My Note 4 display is jealous of the super bright 6 Plus display

[Vegastouch]

DisplayMate also said the Note 4 has the best OVERALL display they've every tested in a smartphone.

I'm an iOS guy through and through, and I love my 6+ and wouldn't trade it for a Note 4 or anything.

But as an impartial, relatively scientific reviewer, DisplayMate's conclusion that the Note 4 has the best smartphone display on the market is pretty solid.

Now that doesn't mean subjectively its the best. People have different preferences.

And really....we're splitting hairs. The 6+ has the best LCD display on the market (according to DisplayMate) so you're really choosing between the two best.

No really a wrong choice hardware wise. In the end, it's all about software and which OS you prefer. Why people get caught up in flagship hardware/specs is beyond me.

Absolutely. I dont have my phone close to full on bright anyways. I think most do not. The thing is i just prefer Android and really dont care for iOS.

I have a friend that has a iP6 and while messing with it, ....as we all know iOS is very different and yes with some time id be comfortable with it again but the thing i noticed right away was i was missing that back button and i mean really missed it and was having a bit of a hard time figuring out how to go back in some things since they arent all in the same spot.

Screens for me are not an issue. Hec they all look good now IMO so that isnt a factor for me when choosing a phone any longer unless we are talking screen size and the screen on the iPhone 6 was nice.

 

[Zwhaler]

Lol this thread is fail. OP doesn't know that on auto the Note 4 can go up to about 750 nits? I use that functionality in direct sunlight and it works well, sorry.

 

[skratch77]

Lol this thread is fail. OP doesn't know that on auto the Note 4 can go up to about 750 nits? I use that functionality in direct sunlight and it works well, sorry.

I know right...isn't the note 4 the brightest screen ever tested lol

 

[jrswizzle]

Wrong again. Don't know why Apple-only users make up FUD when Displaymate provides all the scientific facts.



Average display power

Note 4 0.85 watt

iPhone 6+ 1.52 watts



That's nearly half.

My apologies. I read other places in the review that talked about the power efficiency of LCDs being greater.

Relax, I'm not spreading FUD. If you'd read the thread you'd know I've been defending the Note 4.

I just also happen to be defending people's preferences as well.

 

[The Game 161]

these place is becoming a troll feast lately ha

 

[Shanghaichica]

My apologies. I read other places in the review that talked about the power efficiency of LCDs being greater.

Relax, I'm not spreading FUD. If you'd read the thread you'd know I've been defending the Note 4.

I just also happen to be defending people's preferences as well.

Well most of the reviews I've read so that the 6+ has really great battery life, however I think that was more due to the size of its battery. However since the note 4 has a removable battery, the effect of the screen on battery life is a moot point. I'd rather have the better screen and just pop in a new battery.

 

[MRU]

these place is becoming a troll feast lately ha

Yep easiest thing is to just don't bother posting and let the thread die of natural causes, but some folks here won't let sleeping dogs lie.

 

[mrex]

but I do miss the brightness and whiter whites on the Plus,

can you even call it as a white? what i have seen iphones white is not a white at all...

even displaymate says: "All of the iPhones have a slightly Bluish White... it does affect all of the Low Saturation Colors."

beautiful and the viewing angles are better on the Plus then the Note 4

not sure what is wrong with your note4 but something definitely is... if you look iphone just from a differend angle the brightness decreases dramatically. that doesnt happen with note4.

i like the more accurate color accuracy

not even the whitepoint is there where it should be. Colours in iphone is less accurate than colours in Note4.

i dont have either of these two phones, neither going to buy them. But what i have seen with my own eyes and read, you really should check your note4 screen and settings...

 

[Bahroo]

can you even call it as a white? what i have seen iphones white is not a white at all...

even displaymate says: "All of the iPhones have a slightly Bluish White... it does affect all of the Low Saturation Colors."



not sure what is wrong with your note4 but something definitely is... if you look iphone just from a differend angle the brightness decreases dramatically. that doesnt happen with note4.



not even the whitepoint is there where it should be. Colours in iphone is less accurate than colours in Note4.

i dont have either of these two phones, neither going to buy them. But what i have seen with my own eyes and read, you really should check your note4 screen and settings...

Um, there is nothing wrong with the Note 4, yes the Plus and 6 have worse brightness decrease shift at 30 degree angle then the Note 4, but the Plus has better RGB color shift and white point shift viewing angles then the Note 4, colors shift less and are less distorted at a angle then the Note 4 and also the white point shift is better on the Plus

So really the Plus does infact have better viewing angles (less color shift and white point shift, and less screen reflectancy also)

The Plus has a extremely color accurate display what are you saying?? It has 101% SRGB color gamut, basically perfectly color accurate, also not to mention all OLED's Will suffer from screen burn in few months in, which is permanent on OLED panels and cant be repaired, which is a bad flaw of OLED's still, and also when viewing red/blue content, the Note 4 is sctually less sharper then the Plus (red and blue subpixel PPI on note 4 is only 368 PPI) while it is 401 PPI across the board on the Plus with all Rgb Pixels having same PPI count

 

[Zwhaler]

what are you saying??

I think he's trying to say this thread is pointless.

 

[Vegastouch]

Um, there is nothing wrong with the Note 4, yes the Plus and 6 have worse brightness decrease shift at 30 degree angle then the Note 4, but the Plus has better RGB color shift and white point shift viewing angles then the Note 4, colors shift less and are less distorted at a angle then the Note 4 and also the white point shift is better on the Plus

So really the Plus does infact have better viewing angles (less color shift and white point shift, and less screen reflectancy also)

The Plus has a extremely color accurate display what are you saying?? It has 101% SRGB color gamut, basically perfectly color accurate, also not to mention all OLED's Will suffer from screen burn in few months in, which is permanent on OLED panels and cant be repaired, which is a bad flaw of OLED's still, and also when viewing red/blue content, the Note 4 is sctually less sharper then the Plus (red and blue subpixel PPI on note 4 is only 368 PPI) while it is 401 PPI across the board on the Plus with all Rgb Pixels having same PPI count

LOL, well you keep saying that but ive never seen one. We have a GS3 in the household and a GS5 and neither have it and the GS3 is 2.5 years old.

Its really weird how some people are so convinced of certain things yet most others have never experienced it. I say most but ive yet to see anyone agree with you on that.

 

[mi7chy]

LOL, well you keep saying that but ive never seen one. We have a GS3 in the household and a GS5 and neither have it and the GS3 is 2.5 years old.

Even better. I've got the original Galaxy S from 2010 that I still use as a WIFI VOIP phone and the OLED screen looks fine.

 

[Bahroo]

Lol this thread is fail. OP doesn't know that on auto the Note 4 can go up to about 750 nits? I use that functionality in direct sunlight and it works well, sorry.

Aaand the Note 4 has worse screen reflectancy value properities....aandd it doesn't have as good of a polarizer as the Plus...aaand that the Plus has better color viewing angles and white viewing angles over the Note 4.

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Even better. I've got the original Galaxy S from 2010 that I still use as a WIFI VOIP phone and the OLED screen looks fine.

that's a lie, because all OLED phones suffer screen burn in at the status bar a few months in, I gurantee you have a status bar burn in on your Galaxy devices, it is inevitable on all OLED displays, you will get screen burn in and when you do, it is permanent, I went through 3 Galaxy devices and they all suffered screen burn in months after of using it, and also being very careful with keeping the brightness low and not being on one screen too much for too long to cause burn in, and it still happened. it is a bad flaw in OLED panels, the pixel life is dramatically shorter then it is in LCD panels, blue subpixels burn out much faster then the rest of the pixels in the display.

 

[BlueGoldAce]

Aaand the Note 4 has worse screen reflectancy value properities....aandd it doesn't have as good of a polarizer as the Plus...aaand that the Plus has better color viewing angles and white viewing angles over the Note 4.

Why go on and on about this? Just enjoy your phone.

Displaymate rated the note 4 as the best screen out. Doesn't make the iPhone's screen bad. Get over it and move on.

 

[Bahroo]

Wrong.

Displatemate measured a 45% decrease in portrait brightness and a whopping 59% decrease in landscape brightness at 30 degree angle.

Compare that to 19% decrease on the Note 4.

LCD is cheap inferior dinosaur technology that's why you find them in the budget section at Best Buy while premium OLED is in the Magnolia professional section.

http://displaymate.com/iPhone6_ShootOut.htm

http://displaymate.com/Galaxy_Note4_ShootOut_1.htm

and you fail to mention how the Note 4 has noticeably worse color shift viewing angles and also worse white point color shift viewing angles then the Plus, the Plus screen goes bright enough to mitigate the brightness decrease effect, you can't change color shift and white point viewing properties, and it is worse on the Note 4 then the Plus.

Also when viewing content with red/blue in it, the Plus is automatically going to look and appear sharper because all subpixels in the Plus display is 401 PPI while white and green subpixels in the Note 4 display is 511 PPI, but red and blue sub pixels are only 368 PPI on the Note 4, lower then the 401 PPI across the board for the Plus. (note 4 has this because of Pentile Effect)


it just seems like there is alot of upset people in this thread for no reason? It's solely my experience I had with the Note 4, and the qualitive differences between both displays noted by DisplayMate, I like the Plus display better because it is less reflective and has better color viewing angles and better white point viewing angles then the Note 4, and that when viewing content with a white background (basically all your applications besides games and videos have white background) the Plus is 50% more power efficient then the Note 4 at displaying whites, the Plus gets better battery life then the Note 4, in reality the Quad HD display is also under powered by the Adreno 420 GPU, Samsung should of just stuck with a 1080p panel with a RGB pixel layout, that would of boded better for them and no difference in screen quality at all (hell maybe even a RGB pixel layout AMOLED panel from Samsung at 1080p would look better then the Pentile Quad HD display the Note 4 currently uses)

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Why go on and on about this? Just enjoy your phone.

Displaymate rated the note 4 as the best screen out. Doesn't make the iPhone's screen bad. Get over it and move on.

they rate it the best screen, only when it is in one screen mode called "basic mode", considering the fact that I and many many people dont want to have to keep micro managing screen modes to the content your viewing is just terribly annoying, why would I get a Note 4 , and then change the screen mode to get absolute color accuracy and accurate colors akin to the content that i am viewing? What is the point of buying a phone with a OLED panel then? its no wonder why countless reviews always gloss passs and skip talking about the screen modes on the Galaxy devices, it's because no one wants to have to keep micro managing the screen modes, people just like to leave it as it is.

the thing is, on the Note 4 standard screen mode setting, it isn't better then the Plus display, thats the thing here.

 

[BlueGoldAce]

and you fail to mention how the Note 4 has noticeably worse color shift viewing angles and also worse white point color shift viewing angles then the Plus, the Plus screen goes bright enough to mitigate the brightness decrease effect, you can't change color shift and white point viewing properties, and it is worse on the Note 4 then the Plus.

Also when viewing content with red/blue in it, the Plus is automatically going to look and appear sharper because all subpixels in the Plus display is 401 PPI while white and green subpixels in the Note 4 display is 511 PPI, but red and blue sub pixels are only 368 PPI on the Note 4, lower then the 401 PPI across the board for the Plus. (note 4 has this because of Pentile Effect)


it just seems like there is alot of upset people in this thread for no reason? It's solely my experience I had with the Note 4, and the qualitive differences between both displays noted by DisplayMate, I like the Plus display better because it is less reflective and has better color viewing angles and better white point viewing angles then the Note 4, and that when viewing content with a white background (basically all your applications besides games and videos have white background) the Plus is 50% more power efficient then the Note 4 at displaying whites, the Plus gets better battery life then the Note 4, in reality the Quad HD display is also under powered by the Adreno 420 GPU, Samsung should of just stuck with a 1080p panel with a RGB pixel layout, that would of boded better for them and no difference in screen quality at all (hell maybe even a RGB pixel layout AMOLED panel from Samsung at 1080p would look better then the Pentile Quad HD display the Note 4 currently uses)

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they rate it the best screen, only when it is in one screen mode called "basic mode", considering the fact that I and many many people dont want to have to keep micro managing screen modes to the content your viewing is just terribly annoying, why would I get a Note 4 , and then change the screen mode to get absolute color accuracy and accurate colors akin to the content that i am viewing? What is the point of buying a phone with a OLED panel then? its no wonder why countless reviews always gloss passs and skip talking about the screen modes on the Galaxy devices, it's because no one wants to have to keep micro managing the screen modes, people just like to leave it as it is.

the thing is, on the Note 4 standard screen mode setting, it isn't better then the Plus display, thats the thing here.

Wow....you mean taking five seconds to change the mode is inconvenient? Really bud, really?

Better to have choice than not.

Go enjoy your phone, stop making up reason and nitpicking to justify a choice.

People here....

 

[Bahroo]

can you even call it as a white? what i have seen iphones white is not a white at all...

even displaymate says: "All of the iPhones have a slightly Bluish White... it does affect all of the Low Saturation Colors."



not sure what is wrong with your note4 but something definitely is... if you look iphone just from a differend angle the brightness decreases dramatically. that doesnt happen with note4.



not even the whitepoint is there where it should be. Colours in iphone is less accurate than colours in Note4.

i dont have either of these two phones, neither going to buy them. But what i have seen with my own eyes and read, you really should check your note4 screen and settings...

you do realize the adaptive display mode on the Note 4 has basically the same exact white point at 7,395k? what a fail lmao....(the only mode where it will automatically adjust the screen mode to the content your viewing, but it only works for Samsung applications)

So tell me how having to micro manage screen modes for the content your viewing is any good?? honestly, who wants to keep changing screen mode settings to the content your viewing... that is just ridiculous,

and your statement about the colors being less accurate on the Plus then the Note 4 is completely ********, the Plus basically achieves a 100% sRGB color(100% being as close to real life and accurate as you can get) gamut and has the lowest absolute color accuracy error in any device today,

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Wow....you mean taking five seconds to change the mode is inconvenient? Really bud, really?

Better to have choice than not.

Go enjoy your phone, stop making up reason and nitpicking to justify a choice.

People here....

sure its annoying, when I am browsing the web, and then I want to watch a video, why do i have to dive into the settings, go through a few menus, change the screen mode to enhance video content, thne when I am done viewing the video I have to change it back the screen mode for back to browsing the web, or using a application etc... that is annoying and its not even nitpicking at all, its sad how you fail to realize this, of course its annoying to have to constantly keep changing screen modes, its not like there even is a easy toggle to change the screen modes, you have to dive through a few menus to get to it, no wonder why obviously reviewers never even mention about the screen modes on the Galaxy devices ever in their reviews, they just gloss and go pass it.

 

[Vegastouch]

you do realize the adaptive display mode on the Note 4 has basically the same exact white point at 7,395k? what a fail lmao....(the only mode where it will automatically adjust the screen mode to the content your viewing, but it only works for Samsung applications)

So tell me how having to micro manage screen modes for the content your viewing is any good?? honestly, who wants to keep changing screen mode settings to the content your viewing... that is just ridiculous,

and your statement about the colors being less accurate on the Plus then the Note 4 is completely ********, the Plus basically achieves a 100% sRGB color(100% being as close to real life and accurate as you can get) gamut and has the lowest absolute color accuracy error in any device today,

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sure its annoying, when I am browsing the web, and then I want to watch a video, why do i have to dive into the settings, go through a few menus, change the screen mode to enhance video content, thne when I am done viewing the video I have to change it back the screen mode for back to browsing the web, or using a application etc... that is annoying and its not even nitpicking at all, its sad how you fail to realize this, of course its annoying to have to constantly keep changing screen modes, its not like there even is a easy toggle to change the screen modes, you have to dive through a few menus to get to it, no wonder why obviously reviewers never even mention about the screen modes on the Galaxy devices ever in their reviews, they just gloss and go pass it.

Wow, you are one very picky person. Who cares which is rated the best? So you like to turn your brightness all the way up and its so bright you can get a suntan and the whites are a little whiter. Who cares?
Both screens look great to me and id be fine with either one. The ONLY negative about OLED for ME is it is hard to see in sunlight. Other than that, its fine.

For me its all about the OS and i just dont care that much for iOS. To each their own. Use what you like but you are beating a dead horse here.

 

[BlueGoldAce]

you do realize the adaptive display mode on the Note 4 has basically the same exact white point at 7,395k? what a fail lmao....(the only mode where it will automatically adjust the screen mode to the content your viewing, but it only works for Samsung applications)

So tell me how having to micro manage screen modes for the content your viewing is any good?? honestly, who wants to keep changing screen mode settings to the content your viewing... that is just ridiculous,

and your statement about the colors being less accurate on the Plus then the Note 4 is completely ********, the Plus basically achieves a 100% sRGB color(100% being as close to real life and accurate as you can get) gamut and has the lowest absolute color accuracy error in any device today,

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sure its annoying, when I am browsing the web, and then I want to watch a video, why do i have to dive into the settings, go through a few menus, change the screen mode to enhance video content, thne when I am done viewing the video I have to change it back the screen mode for back to browsing the web, or using a application etc... that is annoying and its not even nitpicking at all, its sad how you fail to realize this, of course its annoying to have to constantly keep changing screen modes, its not like there even is a easy toggle to change the screen modes, you have to dive through a few menus to get to it, no wonder why obviously reviewers never even mention about the screen modes on the Galaxy devices ever in their reviews, they just gloss and go pass it.

That's what's adaptive screen mode is for.

If you use basic mode...it rivals the iPhone 6. You DONT have to change it. You just have the option. In basic mode it will rival the iPhone in all instances....we browsing,etc. it's not like displaymate keeps changing the settings. Jeez...come up with a better arguments...don't make choice a mandatory thing and then complain. Your fault.

Some people like over sutured, they have that option. Some like perfect colors, they have that option. Choice is a good thing.

I don't get how you fail to see this. Your logic is illogical.

 

[skratch77]

The note 4 screen is far superior to the iPhone screen.

Its has way faster responce time and uses less energy then the iPhone and absolutely destroys it in black detail and contrast ratio.

Its also brighter in high daylight situations

I think the op is just but hurt and frustrated that his sister has a better phone then him.

I'll also side bet that there is no note 4 in his house and he made this thread just to troll us.

Anyway i can't wait to see how far samsung can push the technology and see how there 700+ppi 4k next gen amoled screens look like

 

[Zwhaler]

Aaand the Note 4 has worse screen reflectancy value properities....aandd it doesn't have as good of a polarizer as the Plus...aaand that the Plus has better color viewing angles and white viewing angles over the Note 4.

Lmao. Your insecurity has never looked so clear on quad HD with infinite contrast ratio and the best color accuracy.

 

[Bahroo]

Lmao. Your insecurity has never looked so clear on quad HD with infinite contrast ratio and the best color accuracy.

My insecurity lol? Or the fact that the Note 4 red and blue sub pixels is below 400 PPI? And how do you figure the Note 4 has the best color accuracy? The Plus hits 100% sRGB color gamut aswell as the Note 4 (100% being as color accurate/real life as possible) they virtually have the same color accuracy(only when the Note 4 is in basic mode in screen settings, but who wants to constantly keep micromanaging screen modes to the content your viewing on the Galaxy device?)

Beautiful Quad HD screen but has Pentile in it, so when you view red/bluish content, it actually will appear less sharper then the Plus (368 PPI vs 401 PPI) but you probably cant notice it right away but is a difference (i can tell the difference apart slightly, already seen and tested this in person )

Ill give OLED's The nod to their blacks, they are incredible, but a big flaw of OLED displays is that they always suffer screen burn in and a few months in later of good use of your device, you will start to develop a status bar screen burn in that is basically unavoidable(happened to every single Galaxy device I ever owned) so That is still a pretty piss poor flaw of OLED still(LCD's dont suffer this issue no where as near as much)

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That's what's adaptive screen mode is for.

If you use basic mode...it rivals the iPhone 6. You DONT have to change it. You just have the option. In basic mode it will rival the iPhone in all instances....we browsing,etc. it's not like displaymate keeps changing the settings. Jeez...come up with a better arguments...don't make choice a mandatory thing and then complain. Your fault.

Some people like over sutured, they have that option. Some like perfect colors, they have that option. Choice is a good thing.

I don't get how you fail to see this. Your logic is illogical.

Options? Is that why reviewers never mention the screen mode settings? Or how annoying it is to have to keep micro managing the screen mode settings to the content your viewing/watching? LOL...right.... Its no wonder why Samsung keeps the screen mode at default out the box, people dont even bother with the screen mode settings (i never did ever with any of Galaxy devices I ever owned...its too cumbersome and annoying to keep doing so)

 

[BlueGoldAce]

My insecurity lol? Or the fact that the Note 4 red and blue sub pixels is below 400 PPI? And how do you figure the Note 4 has the best color accuracy? The Plus hits 100% sRGB color gamut aswell as the Note 4 (100% being as color accurate/real life as possible) they virtually have the same color accuracy(only when the Note 4 is in basic mode in screen settings, but who wants to constantly keep micromanaging screen modes to the content your viewing on the Galaxy device?)



Beautiful Quad HD screen but has Pentile in it, so when you view red/bluish content, it actually will appear less sharper then the Plus (368 PPI vs 401 PPI) but you probably cant notice it right away but is a difference (i can tell the difference apart slightly, already seen and tested this in person )



Ill give OLED's The nod to their blacks, they are incredible, but a big flaw of OLED displays is that they always suffer screen burn in and a few months in later of good use of your device, you will start to develop a status bar screen burn in that is basically unavoidable(happened to every single Galaxy device I ever owned) so That is still a pretty piss poor flaw of OLED still(LCD's dont suffer this issue no where as near as much)

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Options? Is that why reviewers never mention the screen mode settings? Or how annoying it is to have to keep micro managing the screen mode settings to the content your viewing/watching? LOL...right.... Its no wonder why Samsung keeps the screen mode at default out the box, people dont even bother with the screen mode settings (i never did ever with any of Galaxy devices I ever owned...its too cumbersome and annoying to keep doing so)

Don't be asinine...you didn't read my post. No one micromanaged their screen....you are a piece of work.

How about this....your iPhone is awesome and you are awesome for using it.

Move on.

 

[Bahroo]

The note 4 screen is far superior to the iPhone screen.

Its has way faster responce time and uses less energy then the iPhone and absolutely destroys it in black detail and contrast ratio.

Its also brighter in high daylight situations

I think the op is just but hurt and frustrated that his sister has a better phone then him.

I'll also side bet that there is no note 4 in his house and he made this thread just to troll us.

Anyway i can't wait to see how far samsung can push the technology and see how there 700+ppi 4k next gen amoled screens look like

Faster response times? Grasping at straws here now are we? Touch response time is slow and not good on iOS devices(said no one ever) the 5S gets 75 ms touch response time and the Plus and 6 use brand new digitizer and screen module that gets a good amount under 75 ms (which 75 ms is still extremely good) really only benefits S Pen input, not finger input

Brighter only in daylight(not as bright in any other condition) but has worse screen reflectancy then the Plus/6(this plays a role in sunlight visibility too) and also the much better polarizer on the Plus actually makes the Plus better in the sunlight

And well yes the Note 4 uses less energy then the Plus usually, but on on any content that doesnt have a white background (web browsers, and bunch other applications all use white backgrounds) LCD's Have a major power energy advantage over OLED when displaying whites over OLED, DisplayMate notes this, 75% of time I am using/viewing content that has white backgrounds(web browser, or most applications)

I don't think the Note 4 is better then the Plus, I have my reasons on why it isn't (worse battery life, worse front camera which is quite important to me (back cameras are basically the same) TouchWiz still lags and the Note 4 stutters here and there and isn't as consistent, has noticeably worse GPU performance which I can immediately tell in my favorite games the Plus runs it noticeably better frame rate then the Note 4, and I also like the iOS ecosystem like Imessage etc, I have Googles ecosystem all on iOS too so best of both worlds, some specific applications on iOS are far superior then it is on Android, and I am also able to do real time audio processing on my Plus with ease right now, the Note 4 cannot do this until it gets Android Lollipop)

Like I said these are my reasons why I prefer the Plus over the Note 4 and its what I have experienced and its my opinion (some of it is factually true though like the Note 4 having noticeably worse on screen GPU performance then the Plus)


and dont hold your breathe so much on those displays, Samsung on their TV line is going to focus on Quantum Dots for televisions now and they have pushed OLED development back a little bit, you won't expect such displays in a phone until minimum 2016.

 

[Zwhaler]

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Never had burn in on my Note II after nearly 2 years. I've definitely seen it on S5 display models, but it hasn't affected me. Believe me, I'm not a fan of diamond subpixels. With this amount of density it no longer bothers me. Note 3, yeah it did... I actually liked the II better at 720p RGB. But why is it the G3 with RGB looks worse than the Note 4 on Google Maps? The demo videos look phenomenal on the Note 4, btw. 1080p on the Plus looks sharp, but not as good as this, despite any arguments about the subpixels. I got the Note for the s pen which is super useful to highlight text like a mouse, and for the smaller chins and magnetic case that turns the screen on and off like the iPad covers. Plus is a blown up iPhone, you don't get a lot of extra functionality with that size other than the size. I might anticipate trading in my 4 next year for a 5 with 4K. Just saying.