Design/Display wise HTC vs Samsung

[kyrax12]

I just looked at the upcoming LTE phones for AT&T; Samsung Skyrocket and HTC VIVID and they seems to be the powerhouse phones of this year.


Design wise I am really liking HTC's design on their phones. Samsung never really faze me with their phone designs but the new HTC Vivid looks so sleek and somewhat futuristic. '


So in your opinion what company do you think makes the best overall design/displays for their phones?

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Samsung for both. recently HTC has been producing fat phones with undersized batteries and mediocre screens. In contrast Samsung has the best displays you can get an usually uses much larger batteries despite the fact that their phones are actually thinner.

Also HTC's Sense skin has become quie bloated while the latest version of Samsung's Touchwiz UI is actually very fast and smooth.

 

[kyrax12]

Samsung for both. recently HTC has been producing fat phones with undersized batteries and mediocre screens. In contrast Samsung has the best displays you can get an usually uses much larger batteries despite the fact that their phones are actually thinner.

Also HTC's Sense skin has become quie bloated while the latest version of Samsung's Touchwiz UI is actually very fast and smooth.

Also just a questions.. Would LTE matter for me if I am on a 200mb data plan?

It seems that the speed is fast but I don't think it would be very viable for such small bandwidth.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Also just a questions.. Would LTE matter for me if I am on a 200mb data plan?

It seems that the speed is fast but I don't think it would be very viable for such small bandwidth.

Honestly LTE might be a bad thing on a 200mb plan since you could easily blow through a months worth of data in a very short amount of time.

 

[Dari]

Samsung for both. recently HTC has been producing fat phones with undersized batteries and mediocre screens. In contrast Samsung has the best displays you can get an usually uses much larger batteries despite the fact that their phones are actually thinner.

Also HTC's Sense skin has become quie bloated while the latest version of Samsung's Touchwiz UI is actually very fast and smooth.

Samsung does not make the best displays. Their displays are equivalent to what you see in bog box stores, they're over-saturated and weird. The only nice things about the displays are that they can reproduce true black and the energy consumption is lower. But the color accuracy is garbage.

 

[kyrax12]

Samsung does not make the best displays. Their displays are equivalent to what you see in bog box stores, they're over-saturated and weird. The only nice things about the displays are that they can reproduce true black and the energy consumption is lower. But the color accuracy is garbage.

So which company makes the best display for phones then?

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Samsung does not make the best displays. Their displays are equivalent to what you see in bog box stores, they're over-saturated and weird. The only nice things about the displays are that they can reproduce true black and the energy consumption is lower. But the color accuracy is garbage.

So who has better displays? Don't say Apple either as their retina display is ever bit as under saturated as Samsung's displays are over saturated.

Also Samsung as well as third parties have created calibration tools for their phones so if the user cares abut color accuracy they can easily fix it.

Like it or not Super Amoled is simply superior to IPS.

 

[zerocool84]

Samsung does not make the best displays. Their displays are equivalent to what you see in bog box stores, they're over-saturated and weird. The only nice things about the displays are that they can reproduce true black and the energy consumption is lower. But the color accuracy is garbage.

If you care about color accuracy then Motorola should be the only mobile device maker you should use. Everyone else either over or under-saturates the same amount.

 

[Dari]

So which company makes the best display for phones then?

Sharp.

 

[zinfamous]

color accuracy can be fixed to one's desire and as such, Samsung's displays are currently found in phones with the best-rated displays.

As far as design and interface I suppose it depends on the user and what they want. Samsung is hard to beat with their current generation, though.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Also Samsung as well as third parties have created calibration tools for their phones so if the user cares abut color accuracy they can easily fix it.

Yup:

https://market.android.com/details?...m9yZy5wcm9qZWN0dm9vZG9vLnNjcmVlbnR1bmVkZXYiXQ..

 

[Dari]

color accuracy can be fixed to one's desire and as such, Samsung's displays are currently found in phones with the best-rated displays available in the West.

As far as design and interface I suppose it depends on the user and what they want. Samsung is hard to beat with their current generation, though.

Fixed that for you. Some of the best screens never leave Japan. Getting back to color accuracy, I thought that the limitations of SAMOLED+ was what lead it to have the bias towards blue or green. If it is being corrected via software rather than at the factory then that tells me that the color calibration may be artificial rather than a true representation.

 

[Dulanic]

Fixed that for you. Some of the best screens never leave Japan. Getting back to color accuracy, I thought that the limitations of SAMOLED+ was what lead it to have the bias towards blue or green. If it is being corrected via software rather than at the factory then that tells me that the color calibration may be artificial rather than a true representation.

Samsung over saturates because most people just look and go ohhh that is so colorful!!! And to them that is the better screen. While a few people may prefer color accuracy, the large majority of the population is happy as can be with oversaturated colors and their 96Kbps MP3s.

*Yes I know this isn't a MP3 discussion, just a point that most consumers don't care about accuracy etc..

 

[Red Storm]

Samsung for both. The SGS2 and Galaxy Nexus look better than anything I've ever seen from HTC. Not to mention I'm not a fan of Sense, and HTC phones are notorious battery hogs.

 

[lothar]

If you care about color accuracy then Motorola should be the only mobile device maker you should use. Everyone else either over or under-saturates the same amount.

This doesn't hold true for their pentile screens.

 

[s44]

It's funny how the whining about Pentile never came up in the Nokia N9 reviews.

Let's face facts, it's a BS talking point that most people don't notice and the tech press only highlights when they want to (rip Android, protect Nokia).

 

[hanoverphist]

Honestly LTE might be a bad thing on a 200mb plan since you could easily blow through a months worth of data in a very short amount of time.

im on old 3g and i blow through 200mb in a day just surfing the web occasionally, email and pandora while driving.

 

[kyrax12]

im on old 3g and i blow through 200mb in a day just surfing the web occasionally, email and pandora while driving.

I think pandora is your main culprit there.

 

[Sheninat0r]

It's funny how the whining about Pentile never came up in the Nokia N9 reviews.

Let's face facts, it's a BS talking point that most people don't notice and the tech press only highlights when they want to (rip Android, protect Nokia).

Not all PenTile is the same. Motorola used to use RGBW (RGBG on the Droid RAZR) and Samsung uses RGBG in their Super AMOLED displays, and they look noticeably different - Motorola's displays have terrible fringing artifacts and exhibit a very clear "screen door effect" while Samsung's don't.

 

[gotsmack]

If you're only talking about the Vivid vs the Skyrocket I had the same questions and went with the Vivid.

The Vivid had a more solid feel to it and a higher resolution.

 

[Oyeve]

Samsung does not make the best displays. Their displays are equivalent to what you see in bog box stores, they're over-saturated and weird. The only nice things about the displays are that they can reproduce true black and the energy consumption is lower. But the color accuracy is garbage.

Are you editing in photoshop? Quark? Really, WTF does color accuracy really do for you? Its a phone/media device. I love my samsung display on my vibrant. I hated the display on my droid 1 as it was boring to look at. Who cares about color accuracy when it looks lousy?

 

[Red Storm]

Are you editing in photoshop? Quark? Really, WTF does color accuracy really do for you? Its a phone/media device. I love my samsung display on my vibrant. I hated the display on my droid 1 as it was boring to look at. Who cares about color accuracy when it looks lousy?

This. I use my phone to communicate with people and consume media. I find Samsung's displays to be much better for watching video.

 

[zCypher]

The gf has one of those samsung wp7 phones with super amoled display, and it looks fantastic. As does my SGSIIX. I can't even be bothered to tweak it, it looks awesome as is.

The fact that it's a phone... Yeah, it looks amazing.

Many of my friends at work got the HTC Desire HD. Honestly it looks pretty good too, but IMO it doesn't compare to the Samsung displays. Never been a fan of the design of HTC phones either, none of them really strike me as good looking. I'm going to have to go with Samsung on this one.

 

[tfinch2]

This. I use my phone to communicate with people and consume media. I find Samsung's displays to be much better for watching video.

If you want every video you watch too look like an episode of CSI Miami.

 

[Red Storm]

If you want every video you watch too look like an episode of CSI Miami.

Never had this problem... actually I don't even know what you mean.

I've owned a good deal of phones over the past two years. Samsung displays look better IMHO.