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I don't have good eyesight (far and shortsighted), so reading can be sometimes difficult for me. I was surprised how much easier the iPhone OLED screen (458dpi)
by _ph_ 8y ago
I don't have good eyesight (far and shortsighted), so reading can be sometimes difficult for me. I was surprised how much easier the iPhone OLED screen (458dpi) is for reading than the 326 dpi LCD. The screen resulution difference made the iPhone XS worth it for me alone. Also, while I cannot "see" pixels on a 1x screen, a retina screen (e.g. iMac 5k) is much easier for reading too.
- conanthe 8y agoMine has 570 PPI and I can easily see that text is pixelated although I cannot see individual pixels.
- hu3 8y agowow, which phone is that?
- Spare_account 8y agoI'm not the person you replied to but the Samsung S8 has that PPI https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-s8/specs/ https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-s8/specs/ > Galaxy S8 5.8" Quad HD+ Super AMOLED (2960x1440) 570 ppi
- ksec 8y agoBecause if you discount the Green Dot, the Red and Blue only has 400PPI.
- npunt 8y agoThe ppi don't tell the full story with OLED vs LED, since OLED has a different sub pixel arrangement (pentile) that isn't as sharp / legible. On the other hand, OLED has better contrast. It may not be pixels that matter in this case.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoIs this universally true for all OLED screens? I thought it was just a cost-saving measure by some manufacturers.
- Synaesthesia 8y agoPretty much. It’s also got to do with the fact that blue OLEDs are less efficient and you need more of them.
- brokenmachine 8y agoNo, that's not true. Eg https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/sony-a9f-vs-lg-c8/684/600?usage=4854&threshold=0.1#comparison_1772 https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/sony-a9f-vs-lg-c8/68... Rtings has close-up pictures of the layout of OLED screens. Those are TVs but I would think monitors are the same. I think only phones sometimes use pentile, probably because of the pixel density needed to fit 4k on a phone-sized screen.