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Articles like this are so far removed from reality it's hard to take seriously.

The screen on the XR is absolutely indefensible - it has the same PPI as an iPhone 4. It is worse than the 8, which is already worse than the screen in my 3 year old £200 Oneplus X. I have both and I would happily replace the 8 in a heartbeat if it wasn't a work requirement.

Yeah people will buy it because they've convinced themselves they're somehow cooler if they do, but not because it is in anyway a competitive product.

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Is PPI the only thing that's bad about it? In that case I don't see the issue. PPI differences haven't been noticeable without effort since the iPhone 4 anyway.

It’s 326 ppi which has been the default on the iPhone 4 up to 8 and I think it’s fine. You can’t discern pixels on it (Typing on my 6S)

I absolutely can discern pixels on it. The comparison to an S8 is just not even close. It's an inexcusable PPI for that price in 2018 even being the "cheap" iPhone. I'm sure the X is fine but I haven't really used one much.

Yes you can if you scrutinise it at 4cm and have good eyes but for everyday use at normal distances, you can't.

Honestly I can see the subpixels of any oled display. This does not happen with high ppi lcds. I don’t know why but the oled subpixels do not blend as well as the lcd ones

Most OLEDs use the PenTile layout, which means that each logical "pixel" only consists of 1¼ subpixels, whereas in RGB panels every logical pixel is always three subpixels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenTile_matrix_family

>300 ppi is really tough for most people to tell a difference. Breaking that barrier is what got me to buy the Kindle Voyage.

I don't think there is a difference between a 326 ppi and a 500 ppi phone. What I care about is color depth, brightness, view angle, and whatnot.

>color depth, brightness, view angle, and whatnot.

When I put side by side my iPhone 8 (LCD) and Oneplus X (AMOLED), it's the Oneplus that has better colours and viewing angles.

The iPhone becomes almost unusable with sunglasses on as well, something I found out the hard way when I wanted to use it as a satnav one time.

I also found it ridiculous how he says users are better off without 3D Touch. IIRC, some functionality can only be accessed through it, so certain features have no way of working on the SE or XR.

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