Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“The Moto G has a surprisingly good screen for the money. Not necessarily the best viewing angles, but it's pretty bright.
So far, every phone that has boasted about brilliant outdoor viewing has generally failed when it's very bright outdoors.
Some models, like those with AM-OLED displays, may have a mode to ramp up the brightness but with huge battery drain as a result. Some Samsung and Nokia phones have this, and LG has of course sold phones before that were sold on nits. I forget the name, but it was about the time of the first 3D-screened LG.
Thing is, annoying as it is to have times where you'll struggle to see the screen clearly (but the UI can help with high contrast screens and black on white, rather than the other way around where applicable) I am not sure many people will make their buying decision on that.
They'll be perfectly happy with a far lower brightness when sat on the sofa, on a train/bus or at work.”
“The Moto G has a surprisingly good screen for the money. Not necessarily the best viewing angles, but it's pretty bright.
So far, every phone that has boasted about brilliant outdoor viewing has generally failed when it's very bright outdoors.
Some models, like those with AM-OLED displays, may have a mode to ramp up the brightness but with huge battery drain as a result. Some Samsung and Nokia phones have this, and LG has of course sold phones before that were sold on nits. I forget the name, but it was about the time of the first 3D-screened LG.
Thing is, annoying as it is to have times where you'll struggle to see the screen clearly (but the UI can help with high contrast screens and black on white, rather than the other way around where applicable) I am not sure many people will make their buying decision on that.
They'll be perfectly happy with a far lower brightness when sat on the sofa, on a train/bus or at work.”
AMOLED screens are terrible outdoors in comparison to IPS LCD, anyway my point was that you cannot compare a screen on just pixel density, there is alot more to it.
Yeah other phones have used 3D but it has always been parallax barrier which is an awful way to view 3D IMO as there are a limited number of viewing angles and it reduces the brightness of the screen.
Atleast Amazon are trying different things, all other phones this year have been really boring IMO.
I personally wouldn't buy one as I think £500+ for any phone is crazy but if they bring a second edition closer to £300 I would be interested.




