The iPhone 7 has two standard color gamuts, the new DCI -
P3 Wide Color Gamut that is used in 4K UHD TVs and Digital Cinema, and also the traditional smaller sRGB / Rec.709 Color Gamut that is used for producing most existing consumer content for digital cameras, TVs, the internet, and computers, including photos, videos, and movies.
With a stunning 5120 - by - 2880 resolution and
P3 wide color gamut, the 27 - inch LG UltraFine 5K Display brings your favorite photos and videos to life.
While a lot of ascendant Android companies are moving towards AMOLED, Apple is relentless with its Retina Display boasting DCI -
P3 wide color gamut (or Adobe Wide Gamut RGB is a technology which offers pure spectral primary colours and displays a wider range of colours than eRGB).
Like the 5K model, this also features the same
P3 wide color gamut for producing more accurate colors.
It's not a bad decision from Google, but what makes this claim strange is the fact that sRGB is a narrower spectrum when compared to
the P3 wide color gamut that is supported by the 6 - inch pOLED display screen on the Pixel 2 XL.
First up is the 27 - inch 5K LG UltraFine Display which comes with a screen resolution of 5,120 x 2,880 and
a P3 wide color gamut.
Improvements could include adding the new DCI -
P3 Wide Color Gamut and also adding an Anti-Reflection coating that could lower the screen Reflectance from the current iPhone 4.6 percent down to 1.7 percent (a factor of almost 3 improvement).
It features
P3 wide color gamut support, for richer, more vivid colors, especially in the green and red spectrum.
The iPhone 7, 8 and X phones all output images in
the P3 wide color gamut, but only the iPhone 8 or X come with True Tone color, which adjust its tone calibration on the fly, matching the lighting around you.
The 2018 iPad (6th Generation) lacks the laminated, DCI -
P3 wide color gamut, 120 Hz ProMotion, color - matching TrueTone display of the iPad Pro.
The iPad Pro displays are also the brightest ever, offering 600 nits of brightness, and they include True Tone support for auto white balancing,
P3 wide color gamut for more vivid, true to life colors, and ultra low reflectivity.
The 21.5 - inch 4K LG UltraFine Display, priced at $ 699.95, offers many of the same features, including
P3 wide color gamut, charging capabilities, additional rear ports, and built - in stereo speakers.
While similarities to televisions are fresh in our minds, the Pro 10.5 also packs support for the DCI -
P3 wide color gamut.
Both phones use similar AMOLED displays, but the OnePlus 5 supports the DCI -
P3 wider color gamut and allows you to adjust the color temperature.
Not exact matches
The main reason I did not recommend this tablet because it does not have True Tone display with a
wide P3 color gamut, Smart Connector, Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard support, 4K HD video recording, LTE Advanced, Live Photos, True Tone flash, and four - speaker audio.
Android O brings proper support for
wide -
gamut displays and media thanks to native support for
color profiles like AdobeRGB, DCI -
P3 and more.
Both of these new screens adhere to the
wide, DCI -
P3 color gamut like the iPhone 7 did, and neither of the iPhone 8 displays are brighter or higher - contrast than last year's versions.
Colors are restricted to the sRGB space rather than the
wider gamut DCI -
P3, so you don't get the deeper reds and richer greens.
For starters, the Pro screen has a
wider color gamut (the DCI /
P3 gamut) than other iPad screens — Apple says it offers 25 percent greater
color saturation — and is specifically calibrated for that
gamut.
OnePlus» display basically goes black and white once the phone activates the reading mode, and it's also worth noting that the company also added support for DCI -
P3 gamut, which allows this display to show a
wider range of
colors than the regular sRGB setup.
It also supports a
wide color gamut than the Pixel 2 panel, covering 100 % of the DCI -
P3 color gamut.
A new
wide DCI -
P3 Color Gamut and Digital Cinema mode that is used on 4K Ultra HD TVs, so the Galaxy Note7 can display the latest high - end 4K video content.
To display
wide gamut images, apps will need to enable a flag in their manifest (per activity) and load bitmaps with an embedded
wide color profile (AdobeRGB, Pro Photo RGB, DCI -
P3, etc.)».
A four - element flash and optical image stabilization on the standard lens are on board as well, and a
wider color gamut (DCI -
P3) makes for richer
colors when used with Apple or other high - end displays.
They are DCI -
P3 compliant, which gives them a
wider color gamut than a typical RGB palette.
The 9.7 - inch iPad Pro, which costs nearly twice as much, has the same screen resolution, but adds a
wide -
color display which supports the
P3 color gamut, and is especially of interest to professional visual artists, video editors and other creative types.
But without
color management baked in to Android, there was no way to get the best of both worlds: you couldn't have a phone that displayed sRGB images within the sRGB
gamut, but then used the full
gamut of the screen to display DCI -
P3 or other
wide -
gamut images.
The above - mentioned screen, which has an Essential Phone - like notch on the left side to accommodate the front - facing camera, supports DCI -
P3 color space and
wide color gamuts, and taps ASUS's intelligent display technology to adjust the
color temperature automatically in response to ambient light changes.
Apple went to great lengths to have a
wider -
gamut color capturing camera sensor and pipeline and equips iPhone X and 8 with
wide -
gamut DCI -
P3 capable screens with gorgeous, vivid
colors.
The only upgrades that may end up being part of the iPhone SE 2 is support for the DCI -
P3 wide colour
gamut, and probably True Tone display, that tweaks the display
color based on ambient lighting.
They also can capture the
wider P3 color gamut, and feature a quad - LED True Tone flash designed to light up the scene without harsh changes to skin tones.
However, it's configured
P3 color space renders a
wider gamut of
colors than other displays.
Currently the 9.7 - inch iPad Pro has both DCI -
P3 wide gamut color space and True Tone
color matching.
The screen supports the
P3 wide -
gamut color space, an RGB
color space that is widely used in digital movie production.
Although it's true that phones with AMOLED displays have the capability to show a
wide color gamut by default, not all phones are actually
P3.
«The new
wider DCI -
P3 Color Gamut is really a big deal,» writes Dr. Raymond M. Soneira, President of DisplayMate, «it is what makes 4K UHD TVs deliver noticeably better color and picture quality than 2K Full HD TVs, which is why consumers are upgrading their TVs, and why they will want to upgrade their mobile devices up to DCI - P3.&r
Color Gamut is really a big deal,» writes Dr. Raymond M. Soneira, President of DisplayMate, «it is what makes 4K UHD TVs deliver noticeably better
color and picture quality than 2K Full HD TVs, which is why consumers are upgrading their TVs, and why they will want to upgrade their mobile devices up to DCI - P3.&r
color and picture quality than 2K Full HD TVs, which is why consumers are upgrading their TVs, and why they will want to upgrade their mobile devices up to DCI -
P3.»
Back in March Apple slipped something into the 9.7 - inch iPad Pro announcement that opened some eyes, but not nearly
wide enough — DCI -
P3 color gamut and dynamic «True Tone»
color balance.
That's impressive... Plus, only three manufacturers currently have the
wider DCI -
P3 color gamut on their smartphones or tablets, so it is a major competitive advantage.