http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...-july-31-for-19999?ECID=SM:TW:20110713:Photon
I would actually prefer this over the Evo 3D, because I'm still not sold on the whole 3D thing. But Motorola... Motoblur? The Tegra2 + dual core + 1gb ram + qHD (960x540) makes it intriguing..
Nice, didn't realize the Within = SGSII for Sprint
This is the least exciting super-phone this summer.
Tegra= worst dual-core SOC (doesn't even have NEON support!)
Moto qHD 2011 = evil pentile
Moto anything = evil Moto blur
Even without my love for 3D I would MUCH rather have the Evo 3D- faster CPU, GPU, better screen, and a better shot at an unlocked bootloader...
Most of the people who bash pentile have never used it and are nothing more than bandwagon people on a misinformed train. People who say it's a trick or gimmick and is just a poor technology without benefits have a lack of understanding of what the technology is and what it does.
RGBW pentile on the QHD displays(which is not the same as the RGB pentile on AMOLED) is extremely good for reading black text on a white background(a topic you will find uninformed nay sayers saying the opposite) and is more viewable in sunlight and brighter than any display technology to date by a significant margin, nothing comes close. The appearance of fingerprints and glare are extremely diminished on these displays, they hide them much better than any other display tech. One final benefit that I can think of off the top of my head is that at any given level of brightness, RGBW pentile displays use less battery than any other display tech on the market.
I've compared the Droid X2/Atrix to the Droid X and they were very different.Most of the people who bash pentile have never used it and are nothing more than bandwagon people on a misinformed train. People who say it's a trick or gimmick and is just a poor technology without benefits have a lack of understanding of what the technology is and what it does.
RGBW pentile on the QHD displays(which is not the same as the RGB pentile on AMOLED) is extremely good for reading black text on a white background(a topic you will find uninformed nay sayers saying the opposite) and is more viewable in sunlight and brighter than any display technology to date by a significant margin, nothing comes close. The appearance of fingerprints and glare are extremely diminished on these displays, they hide them much better than any other display tech. One final benefit that I can think of off the top of my head is that at any given level of brightness, RGBW pentile displays use less battery than any other display tech on the market.
I've compared the Droid X2/Atrix to the Droid X and they were very different.
The major difference? Pentile.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/05/2...x2-and-its-qhd-display-pentile-at-its-finest/
If Moto kept their S-LCD screens without the "pentile" part, they would still have one of the best screens on the market today IMO.
The people who keep saying Moto has the best screens/color reproduction available are still quoting that comparison on DisplayMate failing to realize that Moto has since changed how they do their screens after Droid X series phones.
http://www.displaymate.com/Smartphone_ShootOut_1.htm
I think DisplayMate needs to do an updated comparison of Droid X2/Atrix pentile to a Moto "non-pentile" Droid X, SAMOLED+, IPS, and Apple's Retina displays to settle this idea that pentile screens are superior once and for all.
I know plenty of people that upgraded from a Droid X to a Droid X2, only to return the phone because of the screen.
So yes, "pentile" qHD screens are currently a gimmick. Give me the screen found on the Droid X, attach qHD resolution to it without the "pentile" part.
I don't need my phone to look like a checkered board for sunlight visibility which is a minute point for me. I spend more time indoors than outdoors.
I wouldn't trade having a slight better visibility in sunlight for having a checkered board 24/7.
I would love to compare a Photon 4G to a Droid X2 to see if there's any improvement in how Moto does their pentile screens. Unfortunately, one phone is at a Sprint store, the other is at a Verizon store. And neither would let me walk out of the store with their phones to do a side by side comparison.