

Having a smaller market share may help a tiny bit too


How is it doing it?




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RE: Sony Music
By retrospooty on 1/14/2013 2:21:48 PM , Rating: 2
Like I said... If I were working with professional graphics and perfect color representation was important, the S3 wouldnt be where I viewed it (Then again, neither would any phone)

I am not calling it evidence, I am just saying perfect color representation is not on my list of things to look for on a phone screen.

#1. First and foremost, let me be clear... Size matters
#2. Resolution
#3. Everything else

And again, I prolly wont be going with the S4 for the next phone. I am thinking Experia Z or possible the next HTC or Moto/Google X-phone depending on specs, price and availability.

RE: Sony Music
By Cheesew1z69 on 1/14/2013 2:24:00 PM , Rating: 2
Quit feeding....

RE: Sony Music
By retrospooty on 1/14/2013 2:49:50 PM , Rating: 2
You're right, I'm done.

ANyhow, all that aside. This thing has really got me thinking.

It's basically spec wise, just like any of the many 1080p Androids we have seen lately, but also water resistant, supposedly up to 3 meters. I would be willing to overlook that its from Sony and get this puppy depending on what else is out over the next few months... then again, a few months is a long time for Android. I am sure we will be looking at some even better stuff.

RE: Sony Music
By TakinYourPoints on 1/14/2013 2:32:21 PM , Rating: 2
Resolution is mostly the product of physical size. Not everyone wants a big phone.

Pixel density is the real important factor here, everything else follows behind that.

Now if you frame it as "I prefer bigger screens", that's fine. Talking about it in context of resolution is a whole other thing.

As for me, good color is always important. Hell, we use iPads on shoots for quick color checks (do a temp color correction on the DaVinci Resolve and shoot it over to the iPad). It looks better than most "real" monitors and its easier to show looks to clients/co-workers. Way better than taking Polaroids with a Land Camera in the old days!

All of the other phones you mentioned, particularly the HTC, would be better than the Samsung right now.

RE: Sony Music
By retrospooty on 1/14/2013 2:45:00 PM , Rating: 2
"Pixel density is the real important factor here, everything else follows behind that."

That is where todays Androids really excel. 1920x1080 at 5 inches = 441ppi.

As for the rest. Meh, we've heard it before. It's a pretty well known thing that todays std LCD's are sharper and have better true color reproduction, and SAMOLED has brighter colors and better black levels. It's really a matter of preference. You parroting that only your one matters is getting old. Not everyone deals with graphic art, etc. or cares. Some people like really good black levels. I wish my TV were as black as my S3.

RE: Sony Music
By TakinYourPoints on 1/14/2013 3:04:48 PM , Rating: 2
Having true black is one thing, that's why I have a Kuro HDTV.

Accurate color contrast reproduction through the entire range is something entirely different though. An AMOLED screen with an sRGB color profile would have that good black, but it would also display color and grey values properly all the way through rather than having too much contrast and color saturation where there shouldn't be.

AMOLED and a bad color profile are two completely different things, and there is no good excuse for it. If a plasma HDTV can have far deeper blacks (talking CRT levels here) and dynamic range than any AMOLED is capable of while also having good color calibration, there is no reason why Samsung can't do the same with their phones.

Come to think of it, Samsung's HDTVs don't have the best color either. That's why Panasonic still holds the crown there.

As for PPI, displays ones like in the Droid DNA are great. That said, once you get past a certain point (over 250 PPI) then it doesn't matter for quality. At that point it is a means for getting more pixels in there. I've seen it and telling between a 330PPI and a 440PPI is futile, you can't see individual pixels in either case. The hit on performance, especially given the relatively choppy JB and slower hardware, is something to take into account at that res though.

The iPhone getting 1080p would be cool on paper (practically it wouldn't really benefit), it is certainly possible, but it would break app compatibility in a big way. That's no good considering that applications are where iOS really shines over other mobile operating systems.

RE: Sony Music
By retrospooty on 1/14/2013 3:19:40 PM , Rating: 2
RE: Sony Music
By TakinYourPoints on 1/14/2013 3:33:04 PM , Rating: 2
AMOLED is no excuse for a bad color profile, Samsung just does a bad job with their setup.

RE: Sony Music
By TakinYourPoints on 1/14/2013 3:10:49 PM , Rating: 2
I wish my TV were as black as my S3.

That's easy, and you can get an excellent color profile at the same time.

Buy a Panasonic plasma. The 2012 ST or GT series are both great, VT if you want to spend even more for a few more percentage points of black.

Then there's this bad boy coming out this year, the ZT60 series:

