Comparing my G5 with my brothers Samsung J5 at the weekend and I was disappointed with my screen brightness. It was noticeably dimmer and harder to read in the bright sunlight.
Can this be improved?
Any information would be helpful. That's my biggest gripe with this phone
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Have the same problem and dont found any answer yet.
Have you thought it might be a problem with the hardware in your phone? There is no other phone that beats the sunlight readability than my G5, Amoled screens are awful to read in sunlight and other lcd screens even worse. The G5 in sunlight is perfectly readable in full summer sun at 75 % on mine.
Jonathan-H said:
Have you thought it might be a problem with the hardware in your phone? There is no other phone that beats the sunlight readability than my G5, Amoled screens are awful to read in sunlight and other lcd screens even worse. The G5 in sunlight is perfectly readable in full summer sun at 75 % on mine.
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I have the same problem as many out there
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Sunlight legibility on this is very very good....but it must be on AUTO brightness control. If you move into bright sunlight you can see the phone brightness jump into boost mode (Like latest gen samsung phones) and it is super readable in direct bright sunlight... As bright as my s7 edge in daylight (and it is BRIGHT). Had a nexus 6P and loved it, but its AMOLED panel was utter pants in bright daylight...lucky if it hit 350 nits. The G5 (and the S7 edge) have very good daylight screens. Recommended outdoor viewing phone.
I think that the software is still a bit buggy with this feature. It works, then it doesn't. I wish I could manually enable it or at least set it to start even if the sunlight is not directly aimed at the sensor. But when it works, it is extremely bright.
falsivas said:
Sunlight legibility on this is very very good....but it must be on AUTO brightness control. If you move into bright sunlight you can see the phone brightness jump into boost mode (Like latest gen samsung phones) and it is super readable in direct bright sunlight... As bright as my s7 edge in daylight (and it is BRIGHT). Had a nexus 6P and loved it, but its AMOLED panel was utter pants in bright daylight...lucky if it hit 350 nits. The G5 (and the S7 edge) have very good daylight screens. Recommended outdoor viewing phone.
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Thanks, didn't know about this
kchannel9 said:
Thanks, didn't know about this
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But it works unreliably, I wish I could just set it to work manually, like a second slider over 100%
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cad0p said:
But it works unreliably, I wish I could just set it to work manually, like a second slider over 100%
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It doesn't make any sense.. 100% should have been the maximum. I guess LG didn't want people to use it often and drain the battery quickly.
galr said:
It doesn't make any sense.. 100% should have been the maximum. I guess LG didn't want people to use it often and drain the battery quickly.
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My guess is that going over 100% it alters the colors to achieve visibility, otherwise it doesn't make any sense, I agree with you
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Hey guys i want to know how good the screen is on this phone as i am thinking about buying one, and i thought you guys who own it will be able to tell me what the reviews seem to miss.
How visible is the phone in sunlight? and compared to my friends HTC desire..which was AWFULLLLL, but with brightness up on iphone it was good enough.
Unbiased opinion please!!
Great. You won't have any prob. I tested it, had no prob at all. Had it on Auto Brightness, all time.
Gsmarena quote,
All in all, Super AMOLED Plus screens and mobile phones are really meant for each other. It’s a perfect match that reveals all the strengths (unrivaled image quality, perfect viewing angles, energy efficiency and great sunlight legibility), without suffering the traditional OLED weaknesses (higher production costs for larger units and shorter life).
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Regards.
have your screen bright, and this is awesome!
Superb, much to my surprise. Could watch vids on beach in Sardinian sunshine this summer with no problems - apart from sand
Super Amoled is the best display especially when viewing in sunlight. So you will not regret
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What's the deal? Anandtech said the S6 was way brighter. It's the opposite for me. Both are on manual brightness settings.
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What's the deal? Anandtech said the S6 was way brighter. It's the opposite for me. Both are on manual brightness settings.
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Strangely when I measured brightness with AMOLED photo mode and Samsung Purple theme, max brightness was oddly lowish, then set stock theme and adaptive screen mode, and it behaved normally, 351 nits full screen white with manual settings, 572 auto settings under sunlight, 718 auto under sunlight with small white area. That's roughtly in line with the Note 4. Not entirely sure what's the deal here, but the edge DEFINITELY can go as high as the S6 or the Note 4.
Is the S6 brighter then the edge? I've heard it's screen is better.
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The edge is brighter and it seems that manual brightness doesn't go that high but auto brightness gets much higher (which I don't get) but that's what I've read. Works for me. Gets plenty bright and plenty dim
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Rate this thread to express how well you can see the honor 5X'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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The Honor 5X screen has excellent viewing capabilities outside. Along with a pretty good brightness it also changes the contrast when it detects a lot of light falling upon the frontside. The combination of these two make it quite easy to use in sunlight. Of course the glare might be in the way but then just rotate the phone slightly so that you don't reflect the sun in your eyes...
Screen looks good outdoor with Max brightness. The performance is also good in the dark with minimum brightness settings.
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The Honor 5X screen has excellent viewing capabilities outside. Along with a pretty good brightness it also changes the contrast when it detects a lot of light falling upon the frontside. The combination of these two make it quite easy to use in sunlight. Of course the glare might be in the way but then just rotate the phone slightly so that you don't reflect the sun in your eyes...
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Hello KoeWaffle,
Thank you for your comment on the Honor 5X. Here at Honor, we love hearing from our customers and we're happy to hear that you're having a great experience viewing things on your device outdoors. (ED)
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pank.dhnd said:
Screen looks good outdoor with Max brightness. The performance is also good in the dark with minimum brightness settings.
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Hello pank.dhnd,
Our developers worked tirelessly to put a great screen on the Honor 5X and we're glad you're having a great experience viewing things in bright and dark areas. Thank you for choosing the Honor 5X. (ED)
autobrightness taking time... But good..
To be fair, no phone meets the might of straight floridian sun beaming down leaving no room for vision. This phone is no different. My iphone 6 is on the same level as this phone. I cant see much out.
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To be fair, no phone meets the might of straight floridian sun beaming down leaving no room for vision. This phone is no different. My iphone 6 is on the same level as this phone. I cant see much out.
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LOL...the reflection alone is enough ta' blind ye...
Joking aside, the Honor 5x does well outside, even though the Autobrightness setting is a little slow to compensate (can take a second to recognize it's inside a dark room or outside in full sun). Outside of that it is comparable with many flagship phones over the last couple years in that regard.
I would rate it poor outside in Thai sun with or without auto brightness, iphone 5 onward does little better when I compared .
good enough
AUTO brightness takes time to adjust but if you set brightness mutually then everything will be alright i mean its quite good
Very bright
Good enough, sometimes auto brightness does not work
Good enough. Not too hard to read outdoors.
Great for its price. Easily readable screen
Its one year later, summer 2017 though I love my L24 the display is crappy outside though I turned auto brighten off. I snap alot of wildreness pics out walking, my old iPhone 5c has better outdoor display sadly.
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Its one year later, summer 2017 though I love my L24 the display is crappy outside though I turned auto brighten off. I snap alot of wildreness pics out walking, my old iPhone 5c has better outdoor display sadly.
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U cant compare an iphone with 5x
gopinaidu77 said:
U cant compare an iphone with 5x
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The difference is not close enough to be compared.
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The difference is not close enough to be compared.
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lol comparison :laugh:
Max brightness helps in readability but not too much. Expected for a midrange device.
Screen readability -- good .
I hope u mean about brightness gopal. That would be a typo
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the LG G6'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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Would've loved an amoled screen.
Well that's sure to help anyone considering getting the G6.
Are you sure it's not Amoled? Did you research reviews and specs before you were forced to get your G6?
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Well i have used the phone in direct sunlight and cant really say anything bad about it is readable so tha i can take calls, read texts but i wouldn't go out and start watching a video since when i say direct sunlight its like 90+°F lol but if i sit in a sunlight area with a bit of wind then yes phone is plenty bright enought for me to watch content on and enjoy it
For me it deserves 4 stars. LG G6 is more than sufficiently visible under direct sunlight.
It's pretty amazing to me that nobody other than Samsung has figured out oled for mobile screens. You know lg has been working on it for years, but for some reason they just can't mass produce it. Samsung has it mastered.
Actually LG isn't really starting to dabble in small OLED until next year.
As far as screen quality goes I saw a review stating measured 557 nits, as bright as the iPhone 7. Color accuracy was better than the iPhone and S7. Gamut was a little disappointing with 136% sRGB vs 197% for the S7. All in all a great display, probably the best LCD ever put in a phone.
resinis said:
It's pretty amazing to me that nobody other than Samsung has figured out oled for mobile screens. You know lg has been working on it for years, but for some reason they just can't mass produce it. Samsung has it mastered.
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Mastered? Lol... Reddit is full of people complaining about burned in screens on their S8 after just a few days.
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As far as screen quality goes I saw a review stating measured 557 nits, as bright as the iPhone 7. Color accuracy was better than the iPhone and S7. Gamut was a little disappointing with 136% sRGB vs 197% for the S7. All in all a great display, probably the best LCD ever put in a phone.
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ComputerBase (Germany) even measured 624nits:
computerbase.de/2017-04/lg-g6-test/#abschnitt_sehr_hell_und_hoher_kontrast
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Definitely bright enough.
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Mastered? Lol... Reddit is full of people complaining about burned in screens on their S8 after just a few days.
Definitely bright enough.
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i didnt know that... i guess i meant they are far, far ahead of anyone else in mobile oled displays
im very impressed with the lg g5's display. super bright, very rich in color. and crazy sharp.
It's summer season where I'm at and yesterday I was at the beach. Visibility is low in outdoor bright light.
Probably a weird question, but how is this phone when using with polarised sunglasses?
My Z2 turns to black in some angles in portrait mode and completely black in horizontal.
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I will have pretty good comparison. HTC 10 was having highest ppi and regarded as the best lCD display. However outdoor visibility was extremely bad. I am not sure but I think it is a characteristics of LCD display . One thing I notice that even for camera HTC 10 was relying on display. Whenever I was opening camera app the screen was automatically turning 100% bright and then comeback to normal after closing the app. It happen with third party camera app as well. I will report once I get G6.
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my experience: under sunlight (outdoor) in automatic brightness it is very difficult to see..... the always on display is completely invisible!!!!
wrong buy for me this g6
myabc said:
my experience: under sunlight (outdoor) in automatic brightness it is very difficult to see..... the always on display is completely invisible!!!!
wrong buy for me this g6
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Don't use auto brightness. Auto brightness is buggy in most devices. Try to do it manually.
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Probably a weird question, but how is this phone when using with polarised sunglasses?
My Z2 turns to black in some angles in portrait mode and completely black in horizontal.
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You can see the display in all angles. Slightly worse with rainbow-effect in some angles, but still visible.
Anyone know how it compares with the LG V20 display?
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If the sun shines directly on the screen on max brightness I can see absolutly nothing
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Don't use auto brightness. Auto brightness is buggy in most devices. Try to do it manually.
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Yes it may be buggy however according to http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g6-review-752130/
the LG G6 display actually gets brighter than 100% when it is set to AUTO.
"Putting it through our testing, we found the display to have a max manual brightness of 556 nits, which is boosted to a very respectable 663 nits when auto brightness is engaged under direct light. In sunlight, this is likely to be even higher"
I have no way to test this myself. The display is just barely usable in direct sunlight. Better than my G3 though. I wish it was better in this regard since I use this as my motorcycle GPS sometimes.
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If the sun shines directly on the screen on max brightness I can see absolutly nothing
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Sorry for you but in the same condiction i see all very well and compared to my previous device (Samsung Galaxy s4, Redmi Note 2 and Lg G3) i think LG G6 is better of all of them, on automatic brightness too...
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Sorry for you but in the same condiction i see all very well and compared to my previous device (Samsung Galaxy s4, Redmi Note 2 and Lg G3) i think LG G6 is better of all of them, on automatic brightness too...
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Do you use auto brightness and/or a screen protector? I guess some phones have brighter screens than others...
Has anyone noticed that the auto-brightness does not scale correctly in dim light conditions? Compared to a Xperia1 sitting right next to it is considerably dimmer (Xperia 1 is around 50% on the scale vs the v60 25%. Appears that there is no adaptive brightness available in the settings and you cannot adjust the slider unless you disable the auto brightness setting. In a dim room it will go down to 0% vs the Xperia's 15-20%. I know it will learn from you changing the brightness setting but all my other phones you left the auto-brightness on while adjusting that. Forgot to mention this is the tmobile version, also not seeing any of the galileo gps on this phone.
It is absolutely terrible. I turned it off for now.
Dug into it a bit today, appears that LG's Night Mode is not like Androids Dark theme. When you switch from light to dark on other Android phones (Sony,Razer, Pixels, oneplus) the text colors will change to a color which contrasts with the darker colors. LG keeps the same text colors so the secondary line of information is a medium gray on a darker grey. Turning Night mode off does help out a lot.
And the t-mobile version definitely missing the Galileo GPS satellites. But none of the support staff are online to talk to about it...
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It is absolutely terrible. I turned it off for now.
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I agree, my oneplus 7 pro auto-brightness is better, despite its shortcomings.
I agree my Xperia 1 and OnePlus 6t both perform better with the auto-brightness
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I agree, my oneplus 7 pro auto-brightness is better, despite its shortcomings.
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OMG, the OnePlus 7 Pro is renowned for having terrible auto brightness...I know because I own one (mine is livable though) but to say that the V60 is worse than the 7 Pro...that's got to be beyond bad.
What is it with so many of these OEM's that they expect us to pay mega-bucks for these devices and they are crap from the factory? Is there no quality control anymore at all?
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OMG, the OnePlus 7 Pro is renowned for having terrible auto brightness...I know because I own one (mine is livable though) but to say that the V60 is worse than the 7 Pro...that's got to be beyond bad.
What is it with so many of these OEM's that they expect us to pay mega-bucks for these devices and they are crap from the factory? Is there no quality control anymore at all?
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When I had the V30 the auto-brightness was great. Think these OEM's have issues with auto-brightness because when bezels was a thing they could have housed a better sensor.
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When I had the V30 the auto-brightness was great. Think these OEM's have issues with auto-brightness because when bezels was a thing they could have housed a better sensor.
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My auto isn't that great. Hoping for software update. Man! We're still on February update, lol.
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Madelynn28 said:
It is absolutely terrible. I turned it off for now.
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Yep im having trouble with it as well. Hopefully software update can tweak the settings.
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