Sunlight legibility... yet again!

[Guest Girvo]

Very quick question that I can't seem to find an answer for: I know the sunlight legibility of the screen isn't all that crash hot. But is it better than the i900? My omnia currently is friggen' shocking, and if the i8000 is even a marginal improvement I'm sold. :)

[Guest WebReaper21]

Hi,

the Sunlight legibility is actually quite ok, but only if u turn the backlight on. Without backlight you couldn't see anything if the sun shines directly on the screen.

I don't know about the i900 but I didn't have problems with the i8000 in the sun up to now.

Hope that helps a little :)

[Guest jacobgong]

it's funny how they call it the "backlight" because there is no backlight for OLED screens, and it cannot display anything without lighting up.

[Guest KILLvino]

it's funny how they call it the "backlight" because there is no backlight for OLED screens, and it cannot display anything without lighting up.

theoretically so, but if you use your omnia 2, you'll notice there does seem to be a backlight. it goes off after a while and comes on again when you touch the screen.

[Guest gchris7]

theoretically so, but if you use your omnia 2, you'll notice there does seem to be a backlight. it goes off after a while and comes on again when you touch the screen.

Yeah, thats what adjusting the brightness does. :)

[Guest chriswells13]

Very quick question that I can't seem to find an answer for: I know the sunlight legibility of the screen isn't all that crash hot. But is it better than the i900? My omnia currently is friggen' shocking, and if the i8000 is even a marginal improvement I'm sold. :)

I had the i910 (Verizon version) and now have the i920 and there is a definitely an improvement. No phone is great in the direct sunlight, but the Omnia II is very readable.

[Guest Uboy]

With and LCD in bright sunlight you can angle it so that the sunlight reflected off the back of the screen can be an aid to viewing, where as with an AMOLED screen there is only the light from the LEDs themselves and no light can be reflected off the back of the screen. So if the sun is very bright it can drown out the screen.

[Guest dwallersv]

With and LCD in bright sunlight you can angle it so that the sunlight reflected off the back of the screen can be an aid to viewing, where as with an AMOLED screen there is only the light from the LEDs themselves and no light can be reflected off the back of the screen. So if the sun is very bright it can drown out the screen.

Not most LCD displays.

[Guest surgex]

I'm afraid this is one of the bad things about AMOLED displays...Not much you can do, maybe there is a screen protector that has some kind of polarization that helps?

But it's not much better with LCDs anyways, the only decent one is the iphone, most other ones aren't that much better than AMOLED.

IMHO it's not that big of a deal...but to some people it really bothers them. It's the same with my OmniaHD as well.

[Guest WebReaper21]

well, actually there is an additional backlight even if the AMOLED screen can light itself, but the organic LEDs aren't really that bright, so they built in a backlight as in traditional LCDs. That is the "backlight" which you can adjust to your needs in the O2 settings menue

it's funny how they call it the "backlight" because there is no backlight for OLED screens, and it cannot display anything without lighting up.

[Guest Treikens]

I'm afraid this is one of the bad things about AMOLED displays...Not much you can do, maybe there is a screen protector that has some kind of polarization that helps?

But it's not much better with LCDs anyways, the only decent one is the iphone, most other ones aren't that much better than AMOLED.

IMHO it's not that big of a deal...but to some people it really bothers them. It's the same with my OmniaHD as well.

yeah I can second that, the Omnia HD doesn't fair too great in the sun but it's really no big deal, if you really wanna fix it, NuSheild Makes a great "DayVue" protector that reflects the sun big time! look it up!

Also, I hope this helps end the little flame war goin on:

"Now, the Omnia II does have a standard backlight in addition to the invididual pixel lighting. If you turn choose to turn it off, the screen still is very readable, unlike an LCD display that requires a backlighting to be visible. Doing this will save hugely on battery life, but you won't be able to view the device while outdoors if it's sunny."

I did a lil research and found this quote from Pocketnow.com I know they aren't an end all, be all source or nothin but hell I'd trust em, they've held every great phone out there.

Thanks,

Treikens

Edited December 28, 2009 by Treikens