Unfortunately LG — a company that specializes in making displays — managed to make the worst
display on a flagship phone this generation for a single reason: the color temperature is way too cold, with a distractingly blue - green hue.
Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 features the largest
display on any flagship phone from the company, and at 6.3 - inches it's certainly one of the largest displays on any phone yet.
Not exact matches
The 2560x1440 resolution
on Samsung's Galaxy
flagships is overkill
on a
phone, but the minimum we should expect from a VR
display.
The Infinity
display on these
phones aren't in anyway similar to the ones found
on the
flagship Galaxy S and Note devices.
The G Vista features a 5.7 - inch
display at qHD (960 x 540) resolution with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 front and the
phone strongly resembles the current LG G3
flagship, right down to the volume and lock screen buttons being placed
on the back of the
phone.
Samsung carried over the «always -
on»
display from its
flagship phones to the Galaxy A7 (2017), which helps save battery life and is a great feature to check the time, date, or notifications without turning
on the main
display.
Samsung's
flagship phone for 2017 features an «infinity
display» - a curved 5.8» Quad HD + (2960x1440, 570PPI) flexible Super AMOLED always -
on display that is almost without bezels.
Vivo's new
flagship phone, the X21, has a 6.28» 1080x2280 notch - type Super AMOLED
display and is based
on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 660 chipset.
Samsung introduced its Galaxy S9
flagship phone a couple of days ago, with its flexible 5.8» 1440x2960 (570 PPI) Super AMOLED
display (6.2», 529 PPI,
on the S9 Plus).
Throw in the little touches — for example, the rounded edges
on the G6's
display, which LG says help mimic the
phone's outer curves while also increasing its durability — and it all adds up to an extra layer of sophistication for the company's gorgeous new
flagship.
I agree that no one holds their
phones with the USB ports sticking to their noses, but it is annoying to see such a huge color shift
on a premium
flagship display.
There is a 2.5 D glass
on top of the
display, and the
phone has a Glass & Metal design just like the high - end Samsung
flagships.
The
phones are Sony's next - generation
flagship smartphones, and their headlining features are 18:9 aspect ratio
displays (a first for the company) and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845
flagship system -
on - chip.
Apple iPhone X is the
flagship phone from the company with its Face ID function, edge - to - edge Super Retina
Display, Animojis, and dual rear camera with OIS
on both sensors.
Considering the Note 8's
display is rumored to be slightly larger than the screen
on the Galaxy S8 +, the
phone could in fact best Samsung's earlier
flagship phone in terms of screen - to - body ratio.
Hot
on the heals of the news that Asus has announced its very own smartphone with a
display notch ala the iPhone X with the arrival of the ZenFone 5, we also have news that another popular Android smartphone maker appears to be set to follow Apple's lead in making a
flagship phone that has a notch at the top of the
display, allowing for an almost bezel - free
phone while still having somewhere for all those important sensors and camera lenses to live.
But don't let the
phone's specs
on paper fool you; when you combine that snappy dual - core A8 processor and 1 GB of RAM with a comparatively low - resolution 720p
display and a silky smooth platform like iOS, the result is a surprisingly fast
phone that topped all other
flagship models last year in key performance tests.
The G2 mini's front is absolutely dominated by its
display; outside of the screen
on LG's new G3
flagship, the G2 mini's panel takes up a higher percentage of real estate than most other
phones on the market.
Like the aforementioned handsets, it's huge in size and unlike previous cases where Huawei went for below par
display quality, this year's Mate 10 is
on level terms with other
flagship phones on the market.
The
flagship phone is speculated to feature a 4K OLED
display, Snapdragon 845 processor, and a dual - camera setup
on the back.
For those of you who don't often take a look outside of Cupertino's walled garden, the iPhone X not only improves
on previous iPhones, it also closes the gap even further between Apple's
phones and
flagship Android devices thanks to new features such as wireless charging, facial recognition, and a stunning OLED
display.
Similar to the Galaxy S8, the Infinity
Display on these two
phones has the same 18.5:9 aspect ratio and they join the
flagship family in supporting the Gear VR headset, the first outside the S and Note series.
The
display is low resolution compared to many
flagships (exacerbated by its size and Pentile subpixel array), which is a bit of a disappointment if you want to use the
phone for VR when Daydream inevitably lands
on it.
The big trend for
flagship phones this year has been edge - to - edge
displays with minimal bezel and no physical buttons
on the front.
With a Snapdragon 835 chipset, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage
on board, as well as a 2560 x 1440 pixel
display inside across both eyes, it sounds a lot like a typical 2017
flagship phone.
Coming to the leak about OnePlus 5T, at the OnePlus booth at the Paris Game Week (PGW), the Fnatic Players tried their hands
on the
flagships from OnePlus and we can see in the image above that one of the players is playing game
on a
phone with 18:9
display that is surely not the OnePlus 5.
Google's take
on a
flagship phone: OLED
displays, Snapdragon 835, 4 GB RAM, Active Edge, 8 / 12MP cameras, IP67, USB - C, no headphone jack
It isn't as impressive as the screens
on a lot of
flagship devices, with a Full HD + 2160 x 1080 resolution equating to 408 pixels per inch, but it's a very good
display considering the mid-range price of this
phone.
While the
display on the new
flagship phone is obviously the first thing most will notice, the lack of the home button, and by extension Touch ID is another change that will catch the eye.
But after years of focusing
on its domestic market with affordable and often razor - thin
flagships, the Chinese OEM decided to finally pursue its American dream, unveiling the world's first
phone supporting in -
display fingerprint recognition at CES 2018 in Las Vegas.
Original story: LG all but confirmed that it wouldn't be revealing its 2018
flagship phone at MWC 2018, so it seems to have caught many by surprise that the LG G7 was found
on display in one of the halls at the event with the codename «Neo».
The ZenFone 4 Pro is also one of ASUS's only
phones with an AMOLED
display, and though it doesn't have the fancy 2:1 aspect ratio of many of today's
flagships, the bezels are still relatively small and make room for a fingerprint sensor built into the home button
on the front.
Based
on the leaked photo, it looks like Google's next
flagship phone is going to adapt the same extra-wide
display found
on phones like the Galaxy S8...
Honor View 10 puts the focus
on artificial intelligence and comes with a taller 18:9
display, dual - rear cameras, and facial recognition feature; all crucial for a «
flagship»
phone in 2018.
You'll be able to launch Google Assistant with ease with Google's upcoming
flagship phone, and it may come with an always -
on display.
Apart from the latest Qualcomm chipset, HTC is also outfitting its upcoming
flagship phone with a 4K
display and a dual - lens camera module
on its back.
Previously, the only other Huawei
phone to feature an Always
on Display feature is the Mate 10 Pro — which happened to be its first
flagship phone with an OLED screen.
The
displays on Android
phones are packing more and more pixels these days, and 2K seems to be the norm for
flagship phones with screens over 5 inches.
More details
on the Samsung Galaxy S8 have leaked out pertaining to its
display, assistant, and more.The Guardian has published some «exclusive» details
on the upcoming
flagship phone, including that it will be available in two different sizes and will... Read more
The Mate RS is a luxury
phone, that much is clear from the $ 1695 asking price and the iconic Porsche Design branding, but it's also huge nod to the future, bringing with it a fingerprint scanner that sits under the
display on the front, something that's not in Huawei's new
flagship devices.
Samsung may be working
on a holographic
display for its next
flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7.The Korean company has put in a patent for a smartphone screen that's capable of
displaying objects in mid-air, holographically.The patent shows a
phone that... Read more
Curved
displays, which are now standard
on its
flagships, and also that trend for
phones to continue to grow in size.
Those bezels surround a stunning 6 - inch
display, LG's first OLED panel
on one of its
flagship phones since the G Flex 2.
After a two - year experiment with the «edge» model, Samsung has done away with the flat screen in their
flagship phones and now uses the dual - curved edge
on their
displays.
Everything looks bright, crisp and clear
on the 4.5 - inch
display and while the Moto G doesn't match up to the full HD offerings you get
on the
flagship phones, for a handset with such a low price you'll be more than happy and it puts the competition to shame.
Launching its new
flagship phone today, OnePlus joins in
on the hottest trend of 2017 by nixing the
display bezels, but it resists the urge to participate in another popular change by retaining its headphone jack.
The source went
on to say that Apple intends to make its
flagship phone thinner and lighter compared to its previous installments that have liquid crystal
displays.
The Galaxy S9 is just around the corner, but Samsung is busy planning substantial overhauls for its entire
phone lineup, which could soon benefit from the Infinity
Display currently used
on flagships exclusively.
It has several
flagship - like features, including a fingerprint scanner and USB Type - C charging, and the same 12 - megapixel camera that's in the Nexus 6P (Google's other Nexus
phone - made by Huawei instead of LG), a crisp Full HD
display, and is rich with standout Android Marshmallow features such as Now
on Tap.
But while the 6X stood out from other budget
phones by offering a dual - camera system usually found
on high - end smartphones, the 7X is hoping to make an impression by going bigger, with a 5.93 - inch «Fullview»
display to evoke the reduced - bezel designs of
flagships like the Galaxy S8 or iPhone X.