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Old 07-14-2010, 07:06 AM   #45
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo View Post
No they're not. They're better than standard AMOLED displays, but are about equal to LCD, or perhaps slightly inferior in bright light. A lot of the hype came from a bit of a misleading video of someone holding a Samsung in what some people construed to be bright sunlight.

Here's a slightly better video in actual sunlight:


And again, you CAN make the screen more visible in sunlight if you ramp up the light output, but you are draining batteries quite badly by doing so. That's how these displays work.
Well even on your video I see more on Samsung screen, then on Sony Xperia. The higher contrast make it easier to see stuff.
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