Not exact matches
Colors looked better than on other Android 3.01 tablets, but that could be because Asus adjusted Android's
default color temperature and white
balance to match its IPS screen.
As for photos,
color quality varied depending on the app I viewed the images in; the
default Android 3.0 experience left me feeling that this screen was better than those of the Xoom and the T - Mobile G - Slate, but it still lacks the natural skin tones and
color balance of the Apple iPad 2's display.
It also uses Sony's BRAVIA display tech for a wide
color gamut — the
color reproduction looks good by
default, but you can tweak the white
balance and
color profile in the settings to easily get a more vivid or
color accurate display.
While icon packs offers a potential solution to this problem, adaptive icons allow users to keep the diverse
colors of their apps»
default icons while
balancing the shapes, allowing for a more pleasant viewing experience.
The panel is tuned to DCI - P3 by
default, but you can monkey with
colors in the settings, including tweaking white
balance and switching to sRGB mode for more accurate
color reproduction.
The camera gives really nice
colors as you can see from the images, but it can at times be confused by too much green in a scenery and
default to a cooler white
balance.
The ZenFone 2 ships with a «
balance»
color setting enabled that offers accurate
colors without too much extra punch, but if you want a bit more out of the display you can hop into the display settings and choose a reading, vivid or custom mode instead — I personally liked the
balance of the
default look.
Like many other Sony smartphones, the XA2 Ultra offers the ability to easily adjust the screen's white
balance,
color gamut, and contrast within the software if the
default out of the box settings don't quite suit your taste.
Naturally the brightness, vividness and size of the Note 3's display makes it ideal for viewing photos and watching movies, and by
default the device is set up to automatically adjust
color balance based on the type of content being viewed.
There's an option to tweak the
color balance of the display from the
default vibrant mode — which boosts saturation — to a more realistic setting on both phones.
On
default mode the white
balance is a tad cool, leaving whites just a bit more blue than they naturally are, and when sRGB mode is enabled you'll find that
balance shifts to a warmer
color palette instead.
The «Soft» screen calibration option has been described to have a cooler white
balance compared to the sRGB option while also having reduced
color saturation compared to the
default calibration option.
By
default the
color saturation is low, so
colors are accurate instead of super vibrant, and the white
balance is actually quite excellent sitting somewhere in - between warm and cool.
OnePlus
default calibration is excellent,
balancing saturated
colors with accuracy, but you can tweak it towards something more to your liking in display settings.