Just stating what I know, both phones have the same resolution, but the screen sizes are different, hence the S2 looks stretched, and not as good as the S?
I just got the S2 and came from the S, the screen doesn't look as good as the S. Still nice, but some of it looks pixelated. Nothing major, but somewhat disappointing.
I still have both and in some cases find the S1 screen does look better. Was taking pics the other day on the S2 until the battery ran out so started taking pics with the S1. Whatever I was focusing on looked much clearer on the S1. But the actual picture is much better on the S2. Still, the S2 is miles ahead overall. The best phone I have very used.
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Change the dpi it does look somewhat better.
But still if you put a resolution of 480*800 on a 4.3 inch screen, it will look bad.
Mat vs. Reflective
I believe the difference you're seeing is that the S screen is somewhat more reflective than the S2.
When looking in the right conditions, A reflective screen will look better (i.e. "oohhh, shiny!").
Personally, I prefer the S2 screen. It is a little less reflective and a bit brighter, giving me better visibility in direct sunlight - although I don't have any real specs to compare by, that's just my own two eyes doing the comparison.
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My mother have the SGS and me the SGSII... and i can't understand how you can think the SGS screen looks better :O
frankimm said:
Change the dpi it does look somewhat better.
But still if you put a resolution of 480*800 on a 4.3 inch screen, it will look bad.
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What DPI do you recommend?
darki00 said:
My mother have the SGS and me the SGSII... and i can't understand how you can think the SGS screen looks better :O
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SGS looks much more crisper while the text in S2 looks pixelated.
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Hi,
I was wondering if someone who has the S2 and has had or spent some time with an iPhone 4 can comment on how clear the screen/text is when reading web pages etc.
I have a Nexus One and the resolution is horrible compared to the iPhone 4.
Does the RGB vs Pentile make a big difference?
I don't have the galaxy yet, but yes text will look much sharper. The nexus one had the pentile pixel layout, new galaxy does not.
Just play with the inspire or thunderbolt. They have same size large screen with same proper pixel layout as the new galaxy s, but it will also have amoled ad well. Best of both worlds.
much much better than sgs pentile but it suffers from heavy aliasing on web pages.i did notice this as soon as i got the phone even engadget points this out. the screen is great but the text on web pages are not as sharp as i'd like them to be(i did take into consideration that iphone's ips display has higher res).i wish some dev's could start on fixing this I'd more than happy to buy them a few beers.
the screen over all is great.heck its the best out there.
I wonder why it would have worse aliasing than the nexus one or first galaxy s, since they have pentile pixels. This has higher resolution, more pixels, yet has an aliasing issue. Very strange, and disappointing...
RogerPodacter said:
I wonder why it would have worse aliasing than the nexus one or first galaxy s, since they have pentile pixels. This has higher resolution, more pixels, yet has an aliasing issue. Very strange, and disappointing...
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Probably just a bug in Samsung's browser, it'll be fixed eventually.
maybe try opera or dolphin HD and see.
I wonder if the screen on the galaxy s ii will look the same as the galaxy s with voodoo color.
Super Amoled Plus = Super Amoled w/ voodoo color?
I hope supercurio cooks come kernels for this phone!
It will look better cause the galaxy s2 has physically more pixels than the super amoled.
Got an SGS2 last week and need to say I was quite deluded by text clarity. Not only does not compare to Iphone of gf (miles away) but it is even worse than Xperia Arc. I notice the aliasing on most letters not only in browser (stock or otherwise, tried several) but also on Gmail and Kindle, basically anywhere that there is a strong contrast between font color and background (ie black on white or viceversa). I'm not sure if the phone is victim of its own features like super contrast that makes jaggies more visible or there is a problem with my handset. Would appreciate if other people having the SGS2 and another phone (not pentile matrix based ofc) could report their experience.
Scaven said:
Hi,
I was wondering if someone who has the S2 and has had or spent some time with an iPhone 4 can comment on how clear the screen/text is when reading web pages etc.
I have a Nexus One and the resolution is horrible compared to the iPhone 4.
Does the RGB vs Pentile make a big difference?
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not 100% but i believe so. The RGB has a 50% increase in sub-pixels which basically gives the appearance of having a higher resolution/ppi. (at least that's what I've been led to believe)
so now that some people have this device, how smooth does the text look? no more pentile pixel layout should mean a gorgeous superb looking screen. my mouth is watering at the thought of OLED pixels without the fuzzy text look of the super amoled screens.
how do web pages look? small text, and text in general? is it really noticeable over the first galaxy s and nexus s screen?
To me it looks great
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does the screen look more pixelated than on the original galaxy s
it should look LESS pixelated than the galaxy s, but i dont know. that's what i'd like to know though.
wish there was some way to show close up smoothness of the screen to others out on the web thru pics or something, but its hard to do. maybe some close up shots?
you can always put a tiny droplet of water on the screen to magnify the pixels and take a pic.
Hi,
I have asked this question in a few other threads as well but I have some gradient issues which however doesn't appear to be a generic issue as I've not seen anyone else complain about it.
Text is as sharp as you would expect a screen of this size to be (I'm coming from the 4" LCD of X10i). Its slightly less sharp than the LCD but nothing unexpected.
Contrast is superb as are the viewing angles!
My display however shows colour banding as you can see in the grey background of the NeuralNet WP snapshot I uploaded (Sorry for the quality, its my X10)
Anyone else with this issue?
let me just dig out my SLR and take a picture of my screen, I too have "banding" but it's no worse than any other LCD/LED screen I've used.
It's certainly not something I can say I've noticed without actually looking for.
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let me just dig out my SLR and take a picture of my screen, I too have "banding" but it's no worse than any other LCD/LED screen I've used.
It's certainly not something I can say I've noticed without actually looking for.
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The banding is much worse than on my old Galaxy Spica (24bit LCD), but the overall screen quality is amazing and I don't notice the banding most of the time.
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The banding is much worse than on my old Galaxy Spica (24bit LCD), but the overall screen quality is amazing and I don't notice the banding most of the time.
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Could it be that people coming from LCD displays are more sensitive to the banding effect?
When I compare the display with my X10i (LCD), the effect is apparent!
Aargh.. the display is so awesome .. why the doggone banding!!!
I played with a SGS2 for 20 minutes today. I was extremely bothered by the pentile on the original, so much that it's one of the main reasons I got rid of it.
Happy to report that there is NO pentile whatsoever on the new version and it looks exactly like a 4.3" 800x480 LCD does, but with SAMOLED Plus colors and contrast Pixels are pixels, like they should be.
I haven't had the Galaxy S, but my girlfriend uses the iphone 4, and I would say the Galaxy S 2 whups the iphone 4 on screen quality ( not resolution ) but over all clarity of images, web pages is alot better ( in my opinion. )
This screen is much better bcause of its real stripe matrix. Compared to a friends iPhone 4 a couple of nights back, particularly in terms of text in the browser. Text on the iPhone is definitely better with its pixel density, but the difference really is not that great at all - he was actually really surprised when I told him the actual resolution, because he thought they looked so close in terms of clarity!
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This screen is much better bcause of its real stripe matrix. Compared to a friends iPhone 4 a couple of nights back, particularly in terms of text in the browser. Text on the iPhone is definitely better with its pixel density, but the difference really is not that great at all - he was actually really surprised when I told him the actual resolution, because he thought they looked so close in terms of clarity!
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The iphone 4 doesnt get colour banding... My SGS II screen looks like its only 16bit colour.....
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The iphone 4 doesnt get colour banding... My SGS II screen looks like its only 16bit colour.....
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I'd bet a lot of money that it IS only 16 bit color right now. Samsungs other amoled screens were only 16 bit color when they came out on the nexus one etc.
I had a Galaxy S and compared them side by side.
There's no question about it - the S II looks ten times better than the original. There's no more of the graininess, and despite the slightly lower pixel density it appears sharper as the fuzzy edges caused by PenTile are gone.
Colours are also smoother since the slight graininess is gone.
Went to the mall today and stopped in the Verizon/Sprint and AT&T stores...and Best Buy Mobile too, looking for the GS3 demo of course. No luck. But I did play with the Galaxy Nexus and if the screen on it is what I can expect on the GS3 I think i'm gonna be a happy camper cause it looked lovely. Anybody know if they are the same?
GS3 has a nicer screen but i think it's the same size
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I don't have a GS3 (yet), and I've heard the screen is nicer. But it actually has a larger screen (not the same size as noted above). I believe Nexus is 4.65" vs. 4.8" of the GS3.
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Went to the mall today and stopped in the Verizon/Sprint and AT&T stores...and Best Buy Mobile too, looking for the GS3 demo of course. No luck. But I did play with the Galaxy Nexus and if the screen on it is what I can expect on the GS3 I think i'm gonna be a happy camper cause it looked lovely. Anybody know if they are the same?
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The reviews say it is better despite the lower pixel density. I wouldn't put too much stock on it though. The one on my friends GS3 looked great but some videos had some pretty pink tinted ones that didn't look too hot.
We will see. Cross our fingers.
I compared my SGS3 screen with my friends Galaxy Nexus. SGS3 is much brighter and whiter.
It's the same display, a bit different tweaks.
SGS3 display is definitely brighter than the GN, but the Galaxy Note screen is the absolute brightest of them all by a good/large margin.
SGS3 has tweaked color profile to offer more natural colors instead of being over saturated and blueish tint. Whites are definitely whiter now without the blue-ish tint. Still not as white as an IPS LCD though.
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I compared my SGS3 screen with my friends Galaxy Nexus. SGS3 is much brighter and whiter.
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Wow...I was blown away with how nice the display was on the GNex, if the GS3 is better than that
i have both and, over-sharpening tweaks aside, the SGS3 screen is noticeably better. the Gnex has a real problem with gray's, which is quite a bit better on the SGS3 - probably because the brightness is better on every level. It's also the least pentile-looking AMOLED screen i've ever seen.
The note's display is still the best though. It's brightness, color balance and clarity are on another level.
Guys, i know the Z ultra has a big screen but i just compared the same stream on a galaxy s3 and honestly the colours and picture looked sooooooooo much better on the s3, i know its a smaller screen but im not talking about clarity im talking about colours, i was quite sad actually haha as that phones as 720p screen...
why is this happening? i don't believe its to do with colours looking "natural" lol.. or isit?
Having come from many previous Sammy devices there is a difference. The Samsung screens I think blow out the colors and are over saturated. The Sony screens are more true to life. I must admit it took me a few days to get used to it, but now I much prefer the Sony over the Samsung screen.
This is true with any luck vs led. The led will have over saturation, the lcd has realistic coloring. I don't know which I like more lol. But I'm very happy with my xzu
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Yeah, AMOLED is crazy oversaturated, and it's not realistic at all. A lot of people like the oversaturation, and i liked it myself when i had the Note, but i found the Ultra's LCD panel to be much much better on the eyes. AMOLED is one step from burning through people's retinas. People look normal on LCD, while they look like carrots, straight from Jersey Shore on AMOLED.
- AMOLED: Deep blacks, crazy oversaturated
- LCD: Blacks are not as deep, but colors are much more realistic
It comes down to preferences. Some like AMOLED and some like LCD. End of story.
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Yeah, AMOLED is crazy oversaturated, and it's not realistic at all. A lot of people like the oversaturation, and i liked it myself when i had the Note, but i found the Ultra's LCD panel to be much much better on the eyes. AMOLED is one step from burning through people's retinas. People look normal on LCD, while they look like carrots, straight from Jersey Shore on AMOLED.
- AMOLED: Deep blacks, crazy oversaturated
- LCD: Blacks are not as deep, but colors are much more realistic
It comes down to preferences. Some like AMOLED and some like LCD. End of story.
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I see..
Thank you.
stretchwookie said:
This is true with any luck vs led. The led will have over saturation, the lcd has realistic coloring. I don't know which I like more lol. But I'm very happy with my xzu
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Everytime I activate the clear plus audio my phone makes some weird BuZing noise I'm thinking to complain.
That seems to be a known issue, a lot of people having it. I use an aosp rom, so I couldn't tell you if mine does it or not, sorry
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Nothing's really wrong with my current tablet, I was wondering if the screen was noticeably better or the S-Pen made a big difference.
I have an Tab S1 10.5" myself and i use it mostly for watching my Anime video`s so the S2 and S3 are not of interest to me.
The S1 was best for Video because of the 16:10 aspect ratio, also it had a rgb-stripe screen and the dpi higher than the S2 and S3 have a 4:3 aspect ratio and a cheaper pentile display, so you would have large black boarders at the top and bottom of the screen, though the S2 and S3 is better for browsing and art and writing, also the S3 might be better for audio as it has 4 speakers.
Below is a link to a comparison of the specs between the S1, S2 and S3
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8554&idPhone2=7438&idPhone3=6235
I cannot comment on S3 colour accuracy and the new hdr mode, but it`s supposed to look great.
If anybody want to know about rgb-stripe and pentile pixel patterns.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=p...0..0.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..0.0.0.tNVyLSra6II
John
Gajesh6 said:
Nothing's really wrong with my current tablet, I was wondering if the screen was noticeably better or the S-Pen made a big difference.
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I just did the same, and I jumped from the Tab S1 (wifi) to S3 (lte) and honestly the only benefit you get is better frame rates in some heavy/demanding games.
I mainly got the S3 because I wanted a tablet with LTE, and after the amazing S1 screen, I couldn't get any less than the S3.
So the answer is no, don't spend you money unless you want something very specific (like in my case).
Gajesh6 said:
Nothing's really wrong with my current tablet, I was wondering if the screen was noticeably better or the S-Pen made a big difference.
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The screen is much brighter on the s3. As someone said it is smaller.
Your battery is wearing out too. But I think the 10.5 had a better battery life.
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