I have a Galaxy S6 with this issue where very dark grey areas of the display are displayed in a lighter colour. I first noticed this when I copied over my background from my old S5 (i.redd.it/9ot00213jzr01.png). Instead of a smooth transition from the edge of the planet to outer space (on the top side of the image), there was a VERY noticeable halo, and you could clearly see where the image transitioned into fully black pixels. This was noticeable on my old phone, but the transition was extremely smooth and so you had to look very closely at it. It's also noticeable in the Reddit app. I use AMOLED night mode, and some areas, especially when loading in a subreddit, there is a colour that looks almost exactly like black on my S5, that looks way lighter on my S6. Is this a known issue? If not, what's going on? Can I fix it?
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I was at Tmobile today and I was comparing the S6 edge and the S6. Both were on max brightness with adaptive color profile. The edge had more contrast richness than the non edge. How is this possible when they have the same specs? Are they different panels?
I doubt anything is different except the curve. I've had the same phone side by side a few times and they've never looked exactly the same.
I want to get the non edge because I like the feel better in my hand. However, it's bothers me that the edge screen color has more pop in it.
I believe there was actually an in-depth review put up that decided that the Edge's screen actually was mildly superior, though likely not noticeably so to most people.
Actually, I was at T Mobile again today to look at the phones. On second look, the non Edge had a better screen. It was sharper and didn't show some artifacts that I noticed on the edge. However, the edge still has more contrast. At this point I am considering the non edge because sharpness is important.
Specifically, I was focusing on the man's face. The photo doesn't show the significance of what I saw... But oh well here it is anyways
Even with the same background wallpaper, display mode, the s6 edge seems to be slightly darker (the choice of colours). This is easily seen in the orange colours of within the messaging app, when you compare both side by side.
This difference exists even when both are set to 100% or both to auto (mainly because I read that they both have difference max brightness).
Thoughts?
trein91 said:
Even with the same background wallpaper, display mode, the s6 edge seems to be slightly darker (the choice of colours). This is easily seen in the orange colours of within the messaging app, when you compare both side by side.
This difference exists even when both are set to 100% or both to auto (mainly because I read that they both have difference max brightness).
Thoughts?
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The screens on the S6 and the edge are actually not identical, so there are some slight variances between them.
Hello everybody.
I received the exynos galaxy S7 few days ago. The experience with it is very good so far but there is an annoying thing about it. As I said in the title, the viewing angle are bad.
Indeed, for example when the background is white (rather yellow even with my display in basic mode), the colors change when I incline the smartphone for example at the beginning the yellow tint (normally white) tends to white then to a chameleon tint ( green, red, blue, purple) tint very fast. I know it can be normal with extreme viewing angles but in my case, it happens when I slightly incline the smartphone but I can still distinguish the content displayed though.
My brother owns a galaxy s7 edge and he doesn't experience this issue.
Do you experience the same problem? Do you think my device is defective?
Thanks.
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My device gets blue/green tint when I slightly incline it too... it's my first Samsung and amoled screen, so I don't know if it's ok, but I find it very disturbing...
Get a replacement if you can. I had a blue tint on white at very small angles on my first phone, the second one is better, not perfect but I can live with it.
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Get a replacement if you can. I had a blue tint on white at very small angles on my first phone, the second one is better, not perfect but I can live with it.
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I had a replacement this week-end and... the problem is still there !
Ok, I admit that it is less "agressive", but the screen still gets blue when inclined (even a little bit).
Maybe I'm not familiar with AMOLED screens (I've read it's typical), but I find it very annoying...
It's typical. Most people that continually spout off about how great AMOLED screens are and how they're so superior to LCDs conveniently ignore issues like this. The truth is, LCDs have some issues, like weak blacks if you're in a dark environment, but AMOLED screens usually have even more issues than LCDs, especially when it comes to displaying white and shades of gray.
First thing I noticed when I fired up my new S8 was the pink hue along the edges, checked out the adaptive display settings and saw I could reduce the red, but it's still present along the edges, while the rest of the screen became too blue/white. also when you toggle between adaptive display and cinema, photo or basic; the adaptive display looks the worst on the sample picture, the colors are totally blown out, and detail is lost. but on any setting other than adaptive, the screen looks quite reddish. My friend also got an S8 and his has a fainter pinkish tint along the edges, but the whole bottom third of the screen has the pinkish hue.
Onto the camera, Other than having better dynamic range and low light exposure, It's just not as good as the S6 in good light. The S8 seems to have way less fine detail than the S6, pictures of tree leaves and needles look like mud and fine details disappear on the S8, while they look comparatively amazing on the S6, and this isn't because the S6 is over sharpened, it's because the S8 sucks at picking up detail. One more nitpick, the 4:3 camera aspect ratio, even though I do like it, looks silly on this silly long phone, huge black bars on either side, the S6 on the other hand looks much nicer with 16:9 phone and pictures.
Finally onto the colors. which is hard to judge on the phone because the screens colors seem to be off, but the S6 pictures look better on phone. Colors when put on my computer seem to be more accurate on the S8, though the S6 is not bad and its slightly more saturated colors and warmer tones make for very pleasing photos. Overall I would say quality of the photos is down with the S8, which is going against what all pro reviewers have been saying. I can post some comparison pics later, so you can see for yourself the muddy pictures the S8 takes
Everything else on the phone seems good, looks great and is better to hold in the hand with the same case than the S6. Of course there is bixby and other useless samsung crapwear that detracts from the phone as well. I mostly wanted to upgrade because the new phones are waterproof and have expandable storage, my 2 real complaints about the S6. I also was looking forward to slightly better photos, which obviously is not the case. but honestly, I don't think this new phone is any better other than its sleek exterior.
here is a link for pictures, S6 are the 16:9 and S8 are the 4:3 pics. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9qKZKZH22s0RXpqYk1VeTByTHM
Im a S6 user too who has the S8
The Camera - For a storm chaser or nature wide angle shots, the S6 will be better due to 16 MP camera. This also allows that fine detail.
HOWEVER The S8 has more manual options and raw format, so for those of us who work DSLR cameras. We know how to make things awesome. Faster focus time here too.
The red tint you described is an issue with some people. Samsung claims its software related. Check with your carrier on swapping out possibly if you dont want to assume Samsung is right on the software update to fix it.
My only issue with the S8 right now is... no root. So cant transfer from Titaniumbackup to my S8 to make a handoff from one phone to another.
Bixby Vision for the s6 edge working in Touchwiz Home Launcher? Anybody?
No, I'm not trying to sell washing powder, just trying to understand an issue I've had now with two Pixel 2 devices, and one that I posted about on the colour saturation and accuracy thread on the Real Life Review boards previously.
My first Pixel 2 arrived in December and I was immediately underwhelmed with the colour balance on the display - regardless of configuration options. Whites were very yellow - not as bad as when the Night Light was on, but far from white. So I returned the device, and a new one arrived a few days later. My second Pixel 2 is undoubtedly much better than the first. Not only was the colour balance better, it was also noticeably sharper when compared side by side. However, it still has a definite yellow tint in the whites, and some images seem to show this more than others - for example, flesh tones in the otherwise superb photos (when viewed on the device) look odd.
It's most noticeable for me when I have a nearby monitor or screen to compare. Individually the phone does not look so bad, but the whites on my monitor, laptop, tablet and even old phones are significantly whiter. (I'm not helped by the fact that I work in front of a screen all day - so I'm rarely able to avoid the comparison.)
Hence the question - both my devices have had a distinct yellow tint in the whites. How about yours?
I'd really like to keep the phone - because pretty much everything else about it is great. However, it's not a cheap phone, and because of that I'm not sure I should be making such a compromise on the display.
Any feedback appreciated.
I went to Best Buy and looked at the Pixel 2 they had there, and it had a similar yellow tint to the one I had that I RMA'd, but I don't think the tint was as bad on the one at Best Buy as it was on the one I had.
To get a comparison I just loaded the Play Store app (white background) and compared to a sheet of laser printer paper I had on my desk (under fluorescent lighting in my office). I'd have say my whites were a bit colder (i.e. less yellow) than the paper appeared under these lighting conditions.
I tried changing colour mode, but that didn't seem to have a dramatic effect on the white point, though "saturated" looked a little different - I'm not sure whether I'd describe it as "warmer" (more yellow/less blue) or just having slightly more green, but there was a very small change in colour temperature in that mode. I use "natural" myself anyway.
Large Hadron said:
To get a comparison I just loaded the Play Store app (white background) and compared to a sheet of laser printer paper I had on my desk (under fluorescent lighting in my office). I'd have say my whites were a bit colder (i.e. less yellow) than the paper appeared under these lighting conditions.
I tried changing colour mode, but that didn't seem to have a dramatic effect on the white point, though "saturated" looked a little different - I'm not sure whether I'd describe it as "warmer" (more yellow/less blue) or just having slightly more green, but there was a very small change in colour temperature in that mode. I use "natural" myself anyway.
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Thanks for the feedback.... I'm using natural mode too - boosted, or saturated just make the whites more yellow for me. It's subtle - but noticeable.
I've also noticed yellowish whites comparing it to other screens. Even my old N6P had better whites. I don't know if it's a generalized issue we should worry about, or just stick with it.
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It's just how these screens were tuned. They are much warmer than LCD screens and look yellow when u compare to basically any other display. It's a feature, not a bug. Stop comparing and you won't notice it ?
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It's just how these screens were tuned. They are much warmer than LCD screens and look yellow when u compare to basically any other display. It's a feature, not a bug. Stop comparing and you won't notice it
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You're right of course, I need to stop comparing... I just got a bit paranoid after my original RMA'd device's screen was so poor. I think I'm going to stick with it.