Fair enough. Although, other people do take time out of their day to post just to piss people off / troll. Which is sad, agreed.
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iPhone X When will iPhone finally get a screen as good as the Pixel 2?
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I don't mean to drag this conversation further off topic, but I can't agree with this. Relatively speaking, my iPad screen is far larger than my TV. It's not that I have a tiny TV. It's that most people forget to add viewing distance into the equation.
As a test the other night, I held my arms out about where I'd hold my iPad while watching and held them up to the TV. From the distance I was sitting, my 55" TV was a considerably smaller picture than if I'd been holding my iPad (honestly, it was about equivalent to holding my X in landscape orientation). It's still 55" vs. 10.5", but since the screen is significantly closer than my TV set, the end result is a much wider field of view on the smaller screen.
Granted, we're sitting too far from the main TV set, but the room layout dictates that more than anything else. My iPad, I can put as close or far away as feels comfortable. And since I have an earlier, crappier, non-HDR 4k TV, the argument could be made that I'm sitting in front of a superior screen as well. Especially since we're not sitting close enough to see the full benefits of a 4k picture with the naked eye.
Here's more information if you're curious: https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship
To get slightly back on topic, I'd watch on my iPad, but never on my iPhone. And I love the screen on my X and prefer the more accurate calibration.
What you bring up is precisely why I prefer the largest screen I can get, which horrifies my wife because she's fine with 32" screens.
I don't refute the math you cite. It's just a preference for me to view things on larger screens - even if the math says I'm seeing the same size.
That said, we're never more than 6 to 8 feet away from a TV in our home, nor more than 3 feet away from a monitor.
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That's cool. I'm somewhat of a home theater junkie, so I can completely relate to what you're saying. And smaller field of view or not, sometimes you can't beat gathering people around the big screen, cranking up the speakers, popping some popcorn, etc. It's a great experience.
I'm just saying that a smaller device can be nice at times too and is less of a compromise (if any at all) than most people realize. Not everyone is interested in the same movies / TV shows I am. And that's where it really starts to shine. Especially with some good quality noise-cancelling headphones.
Good Points. Many times, I see how others comment that the LCD displays in iPhones are dated. But honestly, the brightness, How stark they are and the color saturation is not out of balance, I actually still really like their LCD displays, even though they are finally shifting to OLED. There is a reason they are the best in the industry.
I'm trying to find the video I took that screenshot from (I originally posted this screen shot Nov 21, 2017); if I do, I'll post a link to it here. My understanding was that the author of the video was using stock settings on all of devices that were being compared.
OP must really love that oversaturated, overcontrasted crap that Samsung and LG love to churn out. Must think that Thor Ragnarok is the most visually stunning film ever too.
Hard to say, the Pixel 2 and 2 XL were criticized for dull/washed out screens.
In general you are right though because customers didn't find what Google claimed to be "more natural" color accuracy as appealing as screens found Samsung and LG devices.
Everyone has their own opinions though liking something because it appeals to your senses isn't something to be criticized over.
As another member alluded to above, smart phone displays are so good today, I’m willing to believe that the average consumer really can’t differentiate between a Samsung OLED panel or Apple iPhone X OLED panel. Perhaps a tech enthusiast might be able to, but my point is, smart phone displays are generally very good today with decent quality and they are far improved where smart phones were 10 years ago.
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Of the limited number of Android screens I've seen I think they look terrible. If Apple went down that route I'd be disappointed. Maybe it's because I'm not 12 and I don't want my pictures and videos to look like comics and cartoons.
Pixel 2 has an absurd amount of off-axis blue shift and has such extreme image retention issues that google had to release a software update to prevent the navigation buttons from being burnt into the screen.
Personal preference is totally fine, but objectively speaking pixel 2 has one of the worst quality displays on the market.
Quick disclaimer; I actually love the pixel 2 as a whole and can overlook its display deficiencies for its other benefits, but there's no doubt that my iPhone X display is superior when side by side.
If was all about watching TV, I'd have no reason to disagree - bigger screens are more entertaining/engaging.
However, I'm a fairly serious photographer, and I'm nearly always showing people my images on either iPhone or iPad. So, color and brightness matters. Whether I'm editing the images in iOS or showing images I edited on my iMac, I want the color to be consistent and true, not over- or under-exaggerated. If the display I use for editing has over-saturated color, my edited file will actually have under-saturated color - the edited image will only look right on other, over-saturated displays. On "normal" or under-saturated displays the image color will be understated.
I have no control over the displays people use to view my images (as I had no control over the speakers they used when I was a recording engineer). However, the best bet I have for delivering something that looks/sounds satisfying to the most people is to prepare media on a monitor that is as close to "neutral" as possible. That way, the chances are that the end-user experience will be only moderately under- or over-exaggerated.
The only android phones I see is LG, Samsung and the Google Pixel. And to be honest, those are decent displays in terms of quality. I Don’t think you can really compare Apple to any of those specific models, but as I mentioned before, smart phone displays have progressively improved dramatically over the years compared to where they were even five years ago.