Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Google Pixel 3 XL'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 think its below average but i put 3. feels a little darker than the nexus 6 i had since launch, which wasnt great.
It seems only a little brighter than my Pixel 2 XL. However, it is much more visible in sunlight and the colors are more vibrant outdoors. Compared to other flagship phones? I'd say it's not quite as bright as the Note 9 or Galaxy S9, but it seems plenty good enough in all conditions for my use, indoors and outdoors.
I find myself having to keep this on max brightness all the time, whereas on my old pixel xl I could get by on 50-75%. It is definitely dimmer than the pixel xl, ugh
Has anyone tried High Brightness Mode by flar2 in the app store?
odontastic said:
Has anyone tried High Brightness Mode by flar2 in the app store?
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It will give you extra brightness if you have a custom kernel.
Does this app help with the overall experience, and how does it affect battery life? I ask because I don't have a Pixel 3XL yet, and was very disappointed when I evaluated one yesterday at the Verizon store and turned brightness to less than 100%. Color accuracy is not a particular concern, but being able to see the screen is.
First time Pixel Owner here, I find the 3XL having slightly disappointing brightness. On my old phone which was the HTC 10 I set mine to around 45-50% on a regular basis and it was pretty bright, occasionally bumped to 70% while being outdoors. On a 3XL I had to set to 70% minimum in order to be able to watch videos comfortably, normally 90-Max outdoors.
Agree with others here, brightness isn't very good, we've finally had some sun here in the UK and when I'm outside it's very hard to see! I came from a Note 8 so it's going to be hard to see in the summer!
Brightness outdoors - Perfect, can see everything in sunlight even with polarized sunglasses. (100%)
From there it gets dark quickly, typical setting for indoors is 70%.
Only in darkness can <50% be used.
The screen gets brighter with time.
Brightness sucks. I live in Tulsa (fairly sunny). If the sun is out without clouds the screen is virtually un-viewable if you aren't standing in a shaded area.
P3 screen brightness isn't great and the Samsung and OnePlus are somewhat better, but frankly none are fun to use to use in direct sun. Rather than squint I'm just going to move into the shade whenever possible, no matter what phone I have.
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Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Huawei MediaPad M5'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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As per @wondering wanderer request:
I tried watching some Netflix outdoors this morning on the train station platform - not in the shade.
It was a nice clear bright Spring morning but it was not overly sunny either...
On the maximum brightness setting the screen was visible and the Netflix episode watchable.
When set to Auto brightness the tablet dropped the brightness by about 30% and the movie was still kind of watchable but not brilliant.
Not sure but I would say it was slightly brighter than my Sony Z3C tablet under similar conditions - but this is very subjective.
I also then watched a few more minutes sat on the train with my back to the window and the video was still perfectly watchable. Again I would say it was slightly better than with my Z3C tablet in the past under similar conditions.
I should mention that I currently have an anti-glare matte screen protector fitted - so not sure how this impacts the above...
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As per @wondering wanderer request:
I tried watching some Netflix outdoors this morning on the train station platform - not in the shade.
It was a nice clear bright Spring morning but it was not overly sunny either...
On the maximum brightness setting the screen was visible and the Netflix episode watchable.
When set to Auto brightness the tablet dropped the brightness by about 30% and the movie was still kind of watchable but not brilliant.
Not sure but I would say it was slightly brighter than my Sony Z3C tablet under similar conditions - but this is very subjective.
I also then watched a few more minutes sat on the train with my back to the window and the video was still perfectly watchable. Again I would say it was slightly better than with my Z3C tablet in the past under similar conditions.
I should mention that I currently have an anti-glare matte screen protector fitted - so not sure how this impacts the above...
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Thanks so much harryw66.
I really appreciate your time & effort posting your comment here.
BTW: Visitors of this thread, if interested, harryw66 have a problem with the Bluetooth on his new mediapad m5 mentioned in the following thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-m5/help/m5-bluetooth-headphones-connectivity-t3781135
I saw it setting next to mediapad m3 lite 8.
About the same brightness (both set to max).
Only difference is the color. The m3 was more of bluish white, while the m5 8.4 was more toward yellowish white.
I don't think it'll serve me good as a navigational gadget (google map) for my car.
Thanks to XDA_RealLifeReview for starting this thread.
Arizona sunglasses test
Here's my test: looking at topo maps with the screen in direct Arizona summer sunlight, with my sunglasses on. My point of comparison is my Nexus 7 (2013). I haven't run this test extensively yet but my initial impression is that the M5 compares favorably side by side with the N7. I was expecting to be a little disappointed but I'm actually pretty pleased so far!
Compared with the galaxy tab s, the mediapad has poor sunlight visibility
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Compared with the galaxy tab s, the mediapad has poor sunlight visibility
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I had both, I see no big difference, btw the brightness Tab S vs MediaPad M5 - 314 cd/m² vs 378 cd/m² (from notebookcheck), it means M5 has brighter display (~20%)
Brighter, but the panel reflects more than the one on the tab S.
Another thing, I like to wear polarised sunglasses. With all my previous phones in portrait and tablets in landscape position this was no problem. With the M5 10.8 however the screen is rotated 90° . It is impossible to use the tablet in landscape with polarised glasses.
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the OnePlus 7'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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Everything vs. my s9 has been a big upgrade except wireless charging (meh) and this (Absolutely awful, massive downgrade)
Considering I largely bought it for a better experience with Pokemon Go and Ingress, not noticing the poor brightness was a bit of a mistake... on a nice day it's barely usable...
Gonna confirm what @Cloudane said.
Outdoor visibility sucks compared to my previous phone (s8), but I hope because lower brightness it won't get burn in like s8 did.
It does have the benefits of lower screen burn risk and longer outdoor battery life admittedly so it's not all bad, just a bit of a shock coming from an s9. I also don't think the factory screen protector helps, it's relatively opaque (you can tell at the edges) and causes a lot of glare. I'm wondering if the bare screen has an anti reflective coating but have a glass protector on the way which should at least improve it.
Same here. It's noticeable downgrade in outdoor visibility for me coming from Samsung Galaxy S7. It's still usable but my S7 was just better outdoor.
A little re-evaluation: In fairness, whilst it's not on par with a Samsung screen outdoors, I was using it on some very sunny days at the weekend and it was still adequately usable. Pokemon Go (light background) was easier to see than Ingress Prime (dark background). It was only a problem when angled so that the display is directly facing the sun, a problem that can be solved by moving slightly
Also it seems there's no polarising filter which probably doesn't help matters but there's a positive to that: I was able to wear polarising sunglasses without them 'interfering' as they do on some other phones. I found no difference in visibility with the glasses on or off.
Getting rid of that factory fitted screen protector and installing a glass one also helped a bit. The factory one gets all smudged up.
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Google Pixel 3a XL'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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It's one of its weaknesses. I can't recall owning any phone that was lacking this bad in outdoor brightness. Maybe my LG G6, but that was because of the adaptive lighting was messed up, soon I took it off from auto brightness, the phone was bright. Not this one though.
Outdoor visibly is acceptable. If you want to out on a super sunny day and enjoy a movie or game on the go, this is not for you.
If you are trying to do a call, look at a map, or some e-mail, you can see the screen, hard, but you can.
I had worse devices (laptop, tablets, old phones) than this. What would make this screen better for outdoor viewing is something my old phone did, and that is play with the panel contrast setting. Horrible for images, video and such, but for text, it helped make it more readable. Would be nice if all phones did this (would also help battery life), but sadly, that is not the case
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6'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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So far I am underwhelmed by the tablets lies about turning off adaptive display. shine your camera flash light at the tab camera and it will get brighter even if you turned OFF adaptive display this is also true under MAX brightness. So the only way to get full brightness is shining a light at the camera array. Lol what a joke. Scrolling at 30-40 fps is also dumb. SAME 855 in my 90hz one plus 7pro and Its scrolls at 90fps. Don't try and say well the tab s6 has a bigger screen. Pixel density is almost the same. So no it must be the screen itself being subpar "more specifically the hardware driving the panel itself". What a disaster... I waited 6 months for this thing to come out and they ruined their own tablet to save what 20bucks in display hardware. WTF Samsung. Hdr content is lacking in any meaningful way. Side by side with my tab s1 1440p looks the same!!!! Oh man.. I hope all this can be fixed by the brilliant amazing people that here. "Most likely yes they can and they will" but I expected more from samsung out of the $700 box. A whole lot more. so now I have to wait a couple months till the kernels and roms are available. Sighs Haha the marketing people must be running samsung. I wanted this to show me the 400nits of hdr goodness.
Display looks amazing...period
Actually I also find that it is too dim, even on max brightness. I upgraded from the Tab S4, which was also too dim, but it is brighter than the Tab S6
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Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6'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 rate it 10 out of 10.
I have both the s6 and s4. The s6 is definitely the brighter of the 2. The s6 is so bright no one in my family can look at it with out it hurting their eyes, but I use vivid with cool, and red, green turned all the way down. I'm typing this to u in direct sunlight with snow all over so even brighter and its in night mode and I can see everything fine. It is way brighter than my old s9 and razer phone 2. Also this generation has done was better on white screens, the s4 and s9 both have a very visible green to pink tinted parts of the screen depending how your holding it. This doesn't seem to have any of that, and I've had my hands on 3 samsung s6 tabs.
Is there a workaround to put it into full brightness mode via software. I bought this tablet mainly for showing pics to client and the brightness limitation is a big issue
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Is there a workaround to put it into full brightness mode via software. I bought this tablet mainly for showing pics to client and the brightness limitation is a big issue
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You just pull down the quick settings, and slide brightness to the max. Also disable the blue light filter (also from quick settings).
You can also go into settings/display and change the screen mode from natural to vivid - it'll make pictures appear to be brighter by artificially boosting colors. It looks great, but it's not color correct (if that's a concern for you). I'm sure there are photographers and graphic artists out there who have a heart attack at the mere mention of the vivid mode, but to each their own. Personally, I like it.
Some gallery apps (I use Simple Gallery Pro) have the option to automatically turn brightness to 100% when displaying a picture. That should solve your problem nicely.
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Received phone last week, was concerned about screen brightness outdoors after reading internet reviews...not sure if they tweaked it before launch but there is no issues in direct sunlight..
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Received phone last week, was concerned about screen brightness outdoors after reading internet reviews...not sure if they tweaked it before launch but there is no issues in direct sunlight..
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so, you can see the apps, you can write easily in direct sunlight?
thanks
I am usually very fussy when it comes to sunlight legibility and I have had many phones, but this seems more than fine for normal usage outdoors. It's no iPhone but certainly not as bad as some reviewers make it out.
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It's actually not very bright in direct sunlight. Was out on the back porch with it today, noticed it right away.
Not bright enough by far for me. Compared to other flagship phones I've used, S20, p40 pro, oppo find X pro all better
Not bright enough for me in direct sunlight. Auto brightness is weaker than last year's 1. Hope this can be sorted in software later.
It could use a bit more brightness indeed. Sometimes while taking photos when it's very sunny, it can be a bit hard to see the screen.
Not bright at all coming from the S20+ and P30 Pro. Great screen resolution but utterly abject brightness for some reason.