Moto X Style: TFT screen - is it a deal breaker?

[KWKSLVR]

Re: Moto X Style TFT screen - deal breaker?

I think we should expect Motorola to have to give up something for that price point. Screens are the most expensive component in a phone. I'm ok with it from what I've seen and if it provides battery life like my 2013 MX, I'm good with that too. Kinda like how no matter what I do or don't do, my MX seems last the same amount of time.....which is good in my book since I use it a lot. LOL

I don't think it's anything to freak out about. I try to always let a device exist for a month out in the wild before I buy anyway. I'd rather be sure it's what I want than be an early adopter. I was an earlier adopter for the original Galaxy S and Galaxy Nexus. I finally learned my lesson.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Re: TFT screen - deal breaker?

We should ask the people with Lollipop's Ambient Display on the Nexus 5, LG G4 and other non-AMOLED displays. I didn't try the ZF2 or Shield without Ambient on, so not sure if there is a hit or not. Both devices have very solid battery life though, for their size, etc. so I'm not too worried.

I use Ambient Display on my HTC One M7 running CM12.1.

Doesn't seem to affect battery life in an adverse manner, but because it's running a Snapdragon 600 (which apparently doesn't have a dedicated processor that allows those wake gestures without draining the battery too much), it drains battery a bit more than phones running a SD800-series SoC, like the X Style.

 

[S4Rs]

Re: TFT screen - deal breaker?

I think they really wanted to go beyond a 1080p display which is why they went with LCD. I think LG uses LCD displays but still do "Active like" notifications when you get those stupid flip cases. Same with the HTC phones. Its definitely worse on battery, but not enough to care I guess. AMOLED though is thinner and takes up less space, and this makes me worry that the new Moto X Style will have just as good battery life as the previous moto x.... which means it will get you through dinner, and thats about it.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Re: TFT screen - deal breaker?

I think they really wanted to go beyond a 1080p display which is why they went with LCD. I think LG uses LCD displays but still do "Active like" notifications when you get those stupid flip cases. Same with the HTC phones. Its definitely worse on battery, but not enough to care I guess. AMOLED though is thinner and takes up less space, and this makes me worry that the new Moto X Style will have just as good battery life as the previous moto x.... which means it will get you through dinner, and thats about it.

You can go 1440p with AMOLED

Phones like the Note 4 and S6 have 1440p AMOLED displays.

I think it's more of a cost-related decision

 

[Xin Z]

I got the Moto X Style or Pure 2015 a few days ago.
I read a lot of good reviews of MotoX Style, there was only one article mentioned the TFT display is no good.

I'm very very much disappointed to the TFT display.
It looks blue and purple. The color is not real and hurt my visions.
I had Moto X , Moto X 2nd gen.
The AMOLED display looks warm ; its color&hue depth are just right.
But the TFT display of Moto X Style 2015 is really bad!!
Why Motorola changed from AMOLED to TFT?
It seems a very bad choice. The display kills me!

If next generation of moto X still choose TFT, I will definitely not buy it.

Before you order it online, please experience it at a local store.
I feel regret that I was in hurry to order it online before Verizon has a show model.
Bad choice!

 

[rushmore]

The display is very good and is TFT-IPS. Some folks think there is either TFT or IPS, but TFT is the common point for most LCD and IPS is the difference over lower grade LCD panels.

 

[kj11]

The screen alone wasn't enough to be a deal breaker for me, but I did have it side by side with a Note 5 and it was obviously inferior. The screen is part of the deal breaker equation, better screen, better camera, better battery life, better feel in hand all led me to go with the Note 5

 

[Channan]

I think the display is great. If you exclusively use AMOLED, I could see it bothering you at first, but most displays I use (tablets, phones, and my laptop) are all LCD, so this display doesn't bother me at all.

 

[rushmore]

I liked the Pures display due to it looking much better than the Note 4 for VR, but the Pure runs far too hot and drains battery far too fast to be practical with VR. That was just with a movie and repeated the same event. This device is not VR friendly.

Net result is the Pure display has no advantage for me now.