[Motorola Droid RAZR] BigBlue007:
Unfortunately, in this kind of discussions people are beginning to loose the main point sooner or later and start to compare things that have nothing to do with the topic.

The topic is that the Razr has a AMOLED-type display with pentile matrix, and it is simply not up for a discussion that the screen clearly shows the typical AMOLED and pentile effects. Which are not only negatives but also positives.

On the plus side, an AMOLED display usually reproduces more vivid colours and, even more important, real blacks. An LCD would only be able to produce as-near black levels by implementing a technique called "local dimming" that is already used in TVs, but not (yet) in phone displays. So when it comes to colours and blacks, an AMOLED-type display will usually be favoured over an LCD.

On the other hand, a display with pentile matrix produces somewhat "blurry" edges, especially on small fonts, where on a LCD it's perfectly sharp. Another side effect of a pentile matrix is when you look at a larger area that consists of only one colour (for instance a background image which is just red), you can see the single dots the picture consists of, while on a LCD the same picture would look even. This is because the red picture on the AMOLED display contains less active pixels (only the red pixels of the pentile matrix are active -> less resolution) than on the LCD, where all pixels are on all the time.

It is important to know that not all AMOLED-type displays have a pentile matrix, and on the other hand, there are also LCDs that have a pentile matrix. For instance, the Samsung SGS2 has a AMOLED display but no pentile matrix, while the Motorla Atrix has a LCD with a pentile matrix. Therefore, the above mentioned pentile effects are visible on most AMOLED phones (because most AMOLED displays do have a pentile matrix) but not on an SGS2, but they ARE present on the Atrix, even though it has a LCD.

In discussions like this, one could sometimes get the impression that these effects would only be present on some, but not all displays of the same kind, because there are people that say that they can see it, but others that say that the effects are definitely not present on their device. This is of course wrong. A display with a pentile matrix ALWAYS has the above mentioned effects. If someone says that they would not be present on his/her phone, this only means he/she cannot see it (be it because of bad eyes or because he/she simply has no base for comparison), but they are of course present on their phones as well.

To come back to the beginning of my post, the thing about this whole discussion is that just because one says that he doesn't like those pentile matrix effects doesn't neccessarily mean he doesn't like the phone itself. I can only speak for myself, but I must say that I also clearly see the pentile matrix effects, and no, I don't really like them. Honestly I am happy for everyone who has no problem with it, because those folks have one less thing that they must care about. :) Still, it is completely pointless if these people claim that their phones would not have these effects, because they DO have it.

However, there are much more things about a phone than the display. Other things that I personally particular look at are the materials used, build quality and speech quality. And in these areas the Razr is far ahead of any other Android phone that I had in the past. The haptic perception of the Razr is second to none (something that someone who says that a SGS2 has a good build quality will probably not understand :D ). The signal reception reminds me of the pre-smartphone era, where Motorola phones were usually among the best when it came to signal reception and speech quality. I have a "weak spot" in my flat where 3G coverage is bad and phones tend to switch back to 2G mode. I had phones, especially from HTC and Samsung, where having a phone call at this place was a nightmare. With the Razr, absolutely no problem.

What I'm trying to say is that I don't really like the pentile matrix display of the Razr, and I don't need to lie to myself or others, convincing me or anyone else that the display would be perfect or that the typical pentile effects would not be there, becaue they are. BUT, the whole package this phone offers convinces me to keep it anyway. It is true that you can somehow get used to those pentile effects if you noticed them at the beginning. You just should prevent yourself from comparing it to a good LCD screen again and again, because if you do, and if your eyesight is 100% or better, you will then of course notice the difference again. :)