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.
Acer's Predator 15 and the Asus ROG Strix GL553 - VD both had displays that were acceptable, if not eye - catching, with decent contrast ratios and stock -
standard color gamuts.
While the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 had reduced 61 - 64 percent Color Gamuts, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 both deliver a much larger 86 percent Color Gamut, and the new iPad 3 and iPhone 5 have full 100 percent
standard Color Gamuts.
While the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 had reduced 61 - 64 percent Color Gamuts the new iPad 3 and iPhone 5 have full 100 percent
standard Color Gamuts.
Display Color Accuracy will continue to rapidly improve, particularly for mobile displays, now that all of the leading products are providing a fairly good match to the sRGB / Rec.709
Standard Color Gamut.
In order to deliver accurate image colors, a display needs to closely match
the standard Color Gamut that was used for producing the content being viewed — not more and not less.
In order to deliver accurate image colors, a display needs a 100 percent sRGB / Rec.709
Standard Color Gamut that is used in virtually all current consumer content for digital cameras, HDTVs, the internet, and computers, including photos, videos, and movies.
In order to deliver accurate image colors, a display needs to closely match
the standard Color Gamut that was used for producing the content being viewed — not larger and not smaller.
Technically it's not clear what that means in this context, but the new iPad has a virtually perfect 99 percent of
the Standard Color Gamut (a 38 percent improvement over the iPad 2).
The new iPad has an accurate
Standard Color Gamut so it no longer needs the benefits of a steep Intensity Scale.
If you want to see accurate colors in photos, videos, and all standard consumer content the display needs to closely match
the Standard Color Gamut that was used to produce the content, which is called sRGB / Rec.709.
The new Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7 both deliver an impressive 86 percent
Standard Color Gamut, a major improvement over almost all previous generation Tablets (and Smartphones).
They typically provide only about 60 percent of the ideal
Standard Color Gamut, which results in somewhat subdued colors in all displayed images, including photos and videos.
The original Kindle Fire and Nook Color Tablets have 55 percent, the iPad 2 has 61 percent, but the new iPad pulled way ahead and has a virtually perfect 99 percent of
the Standard Color Gamut.
In order to deliver accurate image colors, a display needs a 100 percent sRGB / Rec.709
Standard Color Gamut that is used for producing virtually all current consumer content for digital cameras, HDTVs, the internet, and computers, including photos, videos, and movies.
It has a 5.5 inch 1080p IPS LCD display that is 25 percent brighter with a cinema -
standard color gamut and a stereo sound quality.
Not exact matches
In particular, for implementing
Color Management to provide multiple
Color Gamuts, and then using the
Color Management to provide the Highest Absolute
Color Accuracy for
Standard (sRGB / Rec.709) consumer content of any Tablet display that we have ever measured (in one of its four available screen modes, which many reviewers seem to overlook).
In particular, for implementing
Color Management to provide multiple
Color Gamuts, and then using the
Color Management to provide the Highest Absolute
Color Accuracy for
Standard (sRGB / Rec.709) consumer content of any Tablet display that we have ever measured (in one of its four available screen modes, which many reviewers seem to overlook).
The important point here is that a
Color Gamut larger than the
standard is also bad, not better.
If the
Color Gamut is greater than the
standard then the image
colors will appear too strong and over-saturated.
Most of the existing LCD Tablets and Smartphones have smaller
Color Gamuts around 60 percent of the
Standard Gamut, which produces somewhat subdued
colors.
launched in October 2012 had a display similar to the older Apple iPad 2, with a resolution of 1366x768 pixels and a small
Color Gamut with just 57 % of the Standard Gamut needed for accurate color reproduc
Color Gamut with just 57 % of the
Standard Gamut needed for accurate
color reproduc
color reproduction.
The
Color Gamut is 102 percent, very close to the
Standard Gamut as shown in this Figure.
The new iPhone screen will be 25 % brighter, a wide
color gamut, cinema
standard.
The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 and iPad Air have
color gamuts close to the sRGB / Rec.709
standard, in the range of 105 to 108 percent.
The Apple iPad Air, which came in second after the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, now moves into third place for Flagship Tablet models, and the iPad mini with retina display, with a very disappointing 63 percent of the
standard sRGB / Rec.709
Color Gamut and poor
Color Accuracy moves further down the pack for the mini tablet models.
Note that consumer content does not include
colors outside of the
standard gamut, so a display with a wider
color gamut can not show
colors that aren't in the original and will only produce inaccurate exaggerated on - screen
colors — so in this instance, bigger is not better.
In order to produce accurate on - screen
colors the display must match the
Standard sRGB / Rec.709
color gamut that is used to produce virtually all consumer content.
The OLED display's native Wide
Color Gamut in the Adaptive Display screen mode has significantly more vibrant and saturated
colors, with 138 percent of the
standard sRGB / Rec.709
Color Gamut, the highest that we have ever measured for tablets and smartphones.
Up until recently, most LCDs had only 55 — 65 % of the
standard sRGB / Rec.709
color gamut that is used in producing virtually all current consumer content.
The Apple iPad Air, which came in second after the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, now moves into third place for Flagship Tablet models, and the iPad mini with Retina Display, with a very disappointing 63 percent of the
standard sRGB / Rec.709
Color Gamut and poor
Color Accuracy moves further down the pack for the Mini Tablet models.
The Basic screen mode provides the most accurate
Color and White Point calibration for the
standard sRGB / Rec.709
Color Gamut that is used in virtually all current consumer content for digital cameras, HDTVs, the internet, and computers, including photos, videos, and movies.
The Adaptive Display mode also delivers higher
color saturation, with 138 percent of the
standard sRGB / Rec.709
Gamut, the highest that we have ever measured for Tablets and Smartphones.
Most LCDs until recently delivered only 55 to 65 percent of the sRGB / Rec.709
Color Gamut, but many newer smartphones are producing close to 100 percent of the
Standard, including the HTC One and Huawei Ascend D2 tested here.
The new iPads have fairly accurate intensity scales with gammas fairly close to the 2.2
standard, however, they all have slightly bluish white points, with
color temperatures of 7,109 K to 7,355 K, which is still (marginally) very good but reduces their overall
color accuracy somewhat because the white point also affects all of the low saturation
colors in the
color gamut.
Note that
standard consumer content does not include
colors outside of the
standard sRGB / Rec.709
gamut, so a display with a wider
color gamut can not show
colors that are not in the original and only produce inaccurate exaggerated on - screen
colors.
Note that consumer content does not include
colors outside of the
Standard Gamut, so a display with a wider
Color Gamut can not show
colors that aren't in the original and will only produce inaccurate exaggerated on - screen
colors — so in this instance, bigger than 100 percent is not better.
In order to show accurate on - screen
colors the display must match the
Standard sRGB / Rec.709
Color Gamut that is used to produce virtually all consumer content.
Most of the previous generations of LCD Tablets and Smartphones had smaller
Color Gamuts around 60 percent of the
Standard Gamut, which produces somewhat subdued
colors.
According to our tests, the Surface 3 is capable of displaying 99.3 percent of the sRGB
color gamut, which means it can show nearly every
standard color.
Note that consumer content does not include
colors outside of the
Standard Gamut, so a display with a wider
Color Gamut can not show
colors that aren't in the original and will only produce inaccurate exaggerated on - screen
colors — so in this instance, bigger is not better.
Most of the first generation LCD Tablets have
Color Gamuts around 60 percent of the
Standard Gamut, which produces somewhat subdued
colors.
The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 and iPad Air have
Color Gamuts close to the sRGB / Rec.709
Standard, in the range of 105 to 108 percent.
The new iPads have fairly accurate Intensity Scales with Gammas fairly close to the 2.2
standard, however, they all have slightly bluish White Points, with
Color Temperatures of 7,109 K to 7,355 K, which is still (marginally) Very Good but reduces their overall
Color Accuracy somewhat because the White Point also affects all of the low saturation
colors in the
Color Gamut.
The measured
Color Gamut of the AMOLED Photo screen mode is a very accurate 100 percent of the
Standard Adobe RGB
Color Gamut, and the measured Absolute
Color Accuracy is a very accurate 3.3 JNCD.
The display is now 25 percent brighter with a wider
color gamut, up to «cinema
standard.»
The display is also using a cinema -
standard wide
color gamut and end - to - end
color management, for more vivid, saturated
colors.
However, it's not uncommon to see displays exceed the 100 percent mark as they offer
color ranges beyond the
standard sRGB
gamut.
As well as a
color accuracy rating of «visually indistinguishable from perfect» across DCI - P3, RGB, and sRGB
gamut standards, DisplayMate also highlighted the phone's high brightness mode that is capable of hitting 1130 nits — 20 percent more than the Galaxy S8, but lower than the Note 8's maximum output.
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.