Outdoor visibility (max brightness) - Huawei Mate 20 Real Life Review

Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Huawei Mate 20's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.
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I compared the Mate 20 Pro and Mate 20 screen, both in the same place and same time, with the screen of my LG G7 in the 3 minutes supermax brightness mode. Both huawei phones had the flash of my LG G7 directly pointed in the ambient/light sensor. I disagree with all the reviews I've seen. Everyone will the you the Mate 20 Pro has a "better" screen, but I doubt anyone has really compared them side by side outdoor. IMHO if you look for sunlight visibility, the Mate 20 and its RGBW screen is the one to get. The Mate 20 Pro screen was less bright than my G7, although it was beautiful and the color was very stable from every angle thanks to the AMOLED screen. The Mate 20 was indeed brighter than my LG G7 (remember I was in the in the 3 minutes 1000+ NITS mode), so I guess that must be one of the brightest screen ever made to date. I'm writing to inform anyone and to ask owners of the mate 20 to test the max brightness of their phones. Does it shut off after 3 minutes as my LG or is it usable for few hours outside? That's a very important factor to me, and I couldn't test the phones as much as I would as my time was limited. Thanks to anyone sharing their comments.

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Color saturation & accuracy

If you're colorblind, please disregard this thread. Rate this thread to express how you deem the color saturation and accuracy of the Honor 6X's display. A higher rating indicates that you think that color accuracy is very high and saturation is excellent.
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Color accuracy isn't very good, especially for an IPS panel. Definitely a disappointment if you're used to the very saturated AMOLED displays, or even higher quality IPS displays. Blacks are pretty good, but color accuracy seems, at least subjectively, not much better than that of my Moto E 2015.
Both of the sites below have measured the Honor 6x screen for color accuracy/temperature/brightness/contrast etc. No need to ask opinions. On one of the sites, you can plug in your favorite phone to see how its results measure up to the Honor 6x.
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Honor-6X-Review_id4303
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/honor-6x,review-4137.html
For color accuracy, the 6X's Delta-E rating of 3.28 was once again better than the smartphone average (4.1), as well as the scores of the LeEco (4.99) and the Axon 7 Mini (3.92). (Numbers closer to 0 are better in this test). Once again, the Moto G4 Plus sported superior numbers, with a Delta-E rating of 2.33.
The one area where the Honor 6X fell a bit flat was color range. Covering 114 percent of the sRGB gamut, the 6X trails the LeEco Le S3 (137 percent) and the ZTE Axon 7 Mini, whose OLED screen hit 177 percent. The Moto G4 Plus' color range was more limited.
Color accuracy isn't very good
it is moderate and can not be differentiated with end user perspective. Not all the users can really understand or differentiate this so this is not an issue here at all.
Not so good but not bad either.moderate you can say
Bright colors are nice. Feels good to watch HD movies.
not that great..but ok
Good for the price.
Colors aren't great. Videos and images looked washed out and dull.

Outdoor visibility (max brightness)

Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Honor V10's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.
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EMUI is the user interface that comes on installed Honor and Huawei phones. EMUI features Huawei Home, phone manager, themes, media apps, and is heavily baked in to the entire system UI. While EMUI has a lot of great features to offer (Screen recording, gesture controls, camera app ect.) many people have serious complaints about it.
For a long time, EMUI has been considered one of the more negative aspects of getting an Honor or Huawei device. Over the years EMUI has evolved to be much better and now hosts a great selection of valuable features.
The Honor View 10 can get plenty bright in outdoor situations. I have never had an issue.

Minimum brightness

You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the Sony XA2 Ultra's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.
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I would like to be able to dim it more also.
I actually kinda like its minimum brightness
minimum works fine for me i turn it down all the way when in bed at night and never hurts my eyes
tokoam said:
minimum works fine for me i turn it down all the way when in bed at night and never hurts my eyes
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Maybe I'm just spoiled from my galaxy note 4 since it would go both dimmer and brighter.. I mean it's not bad, I'm just used to dimmer, and wouldn't mind dimmer. but it's a mid-range device, not a flagship like the note 4 used to be ?*
li0nh3art3d said:
Maybe I'm just spoiled from my galaxy note 4 since it would go both dimmer and brighter.. I mean it's not bad, I'm just used to dimmer, and wouldn't mind dimmer. but it's a mid-range device, not a flagship like the note 4 used to be ?*
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lol I know i used to be there as well I had a note 4 and I feel the camera of course was better as well but hey i cant complain I only paid 237 for this phone new.Also I have had fair share of bad luck I lost my 256gb note 8 koren version with 128gb micro sd card as well Just as few months ago.

Clarity/resolution

The ASUS ZenFone 6 (2019) has a crazy crisp display. Just kidding, this is automated text so who knows if this screen is any good. So, you be the judge! A higher rating indicates that it's extremely sharp and clear, and that you cannot see pixels with your naked eye.
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I'm really curious as to the screen quality. I realise its gonna be different from an AMOLED panel that I'm used to, but all the other specs are so appealing!!
cd993 said:
I'm really curious as to the screen quality. I realise its gonna be different from an AMOLED panel that I'm used to, but all the other specs are so appealing!!
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Asus zenfone 6 , Honor 20 pro , Oneplus 7 pro camera test side by side .
OnePlus 7 vs 7 Pro / Zenfone 6 / Pixel 3a XL / Mi 9 Battery Life DRAIN Test.
Between these two videos you should get a decent idea of the display compared to other led displays .
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I think the zenphone looks a shade darker than the other led display due to its ips
I can confirm that there is a noticeable difference to a AMOLED display (coming from the Lenovo P2) and a side by side comparison clearly shows a better contrast in the Lenovo. But I also have to say that I only noticed that after a couple of hours with the Asus when checking back on the Lenovo. The display of the Asus is good and also in the dark not too bright.
abprie said:
I can confirm that there is a noticeable difference to a AMOLED display (coming from the Lenovo P2) and a side by side comparison clearly shows a better contrast in the Lenovo. But I also have to say that I only noticed that after a couple of hours with the Asus when checking back on the Lenovo. The display of the Asus is good and also in the dark not too bright.
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Off topic but damn I loved that phone, really sad when I cracked the screen.
hi, i am using zenfone 6(2019) with latest update installed. the videos on the social media (twitter, fb, instagram) plays pixelated and in poor quality.
how can i fix this?
i think it's the same problem mentioned in android issuetracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/124593215
I'm having same problem. Did you find fix to that? I fear that we need to wait for update. Twitch video quality is poor too. @megamefta
Apparently the max brightness the phone can go is application dependent, in Chrome it's 600 nits and in photos or its 550 or something. Can we expect a mod or anything to make it even that is 600 across everything in the future?
aadeshiscool said:
Apparently the max brightness the phone can go is application dependent, in Chrome it's 600 nits and in photos or its 550 or something. Can we expect a mod or anything to make it even that is 600 across everything in the future?
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Double post.
Does anyone actually own this phone here?
How is the display in the real world . ALOT of folks on youtube are saying its pretty dark . I want to get it and understand its not oled but I dont want a dark display .
Yes sir, i own it. [emoji23] From left to right- P30 Pro, Zenfone 6, P20 Pro, i was outside under the tree, max brightness.
In general: for me the display is very good, just needs to be a bit more brighter.
PS: unfortunately this picture was shot by Galaxy A5 2015 [emoji16]
I'm coming from a OnePlus 3 and haven't compared to other recent phones, but I'm impressed with this display. It can get bright enough, at least for my usage, and even though blacks aren't as black as an AMOLED display, they're still black and not what you see on some cheap displays. Is a <Samsung-flagship> display better? Yeah, but the price is also higher than the ZF6.
The only setting I had to change was the colour mode. The two pre-defined options are "wide color gamut" (used by default) and "standard", which is more like sRGB. This is completely personal preference, for me "standard" looks more what I'd expect to see, not super vibrant colours that almost look fake. Anyway, it can be changed so it's not really a problem.
I didn't use the "always on" feature on my OP3 in order to save battery, but I can see users that liked that feature missing it on this phone.

Outdoor visibility (max brightness)

Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Redmi Note 9 Pro's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.
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No word on the visibility outdoors? I'm trying to choose between a Realme 6 pro or a Redmi Note 9 Pro, and visibility in direct sunlight is a big factor. From what I've read and seen Realme's display is quite dim. How does the Redmi Note 9 Pro compare?
No problems at all,best phone I've had for screen brightness in sunlight.....I'm talking about the 9S btw
The brightness is very good in my opinion. Complete visible in direct sun light.
tminus3 said:
No word on the visibility outdoors? I'm trying to choose between a Realme 6 pro or a Redmi Note 9 Pro, and visibility in direct sunlight is a big factor. From what I've read and seen Realme's display is quite dim. How does the Redmi Note 9 Pro compare?
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No problem with outdoors here. I had to choose between the 2 too and took 2 pieces of the Note 9 Pro instead of the Realme 6 Pro. Yes, I bought 2...
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Thanks guys, makes the choice alot easier for me.
Any preference for the tianma vs huaxing panel? I've read the gsmarena and notebookcheck reviews with panel measurements. There are some noticeable differences in black value, contrast and color accuracy between them. They don't list the panel manufacturers though.
Brightness in sulight very good
tminus3 said:
Thanks guys, makes the choice alot easier for me.
Any preference for the tianma vs huaxing panel? I've read the gsmarena and notebookcheck reviews with panel measurements. There are some noticeable differences in black value, contrast and color accuracy between them. They don't list the panel manufacturers though.
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Which one is better? And why are there two different types of panels in the same device?
I'm thinking of buying this device and have heard tianma panels aren't good. What should i do?
Very good I think it's around 600nits when using auto brightness.
tminus3 said:
Thanks guys, makes the choice alot easier for me.
Any preference for the tianma vs huaxing panel? I've read the gsmarena and notebookcheck reviews with panel measurements. There are some noticeable differences in black value, contrast and color accuracy between them. They don't list the panel manufacturers though.
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I got a tianma panel which is being told bad as it shall have ghosting and bleeding. But nothing happened yet after 18 days...
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whisper1101 said:
I got a tianma panel which is being told bad as it shall have ghosting and bleeding. But nothing happened yet after 18 days...
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I don't know about Note 9 Pro, but mine is Note 8 which has tianma panel.
I've been using it for 6 months. 15% brightness indoor and 75% brightness outdoor but I spend most of the time indoor. I can tell you, there is a slight ghosting on my screen now.

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