What's up with not being able to see this phone outside in sunlight? I've tried auto brightness and maximum brightness. The screen just seems so dim compared to other phones... anybody else feel this way?
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DaKillaWilla said:
What's up with not being able to see this phone outside in sunlight? I've tried auto brightness and maximum brightness. The screen just seems so dim compared to other phones... anybody else feel this way?
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Yup. Just turn sideways or backwards to the sun and cast a shadow over it and it´s legible. It may be dimmer than some other phones, but AFAIK it´s not that much worse.
knizmi said:
Yup. Just turn sideways or backwards to the sun and cast a shadow over it and it´s legible. It may be dimmer than some other phones, but AFAIK it´s not that much worse.
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For me, I only realise how dirty the screen is when I use it in bright sunlight - a quick wipe down with a screen cleaner wipe and visibility is great.
Cheap screen protectors can also wreck visibility in bright sunlight.
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I find my SGS4G unusable in bright sunlight. With brightness at max its ok in the shade or on a cloudy day. I think this is normal for the model.
I've seen some postings for other newer phones that say they are readable in direct bright sunlight. Is there really different display technology that allows this?
Thats odd. I leave auto brightness on for my phone and I think its completely readable in direct sunlight..
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Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Huawei Nexus 6P's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Gets really bright, not as bright as Note5.
It may not be the very best according to some but I can perfectly see the screen without having to cover the phone from the sun while wearing my polarized sun glasses. This is with adaptive display turned on.
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No complaints... Better than I expected after reading some reviews
Yes
yes it has a gr8 screen
Really struggle compared to previous phones.
I have htc m8
..I see this one better and it's sunny at the moment of writing this. I guess if you're coming from a Samsung s6
Bigal77 said:
I have htc m8
..I see this one better and it's sunny at the moment of writing this. I guess if you're coming from a Samsung s6
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Not overly bothered either way, comparison was against an S5 which I thought was marginally better.
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When I got my 6p, my screen was a, sort of, two-tone. A light pink hue in the top left of my screen, that faded diagonally, to a bottom right, bluer hue. I was about to rma, even called Huawei. (Let's hope no one has to go through them) I thought it may be the back light calibration. So I downloaded lux, and voila, my colors were evenly distributed across my screen. And in turn, added a lil brightness outdoors. I turned lux off and my calibration is correct now. My screen, to me, looks a lil richer now and is pretty impressive. I'm coming from the Note 4 too.
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Better than the N6 when viewing in the sunlight...
Nice screen. Still prefer Note 5 screen.
it bright enough for me. I can see the screen in full daylight fine.
Coming from a Galaxy S4, the 6P gets More brighter, and More dimmer than the S4. Was not expecting this great of a screen after reading all the posts. Unlike the S4, your eyes wont hurt when you wanna read something in bed with the lights off!
readability
I know this is the wrong place to ask but does anybody has som feeling how the display is compared to Iphone 6 Plus in brightness outdoors?
Splifff said:
Coming from a Galaxy S4, the 6P gets More brighter, and More dimmer than the S4. Was not expecting this great of a screen after reading all the posts. Unlike the S4, your eyes wont hurt when you wanna read something in bed with the lights off!
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Totally can relate. I came from an S4 and I noticed the brightness difference immediately.
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Bigal77 said:
No complaints... Better than I expected after reading some reviews
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same here! love this phone.
I feel like I'm doing something wrong, because my experience has been the complete opposite of what everyone is saying here. The screen is fine indoors or out of direct sunlight, but in direct sunlight it's crazy hard to see. I have adaptive brightness off, and the brightness setting cranked. Just prior to this phone I'd tried out the Moto X Style, and while every review I read knocked that phone for its display, I feel like outdoor viewing was significantly better, and it didn't have any of the blotchy/uneven/pink hued issues that amoleds apparently have.
Outdoor visibility is extremely poor. Worse than my Nexus 5
Also really poor sunlight visibility here. RMA?
Adaptive Brightness
My 6p is bright enough for outside, but I have to be careful not to cover the sensor or the adaptive brightness will dim the screen.
Ok I tried a search first no results I remember my note 7 being extremely bright I could wear my sunglasses and being outside or in a dark tinted car with glasses on and being able to see the screen perfectly I don't think my s8 plus is as bright also my white color on the screen isnt bright white or as white as I remember on my note 7 . I did try adjusting the colors no luck. And adjusting the settings it's on adaptive which I like the best but not as good as I remember. Maybe it's my gpel screen protector? Or maybe it's software built in to help this larger screen with battery life ? I believe this isn't the same screen type as the note 7. Or I'm just crazy lol the bright screen was a huge selling point for me since I live in the sunniest place on earth
motorsports601 said:
Ok I tried a search first no results I remember my note 7 being extremely bright I could wear my sunglasses and being outside or in a dark tinted car with glasses on and being able to see the screen perfectly I don't think my s8 plus is as bright also my white color on the screen isnt bright white or as white as I remember on my note 7 . I did try adjusting the colors no luck. And adjusting the settings it's on adaptive which I like the best but not as good as I remember. Maybe it's my gpel screen protector? Or maybe it's software built in to help this larger screen with battery life ? I believe this isn't the same screen type as the note 7. Or I'm just crazy lol the bright screen was a huge selling point for me since I live in the sunniest place on earth
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You live in Yuma AZ?
Dumb question, auto brightness enabled or disabled? Reason being, the auto allows a threshold of nit output higher than ever going to the slider to 100% yourself.
jackdforme said:
You live in Yuma AZ?
Dumb question, auto brightness enabled or disabled? Reason being, the auto allows a threshold of nit output higher than ever going to the slider to 100% yourself.
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Yes Yuma yes I leave it on auto I also thought my N7 did better at auto adjusting
Anyone know how much nits the U11 display has?
And how is it under direct sunlight compared to the HTC 10 (which was very bad)?
Some reviews state that the screen is bright and some claim that the screen is dim. Don't know what is true
Any news about that?
tal_sarid said:
Any news about that?
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I only read that it's brighter than the HTC 10 (which I have no trouble reading in the sun).
Hamdir, who has the s8 and u11 guesstimates it's around 500-520 nits
dlorde said:
I only read that it's brighter than the HTC 10 (which I have no trouble reading in the sun).
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Well, maybe your sun is different than mine or your eyes are stronger
HTC 10 is barely visible under direct sunlight in contrary to any Samsung flagship device since the Note 4 back in 2014 (which I possess at the moment).
All devices under 500 nits are useless in direct sunlight and the country I'm living in has 9-10 months of strong sunlight every year so that's really important for me.
Cryosx said:
Hamdir, who has the s8 and u11 guesstimates it's around 500-520 nits
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So, if I'm not mistaken, is it as bright as the U Ultra?
If it is so it should be just decent enough to use under direct sunlight
That's good news and I'm hoping it will be even brighter.
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/HTC-U-Ultra-Review_id4328
tal_sarid said:
Well, maybe your sun is different than mine or your eyes are stronger
HTC 10 is barely visible under direct sunlight in contrary to any Samsung flagship device since the Note 4 back in 2014 (which I possess at the moment).
All devices under 500 nits are useless in direct sunlight and the country I'm living in has 9-10 months of strong sunlight every year so that's really important for me.
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I'm in the UK, so maybe the sun's not as bright as some places, because I've not had trouble reading in the sun - as long as reflections off the screen aren't too strong. I couldn't do that with previous phones (HTC One Mini 2, One S, & Desire). Lucky me, I guess
dlorde said:
I'm in the UK, so maybe the sun's not as bright as some places, because I've not had trouble reading in the sun - as long as reflections off the screen aren't too strong. I couldn't do that with previous phones (HTC One Mini 2, One S, & Desire). Lucky me, I guess
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Haha, maybe I should live in the UK too, this should solve my problem
Just watched a review that shows how the screen looks like under direct sunlight.
It's clearly better than the 10 and visible under direct sunlight...
https://youtu.be/cMuF4XaTf98?t=2m26s
Well, got my answer from HTC U11 review by PhoneArena: 528 nits
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/HTC-U11-Review_id4361
See Attached Image. HTC U11 Brightness Scored!
Screen Experience so far
GREAT! It is far better than the HTC 10. In bright sun you can read the screen when it was not possible on the HTC 10. Colours and contrast look (subjectively) much better too. I am very happy - and as I've reported elsewhere you can actually see the screen in portrait mode with polarising glasses now - great in the car when driving (and yes we do actually need sunglasses in the UK - sometimes).
Do any one see a red tint especially noticable on whites as I see?
rajeshkapa said:
Do any one see a red tint especially noticable on whites as I see?
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Adjust the color temperature in the display settings.
rajeshkapa said:
Do any one see a red tint especially noticable on whites as I see?
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I'm seeing the same thing as you, a slightly red hue on the whites. I tried to monkey around with the temperature control feature but still wasn't able to get it bright white. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Have had the Note 20 Ultra from T-Mobile since Wednesday and then phones been be great except for two flaws. One is native gestures still not working 100% smooth with third party launchers - which is okay, I am using FNG anyway, but another is the screen brightness.
Despite being in direct sunlight, the panel doesn't get bright. Samsung claims 1500 nits of brightness, it definitely doesn't get there through either manually sliding the brightness or setting it to auto brightness. Definitely isn't as bright as my OnePlus 8 Pro.
I've annoyingly factory reset the phone to no avail. Anyone else having issues?
Yes, it's not great .... my Note 8 is brighter in normal use.
The panel does get brighter in strong daylight but the maximum manual brightness is poor.
AhsanU said:
Have had the Note 20 Ultra from T-Mobile since Wednesday and then phones been be great except for two flaws. One is native gestures still not working 100% smooth with third party launchers - which is okay, I am using FNG anyway, but another is the screen brightness.
Despite being in direct sunlight, the panel doesn't get bright. Samsung claims 1500 nits of brightness, it definitely doesn't get there through either manually sliding the brightness or setting it to auto brightness. Definitely isn't as bright as my OnePlus 8 Pro.
I've annoyingly factory reset the phone to no avail. Anyone else having issues?
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It is some kind of protection bec extra brightness for long time damage Amoled displays so they decided to limit it in normal usage
It's bright but the white point is um, weird.
Reminds me of the Surface Pro IPS panels, always, always, too green!
And the ability to adjust RGB levels has nary an effect!
I want the ability to calibrate the display properly FFS!
I know it's a decent display but gimping the calibration ability makes about as much sense as putting bias ply tires on a Ferrari!
cpufrost said:
It's bright but the white point is um, weird.
Reminds me of the Surface Pro IPS panels, always, always, too green!
And the ability to adjust RGB levels has nary an effect!
I want the ability to calibrate the display properly FFS!
I know it's a decent display but gimping the calibration ability makes about as much sense as putting bias ply tires on a Ferrari!
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If you read what samsung say about its Dynamic Amoled panels you will understand why the white looks weird , they have implemented a Hardware blue light filter which filters the harmful blue light emissions that is why all new samsung displays show white a llitle yellowish , It might not be the best looking but is is safe for your eyes and renders a more accurate colors.
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If you read what samsung say about its Dynamic Amoled panels you will understand why the white looks weird , they have implemented a Hardware blue light filter which filters the harmful blue light emissions that is why all new samsung displays show white a llitle yellowish , It might not be the best looking but is is safe for your eyes and renders a more accurate colors.
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What's the point of having that?
It's clearly inferior to my professional displays.
Proper calibration and white point is *everything*.
It does NOT look yellowish, it has too much green.
That looks horrible.
After using it for a day I cannot believe how much better my Mac, 11 Pro Max and S20 Ultra looks.
Can you please tell me if the screen isn't bright if adaptive mode is turned off? (120hz)
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Brava27 said:
Can you please tell me if the screen isn't bright if adaptive mode is turned off? (120hz)
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Its significantly brighter with it off
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Its significantly brighter with it off
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Yeah, that is what someone pointed out. Thanks
Compared to the Note 10+ it's significantly brighter even in 120Hz, and I often need to lower it even with the adaptive brightness on.
It's somewhere around 1/5 or 1/6th of the brightness bar.