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[Q] What type of screen does the G2 use?

Is it AMOLED, Super AMOLED, regular OLED, or something else?

SLCD
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its S-TFT (LCD)

For some reason to me the SLCD of the G2 looks so much better than the AMOLED on the Nexus One, I'm not entirely sure why.

iVisionX01 said:
For some reason to me the SLCD of the G2 looks so much better than the AMOLED on the Nexus One, I'm not entirely sure why.
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compare the G2's S-TFT with the Vibrant's SAMOLED in a Tmo store.. even tho the G2's is nice and sharp,, the Vibrant's is beautifully vibrant and the colors POP.. and blacks are.... black (aka OFF).. instead of dark grey (since the backlight is still on) from LCD screens.

I prefer the N1's amoled. Something about true blacks.. mmm.

I have to disagree with you guys about amoled or samoled looking better. Colors are unrealistic and it strains the eyes more. I do agree that the blacks are black but I preffer slcd. Once again its my opinion and to each his own
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ekoulak said:
I have to disagree with you guys about amoled or samoled looking better. Colors are unrealistic and it strains the eyes more. I do agree that the blacks are black but I preffer slcd. Once again its my opinion and to each his own
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Yup you're right. But, before the N1, I was coming from a very old ATT Tilt. So AMOLED looked way better to my eyes. As for the G2, it definitely reproduces colors better. I just loved the blacks and also prefer over saturation to under.

With me although I love the deeper blacks on the Vibrant and amoleds in general the pentile matrix kills it for me. The LCDs on the iPhone, G2 and Motorolas look sharper. I notice the pixel density difference and it bugs the heck out of me. The color pop on the Vibrant is fun to look at but is not as natural as the SLCD in MY opinion. Both screens are nice. If the G2 had the contrast of the Vibrant it would be perfect.

lstrike said:
With me although I love the deeper blacks on the Vibrant and amoleds in general the pentile matrix kills it for me. The LCDs on the iPhone, G2 and Motorolas look sharper. I notice the pixel density difference and it bugs the heck out of me. The color pop on the Vibrant is fun to look at but is not as natural as the SLCD in MY opinion. Both screens are nice. If the G2 had the contrast of the Vibrant it would be perfect.
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Yea.. Samsung needs to stop using pentile matrix.. but its not really noticable on the vibrant from normal viewing distance.
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Yea I love the SAMOLED but this SLCD is so sharp! Luv it just a bit more lol
fRom Snugs G2 ^.^

J-Hop2o6 said:
Yea.. Samsung needs to stop using pentile matrix.. but its not really noticable on the vibrant from normal viewing distance.
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If I'm not wrong, you can't stop using pentile matrix and stick with S-AMOLED. Pentile Matrix is due to the nature of AMOLED.

Superfrag said:
If I'm not wrong, you can't stop using pentile matrix and stick with S-AMOLED. Pentile Matrix is due to the nature of AMOLED.
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Samsung uses the RGBG Pentile
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why can't they just use the normal RGB layout?

iVisionX01 said:
For some reason to me the SLCD of the G2 looks so much better than the AMOLED on the Nexus One, I'm not entirely sure why.
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NOOO not even close but that depends on what your calling better ?
The G2 SLCD looks sharper but that were it ends. The nexus one's AMOLED has better colors, better contrast and it seems brighter.

J-Hop2o6 said:
why can't they just use the normal RGB layout?
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Because when the Nexus One was released AmoLED screens were expensive and hard the make hence the pentile matrix. Cheaper though you sacrifice ppi

mtl171 said:
Because when the Nexus One was released AmoLED screens were expensive and hard the make hence the pentile matrix. Cheaper though you sacrifice ppi
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source? i wanna see how its hard to do the normal RGB.

mtl171 said:
Because when the Nexus One was released AmoLED screens were expensive and hard the make hence the pentile matrix. Cheaper though you sacrifice ppi
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I read it's because blue LEDs burn out very fast relative to the other colors, and making them large makes them last a lot longer. The PenTile layout was a compromise to allow large blue pixels but have a higher resolution than making all of the pixels large. It was nothing to do with the cost.
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elusivebyte said:
I read it's because blue LEDs burn out very fast relative to the other colors, and making them large makes them last a lot longer. The PenTile layout was a compromise to allow large blue pixels but have a higher resolution than making all of the pixels large. It was nothing to do with the cost.
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now this makes sense.. i read and heard that the blues burn out quicker than R&G, thus making the B bigger.

ericc191 said:
I prefer the N1's amoled. Something about true blacks.. mmm.
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I'm totally with you, I put my G1, G2, and N1 side by side, and my N1 had the best looking screen.
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ImSoHungry said:
I'm totally with you, I put my G1, G2, and N1 side by side, and my N1 had the best looking screen.
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no use if the N1's screen is going to die in 4 years. less if you are a power user.

Samsung Galaxy S III

As usual you never know if the rumors are true but if so this phone would have some monster specs and would most definitely set the standard among smart phones.
2GHz quad-core processor
1.5GB of RAM
32GB of internal storage
10MP camera
4.65in super AMOLED III
1280x1024 resolution
Touchwiz 5.0
ICS
2,250mAh battery
NFC
9m thin
Edit: Source - http://www.mobilebloom.com/rumors-about-samsung-galaxy-siii-circulate-as-specs-are-leaked/224410/

Wonder if it will play Crysis........

XD
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suwu10 said:
As usual you never know if the rumors are true but if so this phone would have some monster specs and would most definitely set the standard among smart phones.
2GHz quad-core processor
1.5GB of RAM
32GB of internal storage
10MP camera
4.65in super AMOLED III
1280x1024 resolution
Touchwiz 5.0
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2,250mAh battery
NFC
9m thin
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There's no way they would use 1280x1024 rez and 4.65" screen. It wouldn't make sense to me.
That rez would make the phone into almost a square.
4.52" of Epic Touch is already borderline too large, even for a tall man.

I agree too. 4.52 is just about perfect for me

nabbed said:
There's no way they would use 1280x1024 rez and 4.65" screen. It wouldn't make sense to me.
That rez would make the phone into almost a square.
4.52" of Epic Touch is already borderline too large, even for a tall man.
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No way. I'm 6'1" and I guess I have big hands...I needed to get a case for this thing just to give it some girth. It was too small and felt like it was going to slip out of my hands. A 4.65" screen, which would likely have a further minimized bezel and no cap buttons and very reduced bezel at the ear piece with 16:9 aspect ratio would be pretty much the same size we have now, if not a tad slimmer.

daneurysm said:
No way. I'm 6'1" and I guess I have big hands...I needed to get a case for this thing just to give it some girth. It was too small and felt like it was going to slip out of my hands. A 4.65" screen, which would likely have a further minimized bezel and no cap buttons and very reduced bezel at the ear piece with 16:9 aspect ratio would be pretty much the same size we have now, if not a tad slimmer.
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nabbed said:
There's no way they would use 1280x1024 rez and 4.65" screen. It wouldn't make sense to me.
That rez would make the phone into almost a square.
4.52" of Epic Touch is already borderline too large, even for a tall man.
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The galaxy s3 will most likely run ice cream. The actual phone will be the same size as the touch but the screen size will be from end to end because it won't need capacitive touch buttons (same as tablets).

nabbed said:
There's no way they would use 1280x1024 rez and 4.65" screen. It wouldn't make sense to me.
That rez would make the phone into almost a square.
4.52" of Epic Touch is already borderline too large, even for a tall man.
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Well this does fall in line with that.
I posted the first pieces of information in this sub-forum, and it stated it had 4:3 ratio. Ewww Blackberry lol
.: sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch :.

hayabusa1300cc said:
Well this does fall in line with that.
I posted the first pieces of information in this sub-forum, and it stated it had 4:3 ratio. Ewww Blackberry lol
.: sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch :.
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!!????!!!?????!?!?!?!?!?wat?

These specs were originally released on 4chan and honestly, the speed at which it spread is ridiculous. I know I for one don't trust anything I hear that comes from that site.
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There's no way they would use 1280x1024 rez and 4.65" screen. It wouldn't make sense to me.
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It would if they go back to RGBG PenTile. At 1280x800 (more likely) on a 4.65" screen, the difference between RGBG and SuperAMOLED+ would be academic. In fact, at that density, RGBG PenTile would probably look BETTER than "true" RGB. The whole problem with RGBG and RGBW PenTile at 480x800 and 540x960 is the fact that it's sufficiently low resolution for single-pixel width lines to still be a factor. A 1280x800 4.65" display would have so much subpixel density, you really, truly WOULD need a microscope to know for sure whether or not it's RGB or RGBG.
IMHO, 1280x800 on sub-5" displays is what PenTile was *meant* for, because that's the density where its advantages don't just make up for its drawbacks... they blow them away, and render them almost completely moot.

Yeah. I have to say 4.52 for the epic touch is pretty big as is and it was hard for me to function without two hands. going to 4.62 is overkill. I like 4.3 to be the highest possible.
I kinda wish the epic 4g touch was 4.3

4.6 would be awesome for me, hell i could probably hold one with a 5 inch screen and it would still look like the hero does in most hands. But I am also bigger than most people so i doubt many others would want something that big.
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the bigger the better!
naa, I think 4.52 on the Epic 4G Touch is the perfect size. coming from Evo with 4.3" screen.

I wish they would make the whole phone a solar panel of some sort we live in the 21st century and our free energy tech continues to be surpressed...its a shame

Go broncos!
tapa tapa tapa

That would be one killer phone with those specs. I love big screens. I would Even like a five inch screen. I like going on the Internet and browsing and the bigger the screen the better for me.
The Evo3D Killer!!!

I like how half the people on this forum can't read.
The galaxy s3 will most likely run ice cream. The actual phone will be the same size as the touch but the screen size will be from end to end because it won't need capacitive touch buttons (same as tablets).
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inb4 some other r-tard says the phone will be too big for them.

Around when would it be released?

Can someone show a GS2/Nexus screen comparison?

I currently own a GS2 on AT&T (iPhone 4 on Verizon) and love it, I may buy a Nexus down the road when they are more readily available and not....800 effin dollars.
Anyway, I've seen a couple comparisons of a Super AMOLED Plus vs Super AMOLED HD screens, but they are done so close it almost seems silly to use as a comparison. I'm sure the higher resolution would help if I had my nose pressed to the screen, I just wanted to get an idea of what both screens look like close up, but not THAT close. Despite the lower resolution, the GS2 looks pretty sharp to my eye, not quite as clean as the iPhone 4, but still sharp.
If you have both phones (Nexus+GS2), can you sit them side by side and just take a few shots of the same text, icons, images. Close enough to see detail, but not right up to the screen since that's not how anyone looks at a phone.
Thanks

Point me to an image and I will do it.

Sweet thanks. I didn't have an image in mind really. Just maybe take a pic of this forums main page on both, a Gmail home screen icon with text...you know something with a smaller image like an icon and some text, or maybe a browser screen window with similar text at the same default zoom of each.
Is that making sense?
I'm not really concerned with color accuracy, more so with text and icon sharpness.

lol where are you getting the $800 price tag?? The phone is expected to launch at either $530, like the other Nexus phones, or $600.

hotleadsingerguy said:
lol where are you getting the $800 price tag?? The phone is expected to launch at either $530, like the other Nexus phones, or $600.
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I know, I said I would get when down the road when they are the price you mentioned. If I import one now, it would cost close to 800 I believe...

ferris2375 said:
I currently own a GS2 on AT&T (iPhone 4 on Verizon) and love it, I may buy a Nexus down the road when they are more readily available and not....800 effin dollars.
Anyway, I've seen a couple comparisons of a Super AMOLED Plus vs Super AMOLED HD screens, but they are done so close it almost seems silly to use as a comparison. I'm sure the higher resolution would help if I had my nose pressed to the screen, I just wanted to get an idea of what both screens look like close up, but not THAT close. Despite the lower resolution, the GS2 looks pretty sharp to my eye, not quite as clean as the iPhone 4, but still sharp.
If you have both phones (Nexus+GS2), can you sit them side by side and just take a few shots of the same text, icons, images. Close enough to see detail, but not right up to the screen since that's not how anyone looks at a phone.
Thanks
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Here you go, sorry for the delay. And please ignore the crappy camera did the best I could.
Galaxy Nexus on the left, SGS2 on the right.
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Galaxy Nexus Launcher and icons
SGS2 Launcher and Icons
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Those photos make the S11 look better than the nexus!
I think you need to get closer to the screen to do it justice.
you can see the green tint of super amoled on the nexus.
The truth is the screen is far superior on the nexus

Spinstorm said:
Those photos make the S11 look better than the nexus!
I think you need to get closer to the screen to do it justice.
you can see the green tint of super amoled on the nexus.
The truth is the screen is far superior on the nexus
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Are we looking at the same pictures!? I think the Nexus looks a lot better.

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jms.flynn said:
Here you go, sorry for the delay. And please ignore the crappy camera did the best I could.
Galaxy Nexus on the left, SGS2 on the right.
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Galaxy Nexus Launcher and icons
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Excellent, thanks for posting those. The difference is about what I thought it would be, sharper than the GS2, still not sure it's as "clean" as the iPhone 4, but I do notice a step up in clarity. Not sure it's night and day, I imagine if the GS2 wasn't a plus the difference would be even more pronounced. Still a nice display, now I just need to find one of these close to retail price eventually. The browser at default zoom is noticeable, probably due to the larger screen size combined with a higher resolution.
Still a big fan of the GS2, I really can't pick a favorite between the two, each have strengths, ICS being a huge one for the Nexus. Samsung really has 2 amazing phones out right now. Now to find a Nexus that doesn't come close to being what I pay on my mortgage. :-/

I was sitting with a friend today who as a SII, he set his screen to max brightness and his wallpaper to microbes. I set my phone to the same settings, and it was obvious that the resolution helps as I saw more detail (smaller microbes and more of them) but the colours are better on the SII - more vibrant. most people know this anyway. It is only obvious if you hold them next to each other, every other time I use my phone the colours are fantastic!

qazax said:
I was sitting with a friend today who as a SII, he set his screen to max brightness and his wallpaper to microbes. I set my phone to the same settings, and it was obvious that the resolution helps as I saw more detail (smaller microbes and more of them) but the colours are better on the SII - more vibrant. most people know this anyway. It is only obvious if you hold them next to each other, every other time I use my phone the colours are fantastic!
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I read that Google purposely calibrated the screen to make the colours look less saturated and more accurately realistic. So are you sure that the reason the SGII looks more vibrant is not that the SGII colours are more saturated?

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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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.

One X's screen compared with SGNote and HD2

I'm no professional photographer or reviewr, I just asked a friend his D-SLR Olympus. Don't take this photos as an absolute truth.
Galaxy Note is on ICS Stunner 5.0 (screen mode standard + UI). HD2 on tytung CM9 v1.5. One X on latest stock OTA 1.28...
I find One X yellower on photos than in "real life", though I recognize that, at least, my unit has a yellowish tone. I find GNote (and Amoled screens) more stressfull to the eyes than other two, it's too vibrant, though it isn't noticeable on photos. GNote has some issues with blacks (blocks on images and movies).
First pictures are also useful those keen to e-reading, since they compare text displayed by Nook Touch, Samsung Galaxy Note, HTC One X and HTC HD2.
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With display tester:

The camera you used appears to be making a very grey look anyway.
I mean, the One X looks grey in your pictures?

I have a grey One X.

I mean, the One X looks grey in your pictures?
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I thought maybe he has a grey one..
I have a grey One X.
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Muwhahahahahaha

DomCowell said:
The camera you used appears to be making a very grey look anyway.
I mean, the One X looks grey in your pictures?
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LOL

mine also is yellowish tint rather than my old sensation.. got my friends envious with the HOX.. they got SGS2 and note.. the screen of HOX blow them away and with the cam..

The HOX screen is fantastic - had to wait a while for a big non-pentile, high pixel density screen, but it was worth the wait!
Note could have been great if it was not pentile. Wonder if the GS3 screen will match or beat the HOX screen?

myself11 said:
I find One X yellower on photos than in "real life", though I recognize that, at least, my unit has a yellowish tone.
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Your specific One X appears yellower than most. I had two side-by-side and one was a little less yellow than yours and the other was genuinely cool. Even with that, the cool one is still warmer than the whites on my G-Tab 10.1's IPS display. Samsung just loves to amplify colors regardless of the technology used. Seeing flesh tones that look like flesh on the One X is a refreshing change from my i9100. The display on the One X (at least mine) is the best I've seen on a (non-Apple) portable device. Second would probably be a tie between LG's S-IPS and SAMOLED+. I'm anxious to see SAMOLED+ HD when it comes out on the SGS3.
Here are some pics of mine (the cool one) taken with a Lumix FX500 using LCD Tester...
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That HOX screen is definatelly too yellow. Out of theose three mobile phones seems that GN has the most neutral greys, hence the most accurate color reproduction.
I'm just wondering why is HOX so far off to the yellow, and some are nicely white. Are they using different screen hardware? It's a really weird problem. Ih could be corrected via software, but I don't know if android OS supports screen color profiles.

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I find One X yellower on photos than in "real life"
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Cameras use the brightest spot on the picture as their white point in auto settings most of the time so you should try to set the white balance on the DSLR first. Then set the brightness value of the 2 brightest phone screens until they match the 3rd one (~ white level): by doing that you can compare the contast (~ black level) and color reproduction with less error.

Thanks for the tip and I'm going to try it, but, unfortunately, I come more and more to realise that I really have a yellow-ish screen.
For instance, One X tested by sweedroid has normal whites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YzFbVvscrEo#!

myself11 said:
Thanks for the tip and I'm going to try it, but, unfortunately, I come more and more to realise that I really have a yellow-ish screen.
For instance, One X tested by sweedroid has normal whites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YzFbVvscrEo#!
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As I said, setting white balance is important because it determinates what is the white reference. In your video, the Xperia S screen looks blue-ish. If the white balance was set from the Xperia screen, the One X screen would look yellow-ish.
And your impression depends also on your monitor ability to render color correctly .

My first HOX looked a little like that, but not that heavily yellowish. My current HOX tho shows a really good white and way more contrast. Tho its still a little warmer than previous devices I owned, its much more enjoyable to look at.
Also: Like on your photos, the colors not only seem yellowish, but also washed out. Same was with my previous device.
There was a faulty batch with faulty screens. You rly should consider taking that device back for a new one, since its a hardware fault.

I don't think the pics posted by op shows the correct comparison because I have an iPhone 4s and my one x is brighter and equally white while the one x shown in the op is strangely yellow and have owned galaxy nexus and galaxy s2 to know that screens of amoled can never compare to brightness of LCD

My hox display isn't yellow in the slightest. Looks much better than my Galaxy Nexus.
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The more I look at my device I cant work out if it has a yellowish tinge or is just pure white. And I have no other device to test it against. Should never have read this thread lol

There seems to be two types of screen in HOX.
I got my first two phones yellow tinted like the one in first post. Have returned both and my third device is perfect. No yellow tint. Pure awesome white for whites. I'm very happy now. Current device is black taiwan made HT24 Batch.
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Mine is crearly yellow, HT23 batch. Did you returned saying it was to yellow? Did they accept that as a valid reason?

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Mine is crearly yellow, HT23 batch. Did you returned saying it was to yellow? Did they accept that as a valid reason?
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The first one of mine had more visible yellow spots on top of screen. Other than that the screen had yellow tint in general. They replaced for yellow spots.
Second device also had yellow tint and i was thinking for a reason. Fortunately it had a very minor scratch 1-2mm inside of the screen. Since i informed them the same day and the scratch was not outside, they replaced again. FYI, its not easy to convince service center for replacement here in Dubai and i had to speak a lot