Screen Quality (Brightness & Sharpness)

[Guest hiwj]

My friend and I recently bought a HTC Touch each, and it seemed to work fine. However, when I compared the screens on both devices - the difference was unbelievable. My screen was not as bright, not as sharp and had a slight sparkle effect on it (whereas my friend's has a crystal clear screen) - see photo below.

To be honest, I wouldn't have noticed that mine was wrong if I hadn't compared them. I have since has a replacement, but that is exactly the same. I wonder if there is a dodgy batch of HTC Touch phones out there?

Edited October 12, 2007 by hiwj

[Guest GXbox]

Maybe your friend has turned ClearType on.

[Guest hiwj]

No, (I think ClearType only affects the text) - the graphics and background are affected on mine (even when there is no text on the screen).

[Guest hiwj]

I visited a few mobile phone shops in Manchester over the weekend, and made an interesting discovery – my phone is not the only one with a problem. I tried several HTC Touches in different shops and found that some had the crystal clear screen and some had the poor ‘sparking’ screen.

It has made me think that either there is a bad batch of them out there, or HTC have used two different screen manufacturers. When I questioned HTC on this matter, they denied that there was a problem with the screens.

There must be hundreds of these devices with faulty screens out there. They might not be classified as faulty, but once you’ve seen the crystal clear screen, you won’t be satisfied with the poor 'sparkling' screen.

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

I wonder if there's any indication in your serial numbers?

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[Guest wizardjay]

I wonder if there's any indication in your serial numbers?

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My touch's screen is the same also (pixelated) as if there is some kind of pre applied screen protector on there.

[Guest warriorvibhu]

My friend and I recently bought a HTC Touch each, and it seemed to work fine. However, when I compared the screens on both devices - the difference was unbelievable. My screen was not as bright, not as sharp and had a slight sparkle effect on it (whereas my friend's has a crystal clear screen) - see photo below.

To be honest, I wouldn't have noticed that mine was wrong if I hadn't compared them. I have since has a replacement, but that is exactly the same. I wonder if there is a dodgy batch of HTC Touch phones out there?

Dude you are right even i saw the same thing and got so angry with htc ppl..... and what the hell.. would you beleive i bought it when it was launched here and it cost me $550 and a few of my co-workers bought it after 2 months of seeing mine (yeah they are so retard it took them 2 months to decide if they should go for windows device).... it cost them $400. and there u see they habe a brighter .. better screen......

[Guest shael]

wipe your screen sometimes sweat can do that also if u have screen protector than make sure no condensation under it