Pixel 2 XL Screen Discussion

[Pixelfan56]

https://youtu.be/EqDDYFyxZYo

 

[os2baba]

Guessing it might bother some more than others depending on how they use their phone too. Like mine is kept on a stand on my desk at work all day and it does rest at a slight angle. BUT I’m also not looking at white screens all the time. Usually playing videos or something while I’m working. Even when I saw it at the store I didn’t think it was a deal breaker, but the smaller pixel did have better coloring.

Completely off topic. But what stand do you use? I have tried a few stands. The small ones are totally flimsy and the only really stable one is collapsible, but still too long to carry around.

 

[codeda]

Completely off topic. But what stand do you use? I have tried a few stands. The small ones are totally flimsy and the only really stable one is collapsible, but still too long to carry around.

I use this one and I love it so much that I bought a second for my iPad and it works great with both. Cheap and easy

https://smile.amazon.com/Aibocn-Mul...1508448295&sr=8-3&keywords=phone+stand+aibocn

 

[gmermel]

CNET is pretty clear that the XL screen is certainly not a deal breaker, and is on the positive side of neutral:

http://https://www.cnet.com/news/google-pixel-2-xl-review/

 

[Mike Dee]

I'm sorry but it's not a joke. You don't have to put most devices at that angle to see it...
You will see the blue tint. If you don't mind it that's fine. But it's a weird display issue that should NOT be there. Let's not sugar coat it.

I had the Galaxy S3 and never had any issues like this ..

What I mean is that during normal reasonable use you get the change in display temperature. And it's somewhat annoying.

It can't be all devices....no change on the two I was looking at

 

[Mike Dee]

if I listened to everything I read in the forums I would never buy a phone

 

[Garrett67]

I'm currently and have been for years an iPhone user and have the pixel 2 XL on order. I'm just curious what the screen looks like when you tilt it with the night light setting on. Also, are there settings within the night light options to change the temperature of the screen between the cool temperature and the warm temperature? Or is it just cool one way and warm the other way?

 

[nelamvr6]

I just happen to pick up my current phone, a Samsung Galaxy S6, and on a whim I opened Chrome and opened Google, a primarily white page. I tried tilting my phone, and it appears to display the exact same blue shift that so many people have called intolerable.

The shift starts at about the same angle, and the blue tint gets about as intense as it does on the 2 XL screen I inspected at my local Verizon store.

It seems to be to be approximately the exact same phenomenon.

I realize that this phone is over 2 years old, and that Samsung panels have improved immensely since this phone was built.

But that's kind of my point. I have happily used this phone for over two years, and only today did I discover that it exhibited this behavior!

If you're worried about this being "intolerable", just wait until you get your phone in your hands, and use it for a while.

You may find that you're one of those unfortunate souls who simply can't look at a display panel that isn't perfect without developing a severe case of agita, or a migraine, or both.

But I wouldn't be surprised if you discover that it really isn't that big of a deal.

 

[zwaaa]

Holding my Pixel 2 XL 128 in my hand right now with an all white setup screen. It's fine. The blue issue is NOWHERE as big a deal as it is being made out to be.

 

[liscon17]

What gets me is all this negativity about wireless charging, i think it’s all down to Apple only including it in their iPhones this year. If they hadn’t have implemented it (Apple) then no one would be criticising the phone as much as they currently are. I do feel that Google Execs thought that Apple would never include wireless charging in their phones but were taken by surprise when the house did in fact announce it in Sept.

Personally it doesn’t bother me as I never used my charging pad I got with my Galaxy S6 back in the day.

Anywho I digress

 

[liscon17]

What gets me is all this negativity about wireless charging, i think it’s all down to Apple only including it in their iPhones this year. If they hadn’t have implemented it (Apple) then no one would be criticising the phone as much as they currently are. I do feel that Google Execs thought that Apple would never include wireless charging in their phones but were taken by surprise when the house did in fact announce it in Sept.

Personally it doesn’t bother me as I never used my charging pad I got with my Galaxy S6 back in the day.

Anywho I digress

 

[Mike Dee]

But LG's P-OLED is terrible. Samsung's is amazingly beautiful. If Samsung would've put their displays in the Pixel 2 XL, it would've been a home run.

OK but before you stated P-OLEDs are garbage.

 

[seb1509]

I'm on the verge of returning my P2XL don't get me wrong it's a great phone. But with the less than stellar screen I just don't think it's worth a $500 upgrade from my OG XL. I think waiting a year is smarter since I know these type of issues won't happen again.

The OG Pixel XL is just a great phone

 

[Ten Four]

This is why I never pre-order any piece of technology, no matter how great the deal. Let others be the guinea pigs and go through the inevitable bug fixes, etc. What's the rush?

 

[anon(5630457)]

OK but before you stated P-OLEDs are garbage.

AMOLED is not P-OLED. So I stand by my statement. P-OLED is garbage.

 

[Clancy3434]

I just turned my Note 5 at an angle to see if there was a blue tint... Low and behold, there it was.

2 years and I never noticed until this silly debate made me look.

 

[Im Broken]

I just turned my Note 5 at an angle to see if there was a blue tint... Low and behold, there it was.

2 years and I never noticed until this silly debate made me look.

I came here specifically to post this exact comment. I'm reading this on a Galaxy S7 and if I till the phone everything gets a blue tint. Haven't been using the phone long but just noticed it thanks to all this xl2 talk.

 

[cdd543]

I just received mine and honestly it looks pretty dull and washed out compared to my iPhone 8 plus screen. Whites look grey. This is when looking straight on without it tilted. Tilting shows the off axis blue tint, but that isn’t even what bothers me.

 

[Clancy3434]

I came here specifically to post this exact comment. I'm reading this on a Galaxy S7 and if I till the phone everything gets a blue tint. Haven't been using the phone long but just noticed it thanks to all this xl2 talk.

Just shows that all this drama over the blue tint is pretty silly.

 

[os2baba]

A little odd that people are complaining about sRGB and colors looking washed out when one of the biggest selling points on the phone is the camera. As someone who takes a ton pictures with my phone's camera, and does quite a bit of editing on the fly, I'm far more interested in color accuracy than whether the logos on my home screen pop or look super vibrant.

The question is what do you do with the photos after editing them? I use a colorific calibrator on my display and calibrate it every 3 months or so. I use Photoshop to edit my DSLR photos and then use a color calibrated printer to print them. The entire workflow uses color calibrated devices.

The problem with having a color calibrated phone (Pixel 2) is that you may saturate the colors more to get a little more pink on skin colors. And send that photo off to other people who have vibrant non calibrated screens. It's going to look bloody awful on their phones.

Personally, I couldn't care less about photos taken from my camera. They are great for socializing. I'm not taking photos I care about (my son's soccer games, travel photographs, anniversaries photos) with my phone camera. For those, I get out my DSLR and L lenses.

It's ludicrous what a big deal reviews are making about bokeh on smartphones. What's really sad is a site like DXOMark making such a big deal about it. They should know better. Bokeh on all smartphones are quite simply awful. And the fact that the iPhone has 2 lenses and Google does it with all software doesn't matter, because while it's technologically impressive that smartphone cameras have can produce this this quality with such small sensors, on an absolute scale, it's abysmal. So we should all applaud the results and realize that there is a lot more work to be done.

From a socializing perspective, it would be best to take the photo and simply share it unedited with other folks.