So here's a scenario. You're looking at some specs on some new phones, and you keep reading LCD this, AMOLED, that, super AMOLED the other. Only question is, how is someone supposed to know what to believe? Well fortunately, there are people out there that do this for a living, and they just can't wait to help you separate myth from fact.
The guys over at techblog.gr (Greek) decided to bring out the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 (4″, 480×854 TFT LCD), the HTC Desire (3.7″, 480×800 AMOLED), and the Samsung Galaxy S (4″, 480×800 Super AMOLED) out to play in the beautiful and bright Greek sun, and were nice enough to give us some video for comparison:
The results? From the look of it, LCD came first in viewing ability, followed by Super AMOLED, and standard AMOLED in last. The good news, however, is that LCD and Super AMOLED look almost exactly the same in the sun, so it's not as though you should be trashing your Super AMOLED phone for one with an LCD just for bright light usability. It would be a shame, considering how crisp Super AMOLED looks indoors in comparison, but is fortunately not the case.
[via engadget]
