Why Auto-Brightness on iPhone, Android is Awful

[abswindows7]

My iPhone 4 is set to 100% all the time
When I can't read because of the sun, I suddently think of suicide and can barely breath...

I love my iPhone 4 and I hope it will last forever.

 

[Thunderfox]

[citation][nom]myriad46[/nom]He probably thinks Bose is worth the price, too.[/citation]

You mean there's something wrong with this wave radio I bought from Paul Harvey?! Impossible!

 

[wotan31]

Where's the Microsoft Kin? Doesn't it have auto-brightness? Oh right, it's a Microsoft product - of course it never works right.

 

[techguy378]

Android 2.2 fixes all of the major auto brightness bugs. When my old Nexus One phone ran Eclair the screen's brightness would constantly change from bright to dim and back again. After Froyo came out this problem went away completely.

 

[toolinthemist]

lol, the auto brightness of my winmo 6.1 phone is great. its about as fast as i can imagine auto brightness being. it may not be able to predict when i'm getting ready to walk into a bright light, but it comes close.

 

[mayne92]

"the manufacturers have not made the effort required to develop, evaluate and test the software and hardware so that they work properly and effectively"

Yeah, I find this a problem with most things I buy...

 

[dalethepcman]

Oh no when you walk from bright to dark to bright the auto screen brightness doesn't fix itself until you click the button on the top of the phone - get a life.

For the iPhone - your screwed, good luck gettings Jobs to change every iphone because of your ranting. For Android, if you don't like it then write the code to fix it - nuff' said.

Another waste of time, thanks Marcus

 

[razercultmember1]

[citation][nom]figgus[/nom]The main brightness issue with the iPhone is the user...[/citation]

Have you considered applying for the "1 Free Internet" program? You qualify for 1 free internet.

 

[Doommaker]

Droid Eris here. Works fine for me. It goes to max brightness in sunlight and dims down in shade. Maybe iPhones just suck?

 

[tayb]

I am completely shocked to find that plenty of people here have Droid phones and find them to be absolutely flawless. I am also completely shocked to find that people are masquerading around as iPhone owners bashing the product.

Played with all of these phones. They all suck at changing the brightness level. You are a homer if you are saying otherwise. Haven't seen a single phone that did a great job at on the fly brightness adjustments.

 

[jerreece]

[citation][nom]figgus[/nom]The main brightness issue with the iPhone is the user...[/citation]

Can we change the comments section to allow more than +20 points? Cause I wanna give this commenter more points.

 

[brando56894]

My original droid seems to be a little screwy at times but its not horrible as this guy states. Ive noticed that when I enable the flashlight (turn the camera flash on) the light sensor on the other side of the phone must detect the increased luminance because it always makes my display superbright even if the brightness was only 50% before the LED was turned on.

 

[ukgooey]

Never noticed this problem with either my HTC Hero or Desire HD...

 

[Guest]

I found auto-brightness very annoying and just turned it off.

 

[mrmez]

Another insightful article by Marcus Yam.

I honestly thought my auto brightness on my smartphone worked pretty well. Sure, like most things its not perfect, but i certainly wouldn't complain. Not until now anyway, thanks Marcus, thanks for telling me what i do and don't like on my own phone, now i can call the manufacturer and complain about it.

IMHO, Marcus Yam and Dr Raymond should both grab a coke and a smile and STFU.

 

[irtehyar]

Agreed, the auto-brightness sucks. I have a DX, did have a D1. It changed brightness, but only to the levels that are pre-defined by the OS.

What it needs is an option to scale the brightness (percentage) and still have it auto-adjust. That, would be perfect.

 

[totheshed]

Yeah I've never tested the auto brightness on an iPhone or Android but the BlackBerry auto dim is amazing. One of my favorite things about my phone

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

[citation][nom]tronika[/nom]really, this guy tests auto brightness and probably makes more than me. fml[/citation]

Do you have a PhD in Theoretical Physics and have you set up your own successful company?

I disagree with his thoughts on auto brightness though. The only times I ever have to change the brightness manually on my phone is when reading at night when the lights are off (so that the better half doesn't complain). Then I turn it down to the minimum possible and dim down the text in my reading app to virtually minimum too. My only complaint about the brightness settings is that there's not an even lower brightness option selectable.

 

[Fusion777]

HTC Aria doesn't nail brightness, but it's almost always usable.

 

[r3t4rd]

[citation][nom]Abswindows7[/nom]My iPhone 4 is set to 100% all the time When I can't read because of the sun, I suddently think of suicide and can barely breath...I love my iPhone 4 and I hope it will last forever.[/citation]
That is until your iPhone4 glass back and front breaks. Apple and Forever....don't mix.

Sith Lord Steve Jobs: *Waves hand to Apple Consumers*...."Apple Products you will buy and Apple Products you will love*
Apple Consumers: *screams like a 15yrs old girl...and orgasms*