Ready to buy the S3 but then I compared screens

[jonathanm1978]

I just bought a 55" 3D LED TV last week. I should say that if we were talking about TV's that are expected to last anywhere from 5-7 years (minimum), this would be a major issue with screens being made more "future-proof"....but WE ARE NOT.
We're talking about a phone, whose technology will be outdated and beat by something newer and more hip in 3 months...so with that in mind...this talk of "I got a secret, I see dead peop---I mean pixels" is BS.
If I was going to keep a phone for 5 years, I would look at the screen and make sure it's able to last that amount of time. But I'll be doing good to keep the same phone for 24 months...more than likely at 22..or even 19 months I'll be upgrading to something new...

So for that, I don't understand this ..

 

[ItsaRaid]

At the end of the day, it's just a phone, and, BTW, I had both side by side, and the OneX display blew the S-3 out of the water. There is a article on Anand Tech that measures.white brightness in nit. The OneX measured 507 the S-3 measured 277.. and that's fact.

 

[Noldorian]

this talk of "I got a secret, I see dead peop---I mean pixels" is BS.

No.

You're saying it's BS because you have the S3 and you feel like your being personally attacked because of your choice.

You're not -- at least by me, you're not.

I think the S3 is a phenomenal device. I think it has some very distinct advantages over the One X.

The display isn't one of them per my opinion. I'm not stating this as object fact. I'm not saying people who can't see the difference have poor eyesight (as people above seem to be slinging that about).

I'm simply saying that I can see a definitive difference in the screens between the One X and the S3 and that the One X is superior.

I have no agenda here. I'm merely making an observation based on personal experience.

 

[ryanr509]

At the end of the day, it's just a phone, and, BTW, I had both side by side, and the OneX display blew the S-3 out of the water. There is a article on Anand Tech that measures.white brightness in nit. The OneX measured 507 the S-3 measured 277.. and that's fact.

Which when it comes down to it both are perfectly acceptable to use. Some ppl are gonna prefer samoled some are gonna prefer slcd not like your picking between a 10 year old blackberry and the one x. Its a win win both phones are awesome and u can't go wrong with either

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[PrincessKick]

If you are coming from an iPhone you will not be satisfied with the SG3 display, the HOX is the only phone I have seen that can compete and beat the iPhone display. As Crack said if you are competent get the HOX and flash the CM9 rom. Beats the SG3 and TW.

My girlfriend has a 4s and my screen kills it imo. I'm not an apple hater, but the one x display looks much crisper to me. Maybe it's just the size difference that makes it better to my eyes.

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I agree. I had the RAZR Maxx for 13 days but returned it mainly due to the screen being worse (although larger) than the iPhone 4 I was using. I've had both Android phones (original Droid [stolen], droid Eris [gave to husband], Droid X) and the iPhone 4. I like Android just not the phones. I decided to try the One X on AT&T while retaining my iPhone 4 on Verizon. The One X screen is to die for. Gorgeous. Unfortunately the phone was quirky. The multitasking was crap. I had a build issue too. I had the opportunity to buy an iPhone 4S (gave the 4 to my high schooler) so I opted to go with that for now. I'm hoping that HTC will come out with a more polished One X. I think that the screen size is probably part of why the One X screen looks better. The colors are also a bit more vivid and it's just brighter. The One X is the only smartphone screen that I've been able to actually see in the bright TX summer sun. Even with the brightness all the way up it's harder to see the iPhone's screen.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

FACT: As of this post, SLCD2 is technically superior to SAMOLED HD. That doesn't mean everyone will prefer the SLCD2, though.

Sure, the SGSIII has some advantages, but the OP has an obvious affinity towards awesome displays (as do I), and that will trump some of the advantages the SGSIII has.

I've also heard that Samsung is telling people not to turn the brightness all the way up if you plan on keeping the screen on for extended periods of time. Does this sound somewhat familiar? Didn't Apple tell people they were holding the phone wrong when antennagate happened?

The HOX has been out internationally for more than three months and still has the best display on a phone. That has to be some kind of record.

 

[kiwicarlos741]

I own both s3 and EVO LTE and I can say htcs screens are far better than samsungs, I've seen a couple of the one series and can vouch for htc. That's just my 2 cents tho, everyone has their likes and dislikes.

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[kiwicarlos741]

If you are coming from an iPhone you will not be satisfied with the SG3 display, the HOX is the only phone I have seen that can compete and beat the iPhone display. As Crack said if you are competent get the HOX and flash the CM9 rom. Beats the SG3 and TW.

Clarity wise I don't think anything beats the retina display if the iPhone, but one I hate the iPhone, and two as of now its too small of a screen for my liking anyways.

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[erwaso]

I've gotten plenty of compliments on the video quality the hox produces. One of the major reasons I went with it.

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[dylan808]

Before my One X I didn't see any difference between some phone's displays and how people were calling them "amazing". It must've been my eyes but no screen looked better than the other to me, with exception to the iPhone. The One X's screen was the first to get me to say "holy ****" at a screen on a phone. Like everyone says it looks like a sticker on the screen.

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[crackberrytraitor]

I just bought a 55" 3D LED TV last week. I should say that if we were talking about TV's that are expected to last anywhere from 5-7 years (minimum), this would be a major issue with screens being made more "future-proof"....but WE ARE NOT.
We're talking about a phone, whose technology will be outdated and beat by something newer and more hip in 3 months...so with that in mind...this talk of "I got a secret, I see dead peop---I mean pixels" is BS.
If I was going to keep a phone for 5 years, I would look at the screen and make sure it's able to last that amount of time. But I'll be doing good to keep the same phone for 24 months...more than likely at 22..or even 19 months I'll be upgrading to something new...

So for that, I don't understand this ..

Yeah, who cares, it's not like you're going to be looking at it EVERY DAY for the next 2 years. Come on, man. People are having screen burn in as little as a few weeks.

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[varsityhacker]

Clarity wise I don't think anything beats the retina display if the iPhone, but one I hate the iPhone, and two as of now its too small of a screen for my liking anyways.

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The iPhone 4s display is only 3ppi more then the HOX and the HOX is more then an inch bigger. Shrink the HOX to 3.5 and it would kill the 4s display.

 

[jonathanm1978]

No.

You're saying it's BS because you have the S3 and you feel like your being personally attacked because of your choice.

You're not -- at least by me, you're not.

I think the S3 is a phenomenal device. I think it has some very distinct advantages over the One X.

The display isn't one of them per my opinion. I'm not stating this as object fact. I'm not saying people who can't see the difference have poor eyesight (as people above seem to be slinging that about).

I'm simply saying that I can see a definitive difference in the screens between the One X and the S3 and that the One X is superior.

I have no agenda here. I'm merely making an observation based on personal experience.

Thanks for this..and in a way, I guess you're right about feeling somewhat "attacked" for my choice..but I'm not one to get all up in diapers over someone who doesn't like my phone choice. I have my likes, other people have theirs...now as far as the next comment:

Yeah, who cares, it's not like you're going to be looking at it EVERY DAY for the next 2 years. Come on, man. People are having screen burn in as little as a few weeks.

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actually, the burn in around the status bar that people "claim" is happening...uhm ...WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY?

And no..I don't actually use my phone EVERY day of a 2-year contract. There are days that go by when I don't touch it at all...or maybe only once...so that is null argument...

So if my screen has burn-in where the status bar is at the top...suddenly (unless I root and custom ROM, which isn't likely since I just added Google Wallet funds last night so I could get that $10, and I'm not willing to brick the Wallet just to have a slight advantage in functionality -- at THIS point in ownership....what else is going to be at the top, where the status bar is, and where burn-in MAY occur? Suddenly there will NOT be a status bar anymore? I doubt it.
Brightness all the way up? I doubt I ever do that either. I never HAVE before, and I'm not suddenly going to just to see if I can ruin the screen and test it...

It's like being told "dont drive this car at 132mph, or it will blow up."...people will INEVITABLY go 133 just to see, then complain...knowing that going at speeds of 132 is uncalled for and not required to use the car in a normal environment.

A good for-instance: Was out in town yesteday. Needed to log-into my bank account and check on a transaction....used my SGS3. Display on "AUTO"...living in Central Alabama, couldn't get data to connect INSIDE walmart for some reason (do they have blockers installed now or something???), but had 5 bars of voice!....just outside the door, in the hot, mid-july heat, the 3G worked great...but not inside. SO I had to walk outside to get my data to work. I did what i needed without turning the brightness up all the way.

Could full brightness have helped? probably. Am I going to run outside every chance I get and stand in the (yesterday was 110 heat index) heat like that just to use my phone? I SERIOUSLY doubt it. As much as I would've LOVED to sit in my truck, in the walmart parking lot, engine off, staring at phone in 110-degree heat index...complaining about the phone was not even on the list of things that made me scurry back inside where I lost my data connection (but somehow kept my 5-bars of voice, and used voice inside perfectly fine)...

I mean, the conditions that require full-brightness on a screen of a phone are few and far between...is someone really going to spend their time standing outside in this heat just so they can have a complaint about the SGS3 having burn-in?
I had the LG Optimus for 2 years, and I never once let the brightness stay on full unless I was walking from the car to the door of a store..and really needed to see the screen...otherwise I can't recall even once that I had to adjust it besides that type of environment.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Thanks for this..and in a way, I guess you're right about feeling somewhat "attacked" for my choice..but I'm not one to get all up in diapers over someone who doesn't like my phone choice. I have my likes, other people have theirs...now as far as the next comment:



actually, the burn in around the status bar that people "claim" is happening...uhm ...WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY?

And no..I don't actually use my phone EVERY day of a 2-year contract. There are days that go by when I don't touch it at all...or maybe only once...so that is null argument...

So if my screen has burn-in where the status bar is at the top...suddenly (unless I root and custom ROM, which isn't likely since I just added Google Wallet funds last night so I could get that $10, and I'm not willing to brick the Wallet just to have a slight advantage in functionality -- at THIS point in ownership....what else is going to be at the top, where the status bar is, and where burn-in MAY occur? Suddenly there will NOT be a status bar anymore? I doubt it.
Brightness all the way up? I doubt I ever do that either. I never HAVE before, and I'm not suddenly going to just to see if I can ruin the screen and test it...

It's like being told "dont drive this car at 132mph, or it will blow up."...people will INEVITABLY go 133 just to see, then complain...knowing that going at speeds of 132 is uncalled for and not required to use the car in a normal environment.

A good for-instance: Was out in town yesteday. Needed to log-into my bank account and check on a transaction....used my SGS3. Display on "AUTO"...living in Central Alabama, couldn't get data to connect INSIDE walmart for some reason (do they have blockers installed now or something???), but had 5 bars of voice!....just outside the door, in the hot, mid-july heat, the 3G worked great...but not inside. SO I had to walk outside to get my data to work. I did what i needed without turning the brightness up all the way.

Could full brightness have helped? probably. Am I going to run outside every chance I get and stand in the (yesterday was 110 heat index) heat like that just to use my phone? I SERIOUSLY doubt it. As much as I would've LOVED to sit in my truck, in the walmart parking lot, engine off, staring at phone in 110-degree heat index...complaining about the phone was not even on the list of things that made me scurry back inside where I lost my data connection (but somehow kept my 5-bars of voice, and used voice inside perfectly fine)...

I mean, the conditions that require full-brightness on a screen of a phone are few and far between...is someone really going to spend their time standing outside in this heat just so they can have a complaint about the SGS3 having burn-in?
I had the LG Optimus for 2 years, and I never once let the brightness stay on full unless I was walking from the car to the door of a store..and really needed to see the screen...otherwise I can't recall even once that I had to adjust it besides that type of environment.

1. Your camera will take the place of the status bar when you use it. Also, watching videos and viewing photos in your gallery. Whether or not that bothers you is a personaly thing, but the fact that it happens relatively easily is bothersome.

2. Full brightness is easy to get to without even trying. Auto-brightness is more than capable of turning it all the way. Think about when you're in any kind of bright light where it's shining directly on the screen. It'll go all the way up to compensate for that.


It's kinda funny that people will bash the One X for it's aggressive memory management, but then defend a completely different phone with a hardware issue like it's no big deal. At least the memory management can be handled through software, and if it really bothers someone they can root and install a custom rom. I'm pretty sure that software of any kind won't fix a screen that suffers from burn-in.

 

[ryanr509]

1. Your camera will take the place of the status bar when you use it. Also, watching videos and viewing photos in your gallery. Whether or not that bothers you is a personaly thing, but the fact that it happens relatively easily is bothersome.

2. Full brightness is easy to get to without even trying. Auto-brightness is more than capable of turning it all the way. Think about when you're in any kind of bright light where it's shining directly on the screen. It'll go all the way up to compensate for that.


It's kinda funny that people will bash the One X for it's aggressive memory management, but then defend a completely different phone with a hardware issue like it's no big deal. At least the memory management can be handled through software, and if it really bothers someone they can root and install a custom rom. I'm pretty sure that software of any kind won't fix a screen that suffers from burn-in.

How often have u seen a screen with burn in on a phone? I know that my phone doesn't sit for hours on end with a static image sitting there unless u have your timeout set for 30 mins I don't even see how this could be a problem.

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[Kevin OQuinn]

How often have u seen a screen with burn in on a phone? I know that my phone doesn't sit for hours on end with a static image sitting there unless u have your timeout set for 30 mins I don't even see how this could be a problem.

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Have you been keeping up with the SGSIII stuff? Samsung has been telling customers to not run the screen at full brightness because of the potential for burn in.

 

[crackberrytraitor]

Thanks for this..and in a way, I guess you're right about feeling somewhat "attacked" for my choice..but I'm not one to get all up in diapers over someone who doesn't like my phone choice. I have my likes, other people have theirs...now as far as the next comment:



actually, the burn in around the status bar that people "claim" is happening...uhm ...WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY?

And no..I don't actually use my phone EVERY day of a 2-year contract. There are days that go by when I don't touch it at all...or maybe only once...so that is null argument...

So if my screen has burn-in where the status bar is at the top...suddenly (unless I root and custom ROM, which isn't likely since I just added Google Wallet funds last night so I could get that $10, and I'm not willing to brick the Wallet just to have a slight advantage in functionality -- at THIS point in ownership....what else is going to be at the top, where the status bar is, and where burn-in MAY occur? Suddenly there will NOT be a status bar anymore? I doubt it.
Brightness all the way up? I doubt I ever do that either. I never HAVE before, and I'm not suddenly going to just to see if I can ruin the screen and test it...

It's like being told "dont drive this car at 132mph, or it will blow up."...people will INEVITABLY go 133 just to see, then complain...knowing that going at speeds of 132 is uncalled for and not required to use the car in a normal environment.

A good for-instance: Was out in town yesteday. Needed to log-into my bank account and check on a transaction....used my SGS3. Display on "AUTO"...living in Central Alabama, couldn't get data to connect INSIDE walmart for some reason (do they have blockers installed now or something???), but had 5 bars of voice!....just outside the door, in the hot, mid-july heat, the 3G worked great...but not inside. SO I had to walk outside to get my data to work. I did what i needed without turning the brightness up all the way.

Could full brightness have helped? probably. Am I going to run outside every chance I get and stand in the (yesterday was 110 heat index) heat like that just to use my phone? I SERIOUSLY doubt it. As much as I would've LOVED to sit in my truck, in the walmart parking lot, engine off, staring at phone in 110-degree heat index...complaining about the phone was not even on the list of things that made me scurry back inside where I lost my data connection (but somehow kept my 5-bars of voice, and used voice inside perfectly fine)...

I mean, the conditions that require full-brightness on a screen of a phone are few and far between...is someone really going to spend their time standing outside in this heat just so they can have a complaint about the SGS3 having burn-in?
I had the LG Optimus for 2 years, and I never once let the brightness stay on full unless I was walking from the car to the door of a store..and really needed to see the screen...otherwise I can't recall even once that I had to adjust it besides that type of environment.

Your post is ridiculous. So ridiculous I barely know where to start. Because you don't use for phone every day, or don't use max brightness, nobody does and it's not a problem? That's pretty closed minded. First off most people use their phones every day. Secondly, A LOT of people like their phones at max brightness, It's a standard setting and pretty much necessary if you're ever in bright sunlight. That's not like "driving the car at 132 mph knowing it will blow up" that's not even in the phone's manual at all. The only at you even can find out is if you read about it online and call Samsung about it. An average user would have no idea at all, until they had caused damage. Pretty sure if a car company sold a car that blew up at a speed that average people drive at every day and didn't mention it at all in the manual they would be in serious trouble. And finally, you try to say that having your launcher icons and status bar burned into the screen isn't a problem at all? Yeah I love seeing my icons at the bottom of the screen and status at the top floating ghost-like over the MOVIE THAT I'M WATCHING. Or over the webpage that I'm reading. Finally, it's not a "claim" Samsung confirmed it and load of people have it after only a few weeks.

As somebody who didn't find out about the burn-in until after ordering my S3 I'm still shocked and displeased.

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[crackberrytraitor]

Oops, pressed quote instead of edit.

 

[crackberrytraitor]

How often have u seen a screen with burn in on a phone? I know that my phone doesn't sit for hours on end with a static image sitting there unless u have your timeout set for 30 mins I don't even see how this could be a problem.

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I've seen numerous pictures of them on XDA, and heard loads of horrors stories. And that's only after a few weeks. And you don't have to leave your screen on for ages. Because the status bar and launcher are in the same place most of the time they burn in with regular use if you keep your phone at max brightness, and the status bar pretty much burns in no matter what brightness you're at.

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[jonathanm1978]

I've seen numerous pictures of them on XDA, and heard loads of horrors stories. And that's only after a few weeks. And you don't have to leave your screen on for ages. Because the status bar and launcher are in the same place most of the time they burn in with regular use if you keep your phone at max brightness, and the status bar pretty much burns in no matter what brightness you're at.

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So, you've seen and heard a LOT of things about this..

We all know that nobody on the internet ever tells a lie or exaggerates anything.

It's comforting and puts it all to rest that you've "seen pics and read posts"...

I must be on my way now, because they said on the interwebs that the end of the world was going to happen on 12/21.

This conversation reminds me of talking to my kids, determined to do something they've been told they shouldn't do simply because they want to see if they can.
And as I already said..having the LG Optimus for the past 2 years, I can count on ONE hand the times I manually turned the brightness up..
Not to mention the times I actually watched a movie on my phone was uh...NEVER.
Seriously, you people are acting as though your phone is the only device you will ever own/own at this moment in time that can do these things.
Everything in my house can play my hulu+, Netflix, PlayOn, Vudu..

Speaking of movies...it's nearly time to gather the family in front of my SGS3 for family movie night. Gosh I hope my screen doesn't burn-in. Geez..
Epic dramatizing everything for the win here...