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{Q} Can anyone compare Nexus HD screen to a QHD screen ?

Just curious as to how much sharper the image is.
Considering a portion of the real estate is used for virtual buttons Im wondering just how a QHD screen like the Atrix or Amaze would compare ?
Has anyone tried a side by side ?

Here are some 8MP photos of iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus. I linked to them as they are large photos.
For some reason the iPhone looks green and Nexus looks red but ignoring the colour hopefully you can see how the sharpness is on par with the iPhone but with more information as the screen is bigger.
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Your photos are whacked
Also look at the HowardForums review for closeups of the screens comparing it to a SGS2. Not QHD but the sharpness is visible.
Big difference.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV

xManMythLegend said:
Just curious as to how much sharper the image is.
Considering a portion of the real estate is used for virtual buttons Im wondering just how a QHD screen like the Atrix or Amaze would compare ?
Has anyone tried a side by side ?
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Its all about PPI and overall screen quality. The GN (HD at 4.65") is about 316 PPI, the Amaze (qHD at 4.3") is 256 PPI. A level of ~315 PPI is supposedly the point where the individual pixels are unable to be discerned by the naked eye at a reasonable distance.
Something to keep in mind is that the GN is pentile (RGBG) and the Amaze is a super LCD (full RGB). Pentile is usually worse for jagged-ness, but the resolution is SO high that it overcomes the issue of pentile (all extremely close-up macro shots of the Galaxy Nexus/Note seem to prove this). SLCD is "better" for jagged-ness, but isn't nearly as bright as AMOLED. The lower PPI leads to more jaggedness when compared to the GN though.
Basically, AMOLED HD is going to blow qHD SLCD out of the water.
Hope this helps.

martonikaj said:
Basically, AMOLED HD is going to blow qHD SLCD out of the water.
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It sure hope so. I'm planning on giving up my Amaze for the GSM Galaxy Nexus when it's available in the states.
Luckily though I'll have plenty of time to see it before I buy it since Verizon will be getting it before the GSM version becomes available.
The screen on my Amaze is really quite good so if the Galaxy Nexus is way better it will be nothing short of amazing! I'm really looking forward to the Nexus.

I had the HTC Sensation before my Galaxy NExus and that was QHD SLCD, and the Nexus is just something else, outdoors is far better, and when watching a 720p video on both handsets i can confirm the is far more detail (as you would expect) on the nexus than the sensation.

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I had the HTC Sensation before my Galaxy NExus and that was QHD SLCD, and the Nexus is just something else, outdoors is far better, and when watching a 720p video on both handsets i can confirm the is far more detail (as you would expect) on the nexus than the sensation.
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What about text though? That's my main concern with the PenTile screen.

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What about text though? That's my main concern with the PenTile screen.
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Like I said above. The resolution is just so damn high it doesn't matter. Text looks super crisp. Take a look at this link from androidcentral looking at the Galaxy Note's screen (same as Nexus but 1280x800) in super macro shots and I think you'll agree.

qHD
I've never seen an qHD screen before until last week when I was checking out the HTC Raider and EVO 3D. Wow! I was surprised by how nice the text and color of the screens look compared with my Samsung Vibrant. I think Super AMOLED is over rated IMHO. Unless you are only concern with graphics, I think qHD is way better.
If the Galaxy Nexus screen is as good as the qHD, I'll go for it. Otherwise, I rather get an HTC Raider and wait for the ICS update later.

sohoxda said:
I've never seen an qHD screen before until last week when I was checking out the HTC Raider and EVO 3D. Wow! I was surprised by how nice the text and color of the screens look compared with my Samsung Vibrant. I think Super AMOLED is over rated IMHO. Unless you are only concern with graphics, I think qHD is way better.
If the Galaxy Nexus screen is as good as the qHD, I'll go for it. Otherwise, I rather get an HTC Raider and wait for the ICS update later.
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qHD is the resolution and has nothing to do with screen technology (sAMOLED vs SLCD). Galaxy Nexus has a much higher resolution, and better screen technology than SLCD, so yeah I would assume it's better than qHD

Spinstorm said:
Here are some 8MP photos of iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus. I linked to them as they are large photos.
For some reason the iPhone looks green and Nexus looks red but ignoring the colour hopefully you can see how the sharpness is on par with the iPhone but with more information as the screen is bigger.
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Are these both on max brightness?
Kev

Has anyone been able to compare the screen on the rezound with the nexus? That's the screen that has a nice HD display with a 342 or so dpi. I've seen it and I think its better then the iPhones. Wondering how the nexus looks side to side with that phones display.
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I think that is a misleading image. The pixels in the Galaxy Nexus and Doid RAZR appear practically the same size in that image, whereas the Galaxy Nexus's pixels should be in the region of 20% smaller. The Rezound on the other hand looks a lot more accurate.

If you actually listen to what they have to say on The Vergecast, they say the Galaxy Nexus looks great just like the Rezound, whereas the RAZR looks awful.

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that pic just doesn't make much sense to me. because on the AMOLED screens the macro shot is so near that it shows the actual SUBPIXEL layout, while the Rezound screenshot doesn't show subpixel and instead shows the letter on a zoom level which already creates the white coloring. You cannot see any subpixel, but for a fair comparison the macro shot should be the same for all.
either go all into details and show the subpixel layout level, or pull a little bit back and show us with a macro shot how WHITE text will look for the enduser on all screens...

Shahpur.Azizpour said:
that pic just doesn't make much sense to me. because on the AMOLED screens the macro shot is so near that it shows the actual SUBPIXEL layout, while the Rezound screenshot doesn't show subpixel and instead shows the letter on a zoom level which already creates the white coloring. You cannot see any subpixel, but for a fair comparison the macro shot should be the same for all.
either go all into details and show the subpixel layout level, or pull a little bit back and show us with a macro shot how WHITE text will look for the enduser on all screens...
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These subpixel shots are ridiculous. You'll never look at your screen this way unless you're a weirdo. To the human eye the Nexus has an absolutely gorgeous screen and I have zero issues with it. Who the hell cares what the subpixel layout is as long as you don't notice issues when looking at it. I have a Sensation and my wife has iPhone 4 and the Nexus screen is a million times better for me than both of those.

Galaxy Nexus Screen - What's Normal, What's Not. (Photos!)

Got the Nexus today and having no experience with the AMOLED screens (iPhones and EVO before) I'm not sure what is considered normal and what is defective. I know there are plenty of threads about this, but very few examples.
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More Texture (bad) left, Less Texture (good) right.
Viewing Angle - UPDATE: My new Nexus has much less tint when viewed at an angle. *Colors adjusted to match as close as possible in Adobe Lightroom - and they are very close.
Viewing Angle - At extreme angles the screen with produce an iridescent effect.
Courtesy of TAMIM2007 - Left Galaxy nexus / right Galaxy 1
Courtesy of iansmith
Galaxy Nexus OLED's with a black screen showing red and green pixels are indeed slightly lit even though it should be "black" (15 second exposure).
Galaxy Nexus "black" vs LCD "black" (15 second exposure).
THESE ARE DEFECTS Exchange these phones... You shouldn't have to live like this!​
Courtesy of asb123 - Tint Fade at 0% brightness.
Courtesy of staticx57 - Black spots on a dark screen. Very common issue, odds are your replacement screen will have these, too.
Courtesy of blackhand1001 - Image Retention issues.
Courtesy of tonnytech - Banding and Transparent Lines
If other people want to add their own pictures for analysis I'll try and add them to the first post so people new to the AMOLED world can feel better about theirs/exchange for a new one.

I'm seeing the same thing with the whites. They almost feel like they have a yellow hue to them.
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normal with a pentile display same thing happened with the nexus s the rgb settings arent exactly correct

Aye completely normal. It's what a high-definition Pentile screen looks like.

Well, that answers that then.
Thanks guys.

Is this really supposed to be normal? I'm not convinced yet.

I came from a SGS2 and I can say the banding/lines/grey dots are much worse. The S2 seemed more glossy and colours seemed richer than the matt styled newspaper type of screen that the nexus has. I am quite annoyed as this was not mentioned in any of then reviews.
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very useful post, thanks OP. i just picked up the gn two days ago, and the screen is bothering me as well. i havent done as rigorous testing as the OP, but i definitely notice similar banding at lower brightnesses. from what it sounds like, it is normal.
i came from a nexus s 4g and gs2, i've never noticed this problem with AMOLEDs in the past. very disappointing so far.

wadyas said:
I came from a SGS2 and I can say the banding/lines/grey dots are much worse. The S2 seemed more glossy and colours seemed richer than the matt styled newspaper type of screen that the nexus has. I am quite annoyed as this was not mentioned in any of then reviews.
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that's because the sgs2 does not use pentile, it uses full rgb, at the cost of a considerably lower resolution.

Updated post to include an up close look at the PenTile display pixels. Appears the same as all the others FWIW.

nice thread, i think you should change the title and have a mod to sticky it, this helps people not starting useless threads about their display showing tint of yellow/blue/grey etc.

I think the sticky is a good idea as well. Not sure what i would need to change in the title though.
Who knows a mod? LOL

I wish I had seen this thread sooner. It almost seems like no one else is complaining about this issue. I'm afraid to turn in my GNex for replacement because I'm afraid the replacement will be much worse than this.

For some reasons, the AMOLED on Samsung phones (GS, GSII, etc.) are not that great with the stock settings Samsung pre-set.
Just wait until supercurio (the guy behind voodoo project) works his voodoo magic on the GN's AMOLED.
You'll be amazed.

andythefan said:
I wish I had seen this thread sooner. It almost seems like no one else is complaining about this issue. I'm afraid to turn in my GNex for replacement because I'm afraid the replacement will be much worse than this.
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For what it's worth I actually took mine back for a replacement since I had what looked almost like a fingerprint under the glass - and my replacement is somewhat better.
The blue hue when seen at an angle is a little less blue and the "linen" effect is a little more subdued as well. It's definitely still there though but I think it's worth it.
Oh why didn't they just make it standard RGB like the Galaxy S II?

chjade84 said:
For what it's worth I actually took mine back for a replacement since I had what looked almost like a fingerprint under the glass - and my replacement is somewhat better.
The blue hue when seen at an angle is a little less blue and the "linen" effect is a little more subdued as well. It's definitely still there though but I think it's worth it.
Oh why didn't they just make it standard RGB like the Galaxy S II?
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i've returned my galaxy nexus three time to the shop, and been through 5 units in the shop, problems were bright pixels, scratched screen inside and outside, random movement of the screen (like someone has been touching the screen continuously), in all cases the screen looked ok, just like the photos shown in first post, except for one that had a tint of purple/pink along the top of the screen(can only be seen in grey settings and dark rooms).
about the RGB, i dont think they have the technology to make super HD amoled display with RGB at low cost yet, but thats by guess.

I went to my local Verizon store, and all of the display models looked like this. A sales person let me compare to his phone, and his looked like this also.
Seems like this is just the new standard I guess, or maybe some of us have sensitive eyes.

RickROM said:
I went to my local Verizon store, and all of the display models looked like this. A sales person let me compare to his phone, and his looked like this also.
Seems like this is just the new standard I guess, or maybe some of us have sensitive eyes.
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It's one of those things that once you see it you can't unsee it and it will always bother you. I had the rezound before my nexus and the capacitive buttons all leaked light onto the screens. I had to point out this fact to the sales guy cause he didnt see it. Once he did he checked all of the display models and they all had the same problem.
That being said, all phones now a days seem to have some "problem" with them and sadly you need to pick the problems that seem to bother you the least.

As excited as I was for this phone, the screen alone made me return it. It's awful. It was sad comping it to my Palm Pre Plus of all instantly being amazed at how much better that screen looked compared to the Galaxy Nexus. I was never expecting to see a grainy screen full of banding.
It's also annoying no review pointed this out. I've always been annoyed at how vague most phone reviews are and the fact so many reviews just seem like they really aren't tech savvy because issues like this should be pointed out. The fact that I've read numerous reviews say the screen is absolutely gorgeous really makes me wonder if these reviewers are scared to be critical in fear of losing review units. Reviews should be critical and be picky about specifics so we don't have to discover these things after we purchase the phone.

I'm really not that impressed with the screen overall. Every unit I have seen (9) has had some issue with color consistency across the screen, or banding that never goes away at any brightness (let alone the linen effect). The screen on my fascinate (galaxy s) is downright amazing, with whites as bright as an iPhone 4 and great vibrancy. The galaxy nexus screen (every one I have seen) is washed out and yellow in comparison, almost like it has a disgusting tan film covering the screen). By itself it looks pretty good, but side by side with any other device (IPS or my galaxy s's pentile amoled) it looks like complete crap. I really don't know how Samsung screwed this up so badly and can only hope the color temperature can be changed via software to get rid of the disgusting yellow tint.

I just love this screen

I have to say the Sprint Galaxy SII has one of the best screens I have ever seen on a smartphone, especially when used outside. Most phones outside are near impossible to see in the daytime, but the Galaxy SII is actually usable and very sharp. And that is with the auto brightness off, keeping it at like 1/3rd it still easy to see. But I am talking mid day in Winter, not high noon on a July clear sunny day, all phones suck with that light.
Had the EVO 4G before this, and it is night and day a major leap forward in screen technology, even my Brother who loves his iPhone4, says he is very impressed with the vibrant colors, and deep blacks, and how clear the Galaxy SII looks, he admitted it is better than his "retina" display. My other Brother still has the EVO 4G, and when put next to each other on the desk, the phones don't seem like only a year apart in tech, they look like they 5 yrs different almost. The EVO 4G looks extremely dated next to the Epic 4G Touch.
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I wish the resolution was higher, at least qhd 960 x 540. text on webpages at fully zoomed out is unreadable. also, at off angle (30 degrees off center), there's a progressively bluer tinge to whites and other lighter colors where as a comparison, dead center, there is a noticeably warmer color of white. dunno if anyone noticed but at the lowest brightness with screen filter app, there's a hatch pattern to the whites & greys (only noticed because i use the phone at night with the lights off).
besides that, the display is awesome.

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I wish the resolution was higher, at least qhd 960 x 540. text on webpages at fully zoomed out is unreadable. also, at off angle (30 degrees off center), there's a progressively bluer tinge to whites and other lighter colors where as a comparison, dead center, there is a noticeably warmer color of white. dunno if anyone noticed but at the lowest brightness with screen filter app, there's a hatch pattern to the whites & greys (only noticed because i use the phone at night with the lights off).
besides that, the display is awesome.
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I think you have a defective display dude, mine is perfect and trust me I'm picky as ****. Returned my first one cause it had some vertical gradient gray lines on darker backgrounds, exactly like you described, you could see them the best on low backlight. Also had some blue tinting going on whites as well. The replacement I got is beautiful.
(I also come from the vibrant)
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The screen resolution can be forgiven for all the other positives.
Pretty much everyone I know has commented on the screen and admitted that it's better than their own. Two iphone users that I know drool over it and could give a crap about retina display compared to super amoled + I even pointed out how it's more pixelated than retina display, and they would take the trade off.
Compared it to a coworkers droid razr, and while the razr's screen has a better resolution, it's behind in all other aspects. The sgsii screen just looks so much more vibrant.

super amoled is sexy indeed.
i love this screen, the thick glass gives it depth too. beautiful

Im coming from an EVO 4G, and I must admit, this screen is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Especially the blacks.

sick of people and this resolution crap, I had the qHD screen on the Evo3D and i dont miss it one bit compared to this thing!! and trust me im picky as hell also

The one big downside.... Whites
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Duce HD2 said:
I think you have a defective display dude, mine is perfect and trust me I'm picky as ****. Returned my first one cause it had some vertical gradient gray lines on darker backgrounds, exactly like you described, you could see them the best on low backlight. Also had some blue tinting going on whites as well. The replacement I got is beautiful.
(I also come from the vibrant)
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thanks for the suggestion, I will go check it out at the sprint store to see if other units have the same issue. just to clarify, your current phone doesn't get a blue tint to the whites as your tilt the phone?

My unit also has a very noticeable blue-to-yellowish hue to it (noticeable on whites especially) but I didn't think anything of it until now.
Hold it at one angle, pure white.
Hold it -+5 degrees, blue tint.
Hold it -+5 degrees the other direction, slightly yellow.
It doesn't really bother me that much seeing as the theme-ing I've done relies heavily on the use of blacks (beautiful, almost-zero power-consuming blacks).

Side-by-side comparison of iPhone 4s / Galaxy Nexus pictures (can you tell the differ

I was tired of hearing all the threads regarding how poor the quality of pictures are when taken with a Galaxy Nexus. I was also tired of the constant arguments about how the lighting wasn’t set correctly, or how I should be using a tripod, or how etc, etc, etc… Face it, if I was going to go through any of those motions to take a picture, I wouldn’t be reaching for my cell phone
So in the spirit of this, I took pictures of three simple items I had laying around my desk with both an iPhone 4s and a (CDMA) Galaxy Nexus. Both phones were set to complete auto and taken within seconds of each other to ensure identical lighting conditions. Once the pictures were taken, they were immediately downloaded. No further editing on either camera beforehand was performed.
The results:
Test #1 – “Moosejaw”
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Hard to spot any differences. Sure, when zoomed in you can see the differences based on pixel density, but at 30,000 feet… it’s all the same to me.
Test #2 – “Ehpple”
Now we’re starting to see some slight differences. However, it wasn’t what I expected. To me (and I’m no expert), the top picture has a brighter feel to it, but also seems a bit washed out. The bottom picture, while a little darker, seems to be slightly sharper and more in focus.
Test #3 – “Hometown Pride”
This is an interesting comparison. My initial reaction was: “Woah, check out the first picture… the color is WAAAY off. The second picture is much more accurate!” However, if I hold the actual pop can up to the computer monitor and compare which picture is more accurate, the top picture’s color is spot-on while the bottom picture has a deeper “red” to it compared to the can in real life. BTW, I have passed all my tests for color blindness… really!
To me, the bottom picture looks more appealing… but the top picture is more accurate. Crazy!
In conclusion, I don’t see enough of a difference to warrant all the hate towards the Galaxy Nexus and it’s camera. One camera appears to make more "appealing" pictures while the other seems to better capture the "raw" aspect of the image.
If I want to capture a “moment”, the Nexus camera will work just fine for me. If I need to capture an “image”, I’ll leave both phones on the table and grab the Rebel instead. If I need to be acknowledged by anyone waiting for the 5:30PM ferry from the city back to Larkspur, I'll grab the...
P.S. I did not identify which pictures were from the iPhone and which were from the GN on purpose. This was done to avoid a placebo effect for either phone. However, if you really want to know, check the file names and reverse engineer it from there.

Great comparison. But which picture is from which phone? lol
Edit: Ok I read your last comment. Im having a hard time figureing that out with Jake and Andy.

top = GN
bottom = iPhone

Haha yeah, Jake has to be code for the iPhone though (Jake the Snake).
And Andy? obviously for Android...
=P

Did you get those Nexus pics on the first snap? How many did it take with each to get them?

The camera on the Galaxy Nexus is perfectly capable of taking great pictures and in my opinion it always does but I think what makes people write the camera off is the colour reproduction. The iPhone 4S and Galaxy SII seem to take pictures with colours that just 'pop' whereas the colours on the Nexus are duller and washed out. The vibrant pictures from an iPhone 4S or a Galaxy SII may look better visually but as mentioned by the OP, the colours are not accurate whereas pictures from the Nexus aren't very vibrant but they are accurate in terms of colour.
So people just want a camera that produces pictures that makes objects look better than they're supposed to! But you can easily use the photo editing features on the Galaxy Nexus to make the pictures similar to an iPhone 4S or Galaxy SII or maybe Google could release an update that makes photos seem more vibrant and saturated.

Faygo "rock and rye" ftw. Now I gotta go to the store because you got me craving some.
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Top one looks better on the first two and the bottom looks better on the third. I'd say it's a wash.

For those who want to get the most out of their camera it would be a good idea to make pictures made in artificial lighting (like flash) with the white balance set manually. Experiment and find which setting gives you the most realistic result.
The "mood differences" in the pictures posted by the OP are mostly because the cameras chose different white balancing modes.
Auto-white balance (AWB) is wrong often, especially in artificial lightning, even in DSLRs.

Top picture was actually the iPhone in the first two pictures, and then i switched them around for the last picture.
I like the theory on the naming convention, much more exciting than the fact that i'm Andy, and my coworker (with the iPhone) is named Jake.
I totally agree with the white balancing issue, but i tried to make this a 'lowest common denominator' style of test, i.e. everything set to auto. I guess it's fair to say that the iPhone did a better job of light balancing... this one time, under these specific conditions.
Im glad someone else got the Faygo reference. However, now that i'm not in the office, it's time for a niceSanders chocolate stout from the Detroit Brewing Company for me.

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Did you get those Nexus pics on the first snap? How many did it take with each to get them?
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First snap for all pictures with both phones.

The iPhone 4S camera looks amazing even in dim light!
Thanks for the comparison

Nice post, OP. I think you should have taken pics in different settings though because I think the SGN does considerably better at taking close-up shots than scenery/landscape shots or lower light indoor shots (with and without flash) You should do the same thing in those conditions to see the differences. I have the SGN and plan on getting the wife a 4S sometime soon (her OG Droid is barely working for her nowadays). So I planned on doing these types of comparisons when she got her phone too .

I'm sorry to say but I'm not seeing the major difference between these shots. Why are people saying this camera is so much crap when evidence like this shows otherwise? Maybe these indoor shots play to the GN's strength, but from the outdoor shots I've seen they're all marginally close.
Sure the iphone4/S & SGS2 may be better in every regard, but surely not enough for all the crying we're seeing on here?

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...Why are people saying this camera is so much crap when evidence like this shows otherwise?
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Exactly my point.
Imagine comparing the two phones as automobiles (sorry, I live and work in Detroit... it's a habit).
The iPhone is the Ford Focus and Galaxy Nexus is the Chevy Cruz. One might be slightly faster in a straight line while the other would get better fuel economy, but the differences are so subtle that 99% of the users won't notice them. They are both cars (cameras) for the masses.
Lately, it seems like one camera is being called the Ferrari F430 and comparing it to a 1983 4-cylinder 4x4 Ford Ranger (I drove one all through college, trust me; it's a right ****ty vehicle!)

Can you do a side by side testing the flash on both cameras? My GN seems to take pictures with a yellowish tint. Its mostly noticeable on Asian people's skin which turns out looking sickeningly yellow.

I bought my wife the 4S when it came out and I got the Nexus when it came out (from my droidX)...I agree its not that big of a difference..mostly just more natural colors that can be spruced up if thats your thing.

Bottom picyure looks better in all 3 cases. Nice to see the GN can hold its own in the camera stakes. Another 'negative' ticked off my list of reasons not to get one in a couple of weeks

once I get 8 posts it will let me post photobucket photos from my nexus and that should change a lot of minds as well....must make 8 useless posts...2 down ;-)

[Q] gnex camera vs...

I've read a lot or reviews and post saying that gnex camera is junk... but actually how is it? compare let said to an iphone 4 which is has same 5mp camera? or a SG2? or a Xperia arc? anybody has an idea which phone has a camera similar to the gnex and how bad really is it?

I've read a lot or reviews and post saying that gnex camera is junk..
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how does anything less than awesome = junk? Misstatements and exaggerations are not the good way to start a thread..

And that's why I'm asking... every single thread here and review said that "the camera sux" "the camera is useless" etc... since I dont own one, I was wondering how is compare to cameras that I've own in the past...

I think the camera is great. There may be better, but I'm coming from a droid 1 which had a pretty bad camera. The zero shutter lag is amazing.

The Camera is decent, not really "bad" by any means but of course it will be bad compared to the new generation of phones like the GS3 or iPhone 5.
Im actually quite surprised sometimes even if the shots are a little grainy. My friend even took a few decent pics in a club with the flash, so it will be good for most needs.
Its probably on par with the iPhone 4 camera. Maybe slightly better than it.

a few of my galaxy nexus photos..
anyone who says that the camera is bad just doesnt know how to use a camera
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^ Exactly. A camera is only as good as the photographer.
My friend can't use the "awesome" camera on his HTC 1s to save his life.
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btw, every one of those locations where these photos were taken, were under 4-7 feet of water monday night due to hurricane sandy

those pics look really good... if the camera is the same or more efficient than the one on iphone 4, is a good camera too me... I just wanted to be sure before buying this phone...

As a former S2 owner I can say that the picture quality of the Nexus is lower. I don't say that it's junk, but the difference is visible. What I like about he GNexus's camera is the zero shutter lag, it's quite helpfull in some ocassions. If you want good quality pictures use a dedicated camera, a smartphone is a smartphone. The pictures that I take with it are used mainly for Facebook and other social sites, the resolution or quality isn't that important.

simms22 said:
a few of my galaxy nexus photos..
anyone who says that the camera is bad just doesnt know how to use a camera
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Out of curiosity, are you using the stock app? or another? I agree for the most part this phone takes pretty good pictures...yours are excellent though.

Let's not exagerate. They are abover average, but they can't be compared with the ones taken by an S2, I4... they are of lower quality.

Hey Simms22
How do you take pictures like that. Mine come out fuzzy. Like it looks good before I take it, and then boom it looks so bad and ugly.
Sometimes I just take a screenshot Cuz that comes out Better then the picture. Why is it better before the actually taking a picture???
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sdmark said:
Out of curiosity, are you using the stock app? or another? I agree for the most part this phone takes pretty good pictures...yours are excellent though.
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stock camera app. but i do have to admit, photography has been a hobby of mine for over two decades. the place where most normal camera phone users dont look at is lighting. taking the right kind of photo for the lighting available, or finding ways to get the kind of lighting thats needed. many times its just a simple matter of tilting the phone at different angles, like sunset photos. when shooting sunset photos i tilt the phone at about 20-40 degrees. if you shoot the photo with the camera phone pointing stright at it, colors get washed out or photos are too dark(except the sun). by tilting the phone up, you get to see all the wonderful colors in the sky. there are lots of little tricks like this that could be learned. also, using a flash in daylight, i do this to bring out bright colors in flowers instead of letting the sun "bleach" the photos with overly bright light. also, very important in camera phones, is cleaning the camera lens cover before shooting. almost no one does this. photos appear slightly blurry or smudged if you dont.
same photo with and without a flash, completely changes the mood...
and a few more, all stock camera

I usually never use the flash. I agree with the screenshots solution but never tried that. For example the other night I wanted to take pictures of my lit pumpkins. The image was nice and dark and just showing the glowing faces. Snap a pic and it come out like a deep purple background and nasty. The image on the screen looks great but sucks once it captured it. I'm sure it would do the same thing with any other phone though.
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player911 said:
I usually never use the flash. I agree with the screenshots solution but never tried that. For example the other night I wanted to take pictures of my lit pumpkins. The image was nice and dark and just showing the glowing faces. Snap a pic and it come out like a deep purple background and nasty. The image on the screen looks great but sucks once it captured it. I'm sure it would do the same thing with any other phone though.
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the samoled screen of the gnex is pretty, but misleading. it tends to oversaturate colors and blacks. thats why photos look better on the phone, but not as vivid on other screens.

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the samoled screen of the gnex is pretty, but misleading. it tends to oversaturate colors and blacks. thats why photos look better on the phone, but not as vivid on other screens.
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you do great work!

Gnex camera is not so good on low light. I previously owned a galaxy note and the pics taken from that phone is better at low light. Not that surprising as the gnote is 8mp. Then again i literally suck in taking pictures. Gnex cam is not that good but not that bad either
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