When we put the two handsets side by side, the Droid RAZR fit more headlines from The New York Times website on the screen, but the S II delivered
a slightly brighter picture when we played The Avengers trailer on YouTube.
Not exact matches
Official data suggest that industrial production contracted
slightly over the year to November, but other measures show a
brighter picture.
Maybe the shade of brown (
slightly brighter than it appears in these
pictures) was a little too hard to coordinate with my wardrobe; maybe it was the fact that the jacket isn't all leather (there are knitted side panels); maybe it was the thickness of the leather, which seemed lower quality than some of my other jackets.
Black levels appeared nicely deep and rich, and the
picture generally displayed good contrast, though a few scenes display some
slightly overly -
bright elements.
I compared the three displays (using the Samsung Nexus S instead of the Focus, as it has a similar display) with the same landscape
picture taken from my collection: the HD7 and the iPhone 4 have similar color tones, the iPhone 4 is
slightly better contrasted, and, as we know, the Super AMOLED displays the colors with higher saturation than most LCDs, an effect that I personally like because the photos look
bright and vivid, however, it might not reflect the reality of a scene.
In flash
pictures without additional lighting, images have good detail preservation, accurate white balance, and good color rendering, but are a little over-exposed; further, the flash is
slightly off - center, so images are
brighter on the left side of the frame.
Impressive
picture performance is
slightly hampered because it's not as
bright as some panels, but then Philips» unique Ambilight experience provides a dimension that no other TVs offer, if that's your thing.
At first glance it's not super noticeable, and of course things do show up
slightly brighter in
pictures, but as you look closer, especially in the areas where there are shadows, like the corners of the room, you start to see that green tint.