Is the OnePlus 3 1080p screen good enough?

[belodion]

The OnePlus 3 has a 5.5" 1080p OLED display, affording a resolution of 400ppi. For most purposes at least that will easily be sharp enough, but would you have preferred a quadHD display, perhaps for VR, at the expense of greater battery consumption?

 

[Golfdriver97]

Re: 1080p

I think for right now the device at 1080 should be fine. Yes, if VR were a concern, the resolution should have been better, but at the same time, VR would almost dictate several changes in the phone itself.

 

[Maknora]

Re: 1080p

1080p will allow better battery too. The iPhone has 1080p and so far manages to sell.

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[Aquila]

Hell. No. Ok, maybe - but I'm only saying that because the Nexus 5X is also 1080p.

 

[Armeniandave]

I've had many phone lately with higher resolution screens. HTC 10, Note 4, Galaxy S6 Edge, and one with 1080 which was the HTC A9 and it didn't bother me at all. I like the better battery too.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Yes.

It's best to assume I'm being sarcastic. if I'm ever serious I'll type "/s" to make it clear.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

I've heard that the reason OnePlus stayed at 1080p was because they felt that the amount of people using smartphones for VR isn't high enough to justify putting a higher-resolution display for VR.

Plus, 1080p is mighty fine for normal use. You still get loads of detail and you can't even distinguish each pixel at a normal operating distance anyway. 400+PPI is more than plenty for daily use. You also have the extra benefit of better energy efficiency, meaning that your battery lasts longer.

 

[Malek J]

I've heard that the reason OnePlus stayed at 1080p was because they felt that the amount of people using smartphones for VR isn't high enough to justify putting a higher-resolution display for VR.

Plus, 1080p is mighty fine for normal use. You still get loads of detail and you can't even distinguish each pixel at a normal operating distance anyway. 400+PPI is more than plenty for daily use. You also have the extra benefit of better energy efficiency, meaning that your battery lasts longer.

I'm pretty sure the reason oneplus didn't include a 1440p screen is to cut the costs and has nothing to with the lack of people using vr. According to samsung there's 1 million people using the gear vr and the number is growing. Also let's not forget that Google is coming up with their own vr headset which the axon 7 is already compatible with.

Not having 1440p is not a deal breaker but it's definitely a major shortcoming.

Battery wise the reviews are showing 3.5 to 4 hours of screen on time which is on par or less than the s7 and htc 10.

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[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Battery wise the reviews are showing 3.5 to 4 hours of screen on time which is on par or less than the s7 and htc 10.

Note that SOT is entirely dependent on usage pattern. We can't entirely base a phone's battery life just on SOT alone. We need to know how the phone is being used and how long it has been off the charger since the last time it was plugged in for a full-charge.

 

[gtg465x]

I own both a 1080p Nexus 5X with Google Cardboard and a QHD S7 Edge with Gear VR. While the S7 edge does look better, it doesn't look that much better. Both look fairly pixelated. And part of the reason the S7 Edge looks a little better could be because the Gear VR headset is just nicer. Honestly, both resolutions are subpar for phone headset VR, so I wouldn't get your panties all in a knot because the OnePlus 3 screen is only 1080p. Trust me, VR would still look pretty crappy even if it had a QHD screen. Really, a 4k screen is needed if you want VR to look really good from a phone.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

I own both a 1080p Nexus 5X with Google Cardboard and a QHD S7 Edge with Gear VR. While the S7 edge does look better, it doesn't look that much better. Both look fairly pixelated. And part of the reason the S7 Edge looks a little better could be because the Gear VR headset is just nicer. Honestly, both resolutions are subpar for phone headset VR, so I wouldn't get your panties all in a knot because the OnePlus 3 screen is only 1080p. Trust me, VR would still look pretty crappy even if it had a QHD screen. Really, a 4k screen is needed if you want VR to look really good from a phone.

To be frank, I don't think we're ready for 4K displays on a phone yet. Improvements in energy efficiency and battery capacity plus performance will have to be made first before it can be feasible to put a 4K display on a phone.

Not to mention thermal management.

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