Mobile phone display mega shootout: The full picture

29 November 2010
There are so many of them that it’s pretty hard to make up your mind. It all boils down to LCD vs. LED although this simple fact is easy to overlook. You can go ahead and blame it all on marketing but that’s one thing that just can’t be black or...

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  • The koRngear
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  • 30 Nov 2010

In the end it's pretty much obvious S Amoled wins hands down. It is not about music quality or camera quality which are pretty much objective and comes down to personal preference

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    • Ted
    • TKb
    • 30 Nov 2010

    Peace, get ur eyes checked or something.... or if u really wanna comment, then go read the whole comment post.... lolz! i was replying to some anonymous guy (such as urself) who said iPhone4 is in a different league altogether, then another anonymous guy said that the iPhone is not really a smartphone (technically speaking), then i was only joking about me buying a smartphone, as iPhone is not a smartphone, so i was right in not considering.... and it was a joke.... then u come in and say 'read' 'read' 'read' and even misread stuffs. and now u ask me my age? lolz, get a life dude.... dont bother to reply if u aint gonna bother to read the whole post, which i doubt u will. guess u must not b very happy that the iPhone4 u had is not 'excellent' in all categories eh?!?! and plz read carefully, as i nvr said iPhone4's screen was bad.... just stating what the reviewer said and if u dont like the review, dont blame me....

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      • Anonymous
      • IPm
      • 30 Nov 2010

      Anonymous, 30 Nov 2010Actually the hight resolution is useless: http://theiphonef... moreResolution is useless??? Why so many phones competing now in the hd race???
      Resistive screen?? For someone that knows all u don't know much. I'm not even going to bother

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        • Anonymous
        • IPm
        • 30 Nov 2010

        Ted, 30 Nov 2010to Peace: for all ur 'peace' signs, it really shows what a ... moreYeah it was brought up by u, hense why I replied to u. sorry my mistake, so ur comment was purely to troll and diss for no apparent reason ? I get u now.... So how old r u?? Lolz?????

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          • Anonymous
          • Lax
          • 30 Nov 2010

          Actually the hight resolution is useless: http://theiphonefever.blogspot.com/2010/05/iphone-4g-screen-multimedia-flop.html

          Think of it as being 4 times bigger than on the old iPhone and noone complained about that.

          If it were AMOLED it would draw less power, so it's just an useless lightbulb.

          Also if they had used resistive the screen wouldn't crack that easy.

          This article puts iPhone on the same level with N8, but considering the cracking/scratching and the much higher power usage I say it deffinitley falls below.

          Now it we're to think of the aspect ratio, it's a disaster, it's closer o an ancuent 4:3 TV than anything HD!

          http://theiphonefever.blogspot.com/2010/05/iphone-4g-screen-multimedia-flop.html
          iPhonefever knows best!

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            • IW1
            • 30 Nov 2010

            Anonymous, 30 Nov 2010Yeah although they didn't rate screen resolution at the end... morewell though they didnt rate the resolution at the very end, but even a iphone hater like me do agree on iphone4 has the best resolution in market on 3.5" segment, and i love it too! so follow what you said, stay peace and cheers =)

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              • Anonymous
              • P@L
              • 30 Nov 2010

              being lcd x10 has superb quality and is best frm all as written in the article :)

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                • Ted
                • TKb
                • 30 Nov 2010

                Anonymous, 30 Nov 2010Btw that comment made no sense... ' was never considered' a... moreto Peace: for all ur 'peace' signs, it really shows what a fanboy u r.... lolz!

                fyi, i did read the whole thing before i commented, unlike some others but think whatever u want.... the whole smartphone or not thingy was not brought up by me, if u 'read' properly.... ^_^ i was just commenting on it. if u were to 'read' my post properly, i was saying 'were not wrong' and not 'were wrong'.... well, 'read' properly. somemore, it was just a joke.... lolz!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • Tke
                  • 30 Nov 2010

                  what about the htc desire screen how does that rate against the others?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • ut1
                    • 30 Nov 2010

                    Wave looked the best of all for me.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • IPm
                      • 30 Nov 2010

                      Ted, 30 Nov 2010then i understand what it means.... well, to b frank, is pl... moreBtw that comment made no sense... ' was never considered' and then 'my thoughts were wrong, I wouldn't wanna spend all that money on a fashion item'. Errrr lolz

                      Peace ;)

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                        • Anonymous
                        • IPm
                        • 30 Nov 2010

                        Ted, 30 Nov 2010then i understand what it means.... well, to b frank, is pl... moreYeah I know right, yet still ranked so highly on pretty much every mobile review site in the 'smartphone' category.. Weird huh, I guess its not saying much for true 'smartphones'. Surely they don't rate phones soley on asthetics???
                        Then again what do they know, theyre only the experts.
                        Peace

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                          • Ted
                          • TKb
                          • 30 Nov 2010

                          Anonymous, 30 Nov 2010I don't think he meant the iphone is in a league of it's ow... morethen i understand what it means.... well, to b frank, is planning to buy a new smartphone but iphone4 was never considered (lolz, it's not even a smartphone).... then my thoughts were not wrong.... ^_^ with all it's limitations, really wouldn't want to spend all that money on a fashionable item rather than a really useful smartphone. but well, what do i know and this review was not even talking about the functions in the 1st place....

                          anyway, still would rather go for a SGS due to its Android+sAMOLED combo! if Nokia can come out with an Android+SCB, then it's a different story.... ^_^

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                            • Anonymous
                            • IPm
                            • 30 Nov 2010

                            Ted, 30 Nov 2010lolz, when u say iPhone is on a league of its own, did u ac... moreYeah although they didn't rate screen resolution at the end right?I will quote from the review 'image quality-the most important aspect, but contrast brightness and colors are quite important too'
                            It's wierd though cas it does actually say if u 'read' the whole thing and not just look at the fancy table 'gal s or the ip4 for more res'
                            Also it does compare the other screens the the ip4's screen display on a number of occasions (why?) but that's only if u 'read' it.
                            Peace

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                              • Anonymous
                              • IaH
                              • 30 Nov 2010

                              Ted, 30 Nov 2010lolz, when u say iPhone is on a league of its own, did u ac... moreI don't think he meant the iphone is in a league of it's own. I think he meant that the iphone isn't a proper smart phone. It's more of a niche device, an ipod touch with call and texting features. A closed OS.

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                                • Ted
                                • TKb
                                • 30 Nov 2010

                                Anonymous, 30 Nov 2010I don't even know why GSM Arena bothers with the iphone. T... morelolz, when u say iPhone is on a league of its own, did u actually read the whole article or are u confused? just to make it clear to u, iPhone is technically 3rd in the standing....

                                anyway, thanks for the review, though i doubt it will b very noticeable in real life usages.... ^_^

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • IPm
                                  • 30 Nov 2010

                                  Surely resolution should have been added and rated at the end.. It's probably the biggest factor in a screens display, personally I'd rather a higher screen res over contrast any day.
                                  Weird...

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                                    • Alook singh
                                    • YQx
                                    • 30 Nov 2010

                                    Super amoled is future of all super smart phone.

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                                      • ntg
                                      • 30 Nov 2010

                                      Rog, 30 Nov 2010I agree. The Super Amoled on the Galaxy S is amazing. Wow'e... moreSamoled blacks are good, but I think part of the "black" experience is that everything else is so bright. You would have to see CBD next to it to understand that the blacks can still be blacker. CBD does have better contrast in the end.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • npI
                                        • 30 Nov 2010

                                        AMOLED is some how close to the LCD tech. however SuperAMOLED is far beyond all other tech.

                                        Samsung is talking about SuperAMOLED II.
                                        I couldnt realize how clear that'll be!

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                                        I want HTC to adopt SuperAMOLED to their phones:
                                        HTC
                                        SuperAMOLED
                                        Android 3.0
                                        Dual-core @ 1.5 Ghz
                                        is my only dream about a phone:) Maybe it'll come true in spring, 2011.