The Verge stated in their review that the resolution is so high you can't even notice the sub pixels unless you press it against your eye.
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So note 3 won't be pentile either like note 2?
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The Verge stated in their review that the resolution is so high you can't even notice the sub pixels unless you press it against your eye.
I can't wait to see this damn thing with my own eyes. What really made me sad though is the report that said it had about the same brightness as the Note 2. Was really hoping they'd at least begin to approach the brightness of the iPhone screens.
Phew....good. I've been waiting for someone to innovate this technology....
I can't tell you how many times I've wished I could press my iPhone 5 against my eye and NOT see sub-pixels....really subpar technology in that thing.
THIS is innovation.
(for funsies)
Given I had a quote notification, I'm assuming this was directed at my sarcastic post....
As I said, all for funsies.
I just compared an iPhone 5 and a Note 2 side by side at max setting. There is a difference but I think it is well overblown but it isn't as drastic as everyone makes it seem.
I'm picking one of these up when it launches for my GF. Will be interested to try it out.
strange, I never have my brightness on my note2 above halfway. I dont think there is a problem with brightness.
Well, in your case it sounds like it's just down to preference. And I'll get used to it - I have to, as I'm about to get a Note 2 myself.
I am not ripping on anyone's preference for screen brightness.But I'm baffled that anyone would find the difference anything less than significant. I mean purely objectively, I'm not trying to take the piss here. When I hold my 4S up to a Note 2 with both on max brightness, both showing a white page, the difference is huge. And I've tweaked all four Note 2s I've tested in every way I've found using Google, to have maximum brightness.
Maybe it's a difference in production batches? Every test I've found online has the Note 2 at half the brightness of the iPhone 5 though. The only screen I've found to come even close to the iPhone is that of the One X, with the Nexus 4 being at least a bit brighter than the Note 2.
This plays into the AMOLED vs LCD technology difference. LCD has better brightness, but AMOLED get's deeper blacks.
On most LCD devices (I know it happens a lot with iPads, and it happens on my Nexus 10) when there is a completely black screen, you'll get light bleed from the sides and/or corners. No such issue exists with AMOLED panels - blacks are as black as the ace of spades.
That said, there are improvements being made in AMOLED displays that improve the brightness.
The reality of it is that LCD has been developed pretty much as far as it can be. There is nowhere else for LCDs to go.
AMOLED displays are being tuned and refined with each iteration. An example is how the S4 has the feature of being able to change the contrast and saturation of it's display to suit what the user wants. You can have the bright, 'popping' colours of deep saturation, or the cooler, more realistic pallette offered by the more realistic tuning.
It still may not be as realistic as LCD displays yet, but it's getting there.
amoled screens can get just as bright as lcd but they wont because they will fail fast and not last long,that is why the blue pixels are bigger then the rest as the color fails faster then the others.
anyway you slice it amoled will fail at some point but the 2 years people use them in a phone should not be a problem.
anyway you slice it amoled will fail at some point but the 2 years people use them in a phone should not be a problem.
Given I had a quote notification, I'm assuming this was directed at my sarcastic post....
As I said, all for funsies.
Ha! It was. Then I noticed the "funsies" and I thought, why waste the energy! Lol