iPhone X Is King of OLED Screens: See for Yourself

[justchilliando69]

This guy is so full of it ,many proven test show that Samsung note 8 gets up to 1200 nits of brightness no other phone comes even close in fact , apple had the lowest ppi and nits compare to most high end Android phones , if u are gonna lie get your facts straight first , I hate when a reviewer is bias , Android apple , windows hell even bb, I think when u are a reviewer u can't be bias , because all u do is miss lead people , that's what apple isheep do , that's why ill never go back to iPhone , because the fans are the worst they just need to justify having to drop 1200 on a phone that in a year when the next iOS launches will start to freeze and have all kinds of issues happens every year , the amount of people that walk into my Verizon store with issues right after updates it's insane.... Apple fix your software first ... iPhone x is very hard maybe not for the young crowd but imagine having your grandma remember all the guestures , people need to review for everyone not just the younger crowd because u guys are miss leading extremly...

 

[martin.zerrudo]

Last time I'm reading this site. It's become another BGR. Sad.

 

[takashilater]

This guy is so full of it ,many proven test show that Samsung note 8 gets up to 1200 nits of brightness no other phone comes even close in fact , apple had the lowest ppi and nits compare to most high end Android phones , if u are gonna lie get your facts straight first , I hate when a reviewer is bias , Android apple , windows hell even bb, I think when u are a reviewer u can't be bias , because all u do is miss lead people , that's what apple isheep do , that's why ill never go back to iPhone , because the fans are the worst they just need to justify having to drop 1200 on a phone that in a year when the next iOS launches will start to freeze and have all kinds of issues happens every year , the amount of people that walk into my Verizon store with issues right after updates it's insane.... Apple fix your software first ... iPhone x is very hard maybe not for the young crowd but imagine having your grandma remember all the guestures , people need to review for everyone not just the younger crowd because u guys are miss leading extremly...

Maybe you should go back and READ the part about 1200 nits before you get all upset. 1,200 is PEAK brightness. We don't know what PEAK brightness of the iPhone X is and in any case, 1,240 nits is the theoretical maximum ( given most of the screen being dark, and only lighting up 1% of the screen ). Get your facts straight before you start calling out reviewers.

 

[Richard_219]

And then you realize Samsung made the display and feel foolish

 

[cmilline1]

Where are you getting this "1% if screen being lit" data?

 

[cmilline1]

Why didn't you measure max brightness instead of average? In direct sunlight max brightness matters.

 

[datfoosteve]

Man Toms guide used to be a great place wtf happened

 

[bpbell1138]

This article needs a fact check quickly.

 

[sudarshanmaharaj]

Note 8 has the brightest smartphone screen available, this is a fact and has been proven in real world scenarios.

 

[leibo.raibstein]

The reviewer is clueless, and so is the Apple shill talking about "theoretical" specs in the comments section. The Note 8 is HDR certified, which means it HAS to meet certain specs. Display Mate TESTED the display, and measured ACTUAL results. Conclusion? Note 8 is king. From their test:

The Galaxy Note8 is up to 22 percent Brighter than the Galaxy S8. For most image content the Galaxy Note8 provides over 490 cd/m2(Luminance, which is a measure of Brightness sometimes called nits), comparable or higher than most LCD displays in this size class. The measured Brightness on the Home screen is even higher at over 540 nits. When the display Brightness is set Manually with the slider, it can be adjusted to reach a maximum screen Brightness of up to 728 nits, which is impressive. See the Screen Brightness section for the measurements and details.

 

The measured Galaxy Note8 Screen Reflectance is 4.6 percent, close to the lowest that we have ever measured for a Smartphone. Our Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light quantitatively measures screen visibility and image contrast under bright Ambient Lighting – the higher the better. As a result of its high Brightness and low Reflectance, the Galaxy Note8 has a Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light that ranges from 88 to 158, the highest that we have ever measured for a Smartphone. See the Screen Reflectance section for the measurements and details.

 

· Even Higher Automatic Peak Brightness

On the Galaxy Note8 the Maximum Screen Brightness can go much higher when Automatic Brightness is turned On, so that users can’t permanently park the Manual Brightness slider to very high values, which would run down the battery quickly. High Screen Brightness is only needed for High Ambient Light, so turning Automatic Brightness On will provide better high ambient light screen visibility and also longer battery running time.

 

When Automatic Brightness is turned On, the Galaxy Note8 produces up to a very impressive 1,240 cd/m2 (nits) in High Ambient Light, where high Brightness is really needed – which is the brightest Smartphone display that we have ever measured, and 22% Brighter than the Galaxy S8. As a result of its very high Automatic Brightness and low Reflectance, the Galaxy Note8 has a Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light that ranges from 122 to 270, also the highest that we have ever measured for a Smartphone display. See the Brightness and Contrast, the High Ambient Light and the Screen Reflections sections for the measurements and details. The much higher Peak Brightness of over 1,200 nits is also used to provide High Dynamic Range HDR, which we discuss next...

 

[dlewis23]

CMILLINE1 "Where are you getting this "1% if screen being lit" data?"

It comes from Display Mate. People like to read the quotes from other websites but not actually go to Display Mate it self and get the info.

If you go to the display mate page for the Note 8 and search for 1% on there you will find it. The max brightness achieved on the display is 728 nits and with auto brightness its 1240 nits. But that is only with "This is the Peak Brightness for a screen that has only a tiny 1% Average Picture Level."

It's easy to get the real info.

 

[leibo.raibstein]

@dlewis23

You have no clue what average picture level is. Obviously.

 

[brbergami]

LOL. All the samsung and androids fans butthurt on this.. "samsung made the OLED for Apple".. But Samsung can't use it on it's own phones bc is madeon terms of Apple, LOLOLOLOL.
Also: 1200nits brightness? who cares if noone will use his phone more than 2 minutes under the sun. What do you want? To win the sun?

 

[j053phc47]

I have nothing against Apple whatsoever, but how biased can this article be? The displays are made by Samsung, so credit should be given where credit is due.

 

[mudcat626]

Samsung Defense Force in full meltdown mode......Priceless....LOL

 

[reasonfordance]

@TAKASHILATER you keep mentioning that Note 8 reaches 1200 nits only when 1% of the pixels are lit but I haven't seen any proof of this.
Also GSMarena tested the max(auto) brightness and both the Note 8 and S8+ went beyond 800 nits.
So Note's screen is much brighter there is no way around this.


About color accuracy. Note 8 has 4 very well calibrated color profiles and you can even set certain video apps(youtube for example) to use DCI-P3 and revert back to the default color profile after the app is closed. So out of the box the iphone x is calibrated for sRGB while Note 8 Uses the vivid and saturated Adaptive mode. Thanky for illuminating us Tom's Guide.

White Balance.
The Note 8 has adjustable white balance. Also since the Galaxy S6 Samsung implemented sensors on the back and front of the phone wich are aware of the light and colors around you and adjust the white balance and color saturation accordingly. But I think this works only with Adaptive Mode color profile(adaptive mode, get it? it's in the name).

Bottom line.
The Note 8 has technologically superior screen which is way more capable than the screen used by the iphone.
The only reason the iphone x's screen is better in comparison to the Pixel 2 XL is because for some reason google decided to use LG's inferior tech. If Google would have uses a Samsung screen in their XL model it wouldn't have been worse than the iphone when in terms of color calibration they are bassicaly the same.

 

[leibo.raibstein]

LOL. All the samsung and androids fans butthurt on this.. "samsung made the OLED for Apple".. But Samsung can't use it on it's own phones bc is madeon terms of Apple, LOLOLOLOL.
Also: 1200nits brightness? who cares if noone will use his phone more than 2 minutes under the sun. What do you want? To win the sun? imgur com QMU4fBa

Looks like you didn't bother to read the Display Mate test either. The Note 8's 745 nits in normal max setting is brighter than the iPhone 10's 625 nit maximum. Then the Note blows it away in sunlight, at twice the brightness in auto mode.

iSheep can wish this article to be true all they want...but it just isn't. :lol:

 

[techconc]

It's funny. There are many comments on this thread from people who don't believe the results because the display is manufactured by Samsung. It's a reasonable thought.... why would Samsung provide a better quality display to Apple?

In reality, people need to understand that this is not a stock Samsung part than just anyone can use. It's an Apple specific part with Apple specific specifications and it also includes some Apple specific tech in the display. Yes, there is some Samsung tech in the display and Samsung did manufacture the display, but it's not all Samsung.

 

[nonamesback]

Were you measuring the brightness of those phone with only the iPhone X's cranked up? You cheater.

 

[Graybush]

Hey all, thanks for the feedback! Adam got back to you, and here's what he has to say on the matter.

"Thanks for your comment. There's some confusion around what the numbers mean and how we got the results we did, so let me try to clear some of those up now. Also, we just updated the article so it better explains our process.

The Note 8 can get brighter, but only under very specific conditions -- conditions users are not likely to encounter in their time with the phone. DisplayMate reached those results by restricting the screen to 1% of its total viewable area and activating auto brightness. That's a great way to test the ultimate peak brightness a device is capable of, but it doesn't say as much for regular usage. Alternatively, we conduct our display tests on full-screen content (in this specific case, a browser with a completely white webpage loaded), with manual brightness on turned to the highest setting.

If you look at what DisplayMate achieved when they conducted a similar test to ours, it was 405 nits. We got 408 nits, so the results appear to be consistent. Therefore, when we say the iPhone X has the brightest screen of the three, we're talking about an average use case scenario. It's not peak brightness, but more like "full-screen" or "average" brightness, if that makes sense."