Galaxy S25 Ultra display tested — Samsung just beat the iPhone 16 Pro Max

[admin]

The Galaxy S25 Ultra has the brightest display in any Samsung phone we've tested. Here's the results from our display benchmarking test.

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[bobmeyerweb]

Subdued? LOL. Everything you write is hype and clickbait. I can read my S24U screen in bright daylight with sunglasses on. Nothing Subdued about it. And the colors are MUCH more realistic than the garish iPhone screens.

 

[Sentry2]

Subdued? LOL. Everything you write is hype and clickbait. I can read my S24U screen in bright daylight with sunglasses on. Nothing Subdued about it. And the colors are MUCH more realistic than the garish iPhone screens.

To be fair, the out of the box color calibration profile on the S24U did look quite a bit less vibrant than previous Ultras. Looked closer to an SRGB profile than prior S devices. That’s not to take anything away from it, as the new anti-reflective layer and the scratch resistance(7 on the Mohs scale instead of a 6), are a huge step in the right direction for phones in general and I’m glad someone is paying attention. iPhones since the 13 Pro have had great OLED panels (manufactured by Samsung & LG) with very accurate calibration profiles out of the box, not to mention iOS seamlessly switches between correct color profiles for the content being displayed. Hit the panel lottery with the 16PM as it has the cleanest OLED I’ve seen yet for dark shades of gray and panel uniformity…BUT, iOS 18 has been the biggest turd of the year for me personally, so I’m going going to switch to an S25U. In fact, iOS started going downhill with 17.

Maybe John could tell us if the Mura/graininess at lower brightness levels is gone on the S25U. I read somewhere that it should be on this new panel. It was completely acceptable on the S24U I had and nowhere near the garbage ASUS has been putting out on their ROG phones. Previous Samsung panels were hit or miss too, but improved significantly with the Note 20U.