DisplayMate performed some testing of several smartphones and tablets
under bright ambient lighting.
The Master Photo Grid combines the Screen Shots from our Tablet Displays
Under Bright Ambient Lighting Shoot - Out and Smartphone Displays
Under Bright Ambient Lighting Shoot - Out articles in a compact format that makes visual comparisons and spotting trends very easy.
They should also be used to adjust the picture control discussed above in order to partially compensate for washed out images
under bright ambient lighting.
This Master Photo Grid has all of the Screen Shots for the Tablet Displays
Under Bright Ambient Lighting Shoot - Out and Smartphone Displays
Under Bright Ambient Lighting Shoot - Out articles in a compact format.
This will significantly improve screen visibility
under bright ambient lighting and result in longer battery running time.
The advantage of Pixel Qi displays over conventional LCDs is mainly that they can be set to operate under transflective mode and reflective mode, improving eye - comfort, power usage, and visibility
under bright ambient light.
The Windows Phone Lumia 900 was actually found to be the best performer
under bright ambient light, while the iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S tied for second place.
As a result of its high Brightness and low Reflectance, the Galaxy Note 5 has a Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light that ranges from 118 to 183, also the highest that we have ever measured for any mobile display, which quantitatively measures screen visibility and image contrast
under bright Ambient Light
If you frequently watch a player
under bright ambient light conditions then this may be the single most important specification.
There is very little information (other than anecdotal) on how Smartphone and Tablet displays perform and degrade
under bright ambient lighting.
If you frequently watch
under bright ambient light conditions then this may be the single most important specification.
There is very little information (other than anecdotal) on how Tablet and Smartphone displays perform and degrade
under bright ambient lighting.
Our Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light quantitatively measures screen visibility and image contrast
under bright Ambient Lighting — the higher the better.
The differences in display brightness and reflectance between models results in large differences in their screen readability, visibility and picture quality, especially
under brighter ambient lighting.
The iPad mini is the most portable of the iPads so it will often be used
under brighter ambient lighting than full sized Tablets.
Not exact matches
Mobile displays are often used
under relatively
bright ambient lighting, which washes out the image color saturation and contrast, reducing picture quality and making it harder to view or read the screen.
Tablets and Smartphones are all used
under a very wide range of
ambient lighting conditions that are frequently much
brighter than for other displays — like laptops, desktops, and HDTVs.
Mobile displays are often used
under relatively
bright ambient lighting, which washes out the image colors and contrast, reducing picture quality and making it harder to view or read the screen.
The screen is very
bright and very sharp, has excellent color and gray scale accuracy, and has very good Contrast and readability
under both dim and
bright ambient light.
The screen is extremely, almost excessively shiny and we had significant problems with reflection if we tried turning the brightness down; turn off the power saving
ambient light sensor and you get a
bright and very colourful screen that's much easier to see (but that uses up rather more battery - a quarter of the battery life gone in
under 2 hours).
This article is a lite version of our intensive scientific analysis of smartphone and tablet mobile displays — before the benefits of our advanced mathematical DisplayMate Display Optimization Technology, which can correct or improve many of the deficiencies — including higher calibrated brightness, power efficiency, effective screen contrast, picture quality and color and gray scale accuracy
under both
bright and dim
ambient light, and much more.
It's fine for just about everything except high
ambient light, although it may be too
bright for comfortable viewing
under dim
ambient lighting.
If you've used any Android Wear smartwatch in sunlight, you've probably noticed that while the backlight can get
bright enough to compensate for the sun while in active mode, the watch tends to trend towards unreadable in
ambient mode — it just goes black
under the pounding rays of our sun.