solution: Get old. You probably can't see all the minute issues you guys think matter, and you don't really care if you do. Every phone I've ever had has had a better screen than the previous and I think that's pretty nice.
I hate the screen, drives me nuts. I found that using a theme that mostly uses blacks and whites makes it more bearable though.
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I hate the screen, drives me nuts. I found that using a theme that mostly uses blacks and whites makes it more bearable though.
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Have to agree. Thing is apart from the screen it's a fantastic phone. It's so fast, battery life is great and the camera is great. I don't even think the screen would be that bad if it wasn't pentile it's just the fact that it's a pentile display it makes the phone look way more pixelated than it should be
I think I need to go to specsavers, I've never noticed a problem with the screen.
The screen on this is amazing. Don't notice any pixellation whilst on it . It's quite an improvement over my old Wildfires QVGA 3.5 inch 240x320 TFT display.
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If you switched from Wildfire you cant see this but if you had any phone in the alike pixel density and resolution you can see the difference. According to others opinion its not bad, the perfect color saturation, contrast etc will eliminate the bad feeling about those subpixels.
HTC does calibrate their screens nicely
I suppose it depends on what you're used to. When you come from an iPhone or high-end LCD-screen you probably will get annoyed with this display. However, when this is your first touchscreen smartphone or when you had a smartphone with a low-end display before this one, you will probably be able to cope with the slight pixilation.
Personally, even with this being my first touchscreen smartphone and coming from an E72 with a PPI of about 170, the display of this device would be the only reason for me to buy a One X or Nexus 4. That being said; you don't buy a smartphone solely for its display, you buy it for the complete package (price, battery, design, display, size, cpu/gpu, storage, support, OS, cloud integration etc.). And for me, the package the One S offers is more compelling than that of most other smartphones one the market.
I compared the One S screen to that of my Galaxy Nexus and honestly, when it comes to clarity, there isn't much of a difference. If you are in your twenties with near perfect eyesight and able to hold the phone less than a foot from your face then you will probably see pixelation but at normal distances it isn't an issue. For me it seems that anything above 250ppi is fine - my original Galaxy S was less (I think 233ppi) and that display was pixelated to me, but then again it was an earlier generation screen, I'm sure there have been other refinements besides resolution since then.
One S 256 PPI
Sam Galaxy S2 217 PPI but looks sharper.
Its all about the pixel placement, pentile matrix is a pattern. This matrix gives us better colors because more subpixels. Google for it there are many info i cant explain it in english
I come from an LG Optimus 2x, 4'' ips display, 800x480, and I feel this display better IMHO.
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gszabi said:
One S 256 PPI
Sam Galaxy S2 217 PPI but looks sharper.
Its all about the pixel placement, pentile matrix is a pattern. This matrix gives us better colors because more subpixels. Google for it there are many info i cant explain it in english
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I said Galaxy S, not S2.
Yes the S2 was/is superior despite the lower resolution thanks to the RGB arrangement (not pentile). The original Galaxy S was pentile, and not that great by today's standards.
It's okay, but I'm actually kind of unsatisfied with the blacks. I thought it would be completely black, but when I have a black picture shown on the phone in a completely dark room, the screen still lights up
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