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iPhone 5 Is The Most Disappointing iPhone Ever?
FlyinPenguin:
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--- Quote from: bloody000 on October 20, 2012, 08:47:31 AM ---
--- Quote from: megido-rev.M on October 19, 2012, 07:27:31 PM ---Possibly they were calibrated beforehand as part of the fabrication.
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Yes, it was mentioned in the articles that they were factory calibrated. That's something you don't often see, especially not on mobile devices.
--- Quote from: FlyinPenguin on October 20, 2012, 04:29:13 AM ---
--- Quote from: megido-rev.M on October 19, 2012, 07:27:31 PM ---Possibly they were calibrated beforehand as part of the fabrication.
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Agreed.
Not to mention that these "lab tests" sounded completely biased and mostly looked at paper specs vs real world comparisons. They gave off quite the fanboy vibe.
Watch a 720p video on the S3 and you will find it looks gorgeous in true 1280x720 resolution. Coupled with a 4.8" display, it creates a far more cinematic experience then you will ever get on the iPhone.
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Just because you don't understand or care about the test results doesn't mean they're biased or wrong. You can say you preferred a highly saturated and contrasted display but facts are facts. Anandtech's tests also came up with similar results: here and here.
I also find it ironic that you are playing the "who cares about numbers it's what I like that matters" card which is a classic Apple fanboy argument.
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--- Quote from: kureshii on October 20, 2012, 09:29:10 AM ---
--- Quote from: FlyinPenguin on October 20, 2012, 04:29:13 AM ---Not to mention that these "lab tests" sounded completely biased and mostly looked at paper specs vs real world comparisons. They gave off quite the fanboy vibe.
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Throwing in accusations of biasness in lab tests without understanding what they do? Insinuating a "paper spec" comparison instead of real-world tests without actually reading? I wonder who's giving off fanboy vibes here ...
The biggest irony? Here's a teardown paper spec comparison done by IHS-iSuppli, a market analyst firm, based on paper specs (without doing any tests): http://www.isuppli.com/Display-Materials-and-Systems/News/Pages/Galaxy-S-III%E2%80%99s-Display-Specs-Beat-iPhone5%E2%80%99s-But-Does-it-Matter-to-Users.aspx
--- Quote from: IHS ---The iPhone 5’s display is just 1.5 millimeters thick, a 0.6-millimeter reduction from 2.1 millimeters for the iPhone 4S, according to measurements from the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. Meanwhile, the color gamut of the iPhone 5 has risen to 72 percent of the NTSC standard, compared to 50 percent for the 4S.
Even so, this falls short of the Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III, which sports a display with a thickness of just 1.1 millimeters and a color gamut with full 100 percent NTSC, as shown in the tables below.
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The S3 is the winner on paper. Too bad a greater color gamut doesn't necessarily translate to better color accuracy in real life.
As for the real-world tests, bloody000 has already linked DisplayMate's shootout test results, measured with a color measurement and calibration device. CNet reports the same results via a color measurement test as well, so it’s not a one-off observation either.
And if you had really read the test results (or even just the summary), you'd have noticed that DisplayMate did viewing tests (i.e. by human eye), which concur with the measurements.
Reading further into the article, DisplayMate does point out the S3's strengths—black levels. It just doesn't have anywhere near the brightness level or color accuracy of the iPhone 5. This isn't a shitting parade on the S3. One can like the S3 and still report these findings.
Where's your biasness now?
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Let's not get too excited here guys. Due to time constraints I only skimmed a few sentences and from what I read it looked like they were just rattling off the reasons why the iPhone screen SHOULD be better and were stating it as fact. My bad. I know I should read the whole article before commenting. :-[
Regardless, after having a 4.8" screen, I don't think I could go to anything smaller for consuming media. I regularly swap between my S3 and Thunderbolt and I just can't bare to watch anything on my TB anymore because the screen is too small. Samsung has spoiled me :P
MyonMyon:
About the time Apple came out with iPhone 4, the screen was the best.
Today, its a completely different matter. Compared to the competitors:
- awkward screen proportions. 71:40? Really? Compared to the new norm of 720p displays with the proportions of 16:9 this is a very odd decision.
- resolution. In the old times iphone used to have the biggest resolution. Now? Every other flagship phone has a bigger res.
- screen physical size. Bigger is not always better. But 4" is just TINY. I'd buy the biggest screen (note2, 5,5") if i had the money. Just because browsing and watching videos/series or reading manga just gets that much better with a bigger screen.
- colors. This is undecided. Iphone has a very accurate color display. But AMOLED has brighter color and much better contrast. Comes down to preference.
- black. AMOLED wins no contest
- brightness outdoors. Iphone wins.
The iphone is better only at outdoor brightnesd. Otherwise the screen is a disappointment. For me the screen is the most important thing. So the iphone5 disappoints me.
metro.:
Lol that Samsung still makes their screens.
MyonMyon:
Iphone 5 screens are made by three companies: Sharp, LG Displays and Japan Display Inc.
Slysoft:
--- Quote from: MyonMyon on November 05, 2012, 10:45:05 AM ---- colors. This is undecided. Iphone has a very accurate color display. But AMOLED has brighter color and much better contrast. Comes down to preference.
- black. AMOLED wins no contest
- brightness outdoors. Iphone wins.
The iphone is better only at outdoor brightnesd. Otherwise the screen is a disappointment. For me the screen is the most important thing. So the iphone5 disappoints me.
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A high res IPS screen beats both of them
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