Display brightess under sun

[Youchan3070]

When I set the brighness of the display to maximal and go under the sun, the display gets brighter. How is this possible? Can a phone screen get brighter than it's maximal?

 

[tadpoles]

When I set the brighness of the display to maximal and go under the sun, the display gets brighter. How is this possible? Can a phone screen get brighter than it's maximal?

It actually makes sense to me. The brightness setting is the range that YOU can set but it's not the phone's limit. I believe the latest Samsung phones (and possibly others) have an extra brightness setting that is employed by the phone in extreme light conditions. If I'm mistaken, my apologies.

 

[mustang7757]

No that's correct the automatic brightness gives you the maximum brightness the phone can give you , it may look a little washed out the screen in that mode