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iPhone XS Max Apple OLED vs LCD quality/clarity
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Anyway, I'm answering a poll with my professional opinion. I don't get why people are so insecure that they need to challenge other people's opinions. If a professional audio engineer told me they preferred one hifi setup over another, I'd respect their opinion. As far as I can tell OLEDs are like the Bose speakers of screen panels. You'll never find OLEDs in professional color reference monitors.
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And I'll never want a phone that needs special "care" to avoid burn-in. Again, just my preference. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordon...oblems-oled-display-price-specs/#51f9dd73958d
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And I'll never want a phone that needs special "care" to avoid burn-in. Again, just my preference. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordon...oblems-oled-display-price-specs/#51f9dd73958d
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At any rate... It's time to let go of LCD. It's had a great run, but technologically speaking it's run is over.
Anyone is doing themselves a disservice trying to hold on.
Anyone is doing themselves a disservice trying to hold on.
OLED has some clear advantages over lcd. The ship has sailed with lcd being a mainstay in mobile phones. And burn-in in 2020 doesn’t seem to be much of an issue.
What about people who suffer from PWM? Not to mention Apple doesn’t at this point provide OLED in a device under £1k. It’s Apple that is stopping the mainstream getting OLED, not people ‘doing themselves a disservice’. The LCD panels Apple use are great and if they were crap then I’d see your point.
And LCD has some clear advantages. That’s why we have both. That’s why there’s an opinion poll. And that’s why some people prefer one over the other.
But some people need their choice to be the absolute best and only choice, otherwise they’re afraid they made the wrong decision. So they’ll fight irrationally to prove the other is wrong, when clearly both have advantages subject to a person’s needs. Pretty sad.
If rumors are correct, next year at Apple there’s not going to be a choice in the main iPhone lineup anyway. iPads, macs, Se, etc will still be lcd.
Out of interest how many people do you know that has had burn in on a oled iPhone, not from some googled magazine story?
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Apple need to sort out their OLED screens then if that is the case as the flickering is preventing a section of the market from buying their product. I’m assuming they’ve managed to get costs down if it’s being extended to all products too.
Sounds like I made the right choice with getting the 11 now. I keep my phones until they're dead.
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LCD is fine, I have had OLED, POLED and LCD screens (not POLED on iPhone) and I really can't see the difference in day to day use but then I have never been a pixel peeper. For average Joe/Jo uses LCD is fine.
I take a lot of nature based photographs and I find something similar. It is a personal thing but I think a lot of people have become use to the over saturated world of the likes of instagram. Although OLED has other advantages. Go with what you find best for your needs.
Precisely why I sold my 8+ Last November and purchased an 11 in order to ensure another 3-4 years of an LCD. Granted at the time there was not all this information on the upcoming iPhone 9. Although it looks like the large 8+ size will be a 2021 device so I’m ok. I’ve adjusted to Face ID even though I still prefer Touch ID.
