Pixel 2 XL Screen Discussion

[AustinTech]

This was a clip I pulled off you tube. That looks bad to me. I hope mine doesn't look like that. //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171018/53f95c9b20b16693a1be9ad624944f53.jpg

Like Ice Cube and Smokey...daaaaaaaamn!

 

[Pharmduq64]

My two cents.

Haven't seen it in person, but coming from a Note 5, I think anything will be an improvement.
I realize in my old age (34) I need my phone to do different things.

I need battery life (maybe muted colors will help).
I need something without crap, that flys (the Note 5 is barely keeping up). Need pure Android - fast processor.
I dont really care about wireless charging (I still plug in for fast-charging, wireless is too wonky with a case).
Use it to play the occasional game, listen to music, and youtube - I use the TabS2 and Acer Chromebook for movies, reading, etc...

So I doubt the slight screen issues that seem to be very user opinionated will sway me away. I have a feeling this thing is going to blow my mind compared to the Note 5.

Thoughts?

 

[anthony2558]

Got the XL waiting for me at home. I should be feeling joy, but I definitely feel deflated. I just ordered a regular Pixel 2 for delivery next week. I'll decide if it goes back after some use tonight.

I see you got yours about 5mins ago. Let us know what you think about the blue hue. Thanks.

 

[anon(9072051)]

FWIW, a few pix I took with my Nexus 6 (hence the blurry lettering) of my Pixel 2 XL casting Chromatics to my Google home... note the white, not blue, display even taken at an angle:

 

[Wiley_11]

I must be the only who is not bothered by the blue tint, which I don't even notice the most of the time. And the only one who is fine with the color saturation (or lack thereof). I have been playing with my new toy for more than two hours and I have not found anything that bothers me.

It's all down to personal preference, I guess.

I'm with you! It would take a team of Clydesdale's to drag me away from my Pixel 2 XL. RF performance seems really good.

 

[KWKSLVR]

Can you guys that love your XL 2's crank the brightness down all the way in a dark room and look for banding/discoloring?

I have zero color shift on my 6p so I'm confused by the comparisons between the 6p and XL 2.

 

[seb1509]

Can you guys that love your XL 2's crank the brightness down all the way in a dark room and look for banding/discoloring?

I have zero color shift on my 6p so I'm confused by the comparisons between the 6p and XL 2.

Don't be concerned about banding. It's pretty good. Nothing noticeable. It's more the color shift you'll notice

 

[JHBThree]

Crazy thought crossed my mind today: why didn't Google just use the IPS display from the G6? Properly calibrated that display would be amazing, and I don't believe the XL screen is actually curved in any way.

 

[seb1509]

FWIW, a few pix I took with my Nexus 6 (hence the blurry lettering) of my Pixel 2 XL casting Chromatics to my Google home... note the white, not blue, display even taken at an angle:

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Mine is way bluer when I look at it from the side

 

[DarkNeo]

I see you got yours about 5mins ago. Let us know what you think about the blue hue. Thanks.

The first thing I noticed is the dullness of colors, and vivid color mode is enabled by default.

Blue tint at angles is present, but not as bad as I thought it would be.

The thing that is bothering me is on white backgrounds there's this screen door effect that makes it look dirty. That's really what is bugging me...

 

[seb1509]

Crazy thought crossed my mind today: why didn't Google just use the IPS display from the G6? Properly calibrated that display would be amazing, and I don't believe the XL screen is actually curved in any way.

Honestly LCD displays are annoying in this aspect ratio. When you watch videos or play games you can see the black bars because they're not totally black. It kind of ruins the whole thing

 

[anthony2558]

Thank you for the fast reply. I just ordered a standard pixel, which should be here by the weekend. My XL is scheduled to arrive on the 27. Its sounds like I may be returning the XL.

 

[JN81]

The display I saw today was more blue than even anthony2558's pic and it was a very slight angle. The colors were so dull even with the vivid option on. I'm sending this back to the Verizon store once I receive it from Fed Ex. The combination of this along with being burned a bit on my display on my last phone (HTC 10), I might just wait until spring and make the switch to Samsung. Cant believe I'm saying that as I've always used a phone with pretty vanilla Android. The only Samsung I owned was a Galaxy Nexus.

 

[seb1509]

What if Google made the whole screen temperature a bit cooler. Would it get even bluer when tilted or stay the same. The issue is not the screen getting cooler... It's the screen changing its color temp

 

[KWKSLVR]

Don't be concerned about banding. It's pretty good. Nothing noticeable. It's more the color shift you'll notice

Thanks.

It's just odd. Take the Pixel 2 Hands On from Unbox Therapy on YouTube. Great cameras used to film their videos and I can't really see anything wrong with the P2XL. But then I look other places and it's apparent. I think LG is having serious quality control issues. The situation leaves me torn. I went through like 4 or 5 Galaxy Nexus devices before I got a screen I liked. That's just something I can't do if I'm paying a grand.

 

[Ca_lvn]

Someone should email Google a link to this thread...

 

[Stang68]

Okay, I was convinced to take a second look at the store. Wow, very much more noticable than I originally remember seeing. But again, probably not something I would have noticed without looking for it as I would only ever personally be looking at these odd angles only very occasionally.

The portrait photo at an angle I attached probably best shows the hue change, with the bottom being whiter and the top, being more at an angle with the camera, being blueish. This is at it's worst, as noted previously, on white backgrounds. I put a movie trailer on to test while viewing video and while the effect is still there on the video, it's less jarring because you have more than just a flat white color on your screen. I took a still photo of the lightest section of the trailer as an example.

With that in mind, photos can only show you so much. Make the decision for yourself. I'm blown away I didn't notice this the first time, but with that being said, I know how I normally use my phone and while this can be jarring it's not a deal breaker to me because the screen looks GREAT at a normal viewing angle.//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171018/ca2496a378725bcfff94d32c1788eda0.jpg//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171018/9c085c41881ccc94c4fd5b3f0d037ac4.jpg//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171018/699ad1f79c84dee92662ee3c25545a31.jpg//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171018/c2b8c3b1ed56ada2681186a30d9807fe.jpg

This honestly looks fine to me.

 

[Aquila]

https://twitter.com/RDR0b11/status/920697268100931584

 

[Aquila]

Someone should email Google a link to this thread...

Done

 

[anon(9072051)]

Two more pix. Again taken with a Nexus 6--so grain of salt, as they say--this time of a light gray wallpaper with brightness at the zero end of the scale taken in a dark room. No splotching, but there is what I'm assuming is noise or banding.