The main power draw on a tablet is the screen, and the iPad 5th - gen (as Apple is calling it, apparently pretending that the Airs didn't happen, a bit like when Superman Returns just skipped over the existence of Superman III and IV — except the Airs were actually good) has
a slightly brighter screen than the Air 2, so you'll still get around the standard 10 - 12 hours of use from it, as you do from other iPads.
By comparison, the Surface Pro 4 has
a slightly brighter screen (382 nits), but it doesn't display as much of the color gamut (99.7 percent) and isn't quite as accurate (0.35 Delta - E).
Overall, little has changed in terms of design and displays for Samsung's latest flagship, but we'll give the edge to the Galaxy S9 and S9 + for
their slightly brighter screens and relocated fingerprint sensors.
Not exact matches
While the LCD navigation
screen is
slightly bigger and
brighter than that in the»06 XKR, we still have a few issues with its visibility; it is sunk a few inches into the dash, which makes it unnecessarily difficult to see from an angle.
The
screen resolution is identical to the HTC One X, so the pixels per inch aren't quite as high on this
slightly bigger
screen, but both displays look lush and inviting, with this one winning in terms of
bright, rich colours.
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.
I once got a refurbished kindle voyage and it already hat several
bright spots where the
screen was
slightly damaged and thus light bled out of those spots.
This isn't that much of an issue — Amazon is never going to bring all of its top - end features down to the mid-range — but you will still get a
slightly brighter light towards the lower part of the
screen.
However, there are enough small advantages to Voyage — it's a little lighter, it has
slightly better contrast, it has a
brighter light and whiter
screen — to distinguish it from the Paperwhite.
The TF300's display still gets sufficiently
bright, though it appears
slightly dimmer than the
screen on the iPad 2 ($ 399, 4.5 stars).
With the
screen set to maximum brightness, Wi - Fi connected, and the processor set to Maximum Performance, the TF300 turned in 7 hours, 53 minutes of continuous video playback —
slightly better than the 7 hours, 38 minutes registered by the Transformer Prime, with its much
brighter screen.
The
screen is large and clear and
bright, and though the letters are
slightly chunky, it's an esthetic call.
In fact it is
brighter, just as white, although testing the devices side - by - side I did find the Paperwhite had a
slightly more even spread across the
screen.
On one side, along the edge, it is visibly
brighter / whiter than the other side, and it doesn't matter what orientation the
screen is in, what the brightness setting is, or what color the background is — the one side is always
slightly brighter.
The colors are
brighter and more vibrant, the viewing angles are wider, the touchscreen is
slightly more slick and responsive, and outside in
bright light the iPad's
screen is more readable.
Compared to the iPad, text is crisper and less pixelated because of the greater pixel density, but the
screen and colors aren't quite as
bright, and the iPad's touchscreen responsiveness is
slightly better.
And built into the perimeter of the
screen is an LED light; slide the light glide switch at the bottom of the unit once for illumination around the edges, and twice for a
slightly brighter illumination that just barely reaches the center of the page.
There is a
slightly brighter line at the very top of the
screen, but it's something that you won't really notice after a while unless you're really looking for it.
The Samsung KU6300 serves as a good alternative to the Sony X800D we discussed above and offers a
slightly brighter image and is also available in more (and larger)
screen sizes.
The
screens are also
slightly brighter this year, which is always appreciated on sunny days.
The result is that the iPad mini 4's
screen, which also has an antireflective coating, is easier to use in
bright light or sunlight and displays
slightly sharper images than the
screen on the standard iPad.
Even with that in mind, it's tough to argue that a new camera system, moved fingerprint sensor,
slightly faster processor and
brighter screen is worth the hundreds of dollars it'll cost to make the jump.
If you have a
slightly bigger budget, though, the $ 229 Moto G5 Plus offers a
brighter screen and the latest version of Android.
The Nexus 5 seemed to produce a
brighter screen while the OnePlus One was
slightly sharper.
The 3rd gen's differences are primarily aesthetic: a larger,
brighter, high - resolution
screen, a
slightly thinner profile and the feature Farsight — which lets you see either the current temp, target temp, a clock face, or current weather from across the room.
Given the Iconia Tab's similar design,
slightly better components, better and
brighter screen, and much longer battery life, it's hard to argue for the lesser P3, given the two tablets» prices are so similar, at least as of this writing.
may not have the camera improvements or the new Snapdragon 845 processor the S9 offers, but it's got the same expansive Infinity Display offering a full -
screen experience (albeit a
slightly less
bright one than the S9 delivers).
Last year's Galaxy S8 may not have the camera improvements or the new Snapdragon 845 processor the S9 offers, but it's got the same expansive Infinity Display offering a full -
screen experience (albeit a
slightly less
bright one than the S9 delivers).
Yes, we did notice
slightly faster load times in some games like the FIFA and Asphalt series but only those obsessed with counting seconds would notice the difference — the games themselves ran smoothly with no hitches whatsoever (we do think the
screen is
slightly brighter than the one on the OnePlus 3).
The reliability has been close to perfect for me; whether indoors or in
bright sun, the
screen turns on as I take it out of my pocket, or I tap it once to turn on the display, lift it
slightly towards me, and it unlocks.
However, the S9 benefits from Samsung's latest - generation tech, which means its 5.8 - inch 2960 x 1440 panel is a bit
brighter, and has
slightly more accurate colors, than the OnePlus 5T's 6 - inch 2160 x 1080
screen.
Handling the phone and comparing it to the LG G6, the bezels around the sides of the
bright and colorful
screen appear
slightly larger on the Q6.
Though the ultra-thin Ativ Book 9 often steals the show at conferences, its
slightly more affordable cousin offers a
brighter screen and has a larger battery.
Comparatively, colors on the OnePlus 2
screen are
slightly faded, and the display doesn't get quite as
bright as other flagships.
The burn - in protection consists of making the
screen slightly dimmer, though, and it already isn't the
brightest screen.
The 5.8 - inch (S9) and 6.2 - inch (S9 Plus)
screens are the same Super AMOLED panels with 2960 x 1440 pixel resolutions, though Samsung says they are
slightly brighter this year.