[rjbouw]

I really like my Note 3 for reading at night. The deep dark makes the letters appear as if floating in thin air. Absolutely no visible light leakage when the pixels are off. I thought this is always the case with AMOLED screens!

But to my surprise it is not. I also have a galaxy s4 mini (i9195) that has visible glow when parts of the screen are dark. This is not visible during the day, only in a pitch black room. The glow is a faint dark grey, that looks a little like a lcd. Also, my daughters galaxy s3 (i9305) has this problem. On top of that, i can see dark patches through the light leakage. My Note does not have this problem, because, well, there is no light.

Now, i want to downgrade to a smaller phone, a galaxy s4, or a galaxy s5 mini, but i'm afraid these screen have the same problem.

Is there anyone here, that can tell me if the Galaxy S4 or the S5 mini have lovely pitch black screens at night??