Where did you read this? Link? There is a significant difference between LCD and OLED. Apple does have excellent calibrated LCD displays, but the comparison is a stark contrast to OLED.
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iPhone 8/Plus What some reasons the iPhone 8 Plus is better than the X?
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Where did you read this? Link? There is a significant difference between LCD and OLED. Apple does have excellent calibrated LCD displays, but the comparison is a stark contrast to OLED.
Personally, I have both an iPhone X as well as an iPhone 8 Plus, both 256GB and both unlocked. I love both of them, and here's why.
The iPhone X is my main device, with my personal SIM inside as well as all my primary, personal email accounts. The camera on this device is what I primarily use for on the go photos when I either don't have with me or bringing my SLR would be impractical. I am a photography and videographer and do editing and production services so camera is important to me. iPhone X is my primary device in this regard for on the go shooting as well as like I mentioned being my primary, personal mobile device.
The iPhone 8 Plus on the other hand I utilize for business email and Microsoft Exchange and it contains my SIM with my mobile business account. I utilize this device for customer contact (email, messages, phone calls) as well as some specific applications that are formatted in my opinion better on iPhone 8 Plus. The larger device (not screen size diagonally vs iPhone X, but device size), allows for some apps to have better formatting and I take advantage of this where I can.
Both devices are with me at all times at home and on the go, so I have no issues with utilizing the advantages of either device at any time. Ultimately, both are fantastic phones that are worthy of your purchase no matter which choice you make. I actually, being entirely honest, prefer the size and feel of the iPhone 8 Plus over the iPhone X, but the features of the iPhone X ultimately reign king over the iPhone 8 Plus. My dream device? An iPhone 8 Plus that has TouchID as well as FaceID, and the same camera as the iPhone X. I just prefer the size and format of the iPhone 8 Plus. One can dream... but I find it unlikely that Apple will combine TouchID and FaceID in a single device, sacrificing, the display size and the "edge to edge" form factor of the iPhone X. However, it raises an interesting point, that perhaps one day Apple will actually pursue implementing TouchID behind the screen on an iPhone X-like device, allowing the device to have both. If this happens, I'd like the screen to increase it's size horizontally on the "new" iPhone X-like device, resulting in a size and form factor that is more similar to the iPhone 8 Plus: Wider and larger overall, but with more screen space.
One can dream...
But anyway, like I said, nobody can go wrong with either the iPhone 8 Plus or the iPhone X. Both great devices. Both worth your money.
Cheers!
The iPhone X is my main device, with my personal SIM inside as well as all my primary, personal email accounts. The camera on this device is what I primarily use for on the go photos when I either don't have with me or bringing my SLR would be impractical. I am a photography and videographer and do editing and production services so camera is important to me. iPhone X is my primary device in this regard for on the go shooting as well as like I mentioned being my primary, personal mobile device.
The iPhone 8 Plus on the other hand I utilize for business email and Microsoft Exchange and it contains my SIM with my mobile business account. I utilize this device for customer contact (email, messages, phone calls) as well as some specific applications that are formatted in my opinion better on iPhone 8 Plus. The larger device (not screen size diagonally vs iPhone X, but device size), allows for some apps to have better formatting and I take advantage of this where I can.
Both devices are with me at all times at home and on the go, so I have no issues with utilizing the advantages of either device at any time. Ultimately, both are fantastic phones that are worthy of your purchase no matter which choice you make. I actually, being entirely honest, prefer the size and feel of the iPhone 8 Plus over the iPhone X, but the features of the iPhone X ultimately reign king over the iPhone 8 Plus. My dream device? An iPhone 8 Plus that has TouchID as well as FaceID, and the same camera as the iPhone X. I just prefer the size and format of the iPhone 8 Plus. One can dream... but I find it unlikely that Apple will combine TouchID and FaceID in a single device, sacrificing, the display size and the "edge to edge" form factor of the iPhone X. However, it raises an interesting point, that perhaps one day Apple will actually pursue implementing TouchID behind the screen on an iPhone X-like device, allowing the device to have both. If this happens, I'd like the screen to increase it's size horizontally on the "new" iPhone X-like device, resulting in a size and form factor that is more similar to the iPhone 8 Plus: Wider and larger overall, but with more screen space.
One can dream...
But anyway, like I said, nobody can go wrong with either the iPhone 8 Plus or the iPhone X. Both great devices. Both worth your money.
Cheers!
@akash.nu Indeed it does. I am a professional photographer and I'm talking about in situations where I essentially need to take professional grade photos, and the stabilization makes a significant difference to me - and ultimately my customers - when done in great detail.
However, admittedly, the camera isn't solely the driving force behind my iPhone X being my personal and primary device. There are a multitude of other reasons, but the camera was and remains a contributing factor for me. I understand the difference is minimal to most folks, but to an avid, pro photographer and videographer, there is a difference, however subtle.
PS - Lowlight imaging is also better on iPhone X, with a better aperture.
Cheers
Admittedly I don’t have a X but the reviews say they’re almost the same. I guess it does depend on what one mean by low light. There has to be certain amount of passive light source for it to work better.
Do you have any personal examples?
I will take some pictures from both phones side by side in low light and post them here.
@akash.nu Indeed it does. I am a professional photographer and I'm talking about in situations where I essentially need to take professional grade photos, and the stabilization makes a significant difference to me - and ultimately my customers - when done in great detail.
However, admittedly, the camera isn't solely the driving force behind my iPhone X being my personal and primary device. There are a multitude of other reasons, but the camera was and remains a contributing factor for me. I understand the difference is minimal to most folks, but to an avid, pro photographer and videographer, there is a difference, however subtle.
PS - Lowlight imaging is also better on iPhone X, with a better aperture.
Cheers
Ah I understand. I’m not a professional photographer but I do take keen interest in smartphone photography. I’d really appreciate if you could share a couple of personal examples to show how you used the lighting for X and 8 Plus where the X is making a difference.
Cheers
that will be great.
Buy both. Use them side by side for a week or a month. There is a noticeable difference.
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OLED is only first generation for Apple. It's been in mobile displays for a while on the other side of the wall. There's nothing inherently different about the displays Apple is buying from third party vendors, only how Apple manages the display. Experience indicates that Apple has some things to learn about this, and could benefit from a look over the wall at how other mobile device managers have implemented OLED displays.
Right now (2018), I think it's a toss-up. It may be that OLED is a transitional technology because it certainly has some limitations, but it also offers advantages that LCD is never going to match.
In reality, it probably doesn't matter? Even my wife, who is among the most resistant to updating phones, doesn't get four years out of a phone. Most of us (including me) should probably just buy one and not worry.
I personally don’t think OLED will be the main focus for the years to come for the iPhone. I do believe OLED is a transitional technology in place for micro LED, which will be a much more efficient form of technology that uses much less battery draw, increasingly brighter over OLED, higher resolution/wider color gamut, ect. It’s been rumored many times in the past that Apple has been dabbling with Micro-led, but being that it’s not on a mass manufacturing level and there will be yield rates, the Apple Watch Will most likely be the first to see Micro-led, followed by the iPhone.
I haven't read much about Micro-LED. Sounds like it's worth some time - thanks for the mention.
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Having owned all of them, I think the difference is noticeable side by side, but honestly (and I am very picky about displays) if you don't run them side by side I don't think most people would express any dissatisfaction at all. Part of that is because Apple has pushed the visual performance of their LCD displays to what is probably literally the highest possible levels. There isn't much you can do about contrast levels with existing LCD technology, but in every other respect they are as close to perfect as the technology permits.
True. And the Apple Watch OLED display had very few issues reported. I think the OLED display for the Apple Watch will be around for at least two more generations before they make a transition to micro LED somewhere around 2020.
I think it depends on your attitude towards change. I seem to have reached that age where many of us start to view changes negatively until you're dragged kicking and screaming into the current decade, or at the very least prefer to let others be the early adopters. So I love the 8+... it's the conservative iPhone (meaning attitude to change, not politics), the one that doesn't mess with the status quo and has the "good old TouchID" and "good old bezels you can grab hold of when doing things in landscape" etc.
Then again, my Dad went with the X and loves it.
Perhaps if I could afford/justify it my attitude would be different
But I do like the Plus benefits like the landscape mode in apps etc.
Then again, my Dad went with the X and loves it.
Perhaps if I could afford/justify it my attitude would be different
But I do like the Plus benefits like the landscape mode in apps etc.