Polarization sunglasses compatibility or Blue Tint?

[paradroid]

Wonder if people would trade off the blue tint at an angle for a xl 2 screen that did not have blue tint but would not work well with polarized sunglasses on.

It has been reported that the blue tint is there because google had the screen designed so it could be viewed with polarized sunglasses.

 

[pkcable]

Not sure if it's fair for me to vote as I wear regular glasses and will almost NEVER wear sunglasses let alone polarized ones. In the end I cancelled my pre-order because I could not see spending 900 dollars on a phone with issues. MAYBE when they get it sorted out I'll pick one up, BUT there are many more out there I'm interested in, like the One Plus 5t, the Mate 10, etc

 

[Richard Servello]

Wonder if people would trade off the blue tint at an angle for a xl 2 screen that did not have blue tint but would not work well with polarized sunglasses on.

It has been reported that the blue tint is there because google had the screen designed so it could be viewed with polarized sunglasses.

It uses a circular polarizer instead of linear. That's why glasses are ok. I'll take the mold blue tint I never see over a black screen when turned.

 

[pkcable]

@DawinPanda

Agreed! Your average Joe will probably hardly notice or even care about the "blue tint" HOWEVER if display issues (such as the burn in issue) hit the mainstream media, which IS possible then and only then will they be aware of it.

 

[Jeremy8000]

It has been reported that the blue tint is there because google had the screen designed so it could be viewed with polarized sunglasses.

I had posted speculation that they could be related in a couple of threads - if this has actually been reported by any media/social media sites directly, I'd love to read more in detail about it - could you provide a link?

 

[osubeavs728]

Wonder if people would trade off the blue tint at an angle for a xl 2 screen that did not have blue tint but would not work well with polarized sunglasses on.

It has been reported that the blue tint is there because google had the screen designed so it could be viewed with polarized sunglasses.

I live in TX so, no way. I have sunglasses on way too often.

 

[Ca_lvn]

80% screen time inside 20% outside, not enough to justify polarisation

 

[paradroid]

I had posted speculation that they could be related in a couple of threads - if this has actually been reported by any media/social media sites directly, I'd love to read more in detail about it - could you provide a link?

I think one guy in Reddit speculated that the blue tint is because of the sun glass polarization fix. Maybe its true but I looked at every phone at Verizon store a few days ago.

Almost every phone has some color shift when viewing at extreme angles. Not as bad, noticeable and at such slight angles as the XL 2 but most every phone has some color shift except the Galaxy S8s. I could not detect any color shift and they supposedly work with polarized sunglasses from the specs I have seen. (maybe someone that owns and S8 could chime in on sunglasses and S8s)

 

[openwheelracing]

No one has confirmed.that blue tint is needed for polarized.sunglasses. please don't spread rumors. There are enough out there.

 

[Richard Servello]

they said they are using a circular polarizer. perhaps that's causing the tilt tint. worth it IMHO.

 

[Jeremy8000]

they said they are using a circular polarizer. perhaps that's causing the tilt tint. worth it IMHO.

If that were indeed a factor that would exacerbate the issue (which is present to some degree in all OLED phones), I would have expected the smaller Pixel 2 to have suffered similarly, which despite also having a circular polarizer, it evidently hasn't (that thought occurred to me after my early posts suggesting the possibility).

 

[e30ernest]

On a related note, is a circular polarizer really necessary? I wear polarized sunglasses and I have no problem viewing my OLED phones (the same cannot be said for the iPhone's LCD screens). I thought trouble seeing the screen with polarized sunglasses was an LCD issue?

 

[quietlybrilliant]

Pixel 2 XL drama undermining Google’s entire Pixel project

Doom and Gloom!

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/24/16519530/google-pixel-2xl-screen-issues-deep-and-unfixable

 

[quietlybrilliant]

Re: Pixel 2 XL drama undermining Google’s entire Pixel project

I received my Pixel 2 XL today and gotta say that "bluegate" is not blown out of proportion at all. It's almost like a special effect, so crazy blue at a slight angle. Definitely not OK.

 

[Jeremy8000]

Re: Pixel 2 XL drama undermining Google’s entire Pixel project

I received my Pixel 2 XL today and gotta say that "bluegate" is not blown out of proportion at all. It's almost like a special effect, so crazy blue at a slight angle. Definitely not OK.

It's blown way out of proportion given that other flagship have the exact same issue to varying degrees and nobody breathed a word about them, perhaps because they're established, or perhaps because it's something that isn't the best in a Google phone and it makes for great clicks for people posting about it. I'm not saying Google shouldn't have used a better screen, but it's not the horror show that renders the phone unusable as many appear to want it to seem.

How often do you hold the phone at an angle to look at it? Holding it at an angle is as ergonomically awkward as leaning far to the right it left when driving a car.

How about the generally acknowledged current king of OLED screens: the Note 8... Check this video right at the 3 minute mark - the Note 8 has blue shift as well, and only a little less observable than the Pixel 2 XL in a side-by-side comparison. Yet nobody ever even whispered a concern.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yys3Lxfe8nQ

 

[Jeremy8000]

On a related note, is a circular polarizer really necessary? I wear polarized sunglasses and I have no problem viewing my OLED phones (the same cannot be said for the iPhone's LCD screens). I thought trouble seeing the screen with polarized sunglasses was an LCD issue?

When I had my Pixel XL dash-mounted for navigation, it was very difficult to see the screen on a sunny day with sunglasses on. To me it's noticeable easier to see with the Pixel 2 XL under similar circumstances in the same mounted position.

 

[e30ernest]

When I had my Pixel XL dash-mounted for navigation, it was very difficult to see the screen on a sunny day with sunglasses on. To me it's noticeable easier to see with the Pixel 2 XL under similar circumstances in the same mounted position.

Does visibility change between the devices while you rotate them? On my pair of Oakleys my friend's iPhone would go completely dark on landscape but is visible on portrait. I had neither problem on my wife's Moto X2 and my Nexus 6P.

 

[quietlybrilliant]

Re: Pixel 2 XL drama undermining Google’s entire Pixel project

I may have gotten a particularly bad copy of the Pixel, but there’s really no comparison in blue shift to anything I’ve seen, definitely way beyond anything on the Note 8. It’s glaringly obvious.

 

[openwheelracing]

Re: Pixel 2 XL drama undermining Google’s entire Pixel project

Very happy with my Pixel 2.

Can't wait to get wife a 2XL used for dirt cheap if the nitpicking continues. The positives still outweighs all the negatives that is being overblown. Nothing else out there has been camera or software that can compete.

 

[neil74]

Re: Pixel 2 XL drama undermining Google’s entire Pixel project

How often do you hold the phone at an angle to look at it? Holding it at an angle is as ergonomically awkward as leaning far to the right it left when driving a car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yys3Lxfe8nQ

Viewing at an angle horizontally is not my worry as I rarely view my phone this way. Viewing at an angle vertically is as I'm pretty sure most people will regularly tilt the phone away from them slightly.

Not cancelled my pre-order yet as it is not due for delivery until December 2020 so I have time.