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I just switched from a GS2 to a Nexus. I love the more natural colors on the Nexus, while the colors are amazingly bright on the GS2, they just look too saturated and cartoony to me. So the tamer colors on the Nexus are a nice change.
What isn't quite as nice is the overall brightness of the screen just seems lacking a little compared to my iPhone 4 and GS2.
I usually run my phones at half brightness, and while it isn't dull by any means, it just seems like the screen should be brighter.
Still the best screen I've used on a mobile device though.
I'd also like to add that I don't think the lack of brightness is really a bad thing, just curious about it.
The GS2 had a ridiculously bright screen and the colors were just so saturated and cartoony, a great screen, but I prefer the more natural, modest look of the Nexus. I found the GS2 screen to be hard to look at for some reason, something about the high contrast made it weird on my eyes.
I find the Nexus to have sharper text than the iPhone 4 I have, but the iPhone 4 still has the "cleanest" screen I've seen.
ferris2375 said:
I usually run my phones at half brightness, and while it isn't dull by any means, it just seems like the screen should be brighter.
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So turn the brightness up higher than half brightness. Why does it have to be at half brightness, when you obviously prefer a brighter screen? Set it to whatever you prefer, rather than what it says is half brightness.
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So turn the brightness up higher than half brightness. Why does it have to be at half brightness, when you obviously prefer a brighter screen? Set it to whatever you prefer, rather than what it says is half brightness.
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haha, well...I suppose you do have a point. I guess I'm just used to the iPhone 4 and GS2 being brighter at half brightness. There's something about the battery conservative in me that finds it hard to break that 50% mark on brightness, although 80% of the time I'm near a charger anyway.
I'm starting to think that Google calibrated this screen to be easy on the eyes, especially for reading text. The natural colors and tempered brightness just seem deliberate. I do understand that the Amoled Plus on my GS2 contributed to the colors/brightness being so in your face, but calibration can change a lot. Again the GST is very nice, but just a little too much, the GS2 wasn't that easy on the eyes.
As much as I like the brightness of the other devices, I find reading on this phone to be a pleasure. I was more just curious about the brightness on this phone, not even sure it's really a preference just an observation. It's early, I hope I'm making sense.
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haha, well...I suppose you do have a point. I guess I'm just used to the iPhone 4 and GS2 being brighter at half brightness. There's something about the battery conservative in me that finds it hard to break that 50% mark on brightness, although 80% of the time I'm near a charger anyway.
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but.... not all phone's brightness meter are the same... half way up on phone x is probably not the same has it is on phone y...
Yeah good point..
I agree the colour temperature is much more natural than the S2. I do think we could do with greater contrast in the video player as it just doesn't "pop" in the same way. S2 appears much sharper and much greater contrast when playing video especially on lower resolution videos...
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Just got my Nexus, fantastic device but I noticed the screen is a lot less bright in max brightness when I put it next to my Galaxy S.. I guess I'll have to get used to that.
Also, anyone else notices a reddish hue, specially when browsing on a white background. Don't know if it's because my eyes need an adjusting period from my old i9000
gabster21 said:
Just got my Nexus, fantastic device but I noticed the screen is a lot less bright in max brightness when I put it next to my Galaxy S.. I guess I'll have to get used to that.
Also, anyone else notices a reddish hue, specially when browsing on a white background. Don't know if it's because my eyes need an adjusting period from my old i9000
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Same problem here. Reddish/yellowish tint
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Is this normal for all SGNs or do we have a bad batch?
Mines the same especially on the right edge. Hopefully the member who calibrated the s2 could calibrate the nexus
haha I made this thread in error. I actually took my phone and compared it to a GS2 in store and it was fine. Just a case of thinking the grass was greener.
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Same problem here. Reddish/yellowish tint
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I thought my eyes were just playing tricks on me. I have the same tint issues as well. Hopefully supercurio gets voodoo on our GN's.
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I thought my eyes were just playing tricks on me. I have the same tint issues as well. Hopefully supercurio gets voodoo on our GN's.
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I asked him a few days ago, this is what he have replied:
"Hi!
I might get a Galaxy Nexus and work on it, but I didn't decided yet. Stay tuned."
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I just cranked my brightness all the way up on the Nexus as well as my 2 year old HD2, and the HD2 seems overall brighter. Other folks here are saying the same thing about their Nexus. Any other observations?
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tldr: Too much Vertical lines on my GN. It's very visible and worse than the graininess.
I know others won't agree with me here but, this is a $650+tax phone.
A phone of this price deserves a perfect screen.
Look at iphone 4 / 4s. Sure the screens are small but there are NO ISSUES WHAT SO EVER. The IPS they use is basically perfect.
Ever since I got my Galaxy Nexus, I have had concerns regarding the screen:
1) It kills too much battery. Battery settings show it killing 50 - 70% of the battery WITH AUTO BRIGHTNESS ON.
2) There are LINES EVERYWHERE. The whole screen is very grainy unless the brightness is very high. But then it's too bright (especially for low light reading) and it will probably kill 80%+ of the battery....
3) Pentile matrix. Sorry to say but it's very noticeable. This is especially true for text that is white or red.
Download this app:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/dead-pixel-test/net.ujacha.deadpixel
Cycle through the colors and notice, Green is the only true 720p. The red/blue look terrible and you can see the sub pixels (because there are only half as many of each compared to green)
Overall, it's a great screen. I can live with the high battery drain (large screen). I can also live with the pentile (high resolution, excellent blacks).
However, the lines / grainy textures everywhere is just unacceptable. I could even live with the grainy texture but there are a few vertical lines that are VERY noticeable.
Should I get mine exchanged ?? I'm just afraid that the replacement may be worse....
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I know others won't agree with me here but, this is a $650+tax phone.
A phone of this price deserves a perfect screen.
Look at iphone 4 / 4s. Sure the screens are small but there are NO ISSUES WHAT SO EVER. The IPS they use is basically perfect.
Ever since I got my Galaxy Nexus, I have had concerns regarding the screen:
1) It kills too much battery. Battery settings show it killing 50 - 70% of the battery WITH AUTO BRIGHTNESS ON.
2) There are LINES EVERYWHERE. The whole screen is very grainy unless the brightness is very high. But then it's too bright (especially for low light reading) and it will probably kill 80%+ of the battery....
3) Pentile matrix. Sorry to say but it's very noticeable. This is especially true for text that is white or red.
Download this app:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/dead-pixel-test/net.ujacha.deadpixel
Cycle through the colors and notice, Green is the only true 720p. The red/blue look terrible and you can see the sub pixels (because there are only half as many of each compared to green)
Overall, it's a great screen. I can live with the high battery drain (large screen). I can also live with the pentile (high resolution, excellent blacks).
However, the lines / grainy textures everywhere is just unacceptable.
Should I get mine exchanged ?? I'm just afraid that the replacement may be worse....
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they are all kinda like this. Some worse than others. I just don't mind it as much. What is killing me is the camera...it is so bad...
Honestly, I don't see the graininess,even with this antiglare screen protector I have on.
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Just about every new phone has the same two complaints... Battery and screen. Not that you don't have a valid complaint, I've noticed it too. I just don't think you are going to find that perfect balance in a phone.
DirgeExtinction said:
Honestly, I don't see the graininess,even with this antiglare screen protector I have on.
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Don't think the screen protector has anything to do with it.
I'm using the SGP oleophobic atm.
What really bothers me is the Vertical lines...
Try this. Set your background as a solid dark grey color. I guarantee you will see the imperfections.
THS1989 said:
I know others won't agree with me here but, this is a $650+tax phone.
A phone of this price deserves a perfect screen.
Look at iphone 4 / 4s. Sure the screens are small but there are NO ISSUES WHAT SO EVER. The IPS they use is basically perfect.
Ever since I got my Galaxy Nexus, I have had concerns regarding the screen:
1) It kills too much battery. Battery settings show it killing 50 - 70% of the battery WITH AUTO BRIGHTNESS ON.
2) There are LINES EVERYWHERE. The whole screen is very grainy unless the brightness is very high. But then it's too bright (especially for low light reading) and it will probably kill 80%+ of the battery....
3) Pentile matrix. Sorry to say but it's very noticeable. This is especially true for text that is white or red.
Download this app:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/dead-pixel-test/net.ujacha.deadpixel
Cycle through the colors and notice, Green is the only true 720p. The red/blue look terrible and you can see the sub pixels (because there are only half as many of each compared to green)
Overall, it's a great screen. I can live with the high battery drain (large screen). I can also live with the pentile (high resolution, excellent blacks).
However, the lines / grainy textures everywhere is just unacceptable. I could even live with the grainy texture but there are a few vertical lines that are VERY noticeable.
Should I get mine exchanged ?? I'm just afraid that the replacement may be worse....
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The definition of 720p is based on pixel arrangement, NOT subpixel arrangement. it is a 1280x720 screen. By your definition, a 720p/1080p screen is only true if it is an RGB subpixel arrangement. So you would also say that the Sharp Aquos Quattron TVs that have a yellow subpixel are more than 1080p.
If you expected the equivalent of a current generation plasma screen shrunk down to a 4.65" screen in a phone, that's just unreasonable. Its the first iteration of this tech. Lines and grainy screens are AMOLED's version of lasting burn-in and high power consumption on plasma.
Also, everyone references the iPhone. Why? The colors are inaccurate and undersaturated, and the contrast is too high. It is NOT a calibrated IPS panel. Name-dropping IPS technology means nothing.
dspcap said:
Just about every new phone has the same two complaints... Battery and screen. Not that you don't have a valid complaint, I've noticed it too. I just don't think you are going to find that perfect balance in a phone.
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Absolutely perfect. Couldn't have said it betta
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THS1989 said:
Don't think the screen protector has anything to do with it.
I'm using the SGP oleophobic atm.
What really bothers me is the Vertical lines...
Try this. Set your background as a solid dark grey color. I guarantee you will see the imperfections.
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They are all like that.. it's a flaw of the pentile matrix that they used to build the screen.
auto-brightness makes it worse.
What's the point in setting up a scenario to expose the flaws that exist in every (gnex) screen?
Most people's use-cases won't involve that scenario and they'll be able to enjoy the screen without a problem except for battery life, but battery life is always going to be a problem for a display larger than 4".
In my day to day use of looking at things other than dark gray backgrounds and solid color fields, the screen looks fantastic and has one of the highest pixel densities of any phone display out there. (Nitro HD, Rezound, LG's 720p screen phone and iPhone 4/4S have slightly higher pixel densities.. but they're all a cut above most other phones available)
ok the wife and i upgraded at the same time...........i chose the GN she chose the iphone 4s.
and honestly i would be gutted if i had chosen the 4s !!! ive worked a lot with the sg2 and for me the screen is too 'in your face' colours are vivid...the GN screen has a great balance.........and well going from the from the GN to the 4s ..........jeez the 4s is tiny
That first point drives me crazy. It's a percentage of battery use, do you get that? It means that if the phone uses almost no power except a little when the screen is on, then the display will be using most of the battery.
What you WANT is that. The worst is when cell standby eats up all the battery. That means it's draining just sitting on the table.
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Next time get a iPhone 4s cause it has a perfect screen, u will then have no buyers remorse.
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Right on brah!
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SomeGuyDude said:
That first point drives me crazy. It's a percentage of battery use, do you get that? It means that if the phone uses almost no power except a little when the screen is on, then the display will be using most of the battery.
What you WANT is that. The worst is when cell standby eats up all the battery. That means it's draining just sitting on the table.
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OK fair enough.
People have been *****ing and complaining about this phone not coming out fast enough for months now. Now that it's out people are logging in here to ***** about it not being perfect.
All I can say is that some people are creating a lot of needless suffering for themselves. At least keep it to yourself if you are going to go through life with that kind of an attitude.
If 14 year old me could have seen this phone in 1991 his head would have exploded.
I'm not an expert, but I just sold my Bionic and got the G. Nexus. The pentile on the Bionic drove me NUTS, but I LOVE this screen. I don't see ANY screen door effect, and I have loaded a few HD Videos on it and watching them is GORGEOUS. The colors are amazing and blacks are better then my 55" Samsung LED with an 8 million:1 contrast ratio. My roommate has the iPhone 4, and his draw dropped at this screen, and we held it right next to the iPhone 4. Only complaint is video recording is shaky, glad they are adding video stabilization in 4.0.3. OH, and I looked at my battery usage and the display is 68%. I bought the 2100mAh battery (for 25 bux, and barely any size change why not) and am getting a good 8-9 hours with a lot of use out of it which is about what I got on my Bionic with the 2760mAh extended battery. So maybe the screen is just by far, the most power intensive component, hence the high percentage of battery use. Anyway, this phone, like all others, could use improvements in some areas, but I absolutely LOVE it. And am SO GLAD to be rid of my Bionic (GOOD RIDDANCE)
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People have been *****ing and complaining about this phone not coming out fast enough for months now. Now that it's out people are logging in here to ***** about it not being perfect.
All I can say is that some people are creating a lot of needless suffering for themselves. At least keep it to yourself if you are going to go through life with that kind of an attitude.
If 14 year old me could have seen this phone in 1991 his head would have exploded.
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I never complained about it not being out lol. Hell I didn't even line up, just pre-ordered online and waited patiently....
It's just that: THE VERTICAL LINES...It's worse than the graininess part. These lines should not be here on a $650 phone is really my biggest complaint.
Honestly, it's just a matter of quality control. Some phones are worse than others ??? Well that just proves that it's the QC.
I hope Samsung ups their quality control so people don't get stuck with these visible lines on their $650 phones.
SomeGuyDude said:
That first point drives me crazy. It's a percentage of battery use, do you get that? It means that if the phone uses almost no power except a little when the screen is on, then the display will be using most of the battery.
What you WANT is that. The worst is when cell standby eats up all the battery. That means it's draining just sitting on the table.
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Today I learned there is at least one other human on this planet besides me who understands this. Thank the might Zeus.
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If you can notice anything to do with pentile matrix then you definitely have magnifying lenses for eyes.
I'm not buying any of that OP. Sounds like a troll to me.
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AdamNJ77 said:
I'm not an expert, but I just sold my Bionic and got the G. Nexus. The pentile on the Bionic drove me NUTS, but I LOVE this screen. I don't see ANY screen door effect, and I have loaded a few HD Videos on it and watching them is GORGEOUS. The colors are amazing and blacks are better then my 55" Samsung LED with an 8 million:1 contrast ratio. My roommate has the iPhone 4, and his draw dropped at this screen, and we held it right next to the iPhone 4. Only complaint is video recording is shaky, glad they are adding video stabilization in 4.0.3. OH, and I looked at my battery usage and the display is 68%. I bought the 2100mAh battery (for 25 bux, and barely any size change why not) and am getting a good 8-9 hours with a lot of use out of it which is about what I got on my Bionic with the 2760mAh extended battery. So maybe the screen is just by far, the most power intensive component, hence the high percentage of battery use. Anyway, this phone, like all others, could use improvements in some areas, but I absolutely LOVE it. And am SO GLAD to be rid of my Bionic (GOOD RIDDANCE)
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Which is why I call this thread bullcrap. I'm not trying to be some android shrill, but telltale signs like "iPhone is perfect" and "I can tell its pentile" stand out.
No, you can't tell it's pentile (no one has been able to and I doubt he's placed his screen under a microscope).
Maybe you should have bought the iPhone 4 instead.
I thought it was obvious this person is an apple troll. C'mon. Iphone being better with it's 3.5" screen being compared to a true hd amoled that is first gen. Makes the iphone better? Please. Also, you knew you were buying into an early adoption on all kinds of fronts. Get a blackberry and be done with it.
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nosympathy said:
they are all kinda like this. Some worse than others. I just don't mind it as much. What is killing me is the camera...it is so bad...
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The camera on this Nexus is crazy amazing compared to my previous Thunderbolt! The quality of the pictures is about the same but I can now snap pictures, with flash, almost as fast as I can press the button. On the Thunderbolt it is one picture every 5 seconds or so. Amazing!
GSMArena did a display test on the galaxy S3 and it is much brighter at full brightness. Galaxy note is also much brighter so why is it that the nexus has such a dim HD SAMOLED screen?? Is it software based so people dont end up with terrible battery time??
I so so wish the nexus can have brighter screen, my biggest complaint with the phone.
Gambler_3 said:
GSMArena did a display test on the galaxy S3 and it is much brighter at full brightness. Galaxy note is also much brighter so why is it that the nexus has such a dim HD SAMOLED screen?? Is it software based so people dont end up with terrible battery time??
I so so wish the nexus can have brighter screen, my biggest complaint with the phone.
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Probably better for Q &A, but AOSP and vanilla Google Android has always been overly aggressive about auto brightness and keeps it quite dim more often than not. It can, and is modified by OEMs and some custom roms.
I'm not sure my screen is as dim as what other owners claim theirs to be. I have it on auto-brightness and I don't have an issue with bright outdoors or indoor. I'm not sure I'd like it to be any brighter than it already is.
Maybe I'm not used to having my screen burn a hole in my cornea.
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adrynalyne said:
Probably better for Q &A, but AOSP and vanilla Google Android has always been overly aggressive about auto brightness and keeps it quite dim more often than not. It can, and is modified by OEMs and some custom roms.
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I am talking about full manual brightness, auto brightness is never perfect on any phone but it actually isnt dim at all on my nexus S.
Dunno. I am not about to go run to Best Buy and compare, but full on brightness on my phone is uncomfortably bright in the dark and dimly lit areas, and very visible in direct sunlight.
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I'm not sure my screen is as dim as what other owners claim theirs to be. I have it on auto-brightness and I don't have an issue with bright outdoors or indoor. I'm not sure I'd like it to be any brighter than it already is.
Maybe I'm not used to having my screen burn a hole in my cornea.
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I tried the phone at a very brightly lit shop. Put the brightness to maximum manually and yet it was barely brighter than my nexus S at 50% brightness.
Brightness isnt a contest where every phone should try to beat others but it should be sufficient enough. I just think the nexus brightness isnt sufficient, it tops out at 200 nits when the minimum should be 300 nits for comfortable use in all environments.
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I tried the phone at a very brightly lit shop. Put the brightness to maximum manually and yet it was barely brighter than my nexus S at 50% brightness.
Brightness isnt a contest where every phone should try to beat others but it should be sufficient enough. I just think the nexus brightness isnt sufficient, it tops out at 200 nits when the minimum should be 300 nits for comfortable use in all environments.
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Maybe it is your phone then. I can tell you this device is easily as bright as my old Samsung Fascinate, which isn't much different from the Nexus S in screen tech.
adrynalyne said:
Maybe it is your phone then. I can tell you this device is easily as bright as my old Samsung Fascinate, which isn't much different from the Nexus S in screen tech.
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GSMArena and anandtech tests also show the galaxy nexus is the dimmest screen you will find in any of the high end android phones. A test done here on xda also showed the same thing.
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GSMArena and anandtech tests also show the galaxy nexus is the dimmest screen you will find in any of the high end android phones. A test done here on xda also showed the same thing.
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Do you want a discussion, or do you want to discount what I am saying just to argue?
Don't ask for an opinion if you are just looking for a way to discount it.
Your sites cannot vouch for my experience.
If your phone can only match 50% of what the Nexus S can in brightness, there is something wrong with it. That or you are exaggerating. This is in my opinion, but I think it is a very valid point.
The screen seems to be limited in brightness from the factory, as a matter of settings. Using AOKP Rom and increasing the color multipliers makes the screen much, much brighter, but i've read speculation that it could cause the screen to burn-in images much faster, which logically speaking, seems to make sense. Maybe it's limited by Samsung for that reason. This particular panel seems slightly more prone to image retention than the one on my Droid Charge, granted it isn't the same as burn-in, but maybe an indicator of inclination toward it...
The GSIII probably gets 2 mins of battery life. A screen that bright on 4 Cortex A9's and 4 mali 400's at 32nm....the battery is going to SUCK.
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Do you want a discussion, or do you want to discount what I am saying just to argue?
Don't ask for an opinion if you are just looking for a way to discount it.
Your sites cannot vouch for my experience.
If your phone can only match 50% of what the Nexus S can in brightness, there is something wrong with it. That or you are exaggerating. This is in my opinion, but I think it is a very valid point.
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I was not asking for opinions if the screen is dim or not but why is it. It wasnt my phone but a demo model at the shop. My experience showed me it was dim just like I had read in reviews.
I have an LCD nexus S, I am sure the AMOLED one at 50% wont be almost as bright as gnexus at 100. You know LCD's can get much brighter and the one on nexus S is particularly really bright.
I also compared galaxy nexus side by side with galaxy S2 and the difference was noticeable in brightness.
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The GSIII probably gets 2 mins of battery life. A screen that bright on 4 Cortex A9's and 4 mali 400's at 32nm....the battery is going to SUCK.
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The GS3 is only 300 nits bright, it isnt anything out of the ordinary. The one X has 500 nits screen.
And nobody is forced to keep the screen on high brightness, it's just an option to have a really bright screen and a pretty good one at that.
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I also compared galaxy nexus side by side with galaxy S2 and the difference was noticeable in brightness.
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I thought of it when you mentioned the GS2 - I had that phone for a week when it was released on Sprint, and any time the screen brightness was turned up and the screen was on for a few minutes, it would overheat and the OS forced it to low brightness until it cooled. At the time it was an issue quite a few people seemed to be having, so maybe it's limited on the Nexus for temp reasons too. As Smokeey had mentioned, battery life could be a factor as well.
Do you even OWN a GNex? I swear you're just here to troll the device.
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I have a nexus S currently. <--- Yesterday's date.
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Do you even OWN a GNex? I swear you're just here to troll the device.
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I have a nexus S currently. <--- Yesterday's date.
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Why cant I post if I dont have the device? I am thinking about upgrade from nexus S and I just made some threads about the potential issues I discovered about the device.
As long as you can see the screen who cares how bright it is. Are you trying to light up a room with it? Also, keep your phone on full brightness and you will be highly risking screen burn in so I would not recommend keeping it on full anyway even if it is not as bright as other devices.
Why would anyone purchase a phone or not purchase a phone based on it being the brightest screen out there. I can understand if you couldn't see the screen, but really? And now with the ability to change the colors and gamma of the screen, it just looks great.
So if you get the Nexus and keep the screen turned all the way up because you needed to light up your house to save money on electricity, please don't start a thread complaining about burn in.
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As long as you can see the screen who cares how bright it is. Are you trying to light up a room with it? Also, keep your phone on full brightness and you will be highly risking screen burn in so I would not recommend keeping it on full anyway even if it is not as bright as other devices.
Why would anyone purchase a phone or not purchase a phone based on it being the brightest screen out there. I can understand if you couldn't see the screen, but really? And now with the ability to change the colors and gamma of the screen, it just looks great.
So if you get the Nexus and keep the screen turned all the way up because you needed to light up your house to save money on electricity, please don't start a thread complaining about burn in.
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And wtf? My eyes Hurt if I put full brightness.. And even if I try to read on direct sun i can do easy.. I use my phone on 25% brightness and thats enough
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As long as you can see the screen who cares how bright it is. Are you trying to light up a room with it? Also, keep your phone on full brightness and you will be highly risking screen burn in so I would not recommend keeping it on full anyway even if it is not as bright as other devices.
Why would anyone purchase a phone or not purchase a phone based on it being the brightest screen out there. I can understand if you couldn't see the screen, but really? And now with the ability to change the colors and gamma of the screen, it just looks great.
So if you get the Nexus and keep the screen turned all the way up because you needed to light up your house to save money on electricity, please don't start a thread complaining about burn in.
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hehe, i bought googles flagship for 450€ and i need to care how long is screen on and i cant have it on full brightness all the time becouse i "risking screen burn"?
Ah keep LCD phone on full brightness and deal with the terrible blacks. Keep an AMOLED phone on full brightness and deal with burn-in. A perfect world we do not live in.
On a serious note screen brightness matters most when going out in the sun obviously. It can never be too bright when you are out.
I moved from the atrix to the gnex about a week ago, and I love EVERYTHING about this phone!
However, I noticed one thing that really disappointed me, when in low brightness and low light, the screen produces somewhat of a meshy, grainy pattern, almost as someone put sandpaper between the glass and display.
I also heard that this is somewhat of a widespread problem, so i'm wondering, how many of you have this issue?
achangavi said:
I moved from the atrix to the gnex about a week ago, and I love EVERYTHING about this phone!
However, I noticed one thing that really disappointed me, when in low brightness and low light, the screen produces somewhat of a meshy, grainy pattern, almost as someone put sandpaper between the glass and display.
I also heard that this is somewhat of a widespread problem, so i'm wondering, how many of you have this issue?
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Me. But like you said it's only when the brightness is low, and its not very noticeable to me.
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Funny that you consider it a problem as it is actually what I love most about the screen. It gives it a sort of smooth textured look, I think. I like it.
Got that same. Little issue but you will used to it.
the mesh/newspaper pattern is very visible in low light, but if I turn up the brightness it gets better. I don't know, I was planning on sending it back to google tomorrow, but since this is a widespread problem, I don't want to end up with a device with the same problem or worse. I guess I can live with it, but i'm kinda ocd about it lol
Have the same issue and I also have the purple tint on the lowest brightness. Got used to it after a day, seems like all of the gnexus have one issue or the other. I still think that this phone is amazing even with its slight issues.
Edit: Check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520566out lots of people have the same issues ( I wouldn't exchange it and I'm very ocd when it comes to my things)
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You get used to the screen's shortcomings.
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It's the type of screen that's being used.
I've owned every Nexus phone so far and they all have this issue. You get used to it.
Ryjabo said:
It's the type of screen that's being used.
I've owned every Nexus phone so far and they all have this issue. You get used to it.
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I don't think so, because the captivate and galaxy s i9000 have pen tile amoled screens and do not suffer from this issue at all. Its really weird
It is because of the combination of both pentile display and very high pixel density, and that's why the lower dpi screen even pentile does not have this
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It is because of the combination of both pentile display and very high pixel density, and that's why the lower dpi screen even pentile does not have this
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Nope, the galaxy s2 lte (aka skyrocket) isn't pentile and has the same thing.
It's called mura
What is the screen like outdoors?
I find the S3 very hard to use outdoors even with brightness on max. I'd read a lot of people saying this before I bought it but couldn't believe how bad it actually was.
That's always been and issue with Samsung displays.
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YMMV, but I'm pretty happy with it.
I have been doing hikes lately, and using my phone to hold the trail map and gps with google maps.
I don't recall any problems at all.
- Frank
I don't have a problem with outdoor brightness either.
No probs here too. Even when set to minimum with auto ticked, in bright daylight, the display is very clear and bright.
Cheers!!!
Are any of you old S3 users?
It sounds more positive at least.
My Note 2 has a matt screen protector which makes viewing it outside much easier as there is significantly less reflection.
I tried using my friends SIII with just the stock screen and it was like looking at a mirror, so much reflection that using it was impossible.
I should point out that I was sitting by the pool in Bangkok where the sun is extreme
Depending on the intensity of the sun wherever you are, your experience may be different.
Note's display is brighter than the S3 display by specs.