That would make me leery about the plus version. After all the problems that the Google Pixel 2 XL has had with their display I wouldn’t feel confident getting an LG made display.
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That would make me leery about the plus version. After all the problems that the Google Pixel 2 XL has had with their display I wouldn’t feel confident getting an LG made display.
Curved screen on the laterals is the most stupid thing I’ve ever seen in a phone. Place your phone horizontally and browse a website or open a photo in full screen. You will see what I mean. Apart from that the phone is just too big, even for a guy like me with large hands. It’s totally non ergonomic.
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Not practical whatsoever, just a gimmick to show the screen can be curved
Plus you can't really use any protective phone cover on a phone with curved sides
Not practical whatsoever, just a gimmick to show the screen can be curved
I too have the X and Note 8 and feel the Note 8 display looks better to me but the X is my daily because of iMessage. My fiancé has an iPhone 6 and she just recently told me she wants a Google Pixel 2 which surprised me because she’s always been an iPhone user. Once she switches, my daily will be the Note 8 since iMessage won’t be needed.
Thats a variable argument. That's like me saying "iOS on the iPhone is better because it doesn't have Android." Same concept.
The Lamborghini Countach had an almost useable rear window. Lamborghini actually suggested opening the door and looking backwards when wanting to drive in reverse. But that wouldn't stop me from driving one and liking it.
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No it's not. If we're talking about screens, then it's very relevant to discuss whether or not the screen is worse off for having a feature cut into it.
I think historically that has been true. But I thought most reviewers this year were saying that the roles are reversed, with the iPhone screen looking more bright than the Samsung displays.
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I think that would totally make sense if you were being asked to give up the Countach for a Civic, but if the alternate option was a Ferrari LaFerrari??....
I see your point. However, I don't believe it's appropriately worded that the Notch makes the screen "worse", perhaps it makes it an inconvenience for those who don't like the design or limitations for viewing content.
I agree completely. The notch is just one of many variables to consider when determining which screen is "better".
Sitting outside with my laptop, reading this thread, and I'm looking at my surroundings and all the colours in my surround are popping out and everything appears 3D, so much like a Note 8. Trying to get realistic colours on a screen is like trying to get drunk on water. IMO oversaturation on a screen is the way to go. You're looking at a screen, not walking down the street.
Back to the 3D. Saw a quick video demo on a Note 8 in a Samsung store and it's like it was happening right in front of me. Can't say the same about the iPhone.
Back to the 3D. Saw a quick video demo on a Note 8 in a Samsung store and it's like it was happening right in front of me. Can't say the same about the iPhone.
If it’s manufactured to the same specifications and calibrated to the same specifications then there shouldn’t be any difference.
That is the whole point of having a calibrated screen.
One has the notch, the other has the useless curved glass on the sides that no one likes and serves no useful purpose at all. The notch I can understand, but the curved glass is just dumb. And Samsung is holding on to it like it's the best design idea they've ever had.
Apple has made some questionable design ideas in the past for sure but Samsung is no better, might be worse actually. The camera and fingerprint scanner on the N8, a toddler would have figured out that they need to be vertically stacked. There's absolutely no benefit aesthetically or functionally for that combo to be sideways on the top of the phone body. This year they fix it cos they can't figure it out the first time.
You skewed my Post out of context. Like every display, there are minute subtleties/differences that are perceived differently by everybody when in comparison next to each other with the same settings, brightness, etc. Especially from two different display panel manufacturers, side by side tests/comparisons usually depict various results regardless. And for the record, I wasn't referring to calibration, you stated that, not me.
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Sure but the point is that the Apple displays are calibrated for accuracy. That is part of the design specification.
Again, I wasn't speaking to calibration or specification, you were. I simply stated that seeing the differences with both displays with color and brightness will likely vary somewhat between both models when side by side compared from two different panel manufacturers. Plenty of videos and reviews will surface for those reasons alone IF Apple launches a 6.5 iPhone alongside the 5.8 and IF LG is indeed a 6.5 panel manufacturer.
Sorry but that simply is not the case. If there is variation then they aren’t calibrated or if they are then it is simply within the design specification and thus according to the specification they are the same.
Why are you apologizing? You're creating a strawman argument out of my Post for the sake of something I wasn't even referring to begin with. Furthermore, I understand what Calibration means, not sure why you feel the need to be pedantic. Nor was that my point from the beginning. I have no other way of explaining this to you, If you have two different panels, there may slight variations based on side by side comparisons given the examples with variations observed by the user. I Guarantee side by side comparisons showing both displays with the same "Specifications" with have minute differences others will perceive based on distinguishable factors with subtleties with both displays, without taking calibration into consideration.
If you could please, reread my original post that you quoted and it doesn't even reference calibration at all, strictly user subtleties observed that Are discussed time and time again on here. I think this discussion is more than enough exhausted.
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The point is that Apple DOES calibrate it’s screens to a specification. So if anything it is you putting forward the straw man because Apple doesn’t not calibrate it’s screens. And yes I fully agree that if they aren’t built to design specification and they are not calibrated then there will be differences.
