How come super amoled screen are bad for outdoor visibility?

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lxskllr

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Well from what I have heard, Cellphones are probably one of the most dirtiest things out there so... 0.0

Is it wise not to disinfect it?

Dirt makes you healthy. Besides, you can't disinfect the world. Even if it were desirable to have a 100% sterile phone, you have thousands of other things you touch throughout the day that are faaaar less than 100% sterile.
 

dawheat

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I see.

What would you recommend as a disinfectant?

I wipe down my phones 3-4 times a day with damp napkins - soft ones that aren't abrasive. Since I use a tempered glass protector and slim case, I don't worry about scratches that much.

I suppose a damp napkin with a little dish soap immediately wiped with some damp napkins should be fine. YMMV but I'd hesitate before using anything with alcohol.
 

Dari

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It means that you probably need to either get your eyes tested or get a new optometrist.

Nah, my eyesights are excellent. I don't wear glasses. I think those of you who are so used to Samsung's OLED are the ones who cannot tell the difference between blue and white.
 

Oyeve

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I find the Note 4 easily readable in the sun. It's most likely the super burst mode but it works great. And dari, it's time to stop the Samsung amoled hate. It's been going on for too long. I have pretty much every new phone and your claim is just not true for at least 2 years.
 

Roland00Address

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Understand that you can make OLEDs last longer by making more blue pixels or bigger blue pixels and then running the color blue with less intensity translating to the same net effect. For example 2 blue pixels at 4 lumens produces the same amount as blue as 1 blue pixel

The downside is that if the pixels are to large our eye notices especially the blue wavelengths are the most sensitive of all the color wavelengths.

That said the technology of oled is rapidly fixing that problems (smaller geometries) and the technology can still grow.At the same time there are mechanical limits with LCD technologies so eventually that technology will level off in the upcoming years or even a decade.



You can also have a white subpixel which has many of the same advantages and disadvantages as more blue subpixels. The moto x2 a 2011 rgbw oled phone had a brightness that was the highest in 2011 of 697 nits
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4483/39397.png

Now compare that to 2014 devices
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/PhoneTablet14/986

Samsung's s5 has a brightness of 352.7 and the iphone6 is 559.3




Now brightness is not everything how the glass is designed matters for the more reflections the less viewable an image is in sunlight. Now matte images may cut down on reflections but it also modifies the light by the same effect and sometimes the picture looks grainy as a consequence.