Pixel 2 XL Screen Discussion

[aldo82]

yeah this is a tricky one. I want a phone with updates direct from the manufacturers as I'm fed up with Samsung and the like. it is back to the iPhone, or the pixel 2Xl for me.

the 8 plus is available now but the 2 XL is a month away in the UK that doesn't help the impatient mind! the screen issues are worrying for me as whilst old tech and low resolution, the iPhone screen is good and the device does feel premium for the money. I'm not so sure about the pixel now

 

[revtech]

I'm wondering if any of this blue tint issue has to do with whatever they did to make the screen so you can see it better with polarized sunglasses? wasn't that one of the minor marketing points or am I confusing this with another phone? Anybody with a physics/optics background want to weigh in?

 

[Lobwedgephil]

Artem from Android Police's display looks really bad.

https://twitter.com/ArtemR/status/920854863696633857

 

[revtech]

It can't.

Well, except for the fact that my LG G6 has an LCD display and also features an AOD . .

 

[revtech]

Always on display is only done on OLED because the whole screen doesn’t need to be activated whereas on other techs the whole screen has to be activated for the AOD and that would kill battery life.

Wrong . . Some phones with LCD screens have AOD (like the G6) . . .

 

[Aquila]

I was going to exchange my Note 8 for the Pixel 2 XL, but after seeing the screen in person and reading the reviews, I'll pass. Hard pass. P-OLED is garbage and I don't know why any phone manufacturer would use it.

Heck, the 1080 LCD screen on the iPhone 8 Plus looks better.

You're cool with Samsung using P-OLED for their AMOLED displays but not with LG using P-OLED for their AMOLED displays?

 

[mrjetpacks]

I saw this comment on an article from Tom's Guide about the Pixel 2 XL's screen...

NEVERFORGETJOHN1 hour ago

As an owner of a Mit's X7 (best tube set ever made), a Mit's Daimond 40in (second best tube set every made) and now an "old" Panasonic VT65 with some Samsung LCDs in between I ditched due to the poor viewing angle of LCD technology to await OLED maturing.... the first thing I noticed on phones with OLED screens was a "cartoon" like problem Google has corrected it sounds like. Sad we have to be controlled by the "average" opinion that is easy to fool with flashy "things". Jezzz people still by DVDs that was for standard NON-HD TVs like my OLD tube sets. Glad Google made a great phone that doesn't look like a cartoon based on the reports coming in. Don't do it Google... just make them the way they should be: properly calibrated!

 

[anon(9072051)]

Anybody here know much about ambient light sensors re. OLED displays? Or whether LG & Samsung take different approaches to ambient lighting?

I get distinctly different impressions of the 2 XL's screen at work and at home, so I'm wondering if the quality of environmental light is what's making for the inconsistent reactions people have to the display. At work, where my desk is literally surrounded by bare fluorescent bulbs on the ceiling, the 2 XL displays a good deal of that off-axis blue tint on white images like the Google search page. At home, where the lighting is either far, far weaker fluorescent or LED bulb, I saw no blue tint on white pages unless I looked at the phone at an extreme angle, more across the display than at it.

 

[Zendroid1]

Excuse?

I keep hearing people say this word over and over again that we are making excuses for google and allowing this to happen. This seems like a very odd choice of words when describing subjective feelings towards something entirely subjective. I think I need to start putting people on ignore.

 

[JHBThree]

I was going to exchange my Note 8 for the Pixel 2 XL, but after seeing the screen in person and reading the reviews, I'll pass. Hard pass. P-OLED is garbage and I don't know why any phone manufacturer would use it.

Heck, the 1080 LCD screen on the iPhone 8 Plus looks better.

The Note 8 uses it...

 

[JHBThree]

Isn't the screen also very reflective?? IDK if I'm just imagining it.

People are saying "Samsung screens have spoiled people"... But I'm coming from an OG PIXEL XL and I like the screen on that phone much more... The bigger beautiful screen was one of the main points for me upgrading. Now I'm just disappointed. I'll use it for a week or so and decide if I'm returning it. I will make sure to voice my disappointment to Google reps

The OG Pixel XL used a Samsung display.

 

[anon(9072051)]

Artem from Android Police's display looks really bad.

https://twitter.com/ArtemR/status/920854863696633857

And David Ruddock of Android Police disagrees:

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

So who ya gonna call?

 

[Zendroid1]

Wrong . . Some phones with LCD screens have AOD (like the G6) . . .

Ok I worded it incorrectly. I meant most manufacturer's only choose to do AOD on OLED because the power consumption is much higher on LCD screens.

 

[Aquila]

I keep hearing people say this word over and over again that we are making excuses for google and allowing this to happen. This seems like a very odd choice of words when describing subjective feelings towards something entirely subjective. I think I need to start putting people on ignore.

I'm with you, it's not up to it herself whether you notice or care about something. I used this phone for two months and never noticed the issue until it was pointed out in this controversy, and even then I still have to look for it.

 

[e30ernest]

Well, it doesn't seem like the XL is the only one with screen issues:

Top is a MotoX, bottom is a Pixel 2. Image was taken from this thread in Reddit.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

And David Ruddock of Android Police disagrees:

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

So who ya gonna call?

That is why I am waiting for mine to ship to decide for myself if I can live with it or not. Shouldn't be an issue on a flagship phone and I hope it isn't on mine.

 

[revtech]

haha, funny you know, if I look at the screen hard enough and zoom in on pictures really closely all I can see are a bunch of red, green, and blue dots . . what a bunch of garbage

 

[anon(5630457)]

You're cool with Samsung using P-OLED for their AMOLED displays but not with LG using P-OLED for their AMOLED displays?

I don’t know what Samsung display uses P-OLED, but the Note 8 and the S8s don’t use it.

 

[Jaycemiskel]

The Note 8 uses it...

You're cool with Samsung using P-OLED for their AMOLED displays but not with LG using P-OLED for their AMOLED displays?

I feel like people don't realize Samsung uses the same thing. They're just much better at it than LG is. I'm sure they'll get better at it as they produce more displays.

 

[Ca_lvn]

Possible the Pixel 2 also has issues


https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/77cax8/pixel_2_black_crush_issue_pic_xpost_from/