HTC experiences OLED shortage, uses LCD screens in new Desires and more phones
- Thread starter BananaDunka
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hmm my theme is mostly grey, strangly when i took a picture of it, it appeared to have a tint...however not when i actually looked at the screen...how odd lol
The pink tint due to interference patterns is visible at all brightnesses on certain grey shades (like in the gmail app). If you get a pink tint when lowering your brightness you have a defective unit.
At the lowest brightness I can barely notice a pink tint on certain grey shades, anything other than that I cant so it doesn't bother me.
I thought that just about all Desire's had this issue anyway?
Soldato
it is more noticeable on some than others. couple of my friends have Desires (i have an HTC Hewo) and I messed around with one and didn't see anything wrong with the screen (other than it being hard to view in sunlight!) but as soon as i picked up the other i could see a pink tint to it
The brightness related pink tint should not affect just greys, that's the Pentile layout causing that. All desires have the Pentile related pink greys (certain shades of greys), and only faulty ones have an overall pink tint.
Soldato
so easiest way to tell the difference is ? As i'm going to be buying one of these in a week or so
Soldato
No backlight so black is black.
Soldato
black is black on amole screen correct? and its a obvious grey colour on LCD?
Soldato
Don't have any issue with mine in direct sunlight on the 2nd level of power control, 3 levels. If anything its better than my Iphone 3G.
Soldato
There is no backlight so if the pixel is off then you dont see anything.
Soldato
never used an iphone, but side by side with my Hewo - both Desires were poorer in direct sunlight than that Hero.
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My warranty replacement Desire is coming to me tomorrow... is there anyway to check 100% whether I have a LCD or AMOLED? Only the pink test??
The box will say 
Other than that, black will be pitch black.
You mean LCD surely and even then not all LCD screens are like that, IPS panels for example are almost perfect (178/178 degree viewing angles).
Other than that, black will be pitch black.
You mean LCD surely and even then not all LCD screens are like that, IPS panels for example are almost perfect (178/178 degree viewing angles).
Soldato
I see, that has answered why I could see a strange tiling effect on the Desire screen compared to LCD, I thought it was just my eyes. Do we think that the LCD will be better or worse? The colours on the desire are quite nice.
*assuming you meant LCD.
No inverted colours on my phone
*assuming you meant LCD.
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