Official ICS & Galaxy Nexus Launch Thread

[seepy83]

I believe it also helps negate the larger phone size

And Samsung can sue apple when they release an iPhone with a curved screen.

 

[Pia]

Can someone tell me what the merit is of having a curved screen? Asides from, it fits your face better.

Concave screen avoids some scratches a flat display would get, and especially avoids getting them in the center of the display where they would be most distracting.

In very large screens (not mobile...) concave obviously beats flat because a flat screen at a fixed distance can only be grown so much before diminishing returns from geometric distortion make a larger size pointless.

 

[sciwizam]

I can only think of one functional benefit of the curve, more come in to picture only if it was more curvier. Place your phone face down, only the top and bottom edges come in contact with the surface.

 

[Bateluer]

And Samsung can sue apple when they release an iPhone with a curved screen.

No, because Apple's curved screen will curve better than everyone elses, they'll be able to say they invented it and sue everyone else.

 

[Anubis]

Because of the curved glass on the display, same as the Nexus S.

there has to be another reason. we can make curved GG, Ive seen it

 

[Anubis]

Can someone tell me what the merit is of having a curved screen? Asides from, it fits your face better.

your fingers move on a natural arc not on 1 flat plane

 

[Bateluer]

there has to be another reason. we can make curved GG, Ive seen it

Licensing fees?

 

[Anubis]

Licensing fees?

doubt it we sell it to pretty much everyone

i however don't work in the glass division so who knows

http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/full-products-list

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Really disappointing. Gorilla glass has always been one of the features that I loved about my galaxy S phones. Kick it across concrete and not one blemish on the screen..

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Meh, there must be a dozen competing products that work just as well. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a in house Samsung product.

 

[Red Storm]

Really disappointing. Gorilla glass has always been one of the features that I loved about my galaxy S phones. Kick it across concrete and not one blemish on the screen..

I like Gorilla Glass as much as the next guy, but this reminds me of that time I went LCD shopping. The sales guy was showing me this one display that had a "punch proof" shield over the glass. Impressive? Sure. Useful? Not very. I don't remember the last time I kicked my phone across concrete.

This is no deal breaker to me.

 

[trmiv]

Gorilla glass is great and all, but it isn't unbreakable or invulnerable to scratches. I managed to scratch the screen on my Droid 1 by dropping it on a piece of plywood. I also scratched the non Gorilla glass on my iPod touch, so anything is fair game!

 

[senseamp]

It may have some other glass instead that does the same thing. I would wait until people do some testing before giving a damn.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

It may have some other glass instead that does the same thing. I would wait until people do some testing before giving a damn.

Well, considering they outright stated they were using a similar type of fortified glass, so yeah, this bitching is just about brand name.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I like Gorilla Glass as much as the next guy, but this reminds me of that time I went LCD shopping. The sales guy was showing me this one display that had a "punch proof" shield over the glass. Impressive? Sure. Useful? Not very. I don't remember the last time I kicked my phone across concrete.

This is no deal breaker to me.

I dont intentionally do, but there has been times where Ive accidently got out of my car with my phone in my lap.

 

[basslover1]

Not really sold on gorilla glass personally. My OG Droid had it and in 4 months of use I had a 1.25" long scratch right dead center or the screen. It was faint, but still there regardless. My OG Inc had regular glass and after 18 months of use had a perfect screen not a single scratch.

 

[cecco]

Ok, Verizon has the RAZR on pre-order on their website but no GNexus? Where's the love?

 

[Red Storm]

Ok, Verizon has the RAZR on pre-order on their website but no GNexus? Where's the love?

RAZR is set to release before the Nexus. It kinda has to considering it doesn't have ICS and comes with Blur (and no doubt some Verizon bloat) along with a locked bootloader.

 

[amdhunter]

pentile is not noticeable to the naked eye. compared to incredible and nexus one, it is a night and day difference due to the higher PPI.

How would you compare it to the SGS2? All this Pentile talk has made me nervous about getting this phone.

I just can't imagine it being worse than the SGS2 at all...

 

[poofyhairguy]

All this Pentile talk has made me nervous about getting this phone.

 

[runawayprisoner]

How would you compare it to the SGS2? All this Pentile talk has made me nervous about getting this phone.

I just can't imagine it being worse than the SGS2 at all...

Pentile is horrible on my Captivate. It makes the screen look grainy most of the time or on bright backgrounds because there isn't enough sub-pixels to fill the gap.

However, if it's a smaller gap, I can guess that the effect wouldn't be as pronounced. But it'll definitely be noticeable if you have good eyesight.

The problem is with color reproduction, though. Due to pentile having less subpixels, it arguably wouldn't be able to produce the same smooth colors as a regular RGB screen would. It's evident when I last checked multiple Super AMOLED screens (not PLUS), gray shades that were closer to black got distorted and tinted toward red, green, or blue.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Don't understand all the pentile hate. I just found out that my incredible uses pentile...the screen is beautiful IMO.

 

[ChronoReverse]

It just requires calibration. My old N1 had a pentile AMOLED and it tended blue a bit so the calibration makes it a bit warmer (red).

Is it as good as a same resolution RGB? No. But is it as horrible as some are implying? No again.

 

[ponyo]

Pentile is horrible on my Captivate. It makes the screen look grainy most of the time or on bright backgrounds because there isn't enough sub-pixels to fill the gap.

However, if it's a smaller gap, I can guess that the effect wouldn't be as pronounced. But it'll definitely be noticeable if you have good eyesight.

The problem is with color reproduction, though. Due to pentile having less subpixels, it arguably wouldn't be able to produce the same smooth colors as a regular RGB screen would. It's evident when I last checked multiple Super AMOLED screens (not PLUS), gray shades that were closer to black got distorted and tinted toward red, green, or blue.

Have you tried adjusting with Voodoo Screen Tuning or Galaxy Tuner?

I'm not a fan of Pentile. I'm more bothered by fuzzy text than color reproduction.

 

[runawayprisoner]

Have you tried adjusting with Voodoo Screen Tuning or Galaxy Tuner?

Yep. That only fixes the overly saturated colors. No fix for the gray color issue. It's an inherent problem with the design, I think. Either that or the display drivers were bad.

I guess some others may not notice it, but I'm extremely picky about my computer and phone... especially if I paid good amount for those gears.

And sincerely, it's very noticeable to me, not just under a microscope.

Plus color calibration can't get rid of the checkerboard pattern.

http://www.phonedog.com/2011/08/02/should-you-avoid-smartphones-with-pentile-displays/

That checkerboard pattern I can see from a good distance away. It's so bad that it's possible to capture on a camera.