iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have their displays reviewed
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Despite increasing the size of the screens and their resolution, efficiency on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are about the same as the iPhone 5S. Of course, the larger iPhone 6 Plus screen uses a little more juice overall 1.52 watts versus 1.07 watts for tpatagonia discount code giftshe regular iPhone 6. That still 10% better than other 1080p LCD smartphones like the HTC One M8. This is thanks to the use of Low Temperature Poly Silicon (LTPS)backplanes, which are faster and more efficient than alternative substrate types.
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Display brightness has become something of a battleground for smartphone displays lately as well. Samsung went out of its way at the Galaxy S5 announcement to talk about the extreme brightness range of its new Super AMOLEDs. Both the GS5 and the new Note 4 have peak brightness around 700 nits and minimums of just 2 nits. This is excellent performance for a mobile display, especially considering AMOLEDs used to be much more dim than LCD. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are in the 550 560 nits range for maximum brightness and 6 nits for the low end. These are very good for an LCD, but not quite a match for Samsung.
The overall message here is that Apple screens are absolutely best in class. The brightness and colors are tops and the boost in resolution brings Apple to parity with much of the competition. It true that 1440p screens on devices like the LG G3 and Galaxy Note 4 have the iPhone beaten in pixel density, but the other display qualities might make up for the lower pixel count. The iPhone doesn best AMOLED on every front, but it still a hugely impressive screen.
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This story has patagonia better sweater railroad blue2had its title updated to clarify that the iPhone 6 Plus has the best LCD display ever tested.
