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[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] js042507:
Not sure why a lot of people are having issues with their contrast and saturation. My display is perfect. Blues are completely accurate, as well as every other color. This is hands down the best display I have seen. I love it. Blows Sammy's over exuberant color pallet away. This is all I did to adjust the display...
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] vision33r:
I had the Nexus 6P and that AMOLED is probably the best calibrated display and much sharper than OP3. I don't think it's a huge deal breaker here since the phone is so much faster, easier to hold and use. I really wanted to like the 6P but it just didn't have enough customizations even though custom roms are plenty.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Tiz92:
I love the display. Its so much better than on the 1+1. Those blacks and colors.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Jfxmedia:
I'm a very picky user for most everything on my phone. I have extreme ocd. I believe everyone's screen is different. My display in my OP3 is better than my S6 and my S4 as well as my honor 5x and Nexus 6p. It may also be preference because as I do love amoleds, this one is a bit duller than usual samoleds but more accurate. I have no color transitions no color issues at all. I have my white balance bar about 88% up to max. Personally, to me its looking excellent. Everyone's screen must differ.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] AP_on_xda:
yes they did , but in terms of Accuracy .

it is absolutely possible that it feels good to a not so keen user.

Also there's a possibility of better calibration via XDA devs
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] bluegrass55:
Completely agree with you. At first I thought it was just me. Coming from various devices including 6P,G4,Moto X Pure and N5 the screen on this 3 is terrible.

I've always preferred AMOLED over LCD as I found it easier on the eye. Returning my 3 as it's causing me eye strain (don't play games,Facebook etc).
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] edios123:
When in landscape orientation, text looks a little blurry and not like how a 1080p panel should be.

My DPI is set to 420.

Should I get a replacement? Considering I also have the problem of green hue on greys at low brightness.?
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] pileot:
I read there is an update to fix color rendition, has anyone tried it? Any major difference? Im a photographer, I carefully calibrated my screens to render accurately, if the phone colors are way off that will be a huge disadvantage...
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] proph:
To me the OP3 has, like the reviewer on anandtech said, the worst display, ive ever seen...
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] js042507:
Wow. Are you color sensitive or something? Don't understand your reasoning honestly
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] proph:
Well, im coming from a perfectly sRGB calibrated qHD IPS-Panel and went to a poorly calibrated hd samoled panel... I knew it was worse, but didnt expect that much of a difference
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] js042507:
Which phone? And ips, really? I understand that amoled, especially Samsung amoled, are definitely different. But this phone has the most accurate pallet IMO.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] ithehappy:
The panel is just fine! It's the calibration that is messed up! And these things can't be a "my opinion" thing. In any case, after the new update, I know that sRGB is included but is there a technical measurement redone result by Anand or anyone else? Would love to look at it.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] fix-this!:
Coming from a nexus 5x the colors look good to me.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] mohitraj.raj:
The colors are, yes, highly oversaturated. But there's a fix around the corner using the sRGB mode, if you like more normal colors.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Gammelgustav:
Did anyone try out the sRGB mode in the newest Update? How is the calibration?
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Rausss:
Yes! And it is very positive.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10445/revisiting-the-oneplus-3
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] serninator:
I'm completely disagree I prefer 100x times the 1+1 screen, more accuracy, more real scenes, more brightness... ok, black isn't black but other color are more realistics not like 1+3 screen or other amoleds...

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I think everyone is waiting the update and a zip file with right configuration of the screen... at least I'm mad about it.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] jack0232:
It's fine
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] drummerman:
Where did you get the update from?
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Tiz92:
I love oversaturated colors. Of course it is only my taste. I fully respect yours, but with the sRGB mode the screen of the 1+3 is far superior to those of the 1+1-.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] stebsgb1:
I probably won't bother with the new mode as it looks amazing as it is.

I spent the afternoon taking photos and comparing the screen with my son's iPhone 6 Plus and the OnePlus was the winner. It is superb.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] kinglouy2:
My panel does strange stuff that I haven't seen on any other OLED panel before.

Dark colors seem to have slower response times. If I scroll through a list with dark background, white entries and a few dark gray ones, the darker entries seem to be lagging behind by a lot and appear to be blue at first. It's kinda hard to explain. A similar issue also occurs if I use the notification center on the home screen where I am using a dark wallpaper. While sliding down, the notification center is blue on the bottom. It appears that the blue sub pixels have faster response times. This always happens if a shape with a dark color (and a blue color component, like gray) is moved into a screen area that was black previously.

Anyone else experiencing this? This is the only thing that makes me consider returning the device, but it bugs me a lot.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Maginus98:
Eyestrain

My OnePlus 3 gives me eyestrains after just a few minutes of use. The weird thing is after testing my dad´s Samsung Galaxy S6 and my brother´s Motorola Moto X 2014 they seem to give me eyestrains as well. After looking at other AMOLED screens in retail stores they all seem to have a similar effect. Any idea what is causing this, and should I simply return the OnePlus 3 and find myself a phone with a LCD-display?
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] drummerman:
As the main interface with your phone, if you have problems with this type of display, it is probably worth switching to one with an LCD.

There is an update around the corner which will apparently fix some colour inaccuracies but as you have had similar issues with other amoleds this may not make a difference.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Maginus98:
Sorry for hijacking this thread but any sugggestions for a good phone with a LCD-display and a good price-performance ratio?
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] kinglouy2:
Moto G4 Plus might be worth looking at.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] drummerman:
Elephone p9000
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Striatum_bdr:
You can flash HydrogenOS it has in it. See dedicated thread. Chinese version of OOS. Stock.

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You can try Screen Balance app from PlayStore also.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] hasenbein1966:
IMPORTANT!!!

It seems that, at least as some user reports suggest, if one activates sRGB for the first time, yellowish colors CAN result.

But if the device is

restarted

(with sRGB still on), then, so it seems, the yellowish tint goes away!

All users who complain about the sRGB mode, please test that and report here! Thanks!
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] sriharshaarangi:
I was disapponted at the contrast when I first received the phone. The colors were way off. Yesterday I updated to 3.2.0 via adb sideload, and was very impressed with the sRGB mode. I did not notice any yellow tint as other users have reported. The sRGB mode is very nice. The white is "whiter". The colors are more natural and closely resemble my laptop's display(which is calibrated). I did not expect this huge variation in display colors via software update.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] hasenbein1966:
Yes, I also MUCH prefer the sRGB mode over the default one.

Looks beautiful and more "professional" instead of "toyish".

Makes the phone now a very rounded, near-perfect package.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Angristan:
Terrible coloration, but far better with the sRGB mode.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] dindoliya:
Anandtech did an updated review after OnePlus release the sRGB option under Developer Options. In that update he has praised the display
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] mkr2511:
after 3.2.2 update colour was automaticaly calibrated without sRGB mode. no over saturated colours anymore.

but if i switch on sRGB mode the yellowish tint appears and switch it off the over saturated colours appears.

dont change anything after clean installation of 3.2.2 and colour prob is solved
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Pengod:
So turning on sRGB makes the screen look incredible yellow/brownish, especially the white. I'm running the latest update.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] 2x4:
sRGB makes the color look great - same as N6P w/ sRGB on
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] zedaale:
Hi guys. Really great topic! What I'm really interested in is readability of text. Is text sharp?would you say it's easy to read?
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] 1ceb0x:
Text is sharp as on any other device. Don't be fooled by reviewers who like to look at the screen with the microscope and find the needle in the haystack so that they have SOMETHING to complain about.

Display is superbly done BUT - I use sRGB and I installed a custom kernel (blu spark) that has KCAL options (you can tune the colors yourself). Made a nice profile for myself and now my screen looks much much better than stock or sRGB does.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] cvsolidx17:
Care to share the profile?
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] 1ceb0x:
Sure, here you go:

RED: 240

GREEN: 240

BLUE: 256

Min RGB: 35

Saturation: 35

HUE: 0

Screen value: 127

Screen contrast: 127

sRGB on
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] RNiK:
Anandtech review has been updated => http://www.anandtech.com/show/10445/revisiting-the-oneplus-3/2
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] brunordetoledo:
That's is just an impression because your eyes are accustomed to the bluish wrong white balance setup at the default profile.

To be sure, just take an A4 paper, cover half of the screen and swith to sRGB. You'll realize that now the white is so much closer to the paper.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Thot Ctrl:
Can confirm.

Actually got used to the sRGB in a couple of days
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] hikarugo:
sRGB mode looks awesome
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] jocaboss:
I think the same. sRGB mode is awesome and i can't go back.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Sk.akram:
Bro, their is tons of youtube videos were they compare with high end ? smartphone and yes amoled's has over saturated look. But, I use oneplus 3 still I don't say it's the best of all neither worst of all, so, chill bro.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] egren58:
you tubers is opinion (with no knowledge) clearly and I 100% guarantee you that the one plus 3 does not have the best display in the market. not even in its price range as the axon 7 is at the same price with a better display.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Sk.akram:
Youtuber is opinion with no knowledge ha ha ? I think you should think before saying that. Now a day every one depends on YouTube honest reviews, and besides the display please never compare with axon 7 the display. Their is members who own axon 7 says that oneplus 3 is better than axon 7 and yes Samsung is leading in amoled screens and oneplus 3 has Samsung amoled which is best.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] egren58:
YOUTUBE is opinion based. read their disclaimers half of them say its based on opinion. and yes one plus owns a Samsung panel but not top of the line. and the axon overall is not better than the one plus 3 but the display is by fact better. id which you tubers you watching but you need to subscribe to mkbhd or follow him on twitter as he clearly stated. axon 7 has the best display in its price range. and he is probably one of the most knowledge phone reviews and he even said it! this may change on your preference. AKA his OPINION! one plus 3 doesn't even have a super amoled display. and the GMB and saturation on the one plus is wacked out of place. (yes it can be adjusted via kernel. but than everything else is not matched.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] mike49:
Seems like a Software Bug because to me this only happens with adaptive brightness being turned on.

Adaptive brightness seems to activate some kind of dithering Mode. Very annoying, otherwise I am fine with the display.

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Yes, noticed this on mine too.

Only happens when scrolling from pure black to Lichter areas. Also more noticeable when adaptive brightness is turned on.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] edios123:
The display is PURE **** on this phone. Everything else is pretty darn amazing.

Text is so blurry that you don't even feel like reading anything on it. Especially in landscape mode. No this is not a particular unit defect. I've tried 6 phones and all phones had the same problem + the uneven issue.

From someone used to a 2K display, it's effin terrible! 1080p IPS displays are also far better in text rendering. Pentile sucks (only green is rendered at 1080p). So actual resolution is not 1080p. PPI <350 I guess.

If it had a 2K display, oh god it'd be a true beast!

[MENTION=5670179]mike49[/MENTION], no it's not an adaptive brightness problem. Move the slider to slightly above the lowest point and you'll see the same thing. At night it's easily noticeable.

But only one unit had this severe problem. Rest had acceptable displays.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] 1ceb0x:
You compare an 1080p display to a 2K display, of course OP3 stands no chance "in your eyes". This display is great for a mobile phones. It is up to the customer to like it, or move on.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] edios123:
It's not that I'm comparing 1080p to a 2K display. The topic was about 'if text is sharp' on this phone. Which is not. While every flagship comes with a 2K display cos it's much sharper, OP stuck with a 1080p which is a major let down.

And even comparing it with other 1080p display other than pentile, it looks horrible w.r.t sharpness.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] 1ceb0x:
:)

Text is sharp. It depends on what your eyes are used to. This is a matter of preference. Obviously you say that the display is ****, I'm saying it is fine... We can go like this forever. The fact is, we are just stating our personal opinion about the product and nothing more.

One plus used similar displays across their products and apart from OP1 which had a good display (not great), they improved them year by year.

Again - all this talk about the display is useless as it is all a matter of preference and on what your eyes are used to. This thread is pointless.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] viper001:
I've got 20/20 vision. I've seen 2K , 4K ,1080p and even 720p. And unless I use a 10x magnifying glass I can't tell the difference. BTW, all of them are [MENTION=1989751]400[/MENTION]ppi or better.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Masteryates:
I've just seen the OP3 for the first time in an o2 store and the display put me off. The brightness managed to match my LG G2 but text was less readable and there was something really strange about the whole colour palette. I may do another test by enabling this sRGB mode and also take along with me the Galaxy Tab S2.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Puddi_Puddin:
Would say brightness is good enough. Havent met a situation yet where i cant see whats in my screen. Not sure what u mean with a strange color palette.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Masteryates:
It was like some colours were too bright, others washed out and no colours having any depth about them.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] bryanbreguet:
Just enable sRGB option and it'll be fine. I really don't understand how anyone can enjoy the default mode.

I just wish we could still adjust the white balance with the sRGB mode as I like my whites slightly colder.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] hasenbein1966:
Simply root the phone, install a custom kernel with KCAL support (ElementalX, Blu_spark...) and finetune color settings with a kernel control app.

I, for instance, set RGB mode and then reduced red and green (red 248, green 243) and upped the saturation a bit to 34.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Masteryates:
Thanks Bryan, will do. :highfive:

Would I be correct in saying that sRGB mode is in the normal settings or developer options? If its the later, I'm not sure I will be able to see this as most phones in store are in some sort of store mode which restricts things like developer options.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] bryanbreguet:
it is indeed in the developer option.

If you can't access it, then it's unfortunate. But trust me, the sRGB mode is good. Everything looks natural. I have a calibrated plasma TV at home, I'm the type that couldn't tolerate the default mode on the OnePlus (or any Samsung phone). Over saturated colors are offensive to my eyes.

As I said, only annoying this is the white balance is pretty warm. I know this is what "true whites" look like, but I like it cooler. I know I've read a trick on XDA about having the sRGB mode AND the white balance at the same time, but I forgot where it was.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] hasenbein1966:
Man, I wrote it 3 posts ago: If you use a custom kernel, you can fine tune your display to your liking, e. g. reducing red and green for a colder look or upping the saturation just a bit if the plain sRGB seems too dull.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Masteryates:
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Thanks Bryan,

I went back and managed to turn on the sRGB mode in developer options. :highfive:

Things did look way better but unfortunately you are also correct regarding the whites; far too yellow. :(

It so stupid that you have to root just to get the display looking like it should out of the box. I know some may say I'm being picky, but I'd expect a 2016 display to look better than my 2013 LG G2 and not worse.

Lets see what Google brings this week........
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] bryanbreguet:
I guess the argument is that the sRGB mode is calibrated and this is indeed what whites are supposed to look like. Also, I found the display really yellow when I switched but you get used to it. But I totally understand your position.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Taiffari:
I tried to calibrate my display today with X-rite iDisplay Pro and HCFR. I managed to hit 6500K color temperature with even RGB levels. I used Kernel Adiutor to adjust RGB levels. Here are my settings: Red = 87, Green = 157, Blue = 256. I used 50% brightness level during calibration.

Edit. Disregard these settings. I had two different softwares controlling the rgb values. No wonder the value for red was so low. I could not believe it. After one reboot I got the colors those settings represent and they are of course way too blue as I expected with these values.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
The OnePlus 3 has a crazy crisp display. Just kidding, this is automated text so who knows if this screen is any good. So, you be the judge! A higher rating indicates that it's extremely sharp and clear, and that you cannot see pixels with your naked eye.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] K.A.:
The display is definitely better than what weve had on the previous OnePlus phones. I did find the color saturation a bit weird coming from the LCD of the OnePlus One to the OAMOLED of the OP3, but it's a pretty beautiful display to look at.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] kinnyfaifai:
I haven't been able to compare with another AMOLED screen, but compared to my LG G3 at full brightness, the OnePlus 3 screen colours doesn't seem as vibrant as an AMOLED screen should be. One other thing is that I've been so used to QHD on the G3, I can really notice the drop back to HD. Nonetheless, the OnePlus 3 is bang for buck no matter which way you look at it.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] saumil25:
I just have one word. Gorgeous.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Shusky:
The display is sharp enough, bright enough and the color saturation is good. And definetly better than previous OP screens
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] dnsp:
You notice because it has PenTile arrangement, not because it's FHD.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] kinnyfaifai:
I've gotten used to it now, the screen is still quite amazing on the OP3. Tbh, I've always found it funny how phone manufacturers are sucked into the res race given some of the drawbacks of pushing a larger amount of pixels.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Soumitra.5693:
I'm moving from my Moto X (2014) to OP3, and trust me the white balance is WAY off towards the blue end. I read a review which did display tests on both the AMOLEDs of X and OP3, and apart from the white balance, OP3 has a slightly better screen and/or screen calibration than the X (which is 2 years old). :confused:

Overall I still find it blue after I switch from the X, but it's a beautiful screen nonetheless.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Explorer23:
Just got mine, haven't even turned it on yet, but AFAIK (from reviews) white balance is adjustable in the settings. Play around with the slider if it looks too blueish to you.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] Soumitra.5693:
Yep, thanks! Did that but forgot to mention. Though be careful when you change the slider, there's no reset option in case you want it as it came (not a biggie but a reset option would've been helpful).

:)
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] edios123:
Text on my phone looks blurry and more like a 720p screen, particularly visible in landscape.

I've applied for a replacement. Let me see how that turns out to be.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] robstunner:
That's going to be the downfall of pentile. (The pixel arrangement of the screen) I don't think you have a bad display.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] edios123:
That's a bummer. Didn't know it'd turn out this bad. :(

I really hope I had a defective piece though. Text looks really bad on it. It ruins the experience of using a premium phone.

Guess I'm really bothered by it because my previous phones were the 6P and Note 4 and I use a retina MacBook Pro; all three had/have excellent displays).
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] sriharshaarangi:
I was very worried about the display when I have heard many saying that it is not sharp due to the pentile arrangement.

Just got mine few hours ago, and here is my personal opinion:

The display looked sharp and crisp, the pentile matrix is hardly visible unless you look at the screen very closely, but under normal usage distance, the display is excellent.

It is true that true resolution on any pentile display is less than the ideal, and this artcile explains it: https://medium.com/@suyashsrijan/1080p-pentile-is-not-true-1080p-9951b9e5c2ee#.w8v3hh7vz

According to it, the effective resolution becomes 326ppi rather than 401ppi.

FYI, resolution of iphone 6s is also 326ppi.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] alexferdean:
To me the screen of OP3 is way better than the OP2. Everything just looks nice. My OP2 was calibrated with kcal and OP3 has similar calibration. Only the dark grey is a little on the blue/green side.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] mole51:
Disappointed with pixelation caused by the PenTile matrix. Sure, the display is great (much more vibrant and brighter than my outgoing iPhone 6 Plus) but with my perfect near vision small text and edges of icons etc all appear slightly jagged. From a normal distance it's not too bothersome but I can always see it. The 1080p RGB matrix panel on the iPhone appears instantly sharper in comparison but I still wouldn't say its a match as the colour, contrast and brightness are all far better on the OP3.
[OnePlus 3 Real Life Review] ruun666:
Resolution is too low for VR, but for everyday tasks is perfect.