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very dark screen

EDITdisregard this thread :atleast one good thing i had the automatic setting on despite the slider being at maximum it didn't have the brightness
turning the auto option off made it ALOT brightner which sadly ruined the black level and it looks very washed out
i just got my xperia z and i am very dissapointed i want to love this phone as it feels amazing in the hand and looks amazing but thats it
the phone came with a scratch so i am really sad
second the screen is extremely dark even on maximum brightness i compared it to the brightness of the note 10.1 i tried lowering the note 10.1's brightness to try to match the xperia z and this was the result
https://www.dropbox.com/s/db9dqydfpcc23tf/Screenshot_2013-03-15-21-37-53.png
though i have to say the vieing angles are NOWHERE near as bad as people say
i honestly don't see anything wrong in the viewing angles at all you think the screen is unreadable from an angle? absolutely not i can read text when looking at the very side of the phone i can easily read text from ANY angle so for those who says it's good for privacy thats not true you can still read text from any angle
i wish i could love this phone i really do if it had a much brighter screen and mine didn't have a scratch then i would be VERY HAPPY with this phone it's wonderful to hold and look at
all and all amazing
the scratch is very small and at the side of the phone you have to look at it in the light to see it but i will always know it's there
i want to love this phone

I really want to get Z1 ..

But all the negativity and *****ing has me worried ..
- How is the brightness ? Too dark ?
- How are colors ?
- How is battery life compared to HTC one ?
- How bad is the camera auto mode ?
- I suppose a case is essential given the glass build, does it become too bulky as a result ?
I read reviews and watched youtube videos of course, but I need real world input from .. y'know casual humans not corps and sites ..
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ..

If you have doubts, you should not take this phone

I am very happy so far. Sure,the camera is not perfect but most of the time the pictures are really good. Far better than s4 another rest can manage. I also belive that it will improve as it has a larger sensor than the rest of the Android bunch.
I use the screen at maybe 25% and that is enough for me, it has better viewability outside than my old s3.
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Brightness is very high and the darks are also good i dnt know abt the htc one so cant compare
Colors are u can go and check the demo unit
Battery life is fantastic i get 5-6 hrs of on screen time
Camera is also fantastic
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Okay, so just for reference, id been out and looked at this phone in the shops and was massively disappointed with the screen (colours washed out, blacks looked grey etc). I did however take a massive risk after I had one of my uncles tell me how good the phone is and I am in all honesty VERY impressed.
For reference, I bought my handset from handtec, which if you check the screen problems thread is one where everyone who has said they bought them from this shop have not had any funky screen issues, which essentially pushed me to buy it from there.
To answer your questions:
1. Screen brightness for me is not a problem, I have a matte screen protector and although it slightly affects the overall output its not a problem. I have left it on the default setting and have not once had an issue with seeing the screen in bright sunlight or even indoors. Blacks look great.
2. Colours really do pop, the range of colours produced is amazing. I have a Nokia 920 which I think gives great colours. I have seen some photos on the 920 look better and then photos on the z1 look better, you wont be disappointed.
3. No idea, dont own one
4. To me this is something completely overblown. Day time shots are fantastic, Night time shots are as bad as any other phone. Im not a camera specialist and anyone feel free to correct me on this, but it looks like the iso is set really high and the aperture all the way open to offset having a fast shutter speed, leaving super grainy pictures with little to no blur.
5. Waiting on a case But this comes down to the case you choose...

1. Brightness is good enough, usually have the phone at 40-45% brightness... I like the HTC One screen better though. The Z1 screen is more, bland. The One screen speaks more to me.
2. At the moment a yellowish hue, believe it's introduced in the 534 firmware and should be fixable in future updates. Overall fine though. Viewing angles aren't great, but not an issue for me as I don't look at the phone from an angle when using it myself.
3. Comparable imo, can easily get 1 day and if I use it a bit less about 2 days on a singel charge with both devices.
4. Fine with proper lighting, but has a tendency to bump the ISO values bigtime (prolly in order to keep shuttertimes low, but resulting in quite some noise).
5. No idea, not using a case but it's big enough already without one.

Hi Fatelord,
Your thread has been moved from Xperia Z1 General to Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting. PLease post in the correct sub-forum in future.
--wedgess

colours not as vibrant as s2... Any colour dynamics settings?

Comparing my z1 to my old s2, which has a Chinese replacement screen in it I've noticed that the colour on the z1 is a fair bit less vibrant, (is slightly less bright than my z1 too), I was wondering if you can change the colour scheme? My s2 has 3 or 4 colour schemes (e.g. Dynamic) so I was hoping the z1 has the same, or maybe an aftermarket app that might help? This thing is pretty dull compared
Cheers

The fact is, that the colors of the Z1's screen are not dull, they are realistic and true.
I had an S2 myself and it shows completly wrong, unnatural and oversaturated colors. When you've used an S2 for a long time, you'll get the impression that normal colors are dull, when in fact they are not and the S2 colors are wrong.
That's the problem.

drsoran2 said:
The fact is, that the colors of the Z1's screen are not dull, they are realistic and true.
I had an S2 myself and it shows completly wrong, unnatural and oversaturated colors. When you've used an S2 for a long time, you'll get the impression that normal colors are dull, when in fact they are not and the S2 colors are wrong.
That's the problem.
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Totally agree, having worked calibrating TV's a few years back I hated my S2 screen when I first received it until I realized I could change to a movie setting which made the palette a lot more comfortable on the eye.

codral said:
Comparing my z1 to my old s2, which has a Chinese replacement screen in it I've noticed that the colour on the z1 is a fair bit less vibrant, (is slightly less bright than my z1 too), I was wondering if you can change the colour scheme? My s2 has 3 or 4 colour schemes (e.g. Dynamic) so I was hoping the z1 has the same, or maybe an aftermarket app that might help? This thing is pretty dull compared
Cheers
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Galaxy s2 uses a Super Amoled Plus display it is a completely different technology than the LCD with Triluminos found in Z1. The Amoled displays are characterized by oversaturated and unnatural colors. Xperia Z1 display has more natural color reproduction.
It is a matter of personal preference but the fact is you will never be able to get such color saturation on Z1.

as a S3 owner, I can agree, AMOLED has way too many flaws that puts me off from getting anything with AMOLED screen. It was basically unreadable under sunlight.

It's art not reality
I for one, still own & use a GS2, & still love the colours. I have it set to "Movie" mode, because the tones are somewhat warmer. Other screens just aren't as much fun. The screen on the S2, still going strong after all these years, looks like something out of the future, like something we would've imagined existed back when Blade Runner came out. It's great. Call it unnatural, that's fine with me. It's not natural. It's a phone. It's art ifice, not so-caled "Reality"...
The day will come when all that seems passe now, such as Scott Forstall era iOS, skeumorphism, Android Gingerbread, Super AMOLED+, etc, will return, & be "retro" cool...
Wait for it

How is white balance for you ?

Hello there,
I bought my z3c off amazon, noticed after a while the screen got quite pinky when at lowest brightness.
So i got a replacement. Just before I send back the pinky one, here is a comparison between both screen (left : pink & old phone, right : yellower new one). The picture was taken at custom 5000K with a nikon reflex, then color balanced to 6500K in lightroom.
not sure what to think about this pretty big white balance difference between only 2 random devices.
Any insight is welcome.
Cheers.

Do you have any of the color enhancement options enabled (X-Reality or Vivid)?
I have both turned off and find the phone's white balance is actually better than most people seem to be experiencing.

I do notice that some Z3 Compact displays look different. For example, the ones displayed at a Sony Kiosk here look different (more bluish) than mine.

I think that Z3 Compact is not the best screen I've seen. I've just sold a Galaxy S5 and it was a better screen.
What I see in my Z3c is that the screen is not very uniform, specially in low bright modes.
Despite all, the screen is good. I hope that Z4c would be a bit better.

Tried with xreality things on and off. doesn't change a thing.
Oh and the replacement device i got from amazon, it has lightbleed this time
Seriously, poor quality control from Sony. sending them both back. tired of this $h1t :/

Z1 display colors to washed out

Hi guys, I'm facing a problem with me Z1 C6903 with S/N CB51xx which I guess it's packed with JDC panel and from what I've understand, are one of the worst kind for Z1.
The colors are way to washed out for my taste, even if I look at the display dead on. I hate this....I've played with "White balance" on different settings, but didn't find anything that could fix colors being washed out. It's like, the screen is to bright from the factory to compensate the sunlight visibility, which I understand, it's really nice, but consequently the saturation gets washed out. I don't know what SONY was thinking....Opticontrast my asssss, I WANT VIVID COLORS damn it
Is there any solution to this ? A tweak in the build.prop or something, a workaround ? I'm running stock 4.4.4 / 14.4.A.0.157 btw.
Thx!
I know it's not justice for comparing the IPS desktop PC display vs Z1 display (see screenshot attachment), but just to get the idea of what I'm talking about.

Well... I didn't knew about different panels packed with different S/N groups. I have one starting with the same S/N CB512xxxx and to be honest I can't say it's bad or defective or simple placebo effect. The only thing that I've noticed is even on the highest brightness settings, my Z1 is way darker than my sister's M2 Acqua.
If it's a hardware issue as you stated then the only thing we can do about is change the panel and digitizer...
Edit: I bought mine on Germany.