POLL: Is 2560X1440 resolution useful/needed for ~5 inch phones ??

[nOOky]

I am all for advancing the technology of smart phones. But, I feel there are other areas of the phone that need advancement more than the resolution of the display.

My current display is 1080p. It's fine. But I'd rather see my phone more able to withstand water immersion and unintended drops. I'd like the battery to last longer, more storage memory, and a better camera.

There are many things I'd like to see before a display resolution the OP mentioned put on a 5" smart phone.

 

[StrangerGuy]

I am all for advancing the technology of smart phones. But, I feel there are other areas of the phone that need advancement more than the resolution of the display.

My current display is 1080p. It's fine. But I'd rather see my phone more able to withstand water immersion and unintended drops. I'd like the battery to last longer, more storage memory, and a better camera.

There are many things I'd like to see before a display resolution the OP mentioned put on a 5" smart phone.

All of which is achievable now if everyone doesn't copy Apple and make everything so goddamn-fvcking-thin.

 

[TreVader]

Unless you are standing around in broad daylight all day you are wasting battery, you shouldn't need brightness over 30-40% when indoors and I usually don't even need it over 60% when outside, the few occasions I am direct sunlight might require me to push it up to 80+% for a few minutes, but that happens so rarely it doesn't effect my battery that much.

I disagree. 100% brightness is actually NOT enough for direct sunlight, and barely enough for ambient light on a sunny day. At night 30-40% brightness works fine, and indoors 60% is good enough but as soon as you step outside this screen is just not up to part with the iPhone 5/s/C. An iphone at 60% brightness is equivalent to a GS4 at 100%.


Numerous review sites have talked about the poor brightness of this display. The iphone was tested at 580cd/mm vs the GS4 was closer to 400. That's a 40-50% deficit and inexcusable. That said, i still think it's a better screen in anything but direct sunlight.

 

[Commodus]

I can share that experience with Samsung's AMOLED screens. I've tested the GS3 and GS4, and with both I actually had to shelter the screen at times just to see it on a bright, sunny day. No such issue with most LCD-based displays, and I've had a better time with Nokia's AMOLED panel on the Lumia 1020.

 

[dawheat]

I can share that experience with Samsung's AMOLED screens. I've tested the GS3 and GS4, and with both I Luz,ually had to shelter the screen at times just to see it on a bright, sunny day. No such issue with most LCD-based displays, and I've had a better time with Nokia's AMOLED panel on the Lumia 1020.

Hmm I've gone through the same thing with my S3 and Note 2 but honestly don't think about it anymore with my Note 3. At 100% via Lux, I've had no issues with legibility. It's still not as good as an IP5 in sunlight, but outside of a side by side comparison, it's quite good imo.

 

[Bateluer]

No satisfaction until my 5in phone has an 8K resolution.

 

[ninaholic37]

My LG Flip phone has 2 displays!

Main: 128x160 Pixels
Front: 96x64 Pixels

and I can read everything on it perfectly. That is the resolution to aim for folks

 

[Rdmkr]

At a certain point in time technology develops to the point that it becomes a "why not" thing, so we have to talk about when we do or don't want it and at the cost of what.

On my current (shattered :[) LG G2, which I think the SGS5 will be pretty similar to, battery life was no longer an issue, and the screen is big enough for me to see some pixelation when I hold the phone close to my face, which I do quite frequently, so I don't think 2500x1440 would be a complete waste. Groundbreaking? Probably not.

Now where I think 1440p shines is on AMOLED screens that have so far been made on a pentile 2-subpixel 1080p panel. But if they just made it full 1080p with 3 subpixels I doubt the result would be that different. Then again, the eye can resolve color a lot less well than it can resolve monochrome outlines, so maybe pentile isn't that big a deal. A lot of content such as blue-ray discs have low sampled chroma data anyway.

The eye can resolve more detail when the contrast in the picture is higher. I don't know for sure, but my guess is a broader color gamut helps too, since it is basically the same thing as a wider color space between black and white except with other colors. On those two fronts AMOLED shines, hence my thought that higher resolutions mainly make sense on those screens.

 

[podspi]

Do we need higher res screens? No.

Do we want higher res screens? Maybe, I'd have to see first.

But I'd like better battery life more.

 

[TreVader]

I could see 1440p looking a bit better than 1080p on AMOLED screens for people with perfect eyesight, but the average person thinks the resolution on the iphone is fine. I don't, but most do.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Right now i'd say no. 1080p looks great @ 5", and 440ppi is very high. 1440p is 78% more pixels than 1080p, and that requires even more GPU power.

Plus 1080p is full HD for TV's, so inevitably when phones become more and more powerful gaming machines, they will be able to stream 1080p wirelessly to a television.

I noticed the difference in clarity and pixel density from 480p to 720p and from 720p to 1080p, but at 1080p the pixels are microscopic and text looks very sharp.

I'm sure at some point 1440p will be inevitable, but for now I'm happy with 1080p.