Blazing fire
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I "upgraded" from a Motorola X Play to a Samsung 10+ and I am completely underwhelmed by the screen. Actually, that's putting it mildly...
1. The AMOLED screen uses Pulse-width modulation (PWM) for dimming, and uses a very low frequency PWM at that. This causes me eye-strain.
2. The "vivid' mode is oversaturated.
3. The "neutral" mode has a yellows cast even with the blue light filter off and even after removing the pre-applied screen protector.
I don't care if it has HDR10+ if colours on websites don't even appear correctly!
I thought the biggest issue would be the childish skin Samsung uses. In fact, my main issue is the ostensibly colour accurate screen... What an irony and disappointment.
[11 March 2019 update: Since day one, I've been finding it hard to read texts on the Samsung 10+, even with the screen resolution set at 3440 x 1440 and even after removing the pre-applied screen protector. Texts appear slightly fuzzy compared to my cheap 1920x1080 IPS screen. I think I've finally found out the reason: the Diamond Pentile sub-pixel arrangement.]
[16 April 2019 update: The off-viewing angles of the display (esp up-down) is terrible - massive colour changes, just like a Kaleidoscope!!! Isn't OLED supposed to be better than most TFT?]
[May 27 Update: Despite having a 1200nits rating, the screen on the s10+ is dimmer than the IPS screen of my previous (cheap) Motorola!
How did Samsung arrive at its 1200 nits marketing gimmick? Read here: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s10-review-1903p3.php]
[May 29 Update: If you wish to read a balanced review of the Samsung S10, have a look at XDA's website. It validates some aspects of my review of the S10+.]
TL;DR: Samsung's AMOLED needs massive improvements.
1. The AMOLED screen uses Pulse-width modulation (PWM) for dimming, and uses a very low frequency PWM at that. This causes me eye-strain.
2. The "vivid' mode is oversaturated.
3. The "neutral" mode has a yellows cast even with the blue light filter off and even after removing the pre-applied screen protector.
I don't care if it has HDR10+ if colours on websites don't even appear correctly!
I thought the biggest issue would be the childish skin Samsung uses. In fact, my main issue is the ostensibly colour accurate screen... What an irony and disappointment.
[11 March 2019 update: Since day one, I've been finding it hard to read texts on the Samsung 10+, even with the screen resolution set at 3440 x 1440 and even after removing the pre-applied screen protector. Texts appear slightly fuzzy compared to my cheap 1920x1080 IPS screen. I think I've finally found out the reason: the Diamond Pentile sub-pixel arrangement.]
[16 April 2019 update: The off-viewing angles of the display (esp up-down) is terrible - massive colour changes, just like a Kaleidoscope!!! Isn't OLED supposed to be better than most TFT?]
[May 27 Update: Despite having a 1200nits rating, the screen on the s10+ is dimmer than the IPS screen of my previous (cheap) Motorola!
How did Samsung arrive at its 1200 nits marketing gimmick? Read here: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s10-review-1903p3.php]
[May 29 Update: If you wish to read a balanced review of the Samsung S10, have a look at XDA's website. It validates some aspects of my review of the S10+.]
TL;DR: Samsung's AMOLED needs massive improvements.
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