- May 28, 2011
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So last night I was playing around with my G-Nex and my friend's Razr and I compared the two screens at 100% brightness. I was kind of shocked to find that the Razr's screen pretty clearly looked superior to the G-Nex's.
First let's talk about the whites (primary comparison webpage was Google's homepage). The G-Nex had a slightly yellowish cast compared to the Razr's evr so slightly pinkish cast. Neither was particularly obvious but I thought the Razr's whites were just a bit better than the whites on the G-Nex. Screen brightness at 100% was about the same with the Razr -maybe- being ever so slightly brighter.
Now on to the blacks. Here there was no comparison; the Razr's blacks were very clearly superior to the G-Nex. This was particularly noticable on black text on a white background. The G-Nex displayed the text as dark gray while the Razr was almost completely black. This was a 1st round TKO for the Razr.
Colors were more saturated and they 'popped' far better on the razr's screen when compared side by side with the G-Nex. Colors on the G-Nex looked kind of faded and washed out in this direct comparison. This was also quite apparent on You Tube videos which I watched synchronized on the two units.
So overall I was shocked to find that the Razr's screen quality was pretty clearly superior to that on the G-Nex. Now, don't get me wrong, I still love my G-Nex and have no intention of returning it. Further, in anything other than a direct comparison the G-Nex's screen is wonderful and clearly better than my former, much loved, Incredible.
My shock comes from the fact that, based on paper specs alone, the G-Nex screen should have blown away the Razr's. Pixel density, PPI, etc, etc. Just goes to show how much weight we should put on published specs. Seems there's more going on with what we end up seeing than what can be reduced to a number.
Just thought I'd pass this along
First let's talk about the whites (primary comparison webpage was Google's homepage). The G-Nex had a slightly yellowish cast compared to the Razr's evr so slightly pinkish cast. Neither was particularly obvious but I thought the Razr's whites were just a bit better than the whites on the G-Nex. Screen brightness at 100% was about the same with the Razr -maybe- being ever so slightly brighter.
Now on to the blacks. Here there was no comparison; the Razr's blacks were very clearly superior to the G-Nex. This was particularly noticable on black text on a white background. The G-Nex displayed the text as dark gray while the Razr was almost completely black. This was a 1st round TKO for the Razr.
Colors were more saturated and they 'popped' far better on the razr's screen when compared side by side with the G-Nex. Colors on the G-Nex looked kind of faded and washed out in this direct comparison. This was also quite apparent on You Tube videos which I watched synchronized on the two units.
So overall I was shocked to find that the Razr's screen quality was pretty clearly superior to that on the G-Nex. Now, don't get me wrong, I still love my G-Nex and have no intention of returning it. Further, in anything other than a direct comparison the G-Nex's screen is wonderful and clearly better than my former, much loved, Incredible.
My shock comes from the fact that, based on paper specs alone, the G-Nex screen should have blown away the Razr's. Pixel density, PPI, etc, etc. Just goes to show how much weight we should put on published specs. Seems there's more going on with what we end up seeing than what can be reduced to a number.
Just thought I'd pass this along
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