top ranking
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/home/smartphone_display_testing_which_best
It even outranked the Galaxy S series pretty badly.
And the Winner is
There is no decisive winner as each of the three Super displays significantly outperforms the others in more than one important area and significantly underperforms in other areas. The iPhone 4 by far has the brightest and sharpest display and is the most power efficient of the displays. The Motorola Droid by far has the best picture quality and accuracy. The Samsung Galaxy S by far has the lowest screen reflectance and largest Contrast for both bright and dark ambient lighting, and the best viewing angles. On the flip side, the iPhone 4 has a weak color gamut and viewing angles, the Motorola Droid has weak screen reflectance and viewing angles, and the Samsung Galaxy S has lower brightness, excessive color saturation, higher power consumption and some sharpness issues. Each of these Super displays is none-the-less impressive and deserves an award: the iPhone 4 performed better overall so it earned the DisplayMate Best Mobile Display Award, the Motorola Droid earned the Best Mobile Picture Quality Award, and the Samsung Galaxy S earned the Best New Mobile Display Technology Award. Each of these displays has lots of room for improvement and can leapfrog the others in their next iteration with appropriate action
TBH, There really isn't a clear winner in the article, since if it was the absolutely best quality in terms of display/accuracy/quality. Motorola is the best. So no, it doesn't out rank anything badly.
the iPhone 4 performed better overall so it earned the DisplayMate Best Mobile Display Awar
I'm just going by what we've all discussed here prior and people were saying they'd never want an S-AMOLED cus it over saturates but seeing their data the iPhone 4 display under saturates at basically the same amount. Only question I have is with the power usage. I wonder if that's with white backgrounds since we know any type of AMOLED screen uses the most power under lighter colors and the power usage goes down the darker it goes but that really doesn't matter anyways seeing as these devices will mostly be used for browsing the web where most things are white/light colored.
I'm also fielding the N900, had the Droid shortly before that and I must say that when I first got the iP4 I wasn't all that blown away.
This must be a joke thread. Or maybe Steven P. Jobs only let the OP come up for breath long enough to read half the article.
The Galaxy S has better black levels, contrast ratio, reflectivity, and screen brightness than the iPhone 4.
And the "number of sub-pixels" column must be a joke. AMOLEDs don't have sub-pixel matrices like LCD displays, but the article concludes the display must be "less sharp" because of this.
QFT.
After owning a phone with a Super AMOLED display I could never go back to LCD.
lol. i know the colors are nice just like people enjoy glossy screens which push RGB to make it more pleasing to the eye, but there's something about accurate colors which entices me more.
I remember when 22" monitors came out and were all the rage with their TN crap. I stuck to my 19" PVA. I'm glad I waited for that craze to pass and to get to my 27" S-PVA. Shrug. Some people prefer size, some want colors, some want flat out excellence.
I think its all matter of preference. Smartphones today have pretty nice screens. I'm not sure how we were able to tolerate LCD's in the past.
After owning an iPHone4 though, I don't think I can go back to a non retina display. I'd like a 4.3" retina screen.
I did this photoshop render a week or so ago. Its what an iPhone4 would look like with a 4.3" screen. Looks pretty sweet to me.
but then they'd have to up the rez again to have the "retina screen"
I would be fine with that. In another thread I made if they use the iPad resolution on a 4" screen, it would be ~326 dpi.