Buy the HTC 10 now for 500 euros or wait for the "possible" HTC 11?

[James E1]

There's no more burn in on amoled screens, that's a thing of the past.

You simply don't know how AMOLED works if you believe that. The science behind AMOLED will always have some screen burn in. On top of that AMOLED screens may be a little brighter out of the box than ISP but with normal use that brightness will normally drop below ISP panels within 6 to 8 months. ISP LCD panels have more accurate and natural colors than AMOLED. And as far as being more energy efficient, that doesn't seem to help when it comes to battery longevity. I simple don't care for PenTile matrix on some AMOLED screens because not only can I see it, it causes the screen to have a green tint.

 

[Aquila]

ISP LCD panels have more accurate and natural colors than AMOLED.

The accuracy of the display has nothing to do with whether it is LCD or AMOLED on phones and has only to do with how well the manufacturer calibrates the display.

The top 10 most accurate smartphone displays, in order, currently are:

iPhone 7/7+ (LCD)
Nexus 5X (LCD)
Samsung Note 7 (AMOLED)
Samsung S7 Edge (AMOLED)
Nexus 6P (AMOLED)
Samsung Note 5 (AMOLED)
OnePlus 3/3T (AMOLED)
Samsung S7 (AMOLED)
HTC 10 (LCD)
Pixel XL (AMOLED)

(If all you care about is colors and gray isn't as important, then the order switches a little and the Note 7 and S7 Edge pass the 5X with some other minor shuffling so that the order is iPhone 7/7+, Note 7, S7 Edge, Nexus 5X, S7, Nexus 6P, OnePlus 3/3T, Note 5, HTC 10, Pixel XL)

 

[James E1]

The accuracy of the display has nothing to do with whether it is LCD or AMOLED on phones and has only to do with how well the manufacturer calibrates the display.

The top 10 most accurate smartphone displays, in order, currently are:

iPhone 7/7+ (LCD)
Nexus 5X (LCD)
Samsung Note 7 (AMOLED)
Samsung S7 Edge (AMOLED)
Nexus 6P (AMOLED)
Samsung Note 5 (AMOLED)
OnePlus 3/3T (AMOLED)
Samsung S7 (AMOLED)
HTC 10 (LCD)
Pixel XL (AMOLED)

(If all you care about is colors and gray isn't as important, then the order switches a little and the Note 7 and S7 Edge pass the 5X with some other minor shuffling so that the order is iPhone 7/7+, Note 7, S7 Edge, Nexus 5X, S7, Nexus 6P, OnePlus 3/3T, Note 5, HTC 10, Pixel XL)

That's true to an extent. Without getting in to screen resolution all quality LCD panels can calibrated more accurately than AMOLED. The ? is are they? No. RGB AMOLED panels can actually be calibrated more accurately than PenTile AMOLED. PenTile AMOLED will always have the green tint and no amount of calibration will ever be able to fix that. May be able to reduce it some but never be able to remove it except on a black screen. It simply can't be done because of the way they are manufactured. So how can an AMOLED screen be more accurate if you can't remove the green tint? They can't. White's are better on LCD, blacks are better on AMOLED, but who the hell looks at a black screen all day? No one. So white's are more important than blacks. I am going to assume you use displayMate as your source without looking it up and if so they have no credibility with me. I have have access to test equipment and test TV'S, tablets and phone's quite often and my findings are far different than DisplayMate and several other supposed reliable internet sites. People believe things because they are told to believe by the uninformed or by biased or paid reviews but it doesn't make it true. Not trying to be harsh just think I may be a little more informed than you but on the other hand maybe I am stupid and wasted the last 30 years of my life in custom home theater and professional systems for commercial theaters and concert halls.

 

[Aquila]

That's true to an extent. Without getting in to screen resolution all quality LCD panels can calibrated more accurately than AMOLED. The ? is are they?

I think you're getting close to the point of the potential to be calibrated more accurately vs are they actually in practice. I'm talking about which displays are actually more accurate on those specific devices (vs all other phones). As far as the white point and grays, you'd be correct in the general sense, that the last two generations of IPS panels were better than all of those amoled displays except for the HTC 10, which was in the "good enough" category but clearly that wasn't their highest priority.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

That's true to an extent. Without getting in to screen resolution all quality LCD panels can calibrated more accurately than AMOLED. The ? is are they? No. RGB AMOLED panels can actually be calibrated more accurately than PenTile AMOLED. PenTile AMOLED will always have the green tint and no amount of calibration will ever be able to fix that. May be able to reduce it some but never be able to remove it except on a black screen. It simply can't be done because of the way they are manufactured. So how can an AMOLED screen be more accurate if you can't remove the green tint? They can't. White's are better on LCD, blacks are better on AMOLED, but who the hell looks at a black screen all day? No one. So white's are more important than blacks. I am going to assume you use displayMate as your source without looking it up and if so they have no credibility with me. I have have access to test equipment and test TV'S, tablets and phone's quite often and my findings are far different than DisplayMate and several other supposed reliable internet sites. People believe things because they are told to believe by the uninformed or by biased or paid reviews but it doesn't make it true.

Can you post data to support your claims that sites like Anandtech are not credible when it comes to display evaluation? You're insinuating that their equipment or methodology is severely flawed, and I have no reason to believe your claims.

"They will always have a green tint" - all of the credible evidence that we have says that they have an accurate white point and accurate GMB saturations. If they had a green tint that would not be possible.

 

[Stalonage]

Hi guys.

I have my HTC One M8 since launch but the top speaker is distorting the sound when in high volumes, otherwise love it like when I got it.
In your opinion, should I buy the HTC 10 or wait for HTC to "possible" release an improved HTC 11 in a couple of months?

Cheers

I wouldn't get any phones from them. Their future is bleak

 

[badelhas]

Hi, there!

If you're worried about missing out on a potentially great opportunity with HTC's next iteration, I'd wait a couple of months to see if a) HTC does in fact announce/come out with a new device; or b) a new phone comes out that you suddenly really like and you decide that you want to purchase it!

However, the HTC 10 is an awesome device and going for that is always a good option if you've waited for a while and nothing is catching your eye.

Yeah, your right, that's I've been thinking.

You simply don't know how AMOLED works if you believe that. The science behind AMOLED will always have some screen burn in. On top of that AMOLED screens may be a little brighter out of the box than ISP but with normal use that brightness will normally drop below ISP panels within 6 to 8 months. ISP LCD panels have more accurate and natural colors than AMOLED. And as far as being more energy efficient, that doesn't seem to help when it comes to battery longevity. I simple don't care for PenTile matrix on some AMOLED screens because not only can I see it, it causes the screen to have a green tint.

I don't agree with you. AnandTech does great and throughout analysis and they have been confirming that amoled are aare becoming as good as LCD.
But you don't even have to go as far, just take a Samsung S7 edge and put it right next to your smartphone and you will see which smartphone has the best looking screen. It's simply just another league, it's impressive. Of course there are amoled screen from many manufacturers that are not so good and I have Samsung but we have to agree that the screens they've been using are spectacular.