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Htc one x Display black?

Is the display pitch black when viewing black photos or does it have a bit of grey color
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devgee said:
Is the display pitch black when viewing black photos or does it have a bit of grey color
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can't tell because i'm looking at the screen almost flat, at a 70+ degree angle

I'm looking at my one x right now and in my opinion it makes a perfect black, I can't tell the difference between the black and when the screen is off

How is it compared to the amoled?
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devgee said:
How is it compared to the amoled?
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Not quite as black, but very good for a LCD in my opinion. I hardly notice it unless I compare side by side with my GSII.
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Is it worth buying it or just wait for the next htc phone with amoled?
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devgee said:
Is it worth buying it or just wait for the next htc phone with amoled?
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HTC I doubt will release their next flagship phone with an AMOLED panel.
besides I wouldn't wait for that, it's a downgrade essentially, and the IPS SLCD2 Panel in the One X is definitely superior to Amoled displays currently.

^^^ what they said x 2.
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devgee said:
Is the display pitch black when viewing black photos or does it have a bit of grey color
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Blacks won’t be 100% black on conventional backlit LCD panels due to the use of large backlights. But on AMOLED screens black pixels can be completely turned off making that area pitch black (since they are individually illuminated).
Advantages of AMOLED :
Deeper blacks
high contrast ratios
low power consumption
Disadvantages :
unrealistic colors due to manufacturers oversaturating blue pixels to make them last longer
screen burning
fuzzy images if sub pixels are shared (pentile displays)
Advantages of IPS/LCD :
More accurate color reproduction

GS3 screen fabrication process used for Nexus?

Has anyone recently gotten a new Nexus without the problems with the screen such as the purple tint, banding, inaccurate colors and grainy whites? I just got an S3 and the screen is definitely better than that of my old Nexus but I'm thinking of going back to the Nexus but I prefer the phone with a better screen lol.
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If ur question is if they made a gnex with a SLCD2 than the answer is No.
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Serious_Beans said:
Has anyone recently gotten a new Nexus without the problems with the screen such as the purple tint, banding, inaccurate colors and grainy whites? I just got an S3 and the screen is definitely better than that of my old Nexus but I'm thinking of going back to the Nexus but I prefer the phone with a better screen lol.
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People who just got their Nexus immediately after the ban have been receiving theirs today and all of them had great screens, based on their feedback on the thread

Serious_Beans said:
Has anyone recently gotten a new Nexus without the problems with the screen such as the purple tint, banding, inaccurate colors and grainy whites? I just got an S3 and the screen is definitely better than that of my old Nexus but I'm thinking of going back to the Nexus but I prefer the phone with a better screen lol.
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My replacement phone from January is perfect. I am aware thats the luck of the draw though, considering my wife's phone is definitely NOT perfect.

My replacement Nexus (2 weeks old) is perfect. I can't believe I went that long with a bad nexus.
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rayiskon said:
If ur question is if they made a gnex with a SLCD2 than the answer is No.
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Lol funny guy
So basically the screens they are using in the recent Nexus phones are better? No purple tint? Banding? Grainy whites on low brightness?
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Apparently if you get one with a serial number of C5 or higher there is a very good chance you will get one with a goof screen.
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harveydent said:
People who just got their Nexus immediately after the ban have been receiving theirs today and all of them had great screens, based on their feedback on the thread
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I just got mine yesterday and I have mad ghosting (usually from the keyboard). I was at the at&t store yesterday and the screen in the display GS3 looked nicer. I don't have any banding issues. The color temperature is closer to that of my Lumia 800 (slightly yellow whites, very vibrant blues) than my finally retired Nexus One (first gen AMOLED, very high K whites, almost blue, washed out reds).

Where can I check the serial number?
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Hard to draw a conclusion
We have 4 Gnexes, and two of them have gone back to Samsung for new screens, so I guess we've had 6 screens all told. I don't think I can draw a conclusion based on build date...
My son has the oldest of the 4, and his screen is nice.
Mine is the next oldest, and the screen was good from day-1, and the newly installed (dropped it) screen is really good.
My daughter's is 2nd newest, and her screen is OK, but not as good as mine. Hers got a new screen before my wife got her phone, and that one is OK, too.
My wife's phone is the newest (march or April?) (with the exception of my replaced screen), and has looked dreadful the whole time, but she doesn't seem to mind it.

My phone is 3 weeks old now. I have no 'grainy' things going on. I do have banding with the color 'grey'. I tested it with the app called 'LCD TEST' free from Google Play. I tested every color and I only got banding with the color 'grey'. The rest looks ridicilously good!
I do have to say that my Old Omnia II with an Amoled screen was good. I could see the pixels easily. (3.7", 800x480)
I can also see the pixels on my Galaxy NEXUS with ease. But these pixels are way smaller but still noticeable. Because of that the screen does not look as sharp as I thought it'd be. But still it looks WAY better than my Omnia II's Amoled screen. Also blows the Galaxy S' screen away (which I've compared my Galaxy NEXUS to)

So it seems the screens issues are really just a hit and miss. I wish they would use the same screen tech they use in the S3 :/ I'm missing jelly bean but I don't want to go from a better screen to one with problems ...decisions decisions lol
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I received my Nexus on July 6th from the playstore. The screen looks fantastic to me. Blacks are black, as for whites I'm not sure what grainy is really supposed to mean. I don't think there's any graininess.

Why does the SGS3s screen look better than the GNexs when its the same Super SAMOLED?

It's as if the colors and the screen pops more up while ours looks great but not as popped up and more in depth and concave sort of way. As if there is a grainy screen that's all like gauss covering the screen. Why did they opt for a cheaper crappier screen on the GNex?
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Natural looking colors on gnex. Think it's better.
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I love the sgs3s screen better. Due to it being more vibrant and bright!
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Yeah, my brother has an s3, for some reason the screen seems clearer
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Color profile perhaps?

monkey hung said:
It's as if the colors and the screen pops more up while ours looks great but not as popped up and more in depth and concave sort of way. As if there is a grainy screen that's all like gauss covering the screen. Why did they opt for a cheaper crappier screen on the GNex?
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Because of this.

Ya, pentile sucks. My og dinc's screen looked better as far as colors go. But it gets the job done, which for me is displaying everything this [email protected]%&ing awesome phone can do

Landara said:
Because of this.
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Doesn't Galaxy SIII also has PenTile Matrix in its screen?

timelessfahad said:
Doesn't Galaxy SIII also has PenTile Matrix in its screen?
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Yes, the SGS3's screen is also pentile, note the lack of plus at the end of Super AMOLED HD.
Different colour profile, different Q/A requirements (Have you noticed that there is very little black in touchwizz UX, maybe to avoid the low brightness blacks become purple issue).
Tweaks made to the panels and manufacturing process after doing them in blunk for the gnexus?
All of the above?
Your guess is as good as mine

Landara said:
Because of this.
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You do realize this link is irrelevant to the topic at hand, right?
Anyway, I have had my phone next to my friends S3 and with the color tweaks on the GNEX I did not notice any difference. Stock GNEX screen, sure it looks horrible. My GNEX looks 10x better then any stock GNEX screen as well.

I would say quality control. Samsung took the time to perfect the S3's colors. I love my screen and it's vibrant and all that. Granted I've never compared the two.
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[email protected] said:
You do realize this link is irrelevant to the topic at hand, right?
Anyway, I have had my phone next to my friends S3 and with the color tweaks on the GNEX I did not notice any difference. Stock GNEX screen, sure it looks horrible. My GNEX looks 10x better then any stock GNEX screen as well.
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What tweak are you using? Trinity or franco kernel with color profiles?

monkey hung said:
It's as if the colors and the screen pops more up while ours looks great but not as popped up and more in depth and concave sort of way. As if there is a grainy screen that's all like gauss covering the screen. Why did they opt for a cheaper crappier screen on the GNex?
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Trinity colors FTW!
Try it. Screen of GNex looks way better than SGS3!

SGS screens are poorly calibrated. Over saturated, over sharpened, etc.
Some people apparently like that.
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MikeyMike01 said:
SGS screens are poorly calibrated. Over saturated, over sharpened, etc.
Some people apparently like that.
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Agreed.
Believe it or not there is a point where too much saturation is bad. It starts to look entirely unnatural. I'm happy where the saturation levels are at with my Nexus currently, still more vibrant than any LCD screen, but not to the point where everything looks like someone took the saturation dial and cranked it to max.

speedyink said:
Agreed.
Believe it or not there is a point where too much saturation is bad. It starts to look entirely unnatural. I'm happy where the saturation levels are at with my Nexus currently, still more vibrant than any LCD screen, but not to the point where everything looks like someone took the saturation dial and cranked it to max.
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What colour settings do u use BTW ?
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Tarun95 said:
What colour settings do u use BTW ?
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Stock, I've had no reason to mess with the colors.

To me, they both have the same Nasty blue tint
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speedyink said:
Stock, I've had no reason to mess with the colors.
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Oh stock is damn yellow for me
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SDRaver said:
To me, they both have the same Nasty blue tint
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Lolwut? That plagued the first gen galaxy phones. Not the current ones. Probably why you have an evo
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[Q] Multiple "Blue" Shades?

I picked one up today. It's a gunmetal color. The attached picture shows off like greyish silver. The shade changes depending on the angle and lighting. The demo units are definitely grey like in my picture. I was at another store and the previous customer picked up the last unit and it was almost black, which I really liked. Can anyone concurr they've seen units that are almost black?

only grey and white available.

Mine is darker than your pic.. but it could be lighting.. but in the brightest light I have mine isnt that silver.. but its still "gun metal" just darker... probably lighting
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daddymatt said:
Mine is darker than your pic.. but it could be lighting.. but in the brightest light I have mine isnt that silver.. but its still "gun metal" just darker... probably lighting
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I saw several units in various stores. There was one that was a tad darker, but most look similar to mine.

Mine is quite a bit darker. I would say that it almost looks black on the front. The back is pretty light still.
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Make your screen colour representation accurate

so I was reading a test done comparing iPhone 5 with the note 2. according to the findings, once you such display mode to movie and unchecked auto adjust picture tone to save battery- the contrast ratio, whiteness level and all color errors are all improved drastically. I must concur because I have notice a much better colours rep and the whites do look a bit better aswell.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57540240-85/screens-test-part-2-galaxy-note-2-vs-apple-iphone-5/

i like it on standard, movie is just to dull, and the others to are just to brilliant to be real.....lol

the2rrell said:
i like it on standard, movie is just to dull, and the others to are just to brilliant to be real.....lol
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Hahahah. To brilliant u say. I duno I like how my whites look on the movie setting. On standard I get tainted reddish white

I would like a reference picture to compare against. Maybe the original is that bright.
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First is NATURAL
Second is DYNAMIC
Third is MOVIE
hope you can see a difference on the PC
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EDIT now that i think about it the pictures should all look the same on the PC since it is that phone that is changing the color and nothing changes on the picture right? so even though i took screen shots of each one at each screen mode, will that color variation be visible on the screen shot or only if im veiwing it on the phone.

the2rrell said:
First is NATURAL
Second is DYNAMIC
Third is MOVIE
hope you can see a difference on the PC
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EDIT now that i think about it the pictures should all look the same on the PC since it is that phone that is changing the color and nothing changes on the picture right? so even though i took screen shots of each one at each screen mode, will that color variation be visible on the screen shot or only if im veiwing it on the phone.
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They all look the same. Main reason why i prefer movie to natural is the skin color. It looked much more natural. Also the contrast ratio increases on the movie mode.

If I had wanted dull colors I would have bought a Nexus 4
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powerwagon said:
If I had wanted dull colors I would have bought a Nexus 4
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Swear I was thinking the same thing lol.
I wouldnt have bought a Amoled screen if i wanted accurate colors. But good find to those that want.

The positive is that Samsung Note 2 actually allows you to choose which color representation you prefer.
Also, I don't think the color resolution is stored in the captured screen shot image. It's just how the image is displayed on your Note2. That's why each photo you uploaded looks the same. of course I'm usually wrong on these type of things.

I prefer to use Natural. But I wish we had some control over the screen temperature. I prefer my screen a little cooler than what it's currently displaying.

I was stating id like to see the demo image outside of my phone. See what the original colors looks like, pale vs bright yellows. That would help me decide what looks most "natural"
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powerwagon said:
If I had wanted dull colors I would have bought a Nexus 4
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Danger Danger the Nexus 4 mafia will attack....Ive seen it. Their forum doesn't put up with such negative chit chat lol.

Dynamic is the best one period
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sling said:
Danger Danger the Nexus 4 mafia will attack....Ive seen it. Their forum doesn't put up with such negative chit chat lol.
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I'm not worried about them...all their phones are on backorder...lol
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powerwagon said:
I'm not worried about them...all their phones are on backorder...lol
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Which even makes them meaner lol
Owners that find defects & post them get raged on for the most part.

sling said:
Which even makes them meaner lol
Owners that find defects & post them get raged on for the most part.
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I had one on order, then got the dreaded backorder email and quickly canceled. So glad I did...gave me the chance to get this phone. I wouldn't trade this phone for any made today.
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powerwagon said:
I wouldn't trade this phone for any made today.
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+1

****WARNING****
You have one of the most advanced screens ever put in a phone. Its so visually pleasing others may stair with envy, some will comment on its beauty while trying to touch it, a rare few might even complain its just to brilliant (giggle). For your convenience we have added the option to dull it down to a level of your choice so you might better blend in with the rest of the crowd holding dull looking screens.
lol
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yas1987 said:
so I was reading a test done comparing iPhone 5 with the note 2. according to the findings, once you such display mode to movie and unchecked auto adjust picture tone to save battery- the contrast ratio, whiteness level and all color errors are all improved drastically. I must concur because I have notice a much better colours rep and the whites do look a bit better aswell.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57540240-85/screens-test-part-2-galaxy-note-2-vs-apple-iphone-5/
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Also brightness was set to max.
With brightness set to max, I found "Movie" to give the best picture. However, I never have brightness set to max - usually automatic. I found "Movie" a bit dull at lower levels, but I'm used to it now, and there will be less screen burn-in, and blue burn-out. We have three-year contracts in Canada, and I don't want to have noticeable OLED burn-in and loss of blue after a couple of years ...

Definitely takes some getting used to for Movie but while not as perky colored, I quite enjoy this subdued tone. In the end, having choices is great.
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