The Display Accuracy Test: A Comprehensive Analysis

In our previous tests, we explored the display accuracy of various smartphones, and now we're back with an even more detailed analysis. We've put the top devices through a series of rigorous tests to determine which one comes out on top in terms of color accuracy, brightness, and overall display quality.

First, we tested the displays at 100% brightness, with the Xperia Z5 Premium emerging as the brightest device, producing an impressive 620 nits. The BlackBerry Prive came in second, followed closely by the Note 5. However, when it comes to color accuracy, the Moto X Force takes the lead, with the lowest Maxon Delta error and average Delta error. In contrast, the Xperia Z5 Premium struggled, particularly at full brightness.

Interestingly, we found that LCD devices are considerably darker than AMOLED-based devices at lower brightness levels. At 10% brightness, for example, LCD devices are noticeably dimmer than their AMOLED counterparts. The BlackBerry Prive also shines in this test, with the lowest average Delta error among all devices.

But calibrating the display to a uniform brightness level across all colors revealed some surprising results. When calibrated, the difference in brightness between various color levels becomes negligible, and the Moto X Force takes the lead once again, with the lowest average and Max Delta errors for 100% of the colors, including white. However, the LG G4 is still the most accurate for calibrated colors, but its performance is marred by a poor white display.

In another test, we ran a white-only test to evaluate each device's brightness levels. The Xperia Z5 Premium emerged as the brightest, with a sharp increase in brightness from 75% to 100%. However, this also means that it struggles at lower brightness levels, requiring users to adjust the display setting between 75% and 100% to achieve an acceptable level of brightness.

LCD devices, on the other hand, exhibit a more non-uniform increase in brightness. The LG V10's curve illustrates this point well, with a noticeable dip in brightness below 50%. AMOLED displays, however, have a much more linear and direct increase in brightness, making them easier to use in various lighting conditions.

Overall, our analysis reveals that LCD-based devices are consistently accurate but suffer from poor white performance, which is more indicative of the display technology itself rather than the smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 appears to be the most pleasing to the eye, despite its mediocre color accuracy. Conversely, the Motorola Droid Turbo 2 takes the crown for color accuracy, although it falls short in terms of brightness.

Finally, we must mention that using an AMOLED panel can sometimes result in over-saturation on certain colors, particularly red and blue hues. Devices like the LG G4 and Xperia Z5 Premium struggle with this issue, while others like the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 manage to achieve better color accuracy despite being based on AMOLED technology.

In conclusion, our display accuracy test provides valuable insights into the strengths and weaknesses of various smartphones' displays. By understanding these differences, users can make informed decisions when choosing their next device, taking into account factors such as brightness levels, color accuracy, and overall display quality.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys lon here from Android Authority and a question a lot a lot of people always ask is what is the best Android smartphone to buy so welcome to best of Android 2015 where we dive deep and get extremely technical and in this particular video we're gonna be focusing on a main component of a smart phone that makes a smart phone great and that is the display so which smartphone out there has the best display well that's what we're about to find out explain before we get started the devices that we use to test this worthy blackberry Prive the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 the Motorola Droid turbo 2 the Nexus 6p the LG v10 and the Sony Xperia z5 premium so you have a combination of AMOLED panels and LCD panels in this particular test the equipment that we use to quantify our data and measure the screens overall brightness and color accuracy where the x-rite display Pro spectrophotometer the spectra Kyle color checker and the mobile forge mobile app if you want to know more about the equipment and software used to measure these displays make sure to check out the link down below to the written companion piece or the card up here where we can get a lot more in depth and we can in this particular video so the testing for this was divided into three parts each smartphone was configured to the same settings to standardize testing so brightness was set to 10% 50% and then a hundred percent of the full color gamut to measure the average display error so basically the way that it works is the mobileforge application would output colors on the smartphone display and the i1 display pro spectrophotometer would read those colors outputted by the smartphone screen color checker that uses that data captured by the Iowan display Pro and compares it to the color output from the software to measure the average display error they lowered the display error the more accurate the colors outputted by the smartphone are so what we found in part 1 of this test is that 100% brightness the Xperia z5 premium is the brightest display of all at 620 nets with the BlackBerry Prive and second and the note 5 and third the Moto X force is the most accurate with the least Maxon delta error and least average Delta error and the Xperia z5 premium is the worst at this test at full brightness at 50% brightness the z5 premium is signa the only darker at a hundred nine minutes 620 nits at full brightness which is a very drastic drop while the motox force is again the most color accurate the LCD devices are considerably darker at 10% than the AMOLED based devices and at 10% brightness the BlackBerry Prive is also the most accurate overall with the lowest average Delta error in the second part of this test we ran a calibrated test so we calibrated each display to 250 minutes and we then rent another test with the same exact setup as before with the only exception of the colors were white and the main six srgb colors like red blue green yellow etc and in the case of LCD devices black was also thrown into the mix calibrating the display provided for some very interesting results as the difference in brightness at various levels is basically nullified by calibrating a brightness level across every individual smartphone the Moto X force has the lowest average and Max Delta errors for a hundred cent of the colors including white the LGB 10 is the most accurate for calibrated colors but is let down by the white performance which is indicative of LCD technology itself and not necessarily the phone and despite being perceived as a disadvantage thanks to this LCD display the LGB 10 has the second lowest average Delta error and the other LCD device the Xperia z5 premium has a much higher average Delta error the note 5 over saturates on the greens and blues which sort of makes sense because TouchWiz is predominantly based on greens and blues the note 5s display also looks the most pleasing to the eye as most Samsung devices do but has the highest average display color error and finally in our last test we wanted to see how bright each smartphone gets at different brightness levels to test this we ran a white only test again using the same exact setup as before with auto brightness disabled the Xperia z5 premium definitely has the brightest display which you can see from this graph but it also has the sharpest jump in brightness from 75 percent at 296 nits to a hundred percent at 629 nits it's also the darkest at 0% and the z5 premium handles brightness in a very strange way where you need to set the display brightness between 75% and 8 hundred percent to get a usable brightness other devices like the BlackBerry Prayer the Nexus 6p and the droid turbo - all have a very uniform increase in brightness whereas LCD devices like the v10 have a very non-uniform increase in brightness which you can see from the curve in their graphs whereas the AMOLED displays have a much more linear and direct increase in brightness so the overall analysis is that LCD based devices are consistently accurate with the high present colors but are let down by the white error which is more indicative of the LCD display itself and not so much these smartphones that are utilizing them the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 is not technically the most accurate display but appears to be the most pleasing to the eye and the BlackBerry Prive out performance a galaxy note 5 across all these tests despite using a Samsung AMOLED panel the Motorola Droid turbo 2 is the most color accurate display but it's not very bright which doesn't show off the true color potential of the display devices such as the LGB 10 and Xperia z5 premium would be exceptional with an AMOLED panel especially if these OEMs can buck the AMOLED trend of over saturating on a hundred cent colors but that's pretty much gonna do it for this video guys so hopefully you enjoyed it and found it helpful and if you want to find out more about this particular display test make sure to check out the written component which will be linked either down below or up here in a card where we can cover a whole lot more than we can in this video but if you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up and also subscribe to the channel which is down below or up here if you haven't already and also check out the website as well for more in-depth coverage and recom because we are your source for all things Androidwhat's up guys lon here from Android Authority and a question a lot a lot of people always ask is what is the best Android smartphone to buy so welcome to best of Android 2015 where we dive deep and get extremely technical and in this particular video we're gonna be focusing on a main component of a smart phone that makes a smart phone great and that is the display so which smartphone out there has the best display well that's what we're about to find out explain before we get started the devices that we use to test this worthy blackberry Prive the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 the Motorola Droid turbo 2 the Nexus 6p the LG v10 and the Sony Xperia z5 premium so you have a combination of AMOLED panels and LCD panels in this particular test the equipment that we use to quantify our data and measure the screens overall brightness and color accuracy where the x-rite display Pro spectrophotometer the spectra Kyle color checker and the mobile forge mobile app if you want to know more about the equipment and software used to measure these displays make sure to check out the link down below to the written companion piece or the card up here where we can get a lot more in depth and we can in this particular video so the testing for this was divided into three parts each smartphone was configured to the same settings to standardize testing so brightness was set to 10% 50% and then a hundred percent of the full color gamut to measure the average display error so basically the way that it works is the mobileforge application would output colors on the smartphone display and the i1 display pro spectrophotometer would read those colors outputted by the smartphone screen color checker that uses that data captured by the Iowan display Pro and compares it to the color output from the software to measure the average display error they lowered the display error the more accurate the colors outputted by the smartphone are so what we found in part 1 of this test is that 100% brightness the Xperia z5 premium is the brightest display of all at 620 nets with the BlackBerry Prive and second and the note 5 and third the Moto X force is the most accurate with the least Maxon delta error and least average Delta error and the Xperia z5 premium is the worst at this test at full brightness at 50% brightness the z5 premium is signa the only darker at a hundred nine minutes 620 nits at full brightness which is a very drastic drop while the motox force is again the most color accurate the LCD devices are considerably darker at 10% than the AMOLED based devices and at 10% brightness the BlackBerry Prive is also the most accurate overall with the lowest average Delta error in the second part of this test we ran a calibrated test so we calibrated each display to 250 minutes and we then rent another test with the same exact setup as before with the only exception of the colors were white and the main six srgb colors like red blue green yellow etc and in the case of LCD devices black was also thrown into the mix calibrating the display provided for some very interesting results as the difference in brightness at various levels is basically nullified by calibrating a brightness level across every individual smartphone the Moto X force has the lowest average and Max Delta errors for a hundred cent of the colors including white the LGB 10 is the most accurate for calibrated colors but is let down by the white performance which is indicative of LCD technology itself and not necessarily the phone and despite being perceived as a disadvantage thanks to this LCD display the LGB 10 has the second lowest average Delta error and the other LCD device the Xperia z5 premium has a much higher average Delta error the note 5 over saturates on the greens and blues which sort of makes sense because TouchWiz is predominantly based on greens and blues the note 5s display also looks the most pleasing to the eye as most Samsung devices do but has the highest average display color error and finally in our last test we wanted to see how bright each smartphone gets at different brightness levels to test this we ran a white only test again using the same exact setup as before with auto brightness disabled the Xperia z5 premium definitely has the brightest display which you can see from this graph but it also has the sharpest jump in brightness from 75 percent at 296 nits to a hundred percent at 629 nits it's also the darkest at 0% and the z5 premium handles brightness in a very strange way where you need to set the display brightness between 75% and 8 hundred percent to get a usable brightness other devices like the BlackBerry Prayer the Nexus 6p and the droid turbo - all have a very uniform increase in brightness whereas LCD devices like the v10 have a very non-uniform increase in brightness which you can see from the curve in their graphs whereas the AMOLED displays have a much more linear and direct increase in brightness so the overall analysis is that LCD based devices are consistently accurate with the high present colors but are let down by the white error which is more indicative of the LCD display itself and not so much these smartphones that are utilizing them the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 is not technically the most accurate display but appears to be the most pleasing to the eye and the BlackBerry Prive out performance a galaxy note 5 across all these tests despite using a Samsung AMOLED panel the Motorola Droid turbo 2 is the most color accurate display but it's not very bright which doesn't show off the true color potential of the display devices such as the LGB 10 and Xperia z5 premium would be exceptional with an AMOLED panel especially if these OEMs can buck the AMOLED trend of over saturating on a hundred cent colors but that's pretty much gonna do it for this video guys so hopefully you enjoyed it and found it helpful and if you want to find out more about this particular display test make sure to check out the written component which will be linked either down below or up here in a card where we can cover a whole lot more than we can in this video but if you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up and also subscribe to the channel which is down below or up here if you haven't already and also check out the website as well for more in-depth coverage and recom because we are your source for all things Android\n"