DisplayMate proclaims iPhone 6 displays the 'Best performing LCD'

23 September, 2014
The new displays on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are a significant improvement over their predecessor.

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  • Anonymous
  • vjq
  • 23 Sep 2014

As an avid photo enthusiast, I've always appreciate the screens of iPhones being highly color accurate.

Instead of over-saturating their screens to give the illusion of a better display, Apple wins in terms of color accuracy.

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    • Anonymous
    • g56
    • 23 Sep 2014

    It still scored much lower than the latest Samsung AMOLEDS. Also, not convinced by their high rating ... as daylight / outdoor legibility is really quite poor, for such an expensive phone.

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      • AnonD-209094
      • Kg{
      • 23 Sep 2014

      lets go, 23 Sep 2014It appears your eys are so good you are seeing things that ... moreI would be very careful with saying other people cannot see things just because you cannot. Its highly unlikely that you are the strongest person in the world, or the one with the best sense of smell or the best eyes. Short eyeballs is very common and most people who have it are unaware of it, try grandpas reading glasses before you say anything isnt there, since people with short eyeballs has no reference it is impossible for them to realize how much more detail someone with normal eyeballs can see, and eevn better if they have long eyeballs (a common cause for nearsightedness). One analogy is that you are a person in a wheelchair who are convinced it is impossible to walk, hence noone else can walk too.

      In essence short eyeballs means you are farsighted but not the kind of farsightedness people above ~45 have, the result is the same though: inability to focus on short distances, everything has to be kept at an uncomfortable long distance to be in focus and thus the level of resolved detail drops by a factor of 4.

      I take your post as an unconscious confession that you have a vision impairment.

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        • Anonymous
        • pqp
        • 23 Sep 2014

        Anonymous, 23 Sep 2014Please read carefully.. it says "Best performing LCD&q... moreBut in reality, the LCD is much better overall than Amoled.

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          • AnonD-306086
          • kxI
          • 23 Sep 2014

          apertotes, 23 Sep 2014"We recently gave the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 our overal... moreThey said iPhone 6 has the best LCD screen, not best overall screen. of course Samsung screens are going to look better. It's like comparing Plasma TVs with LED TV's.

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            • ME
            • n%g
            • 23 Sep 2014

            Display comes from "Japan Displays" (Sony,Toshiba, and Hitachi)

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              • Missue
              • 81j
              • 23 Sep 2014

              2x, 23 Sep 2014I was finding weird all those Samsung DisplayMate proclaims... morecan't agreed with you more.

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                • Anonymous
                • n%g
                • 23 Sep 2014

                And battery that last 5h 22m

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                  • Missue
                  • 81j
                  • 23 Sep 2014

                  Google Nexus 4 are what this is. Go bigger that's what it take to get back into the market.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 4SS
                    • 23 Sep 2014

                    Nice marketing gimmick by Apple and Samsung. Display mate got paid to do these.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 45R
                      • 23 Sep 2014

                      Please read carefully.. it says "Best performing LCD".. SPECIFICALLY LCD. The Samsung Note 4 still has the best screen overall according to DisplayMate.

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                        • lets go
                        • Ia9
                        • 23 Sep 2014

                        AnonD-183154, 23 Sep 2014DisplayMate has been part of Samsung's marketing team since... moreIt appears your eys are so good you are seeing things that are NOT Even there.

                        ok people, before you all make comments which show what camps you reside in, the Samsung camp has to accept that those word as is were written about the Iphone6!

                        It's over Samsung, be big, be strong and accept it,
                        Apple rightfully deserve the comments independant and all.

                        Live with the "criticism" that Displaymate said of the S5
                        ' Based on our extensive Lab tests and measurements, the Galaxy S5 is the Best performing Smartphone display that we have ever tested. It has a long list of new records for best Smartphone display performance including: Highest Brightness, Lowest Reflectance, Highest Color Accuracy, Infinite Contrast Ratio, Highest Contrast Rating in Ambient Light, and smallest Brightness Variation with Viewing Angle. The Galaxy S5 has raised the bar for top display performance up by another notch – an impressive achievement for OLED technology!'

                        here is the link http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S5_ShootOut_1.htm

                        if the above was not bad enough and it get worse the Note 4 'Based on our extensive Lab tests and measurements, the Galaxy Note 4 is the Best performing Smartphone display that we have ever tested... etc http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_Note4_ShootOut_1.htm

                        Trust me, both the S5 and Note 4 have far better individual scores
                        evidently he did not clear all the fields when he wrote Apple report

                          "We recently gave the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 our overall Best Smartphone Display award, and for the time being that continues for all of the reasons originally mentioned there."

                          I think that should be added to the article, Gsmarena.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • n%g
                            • 23 Sep 2014

                            And battery that last 5h 22m

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                              • dv8p
                              • fsT
                              • 23 Sep 2014

                              apple is unkind to their consumers
                              what exactly the difference between both iphone 6 and the iphone 5 apart from the physical appearance....
                              Actually the iphone 6 does not have a strong point against their previous one...
                              Again some things should have been just updates to the 5s....
                              Lastly apple shouldnt have come with this brand because it shows that they are at their best limit...I dont wont to say anything about the display;; the display of iphone 5 is okk and most phones out there have the same display level and even better. We are not going to use the phones in a labs we want one that will satisfies our eye like s5

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                                • Ozzy
                                • pK5
                                • 23 Sep 2014

                                AnonD-183154, 23 Sep 2014DisplayMate has been part of Samsung's marketing team since... moreThe samsung galaxy note 4 has 515 ppi that will make the apple iphone 6 look like a old nokia display. Or and why don't all of you iphone lover grow some balls and get a real phone. You are all stuck in Apple world and scared to change

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                                  • dv8p
                                  • fsT
                                  • 23 Sep 2014

                                  apple is unkind to their consumers
                                  what exactly the difference between both iphone 6 and the iphone 5 apart from the physical appearance....
                                  Actually the iphone 6 does not have a strong point against their previous one...
                                  Again some things should have been just updates to the 5s....
                                  Lastly apple shouldnt have come with this brand because it shows that they are at their best limit...I dont wont to say anything about the display;; the display of iphone 5 is okk and most phones out there have the same display level and even better. We are not going to use the phones in a labs we want one that will satisfies our eye like s5

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                                    • AnonD-311288
                                    • rWb
                                    • 23 Sep 2014

                                    Will It Blend?, 23 Sep 2014Reading this article through my lumia 1520. And as I say, i... moreNot the best display. Display Mate is a very good source for these things. I don't like the iPhone, but all of them have had superb displays, and this newest batch are no different.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Kxw
                                      • 23 Sep 2014

                                      AnonD-217577, 23 Sep 2014professional monitor must produces natural color, and the c... morehttp://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_Note4_ShootOut_1.htm


                                      Basic Mode with the Standard sRGB / Rec.709 Color Gamut
                                      The Basic screen mode provides a very accurate Color and White Point calibration for the Standard sRGB/Rec.709 Color Gamut that is used in virtually all current consumer content for digital cameras, HDTVs, the internet, and computers, including photos, videos, and movies. The Color Gamut of the Basic screen mode is very accurate, with a nearly perfect 101 percent of the Standard sRGB/Rec.709 Color Gamut. Even better, the Absolute Color Accuracy for the Basic screen mode is an impressive 1.5 JNCD, the most color accurate display that we have ever measured for a Smartphone or Tablet, which is visually indistinguishable from perfect, and is very likely considerably better than your living room TV. See this Figure for an explanation and visual definition of JNCD and the Color Accuracy Plots showing the measured display Color Errors, and also this regarding Bogus Color Accuracy Measurements.

                                      Use the Basic screen mode for the best color and image accuracy, which is especially important when viewing photos from family and friends (because you often know exactly what they actually should look like), for some TV shows, movies, and sporting events with image content and colors that you are familiar with, and also for viewing online merchandise, so you have a very good idea of exactly what colors you are buying and are less likely to return them. See the Color Accuracy section and the Color Accuracy Plots for measurements and details.

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                                        • Thoru
                                        • PeW
                                        • 23 Sep 2014

                                        AnonD-183154, 23 Sep 2014DisplayMate has been part of Samsung's marketing team since... moreDo you really know what are you talking about???
                                        366 PPI.... kkkkkkkk