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> sorry about the reflections, it's a really bright day This is offtopic, but I really wish phone makers would put more effort into making screens that are usa

by lucian1900 14y ago

> sorry about the reflections, it's a really bright day This is offtopic, but I really wish phone makers would put more effort into making screens that are usable outdoors. Even in gloomy England using my phone outside is a challenge. There are few efforts to improve this (Pixel Qi, Mirasol), and they aren't getting into smartphones.

MikeW 14y ago
Under the same conditions, the SIII came out bottom of the outdoor test here: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45801/which-smartphone-best-screen-in-sun http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45801/which-smartphone-best-...
- jtreminio 14y ago
  Thanks for this link. I was seriously considering purchasing this phone until I saw the comparison shots. My first "Smartphone" was the LG Incite, running Windows 5.5 (I think?). It was absolutely unusable outdoors, at all. I can't overstate how awful trying to do anything outdoors with that phone was. Since then I've sworn I would not purchase another phone that was anywhere as bad in this regard. Unfortunately it's pretty obvious the SIII is even worse than the SII, which I had. I'm really glad now that I've jumped to the iPhone 4S after being a devoted Android fan for 3 years.
__alexs 14y ago
The N900 had a not especially fancy transflective display that resulted in a very washed out but entirely usable interface in bright sunlight. I suspect that OLED simply can't compete with transflective LCD for daylight readability.
seabee 14y ago
Honestly I never had a problem reading my Desire HD (plain LCD display) outdoors in noon sunshine, although it did need full brightness which isn't great for battery life.
ZeroGravitas 14y ago
Pentile RGBW seems to be the most implemented tech for this problem, but most of the other tech improvments also help like reducing the number of layers in the screen so things are generally improving.

MikeW 14y ago

Under the same conditions, the SIII came out bottom of the outdoor test here: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45801/which-smartphone-best-screen-in-sun http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45801/which-smartphone-best-...

jtreminio 14y ago
Thanks for this link. I was seriously considering purchasing this phone until I saw the comparison shots. My first "Smartphone" was the LG Incite, running Windows 5.5 (I think?). It was absolutely unusable outdoors, at all. I can't overstate how awful trying to do anything outdoors with that phone was. Since then I've sworn I would not purchase another phone that was anywhere as bad in this regard. Unfortunately it's pretty obvious the SIII is even worse than the SII, which I had. I'm really glad now that I've jumped to the iPhone 4S after being a devoted Android fan for 3 years.

__alexs 14y ago

The N900 had a not especially fancy transflective display that resulted in a very washed out but entirely usable interface in bright sunlight. I suspect that OLED simply can't compete with transflective LCD for daylight readability.

seabee 14y ago

Honestly I never had a problem reading my Desire HD (plain LCD display) outdoors in noon sunshine, although it did need full brightness which isn't great for battery life.

ZeroGravitas 14y ago

Pentile RGBW seems to be the most implemented tech for this problem, but most of the other tech improvments also help like reducing the number of layers in the screen so things are generally improving.