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[Q] Screen and Sound

Hi All,
I have an Xperia arc right now and am quite facinated with the infuse 4G.
Could someone help me compare or at least tell me how the infuse scores in the following area:
Screen - Super amoled plus (True/Real Colours) - I have noticed with the captivate, while colours are vibrant they are not real, images looked kinda fake. The xperia is not as vibrant but great colours compared to the captivate.
Sound (volume in terms of loudness and clarity from the phone speaker and the loudspeaker)
Thanks

rumy said:
Hi All,
I have an Xperia arc right now and am quite facinated with the infuse 4G.
Could someone help me compare or at least tell me how the infuse scores in the following area:
Screen - Super amoled plus (True/Real Colours) - I have noticed with the captivate, while colours are vibrant they are not real, images looked kinda fake. The xperia is not as vibrant but great colours compared to the captivate.
Sound (volume in terms of loudness and clarity from the phone speaker and the loudspeaker)
Thanks
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well im not sure how having brighter colors is not "real" if they are not real how can we see them? well anyway yeah it can still look artificial but my take on it is that ther eis no reason it cant look real if the content you are playing back is recorded and not drawn on a computer. the new screen has a better sub pixel layout and that means clearer text. the old setup was the same resolution but had a more "screendoor effect" and pixelation. the new screen still has pixelation do to the size and therefore low pixel density but it just means you wont be holding this thing in your face, you can hold it at a natural position and not have to zoom at all. from a comfortable distance the pixelation doesnt jump out at you
as far as sound the headphone amp appears to be thesame wolfson amp in the sgs line and with voodoo sound (supercurio promised it to be coming in a very recent tweet) it is hard to beat. the exrenal speaker is not great at full volume but at partial volume is very natural and quite impressive. the captivate was maybe better with certain kernels but not sure if it was as loud. the calls are very good, but maybe "over filtered" can sound synthetic but you never mishear anything. again the captivate can also be good but most people mess it up with custom roms.

rumy said:
Screen - Super amoled plus (True/Real Colours) - I have noticed with the captivate, while colours are vibrant they are not real, images looked kinda fake. The xperia is not as vibrant but great colours compared to the captivate.
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I played with the Infuse at the AT&T store. The screen is nice an large, but the maximum brightness was not very bright. White backgrounds of webpages were less bright than on my normal 60% brightness on my iPhone4. Also, the colors way definitely over-saturated. They look vibrant and really pop for icons and whatnot. But if you're looking at photographs and expect accurate colors, you won't find them here. I brought up identical pictures on the infuse and my iPhone 4 to compare. The yellow-green leaves looked like neon green relish you might find on a Chicago style hot dog. As a photographer, this pretty much made the infuse a non-contender for my next phone.
I check this same photo on my computer monitor at home. The iPhone4 was a much more accurate picture to what I saw on my monitor. Now I don't have a professionally calibrated monitor or anything. But it's clear the infuse display is VERY saturated. If you care about color accuracy, look elsewhere. That is, unless the development community can come up with something to adjust the display.

[Q] Where 1080p videos?

Can anyone with a Sensation post some 1080p clips on Youtube, or maybe upload an untouched version on some filehosting site? I heard they did some wizardry and drastically improved the video compared to previous offerings. Pretty please with sugar on top?

I second this

I'm just trying now, not sure what the outcome will be
I cant post links as my post count isnt high enough..
Only way I can think is going to YouTube and search my channel 'PygoReviews'

Theres a couple on my channel uploaded, then a longer one is on its way once its uploaded. Includes filming my fish, my chameleon then going outside, so different lighting perspectives.

PygoShlee said:
I'm just trying now, not sure what the outcome will be
I cant post links as my post count isnt high enough..
Only way I can think is going to YouTube and search my channel 'PygoReviews'
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Search "PygoReviews" = no hits

youtube.com/user/PygoReviews

http://www.youtube.com/user/PygoReviews

Cheers
There is another video being uploaded, im off to work now but the video shall be done in about half an hour.

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youtube.com/user/PygoReviews
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Ok. Thanks.
Apparently search only works if you've uploaded >2 vids. Who knew?
Channel Search
You can search for YouTube channels in the same way that you search for videos. All user channels with greater than two uploads are indexed in search results.

PygoShlee said:
I'm just trying now, not sure what the outcome will be
I cant post links as my post count isnt high enough..
Only way I can think is going to YouTube and search my channel 'PygoReviews'
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Please, upload a original sample to any fileholder (megaupload.com ,etc...).
Becouse Youtube always recode video.

Yes please upload unmodified clip onto say mediafire, megaupload, oron, filesonic, rapidshare, etc. Would appreciate it.
Here's the links to the two videos pygoreviews uploaded. Thanks for uploading.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVKQDJFab2g
Sorry to say, but the indoor video does not look good at all. Lots of noise and artifacts, blur, and dropped frames. The most annoying thing for me (which it shares with the Atrix and other Motorola phones) is it can't adjust exposure smoothly, like someone playing with the dimmer in a room; the slightest tilt and change in light suddenly dims or brightens the whole picture in big steps. Very annoying to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOR5mGRibY
In the outdoor video, seems to suffer from the same problems as the iPhone, but seems worse. Overblown and oversaturated colors and contrast, killing detail and giving it a smeared cartoony appearance. Exposure problems are less noticeable but still a problem.
Doesn't seem much better than HTCs older phones. I think the Atrix might even be better. The iPhone4, GS1/GS2/Nexus, G2x and N8 are all better.
Here are a couple of videos from that guy that has all those youtube videos already. Sam's Tech. Makes a good comparison with the GS2 since its all from the same field, time, and wind conditions.
Sensation 720p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC9R35x5tEQ
Galaxy S II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jBQPMzhXQ0
Sensation 1080p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP6Zjs5prW4
Galaxy S II 1080p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDV91zfm6VU
GS2 is much smoother and more detailed, with better colors and far less exposure issues. Just really far ahead in a lot of respects. Sensation still has exposure issues. Colors/contrast are way overblown/oversaturated like the previous videos, killing detail. Framerate is not smooth, quite jerky. And no screaming foul, since they are both Youtube uploads. It is smooth sometimes, but then stumbles quite a bit on others. The weirdest thing are the colors. They shift very dramatically. The grass goes from pale green one moment (like its overcast) to yellowish and warm the next, probably because of some exposure issue as well since it changes only at certain angles. Then there's the very conspicuous patches of blue/purple that sometimes appear on the grass or strewn atop the trees. Ghoulish. The strange color artifacts and overall weird colors remind me of an old VHS tape on a jacked up tube TV, not to mention the other details.
Another issue is the audio capture. Both the GS2 and Sensation have sucky audio capture (The G2x, iPhone4, and N8 are much better), but the Sensation fares worse in this comparison since the sound of the wind is needle sharp like lightning cracking (GS2 more like thunder thud) and the guy's voice has a lot more of those sharp screechy cutoff sounds. And no idea of the technical term for this.
Video capture and quality is very high on my priority list, probably tied with screen quality for number one spot. I know some people don't give a hoot about the camera or video of a phone, but there's a ton of people who do, especially as a convergent device. If you are looking for good video capture, there are much better choices out there.

Could be worse. Check out this issue with the SGS II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QznuN_ZUh-A&NR=1
Some sort of random pink spot in the middle of every pic/video. Apparently quite a common issue there. New firmware doesnt fix it either.
Not saying I don't agree with everything you said about the Sensations videos. Exposure looks likes its being controlled by someone with a palsy. All over the place. Disappointing really.

Wow man, just read ur posts, they are all bashing HTC Phones/ Loving SGS Phones. BTW when u have sun setting on fiels it really gives the ground a pale yellow colour so if the video shows that it isnt a bad thing also when u limit the area to just the grass it focuses in that frame and adjusts the ISO and Exposure if its set to auto. So imo showing pale yellow colour when the sun is setting is a good thing, I know my Sony Cam takes the lighting into action unlike my nexus one cam who would always try to dim the lighting to the minimum thus kicking out the colours due to lighting, About SGSII or any other phone audio being better u can just thank your fanboyism for such judging. This is the first time i heard anyone sayin Mono audio sounds better than stereo :/. The audio might not be one with studio quality fidelity quality, but still awesome for a phone video Sensation video was equally smooth, its just that the guys hands were shaking, u can't blame your wife for becoming pregnant when u forgot to use a condom. And like u said Moderators dont give a rat ****

Just putting up another of mediafire. Off to work again so will post up a link later. Its outside today, so be prepared for alot of wind noise Bloody weather.

Here you go people:
http://www.mediafire.com/?llmpx16mm5o7oye

PygoShlee said:
Here you go people:
http://www.mediafire.com/?llmpx16mm5o7oye
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Looked ok and sound was alright despite wind. Now question. Does the video camera have any whitebalance options at all? There was quite a lot of washout of the colour in bright light. I would like to be able to set whitebalance to sunny perhaps to combat that kind of thing.

Bratag said:
Looked ok and sound was alright despite wind. Now question. Does the video camera have any whitebalance options at all? There was quite a lot of washout of the colour in bright light. I would like to be able to set whitebalance to sunny perhaps to combat that kind of thing.
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Yes, I saw it in a video and just checked the manual where it's listed and gives the impression that it is available (the photo only options mention "photo only" and white balance doesn't have that comment).
PygoShlee said:
Here you go people:
http://www.mediafire.com/?llmpx16mm5o7oye
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Just saw it, seems quite nice. Not as much detail as I'd like but more than decent. And definitely better than the first 720p videos for phones (those were absolute rubbish). Hey, it's even better than some "1080p" tv shows I've seen (you know the ones, where it seems the FullHD was achieved through very aggressive warpsharp algorithms).

Outdoor clips look good! but I'm worried about indoor / low light.. The samples from even the G2X looked smooth in very low light, but the Sensation clip looked to have the same awful judder that my Nexus One has..
PygoShlee, if you would be so kind, can you take a low light / indoor night time video in 720p and see if it's smooth?
(G2x clip for comparison in a dark room: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZnP23jd_A4)

I'll do it this afternoon
Sent from my HTC Sensation

PygoShlee said:
Here you go people:
http://www.mediafire.com/?llmpx16mm5o7oye
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I quite like this. Smooth when panning. Detail could be better.

Just received my N9005

I received my Note 3 N9005 (LTE Qualcomm version) this morning and so far it's blown me away. I had an S4 (also Qualcomm LTE quad core) for a few weeks before ditching it and going back to my Note 2 due to the lag and various performance and heat issues, but I'm glad to say they're gone completely on the new Note 3. Under heavy load the back does get warm obviously, it's a fast processor and high-end GPU after all, but it stays cooler than the S4 and takes longer to heat up in general. Everything in the UI is utterly smooth and lag free, launching the camera app and taking a snap is near instant compared to the ~2 second lag on the S4 between pressing the shutter button and an image being captured. [email protected] videos look stunning, I was seriously impressed at the phone's ability to keep up and maintain the frame rate, and when in this mode the screen updates at 60fps as well so you get a good preview. [email protected] is likewise excellent, although just be sure to select 1/4 speed rather than the default 1/8 speed, as this still captures at 120fps (1/4 speed), but encodes and plays it back at 15fps (1/8 speed) which is not smooth at all. The display is absolutely beautiful, coming from the Note 2 the step up in resolution and colour presentation are immediately obvious, and even outdoors it still looks great. This is the nicest phone display I've ever laid eyes upon, and I've had a good look at most of 'em. Gone is the black crush effect, the purple redraw artefacts and the grittiness of the S4's panel, and being sAMOLED contrast is exceptional. In the hand it feels light compared to the Note 2, but at the same time sturdier, better built and there is zero flex or creaking unlike it's predecessor. USB 3.0 file transfers are noticeably quicker than USB 2, except of course if you're writing to the external MicroSD card as it's write speed is the bottleneck there. The faux-leather effect back still feels like plastic, but there's better grip and being matte, no fingerprints.
So far it feels like it justifies the high price (£604.96 from www.unlocked-mobiles.com including shipping), and time will tell on the battery life. Despite the bump in resolution I'm expecting good things there, the more efficient SOC and slightly larger capacity cell should hopefully offset the draw of running all 2,073,600 of those tiny little LEDs. So yeah, so far I love it and can easily recommend the upgrade from the Note 2, and especially the S4. If anyone wants more details, just ask

Nice little review.. what you think about the speakers? any better than the note 2? the note 2 speakers were better than s4 or any other samsung phone previously so maybe this one is a tad bit better? coming from the htc one, I know im going to miss those speakers but hopefully i dont cringe in pain from the experience on the note 3 (speaker wise) lol ..no one seems to do a review of the speakers on youtube and when i get the phone, thats the first thing i will do for people

As far as the speakers are concerned I just want them to be louder. I hate it when it is so quiet you can barely hear anything.
So can you give us an update on the loudness for the speakers please.

Don't worry about the battery life, it's pretty decent. I have posted detailed battery usage on my thread if you're interested. And the charging speed is around 48%/hour so you can topple it up pretty quickly compared to other phones.
stepinmyworld said:
Nice little review.. what you think about the speakers? any better than the note 2? the note 2 speakers were better than s4 or any other samsung phone previously so maybe this one is a tad bit better? coming from the htc one, I know im going to miss those speakers but hopefully i dont cringe in pain from the experience on the note 3 (speaker wise) lol ..no one seems to do a review of the speakers on youtube and when i get the phone, thats the first thing i will do for people
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The sound is louder than Note2's I think. I sold my note2 already so can't compare them side by side.
This video shows the audio compared to the new Sony Z1 ... hope it helps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP5Ov4zcJE0

stepinmyworld said:
Nice little review.. what you think about the speakers? any better than the note 2? the note 2 speakers were better than s4 or any other samsung phone previously so maybe this one is a tad bit better? coming from the htc one, I know im going to miss those speakers but hopefully i dont cringe in pain from the experience on the note 3 (speaker wise) lol ..no one seems to do a review of the speakers on youtube and when i get the phone, thats the first thing i will do for people
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The loud speaker is definitely an improvement on the Note 2, and being positioned on the bottom edge doesn't get obscured merely by putting the phone down on a soft surface such as the arm of my sofa. In terms of volume it's clearly louder and has less distortion than the Note 2 and S4, but it won't match the experience of the HTC One with it's dual front-facing speakers. Quality wise, it's still a tiny phone speaker so you won't be doing any serious listening with it, but it's loud and clear enough to be heard in noisy environments within limits, not in a club or near a runway obviously, but it's acceptable in the car and walking around the city. The headphone output however is I think my favourite improvement. Audio output via a decent set of headphones is simply incredible. Not just incredible for a phone, but bona fide excellent. I'm not claiming it'll best a Linn reference set up, but I've heard poorer audio from home setups and dedicated headphone amps costing many times the price of this phone. PowerAmp seems to downsample anything above 48khz, but the stock player renders 192KHz 24-bit flac files beautifully.

MohJee said:
Don't worry about the battery life, it's pretty decent. I have posted detailed battery usage on my thread if you're interested. And the charging speed is around 48%/hour so you can topple it up pretty quickly compared to other phones.
The sound is louder than Note2's I think. I sold my note2 already so can't compare them side by side.
This video shows the audio compared to the new Sony Z1 ... hope it helps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP5Ov4zcJE0
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can you type the name of the video here? I'm unable to click the link at work lol... but i can search the video via youtube..
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MohJee said:
Don't worry about the battery life, it's pretty decent. I have posted detailed battery usage on my thread if you're interested. And the charging speed is around 48%/hour so you can topple it up pretty quickly compared to other phones.
The sound is louder than Note2's I think. I sold my note2 already so can't compare them side by side.
This video shows the audio compared to the new Sony Z1 ... hope it helps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP5Ov4zcJE0
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vanButton said:
The loud speaker is definitely an improvement on the Note 2, and being positioned on the bottom edge doesn't get obscured merely by putting the phone down on a soft surface such as the arm of my sofa. In terms of volume it's clearly louder and has less distortion than the Note 2 and S4, but it won't match the experience of the HTC One with it's dual front-facing speakers. Quality wise, it's still a tiny phone speaker so you won't be doing any serious listening with it, but it's loud and clear enough to be heard in noisy environments within limits, not in a club or near a runway obviously, but it's acceptable in the car and walking around the city. The headphone output however is I think my favourite improvement. Audio output via a decent set of headphones is simply incredible. Not just incredible for a phone, but bona fide excellent. I'm not claiming it'll best a Linn reference set up, but I've heard poorer audio from home setups and dedicated headphone amps costing many times the price of this phone. PowerAmp seems to downsample anything above 48khz, but the stock player renders 192KHz 24-bit flac files beautifully.
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well that sounds promising... from the tones of the notifications, it sounds strong

stepinmyworld said:
can you type the name of the video here? I'm unable to click the link at work lol... but i can search the video via youtube..
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ePrice - Xperia Z1 與 Note 3 |擴音喇叭表現比較
It's in chinese The channel name is ePrice HK

MohJee said:
ePrice - Xperia Z1 與 Note 3 |擴音喇叭表現比較
It's in chinese The channel name is ePrice HK
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o wow! i like how much louder it is than the z1 i hear a tiny bit of base coming through the note 3 lollll
thanks a lot for posting the video name

How does the screen look under direct sun light? Thanks.
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Got mine today loving it what a nice phone

testrider said:
How does the screen look under direct sun light? Thanks.
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I live in Scotland, I don't know what anything looks like under direct sunlight :laugh: It's fairly bright outside just now but overcast, and the screen remains clearly legible and bright. Indoors under LED bulbs it looks great too, and reflection is not as much of an issue as it was on the Note 2.

Thanks! I'm in SoCal and it's sunny almost everyday of the year so that's a concern
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How come my screen gets very warm quite quickly?
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Quick/stupid question. The sticker on the site of the box that states what region sim you can use. Does it state North America and the Caribbean?
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Xshinobi said:
Quick/stupid question. The sticker on the site of the box that states what region sim you can use. Does it state North America and the Caribbean?
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Mine's the European version, so it doesn't mention either of them.

vanButton said:
... slightly larger capacity cell should hopefully offset the draw of running all 2,073,600 of those tiny little LEDs.
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Shouldn't that be 4,147,200 LEDs?

dscline said:
Shouldn't that be 4,147,200 LEDs?
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Indeed it should :silly: I realised my mistake after posting. 4,147,204 if you wanna count the notification RGB and the IR blaster

Is there any difference hardware wise between this model and the AT&T version?
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vince2398 said:
Is there any difference hardware wise between this model and the AT&T version?
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The only difference I can see is the ATT version comes with a slightly different back cover, which features a rather tacky (in my opinion) stylised "Galaxy Note 3" in silver near the bottom.

vanButton said:
The only difference I can see is the ATT version comes with a slightly different back cover, which features a rather tacky (in my opinion) stylised "Galaxy Note 3" in silver near the bottom.
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And AT&T version comes with the bands to support their LTE.

2015 X vs 2014 X - Thoughts from a discerning owner

It's been about two days with my new X so far. These are my thoughts regarding some of the details that some others glaze over:
Moto display. Some were worried that with the loss of AMOLED that moto display notifications would light up a whole room due to the whole LCD screen being forced to activate. This is not a problem. Even though the background is no longer a true black, it still looks to be a very dark gray. The positive here is that the brightness of the white notification icon on the 2015 X is MUCH less bright than the 2014 X. I'd say that as a whole the 2014 X lights up a dark room more so than it's newer counterpart.
Speakers - Without downloading a decibel-meter app, the 2015 X's perceived loudness is ~1.5x louder than the 2014 X, with a notable improvement in quality of sound. I sold my HTC M7 a long time ago, but unless the M8 was a drastic improvement, I don't recall the first gen boomsound sounding this good/loud.
Headphone output is louder than the 2014 X. I usually have my phone connected to a USB DAC before it goes into the AUX of my car, but I tested it directly from AUX to the phone, and the volume is noticeably louder on the new phone. I'm curious how much more wattage it provides. Will have to wait for anandtech's review to know for sure.
Load speed. Apps launch noticeably faster on the new X. Apps with a history of sluggish load times finally load at a faster clip, eg. Play Music, Youtube.
Camera/battery is improved. This has been discussed ad nauseam, no need to reiterate.
Radio performance seems slightly better. Reception seems improved in areas where I usually have dead spots.
The new X performs more poorly on my personal chrome benchmark than its older counterparts. What I do is load up slickdeals.net, go to the classic view, then simple view, then scroll up and down. The page usually has a LOT of information, both text and ads, so scrolling performance is tested. It wasn't until roughly towards the tail end of 2013 that chrome performance on my test was 100% smooth, ie iOS smooth. 2013 X and 2014 X on 5.0 were perfectly smooth on my test. The 2015 X is janky in this test. The "upgrade" in resolution for the 2015 X was not matched by a capable GPU. Otherwise, all the other sites I go to scroll just fine.
That's it for now. Any other questions, I'll field them.

I find the speakers to be fantastic. They need to be the golden standard. The screen also blew me away, it barely needs any brightness to be visible and also just looks......amazing. It is hard to explain. It's so easy to read from a greater distance that I remember be able to. But anyway, I am still testing other things on the phone. She feels very fast, which is a good thing. My only complaint is that the camera just is NOT sharp. I don't quite understand it.

The new LCD is garbage to me, I liked the amoled a lot better
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The new LCD is garbage to me, I liked the amoled a lot better
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That isn't a fair comparison. IPS is technically superior. AMOLED isn't accurate and until they STOP USING PENTILE, they won't ever beat IPS panels.
IPS is king, especially the Advanced High Performance Panels, can't wait to get a 120hz one on my desktop.
But I digress, the screen on the MXPE is amazing.

The colors just look weird to me, maybe I'm just not used to it yet but I don't like it. Don't get me wrong the clarity and high def are wonderful, it's just something about the colors
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Devans32 said:
The colors just look weird to me, maybe I'm just not used to it yet but I don't like it. Don't get me wrong the clarity and high def are wonderful, it's just something about the colors
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It's not that the colors are bad, it's that you're used to overly saturated colors.
What was your previous phone?

I'm with Devans32 in that the screens are not great. Its the reason I returned mine. I will admit that IPS panels are capable of being superior (whites, white power efficiency vs amoled, ect), but the viewing angles of the PE are just bad. Had the viewing angles been better, or had we kept an amoled, then I would be using the PE at this moment.

footballer62 said:
I'm with Devans32 in that the screens are not great. Its the reason I returned mine. I will admit that IPS panels are capable of being superior (whites, white power efficiency vs amoled, ect), but the viewing angles of the PE are just bad. Had the viewing angles been better, or had we kept an amoled, then I would be using the PE at this moment.
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I never understood why people care about viewing angles. Do you not usually view your phone straight on?

Damn people are crying about everything, get your amoled screen phone and stop the crying... Please!!
Coming from an amoled screen s5 and i like this better, is not over saturated..
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I never cared about viewing angles til this phone. I keep my phone in a side desk drawer at work and use active notification to lean over and check it many times a day. The off axis viewing for the PE isnt great, and compound that with the fact the PE's active display is half as bright as before, I could barely read texts now.

As far as my M8 is concerned, the speakers weren't quite as loud and the bass was a little better than the XPE at "normal" listening levels. The speakers on the XPE go louder and don't appear to clip, distort, or go through an EQ change. I'm happy with the speakers on the XPE, as I loved the way my M8 sounded when listening to YouTube or podcasts.
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erikiksaz said:
I never understood why people care about viewing angles. Do you not usually view your phone straight on?
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It's not even that point that bugs me. It's the fact the viewing angles are excellent. I can pretty much look at the screen from the side of the phone and it doesn't distort the color or brightness very much at all. To get significant distortion at an extreme viewing angle, the screen would not even be visible. I put this down as a faulty Display.

erikiksaz said:
The new X performs more poorly on my personal chrome benchmark than its older counterparts. What I do is load up slickdeals.net, go to the classic view, then simple view, then scroll up and down. The page usually has a LOT of information, both text and ads, so scrolling performance is tested. It wasn't until roughly towards the tail end of 2013 that chrome performance on my test was 100% smooth, ie iOS smooth. 2013 X and 2014 X on 5.0 were perfectly smooth on my test. The 2015 X is janky in this test. The "upgrade" in resolution for the 2015 X was not matched by a capable GPU. Otherwise, all the other sites I go to scroll just fine.
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I'm pretty happy with the phone but I definitely notice this issue specifically. androidpolice is another website I notice loaded mostly smooth on moto x 2014 on chrome, on this phone it's basically unusable with lag.
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Screen banding/distortion in dark videos

I just got my pixel 2 today, and I noticed that when I watch a dark video where there are some lighter sections in a black area, the lighter sections appear totally blown out/distorted.
For example, in the following video, the black curtain behind the stage has lighter sections that appear distorted on my phone. They almost look pixelated. This video looks terrible on the pixel 2:
(Note: make sure to see the video to the highest resolution)
https://youtu.be/H-5gWJYzCMw
Is this happening to anyone else, or did I just get a bad panel? If I watch that video on my Nexus 5x, it looks fine.

That's a very poorly encoded highly compressed video. There are huge artefacts clearly visible on my QHD calibrated monitor. I think you should find some newer videos to better judge the screen.

Minos20vt said:
That's a very poorly encoded highly compressed video. There are huge artefacts clearly visible on my QHD calibrated monitor. I think you should find some newer videos to better judge the screen.
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I knew it wasn't the highest quality video (although it is awesome), I was just shocked how much better it looked on my other devices. The reason I played it first was because it was at the top of my recently played list, but I should have known it wasn't a good example. Thanks for testing it on another monitor.
I can see the same kind of thing on certain scenes in the new The Last Jedi trailer, but since the quality is a lot higher, it is barely noticable. I really have to look to see it, which seems acceptable to me. https://youtu.be/Q0CbN8sfihY

jonnale said:
I knew it wasn't the highest quality video (although it is awesome), I was just shocked how much better it looked on my other devices. The reason I played it first was because it was at the top of my recently played list, but I should have known it wasn't a good example. Thanks for testing it on another monitor.
I can see the same kind of thing on certain scenes in the new The Last Jedi trailer, but since the quality is a lot higher, it is barely noticable. I really have to look to see it, which seems acceptable to me. https://youtu.be/Q0CbN8sfihY
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If you want to check for banding, don't use a video. Use solid colours... Feel free to use the ones here: http://www.nullabletype.co.uk/static/styles/blah.html . No need to install anything, just go to them in a browser and scroll to see different colours and grey scales. If you screen isn't uniform, they'll be visible. I'd check in a dark room with various screen brightness levels.
I currently don't have any gradient ones to try with, but you can probably find some greyscale/colour gradients to play with online.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/77cax8/pixel_2_black_crush_issue_pic_xpost_from/