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[Nexus 4 General] idividebyzero:
The screen is pretty poor compared to the top screens available (but Im sure its way better than some of the lower carrier specific phones using bargain bin parts). Before calibration it looks horrible, after calibration it looks pretty good, not perfect but good enough for a phone. But the viewing angles are the worst Ive ever seen for IPS, looking at it ever so slightly at an angle tilted towards the corner and it looks really really bad, blacks pretty much disappear, if you arent holding the phone perfectly upright then the blacks are sure to look really bad. When I set the phone down in my car it looks like its showing a white screen even though the UI is actually dark/black.

Google did a complete hackjob on calibrating, its a must to make the screen look the way it should, but theres no fixing the viewing angle.
[Nexus 4 General] Tomatoes8:
I still do not understand how people can like the iphone 5 screen when it is shaped like a ruler or the text box for entering the title of your thread when posting on forums.

Go figure.
[Nexus 4 General] deezid:
AW: Does the Nexus 4 really have one of the best displays?

We're not talking about the size or form factor of the screen... -.-

We're talking about screen quality!

The iPhone 5 has a great screen:

Great viewing Angeles

Full sRGB color reproduction (much better saturated colors)

Proper calibration!

Great contrast and brightness

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[Nexus 4 General] Jayrod1980:
This is the best screen ever made and you are wrong to even disagree

Sent from my 5th and final Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] mfsr98:
Honestly I think Amoled is better (I only looked closely to my (720p) GNex though). I saw many reviews of the GNex vs. N4 and they usually say the blacks are better on the Nexus. Also Amoled has great viewing angles.

Edit: please dont say this phone has the best display on the market because it doesnt. Period. The DNA looks way better and im just mentioning one phone.
[Nexus 4 General] driftmania:
Well no **** the Gnex has better blacks, AMOLED screens don't light up whenever black is present, but other than that the Nexus 4 screen is miles better than the Gnex. Accurate colors, good blacks for LCD, and it's a lot easier on the eyes compared to the screen on the S3 I had before.
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
No its not. Ever heard of the Droid DNA/ One X/Note 2?
[Nexus 4 General] special.k:
Comparing my N4 screen to my friends GNex there is no comparison, I can see pixels on the gnex while on the n4 it is not possible.
[Nexus 4 General] blackhand1001:
The calibration on the nexus 4 is so bad that the galaxy nexus probably has better colors from the factory.
[Nexus 4 General] deezid:
AW: Does the Nexus 4 really have one of the best displays?

The calibration on the Galaxy Nexus is calibrated similar. ;)

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[Nexus 4 General] iammtxd:
I guess this is a subjective question coz someone likes warmer color like our n4 and someone likes a sharper and realistic color.

For me, I love the warmer one so I do think n4 has the best display!

Sorry for my bad English.

Sent from my Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
Does The nexus 4 have a very good display? Absolutely. Is it the best? Absolutely not.
[Nexus 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
Seriously? The OG One X (the One X+ is using a lesser display) still has the best display to be offered on a smartphone. And its brightness and contrast are better than the LCD3 display on the DNA/Butterfly. LG's displays have been "fine" overall but I've never seen anyone rave about them.

Here's what GSMArena says about the N4 display and s/w controlling it. Hardly a world beater.

The LCD is noticeably brighter than the Galaxy Nexus Super AMOLED screen and even the new Samsung Galaxy S III, though not quite as bright as the HTC One X. The black levels are not that deep though, especially when looking the screen at an angle. Sadly, the high reflectivity of the Nexus 4 screen leads to a rather mediocre sunlight performance. The Nexus 4 screen is slightly more reflective than that of the Optimus G, possibly due to the different glass. There's only a slight improvement here over the Optimus 4X HD's display. The viewing angles are good thanks to the IPS+ tech, but not without some color and contrast loss. The software that handles the drawing to the screen is noticeably different between the Optimus G and the Nexus 4. On the Optimus, images get their saturation boosted and are sharpened. The result is more visible detail than on the Nexus. The color balance is also different and it seemed to us that it's more accurate on the Optimus G. We compared images both with the native gallery and the Chrome browser, and the results were the same (so it's not LG's custom gallery enhancing the images).​

http://www.gsmarena.com/google_nexus_4-review-860p3.php

P.S. - Here are two articles on issues with LG-supplied displays on the iPad and just released retina MacBooks.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/11...blems_prompt_apple_to_cut_orders_from_lg.html

http://www.extremetech.com/computin...by-image-retention-increasingly-unhappy-users
[Nexus 4 General] Jayrod1980:
You know I was just trolling right? Overall I think the one x has the best screen. This one is pretty good though.

Sent from my 5th and final Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
Oh ok lol
[Nexus 4 General] nbeebe24:
Sharpness and clarity is great, the colors leave something to be desired IMO. Even calibrated I miss the blacks and vrbrant colors of my previous samo's. Can't wait to see the new super amoleds at 1080p resolution.
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
My display came out perfectly. I love it.
[Nexus 4 General] :
No, One X has the best screen I've seen so far, Note 2 doesn't hold a candle to it either, the N4 is crisp and has good colors but their on the bland side although whites look really white when I compare side by side on my N4. In fact I've noticed my N4 colors are similar to my laptop. I love my N4 regardless best phone I've ever had, don't have that envy of other phones I always had, so I feel it'll be a good companion for the next 2 years
[Nexus 4 General] s10shane:
I love my screen on my n4. I compared the colors next to my buddies evo lte and the colors looked really close but my whites looked more white and his looked yellowish. But I'm just having a hard time getting use to this screen coming from the HTC one s and galaxy nexus. All the colors look washed out. But I know they aren't since the amoled makes colors look oversaturated. Lol
[Nexus 4 General] mfsr98:
I dont see pixels on a 720p screen bit I might be blind... Anyways my GNex is not washed out (or doesnt look like it is) but there are very GNex with defects from factory, so I might just get lucky. This phone as very good viewing Angles BTW (again IMO).
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
I like super amoled displays a lot, they are very good in my opinion. However when you put it next to an excellent super LCD then you see some major differences. A friend of mine had some issues with his Gnexus and ask me to fix it. I rooted it, installed a ROM and kernel and he was good to go. But while I had his phone I put my One X screen next to it to see how they compare, the difference was night and day literally ( and I'm a huge AMOLEd fan). The One X display was so clear, whites were excellent and outdoor visibility was top notch. The Gnex had a blue tint on it and it almost was "disgusting" to look at its screen. Its like looking at a sunshine on the One X and thunderstorm on the Gnexus. Its true that amoled have better black but overall the LCD display was much more impressive to me, not even close. I can't wait to see the 1080p amoled vs the super LCD 1080 p displays. The nexus 4 screen is a huge upgrade over the Gnexus amoled. That blue tint really looks bad when you put both screen technologies head to head.
[Nexus 4 General] mackster248:
Its not the best, but its definitely great.

The DNA has the best screen currently out. It looks amazing and colors are perfect.
[Nexus 4 General] obsanity:
It's not pentile but still has a blue sub pixel thus colors will be off. Don't get me wrong it is a lot better than pentile green sub pixel but not true rgb.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] keijikage:
It's a very good screen considering the price of the phone.

I came from a galaxy nexus, and the screen is much much sharper - yes, blacks are not as blacks, but no big deal. My biggest issue is that the screen freaking devours battery compared to the amoled even when displaying a white webpage.
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Lmj4y9B36hc/T4uaKHTX3hI/AAAAAAAAIE8/4rVyESHFgTA/s1600/ipsvoledpower.jpg

White should more efficient on N4 than the GN.
[Nexus 4 General] Montpelier:
The Nexus 4's screen was my biggest concern after the Nexus 7's washed out mess made me realise a lot of people just don't have any idea what a 'good' screen is. It was a relief to find out there are no major issues with it. You'd have to get pretty deep into the graphs and charts to find major differences to any other high end LCD phone.
[Nexus 4 General] Fataldesain:
I don't care people explain how good this screen is its not better than amoled. Colors look washed and viewing angles suck. Its OK when its the only screen your seeing but use an amoled side by side I bet you most people will prefer it.
[Nexus 4 General] Crwolv:
Droid DNA. Best 441 PPI. Best LCD...is a tie. Yucky iPhone and the new ZTE SPRINT FKASH 326 PPI. MY lgog And n4 is 318ppi 320 DPI. Its all opinion and kernel color control .I prefer amoled. Some prefer LCD. :banghead:
[Nexus 4 General] FallN:
For crispness, clarity and viewing angles, the Nexus 4 is definitely up there in the rankings. But color saturation? Not so much. It's more "realistic" aka not as "vibrant".

So it depends on what's more important to you: crisp, sharp, bright screen with more "natural" colors and great viewing angles or not so crisp, not the best viewing angles but super saturated, unrealistic, candy colors?

I'll take the Nexus 4's screen any day over a Samsung device's. Personal preference.

Sent from my Nexus 4 or Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] tameracingdriver:
I think a lot of people either have duff phones, or are being overly critical.

At the same time I've had my Nexus 4 I've also compared with a Nokia Lumia 920, Galaxy S3, and Galaxy Note 2.

The Nexus 4 is every bit as good as the others IMO. Not as instantly impressive as the Note 2, but thats to be expected as that screen is both bigger and an AMOLED, so looks more colourful. It sure is pleasing to the eye, but a little analysis reveals that the N4 looks more accurate to me, and is hands down a sharper display.

Compared to the Lumia 920, the N4 is a little "colder", but overall the quality is much the same.

Compared to the S3, again, the S3 looks more colourful and vibrant, but some analysis reveals that the overall quality is lacking compared to the Nexus 4, you can see the effect that the PenTile display has on it, and it just lacks sharpness / definition.

So, overall, Note 2 looks the prettiest especially for photos / video but maybe not the most accurate or sharpest. The Lumia 920 and N4 are very similar, with the 920 a smidge more warm and vibrant. The S3 is clearly in last place for me.
[Nexus 4 General] tanjiajun_34:
I like how Nexus 4 display text like soft and smooth. Also I like how clear it is during outdoors. I like its white too. I feels that Nexus 4's white is better than iPhone 5's white. iPhone 5 looks a bit of yellowish when compared to my Nexus 4.

But still I miss Super AMOLED HD. Although the colour are saturated, it makes viewing videos amazing even if the video is very very dull actually. And for those cartoon cartoon games like Angry Bird, the blacks looks really awesome with the other bright colours.
[Nexus 4 General] Peter1856:
G Nexus is 720p...
[Nexus 4 General] tanjiajun_34:
Ya I read wrongly :X Thought he said Nexus S.
[Nexus 4 General] pakure:
I think the Droid dna has it the best. .then one x... then it's note 2

The best thing about note 2 is that you can switch between different display modes for your liking like in the screen shot

scribbled from my note 2 (N7100)
[Nexus 4 General] Cor-master:
I think it is really nice imo. Definitely the best I've ever used
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
I like shoes, you like trainers

I like green, you like red

I like rain, you like sun

I like sports cars, you like MPVs

I like LCD, you like AMOLED

Shall I go on?

Display on N4 is very good. Maybe not as good as what some htc are using but very good nevertheless.

But comparing it to AMOLED is just not fair. They are too different. It's like comparing an aeroplane to a ship. Both get you from a to b, but by completely different means.
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
I love the display and out looks amazing one calibrated. Also, the zero space set up or what ever it is called really gives it a unique quality compared to my previous amoled screen which was also pretty awesome.

I think the colors may have been more content on the super amoled display but this one seems much sharper and clearer to me. The difference when viewing text is pretty amazing.

Overall I think it is one of the top 5 displays available right now. That will not last long though with all of the new stuff being developed. Flexible displays, increased resolution, etc... Man in a few months we will all be complaining.. haha For now though I love this thing!!
[Nexus 4 General] Tarun95:
I don't understand why people say n4 is not properly calibrated. It just looks perfect. One of my friend wants to exchange his one x with nexus 4 because he says the display looks better on n4. Not kidding. Later we I captured a photo from his phone and sent it to my phone and we compared the displays. The colors looked more pleasing to the eye on the one x but nexus 4 displayed more true to life colors.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Because it's not properly calibrated. Maybe you are the lucky one and your display actually matches settings to produce good results. Although I doubt it very much. I bet if you tried checking gamma with Display Tester it would be way off.
[Nexus 4 General] Tarun95:
Yup in fact I am lucky :p my brother also has n4 and his display is way yellowish over mine. Only reason I used to root my gnex was to calibrate the display but I got nearly perfect display with n4 so I don't find any reason to root. :)
[Nexus 4 General] Cor-master:
Not calibrated? Rubbish! People are too picky, colors look fine. It's the nexus 7 freak out all over again!
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
*facepalm*

more naysayers....

It is not calibrated properly. period.
[Nexus 4 General] Cor-master:
It is or it isn't why does anyone care is the real question? It looks gorgeous out of the box and a major step up from the qhd 4.5 inch super lcd I had before.
[Nexus 4 General] rastassjr:
After using this phone for the last week I must say the display seems to get better after it "breaks in" To be fair though it maybe a placebo effect on my part, but I believe today that everything looks much better then a week ago in terms of color, saturation, and brightness.
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
I've had 3 screens now and all with uneven tints. Two had dead pixels, and all three backlight bleeding.

Not really all that good in my findings. My One X blew this screen away. Early One X hardware builds were absolutely shocking though.
[Nexus 4 General] idividebyzero:
It doesnt, gamma is a software setting, it never changes unless Google changes it in a software update.

People need to understand that it is a fact, not an opinion, that they screwed the calibration settings up. Liking washed out colors is an opinion, liking saturated colors is an opinion, but what isnt an opinion is this phone displays incorrect colors at stock settings.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
It does. Yellow tint seems to go away a bit. Although colour intensity and gamma overall stay unchanged. I guess it's the infamous glue drying issue.
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
WTF is an aeroplane? I never heard of that before. Some new tech I haven't heard of?
[Nexus 4 General] mixedguy:
I posted this on another forum but I thought I would share my findings and opinion between the N4 display and S3 display in this thread. I have a S3 and N4 and have compared the screens to each other many times. In stock form my N4 colors look washed out but I rooted and used the faux123 app to raise the gamma levels and that gave me much more saturated colors on the N4.

I have a computer monitor that has been calibrated for accurate colors using a Spyder display calibration tool and the N4 comes way closer to the picture quality of my monitor than the S3 does. I will admit that the S3 deep blacks and over saturated colors really wow the eyes more however the colors are far from accurate. The S3 destroys the N4 when it comes to the color black but its really only noticeable at night or when you're in a dim lit room. When outside during the day or in a place with brighter lighting the blacks on the N4 look very close to that of the S3.

The N4 wins when it comes to the color white. The whites on the N4 look brighter and more pure when compared to what I see on the S3. To be honest I thought the whites on the S3 looked fine until I got my N4 and compared them. I also noticed the N4 is easier to see outside and in bright rooms without the need to up the brightness settings when compared to the S3 and black text on white backgrounds appear to be sharper on the N4 as well. My N4 has a small amount of light bleed on the top of the display but it doesn't bother me since it's barely noticeable plus it's almost impossible to get a LCD screen that has no form of light bleed. Light bleed is just one of the cons of LCD technology that's hard to consistently correct doing the manufacturing process. The AMOLED screen on my S3 has no light bleed for obvious reasons but I did go through two S3s before settling on the third. The two S3s I returned had these huge inky looking blobs that were noticeable on black and darker colors and most noticeable when the phone was in dim lighting. My Third S3 has some tiny inky looking specs but this is normal and is not noticeable at all during normal use.

Both screens have their pros and cons. If you are usually in dim/darker surroundings and like very vivid colors then AMOLED with its inky blacks is the way to go. If you are outside during the day or are in places with brighter lighting a lot and like more accurate colors than the N4 has the better display. Just my 2 cents between the two displays.
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
I almost spit my drink out lol.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
aeroplane

Web definitions

airplane: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the...

wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

http://grammarist.com/usage/aeroplane-airplane/

Yep. Never mind, it only existed for more than a 100 years.
[Nexus 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
Trying using "whilst." ;)
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Barry! Long time no see!!! How's TFP doing?

Not sure if you recognise me , i used to be known as tinky1 :)
[Nexus 4 General] mbucks911:
you have to remember that these are still just technologies. a better display isnt going to change your life. similarly, when you see a screen, even if its a really nice one, your not actually going to be blown out of the water or dumbfounded or anything like that. its going to look better than other screens. thats it. its not going to leave your jaw slack and your mouth drooling. these are exaggerations. the nexus 4 screen is great as far as a display can currently be great. its not 1080p, but you still cant see pixels and having a 1080p screen isnt going to knock you out with its brilliance either.
[Nexus 4 General] draugaz:
But that 1080p will suck your battery even faster :)
[Nexus 4 General] jtc276:
"And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea."

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] jinnk:
I think so:D
[Nexus 4 General] blendobass:
I think the resolution is way to high, it makes text way to small, even if you increase the system font other apps and all sorts of stuff is too small to read, I was showing my N4 to someone who has never seen a real smartphone beside an s2 and she was sure that the display was better to her on teh S2, i had to agree.. bigger text is better from 2 feet away.

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I honestly was blown away the 1st time i saw an iphone 4s screen, i coudln't believe how nice it looked...
[Nexus 4 General] Crwolv:
??? That's not resolution that's DPI

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Though I disagree with some this.this is 1 of the best explanations ive ever seen if and if ubhave a good a kernel you can make it look any way you want no matter what screen it is :p
[Nexus 4 General] Tarun95:
Gamma seems to be close to 2.0 in white and rest its between 1.6 to 1.8
[Nexus 4 General] Cor-master:
Well I won't argue with you guys, no point in that. The gamma might be off a bit, I dunno, but to me the colors seem fine, I got no complaints, but I'm not overly picky. It's more obvious on my Nexus 7 where white is blatantly over saturated compared to my HTC Flyer I had before it but the screen was still an overall improvement since the flyer only had a 1024x600 resolution and the nexus 7 has a 1280x800 resolution so I never bothered to tweak it or fix it.

I guess I'm just not that picky, as long as the screen looks good who cares right?
[Nexus 4 General] poopsicles:
Had quite the opposite effect. It was so beautiful and shimmering brand new, now my eyes have adjusted and its moderately wonderful... but looking at my old phone or my kindle and I immediately feel that again
[Nexus 4 General] gangstar:
can u guys see the screen matrix pattern on your nexus 4? or is mine faulty?
[Nexus 4 General] Crwolv:
In a bright angle u can see it on my LGOG(n4 brother) otherwise. You have 1 of the best screens that's not 1080 P around so something's not right

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My wife's new sprint zte flash looks better and has the same PPI 326 as a new iPhone. Unlike me she prefers the dull LCD colors while I prefer the overblown saturated amoled true black and white.
[Nexus 4 General] tanjiajun_34:
To all those who say S.AMOLED does not have accurate colours... Do you all know that Samsung phone can set their screen modes to natural colours? It is easily accessible in the settings menu!

I think for realistic Neuxs 4 isn't really there yet. It is a bit too dull. I think the One X does better in that.
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
I'm thinking he meant airplane. Never heard of that term before.
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
I owned an S2 and now own a N4.AMOLED surely displays true blacks but it definitely does not display true whites.

On my S2 the whites are yellowish. On it's own you will not find anything missing. but compare it to any LCD and you'll see the whites aren't whites.

There is one more issue. If the photo/video you are watching is bit dark then you miss a lot of detail because of true black issue.I've seen this happening

with videos shot in indoor locations.

There is also another issue with gray's. Particularly visible when you open the Play app and images haven't loaded. You will see yellow coloured stains.More

visible is low brightness.

All the issues I've mentioned happen in all DNIe modes.
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
I was laughing at the chunk you quoted about the aero plane.
[Nexus 4 General] Billy Madison:
No! One X is already beaten by LG OG

And when you say that DNA has better display in terms of ppi I say wait 1 month and LG will expose there AH-IPS True FullHD 5" display which will beat the *ell out of Sharp's ASV matrix of DNA