Good vs Bad screens (pictures + videos of both)

[ScrapMaker]

Originally Posted by jlannoo

Im pretty sure I have the "bad" screen and I really don't see the big deal. It looks and works fine. When looking at mine in portrait mode if I tip it away it starts to wash out. if I tip it toward me it gets darker and will invert if I keep going. Tipping side to side does very little. It has a very good viewing angle in that respect.

I mean I have a 22" Apple Cinema display. So I know what a good screen looks like.

uh oh... a screen made for Apple? it MUST be good, huh?

My 50" plasma looks better than any computer display I've ever seen...

Anyways, there is a night-and-day difference the screens on the Touch phone...

[srtpusher]

crappola - just got the wife a touch and hers was a bad screen. my mogul looks 10x NO 100X better. time to go to hit up sprint tomorrow... luckily in san antonio there are like a million sprint stores...

[jerryparid]

I got a good screen Touch; I think?

Can view it from any angle indoors or under shade. It is still very bright and vivid under sunlight, but viewing angle is very limited (glare, not fading as far as I can tell)

Does good screens still suffer from sunlight? (or is mine a bad screen)?

[FingazFone]

ill have to vote verizon bad screen... cause a week after i got the phone i dropped it and the screen cracked, spiderwebbing from the lower right corner.

But the screen on my new xv6900 is great. I actually don't even have a problem out in the sun either. of course the darker it is, the better, however, no problem playin on the phone while out on the beach in the sun.

- angle is not a problem either. I can read the screen perfectly at any angle. Also, compared to my co-workers iPhone, the touch looks like a tube tv.

[ScrapMaker]

Hrm, I think those "Bad" Verizon screens should be taken out of the poll...

[doughamm]

Not one to shy away from eating my words...


...a couple weeks ago I pointed out that it was apparent that the 'bad' screen had better visibility in direct sunlight, comparing it to my friend's at a bbq. Based on posts to the contrary, I did another comparison today when I met him for lunch.

As I suspected since posting my findings, he wasn't running his Touch at the same brightness level I was. When I made them both full brightness, there was no practical difference in visibility; his was possibly a little sharper, while my whites were perhaps a little whiter (probably due to the blue cast from the 'bad' screens). But in all practical terms, there wasn't an appreciable difference that would help justify the polarized screen.

-Doug

[ScrapMaker]

Originally Posted by doughamm

Not one to shy away from eating my words...


...a couple weeks ago I pointed out that it was apparent that the 'bad' screen had better visibility in direct sunlight, comparing it to my friend's at a bbq. Based on posts to the contrary, I did another comparison today when I met him for lunch.

As I suspected since posting my findings, he wasn't running his Touch at the same brightness level I was. When I made them both full brightness, there was no practical difference in visibility; his was possibly a little sharper, while my whites were perhaps a little whiter (probably due to the blue cast from the 'bad' screens). But in all practical terms, there wasn't an appreciable difference that would help justify the polarized screen.

-Doug

I still think mine has better visibility in daylight. Perhaps it gets brighter, or the viewing angle helps, but clearly where the good screen shines is indoors... Where you can enjoy the vibrant colors and view angles.

[trip]

Crap... was just browsing the forum wondering what this thread for bad screens was all about... after reading of course I have a "bad screen" too.

I'm not sure if it's worth trying to get a good screen or not IMO after seeing the luck of others.

[Exil3d]

I gave up. Im in CA and I visited 6 repair stores and they all told me I was insane and my screen is fine. I just cant wait for the diamond to be released so i can hit this phone with my shoe.You better believe that I will raise hell and possibly burn all Sprint store
if my Diamond has a bad screen too. Ok.. im kidding about Burning a store down
but I will demand a good screen for my diamong if need be.

[ScrapMaker]

Originally Posted by Exil3d

I gave up. Im in CA and I visited 6 repair stores and they all told me I was insane and my screen is fine. I just cant wait for the diamond to be released so i can hit this phone with my shoe.You better believe that I will raise hell and possibly burn all Sprint store
if my Diamond has a bad screen too. Ok.. im kidding about Burning a store down
but I will demand a good screen for my diamong if need be.

I hadn't thought about that... what if our Diamonds/Touch Pros have the same HORRIBLE defect?

I would keep my good touch over the diamond with the bad screen, if that were the case...