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MEIZU MX4 hands on

I am a meizu fans, I want MX4 but can't get it now because it is stockout. I find this article from here and just share it with all people like me.
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Xiaomi may be the darling of tech publications when they look to the Chinese smartphone market, but let's not forget that Meizu is the real pioneer of community-centric phone brands. As such, Meizu is sparing no effort to one-up its arch rival with its latest flagship phone, the MX4, as announced in Beijing earlier today. Thanks to the MediaTek MT6595 SoC, we're looking at an octa-core (four 2.2GHz A17 and four 1.7GHz A7) device that can connect to both FDD-LTE and TD-LTE networks right out of the box, thus beating the Xiaomi Mi 4 whose LTE variants aren't due until end of this year. More importantly, the MX4 manages to undercut the 3G-only Mi 4 by about $16 to $33 off-contract, depending on the storage capacity.
Like its predecessor, the MX4's 5.36-inch IPS screen maintains an unorthodox 5:3 aspect ratio, but with a slightly bumped-up resolution of 1,920 x 1,152. Compared to the standard 16:9 smartphones these days, the MX4 benefits from an eye-friendlier home screen as the icons are more spread out, plus the wider body can accommodate a slightly bigger pop-up video player -- a feature on Meizu's Flyme OS 4.0, which is a heavily but prettily customized Android 4.4 ROM -- when you're holding the phone in the usual portrait mode. The screen also takes up 79 percent of the phone's front side and has a narrow 2.6mm bezel, both of which look rather impressive. Meizu added that it's co-developed a screen sealant with Loctite that helps absorb shock impact, in order to reduce the chances of shattering one's screen when the MX4 hits the floor.
Despite the large screen, the MX4 is actually a phone I've enjoyed holding the most in its size category. First of all, it's only 147 grams heavy and 8.9mm thick (yet it still packs a built-in 3,100mAh battery) thanks to its aircraft-grade aluminum body -- one that claims to be harder than that of the iPhone 5s. Secondly, the MX4 carries an ergonomic curvature that's similar to that on the MX3, so there are no edges that would otherwise dig into the palm. To get to the MX4's Micro SIM slot, you can now simply peel off the flexible back cover, as opposed to using a pin to push and peel the hard cover off the MX3. The downside of that is you may feel the seam between the aluminum frame and the plastic cover, so hopefully the final production units will have a tighter fit.
Last but not least, the MX4 packs a 20.7-megapixel f/2.2 main camera and a 2-megapixel f/2.0 front-facing camera. While the latter's resolution is rather disappointing, it does offer a live beautification mode, which lets you preview the enhancements on your eyes, chin and skin before taking selfies. As for the main camera, its 1.2μm pixels will apparently handle dark environments just fine, plus its speedy image signal processor can handle 25 fps continuous shooting in 10-megapixel mode, 720p slow motion capture and even 30 fps 4K video capture. For the icing on the cake, there's a dual tone LED flash for better results when using flash.
The MX4 will be launching on September 20th globally, though only China prices are available at the moment: The 16GB model is just CN¥1,799 (about $290), whereas the 32GB flavor is CN¥1,999 (about $325), and the 64GB model costs CN¥2,399 (about $390). Pretty aggressive, right? And for the record, only the gray edition will be available to begin with, followed by a white edition and a gold edition. Much like the Smartisan T1, you can also purchase a liquid plus screen protection warranty for just CN¥89 (about $15) per year.

Loled (LG OLED)

From the previews around the web, the screen looks way too blue. I wonder if LG borrowed the RGBW sub-pixel arrangement that they use for their OLED TVs? I am not a purist who lives and die by color accuracy, but it would be interesting to know how LG's OLED perform and differ compared to Samsung's AMOLED.

its not that different. Also, LCD's don't have the kind of pixel death issue and thus higher resale than OLEDs. The wallpapers look nice on the G-Flex 2: i hope someone uploads them (in full resolution) sometime soon.

For the love of everything holy, call it by its real name P-OLED.
LG didn't say anything about WRGB, and they usually boast about such things, so I assume it'll be like the original G Flex and be RGB. At least it's not pentile.

wargreymon89 said:
For the love of everything holy, call it by its real name P-OLED.
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LOL-ED I laughed so hard hahaha

Hahaha is POLED, Plastic-OLED.
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it is not as blue as you are expecting..may be its the environment of the CES or crappy camera performance but see this video and you'll understand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tjqIW85FVg

Yes, you are right. It's usually the same as we've saw.

wow
nice

i think that is nice too

A certain website take a few close-up photo on LG G Flex 2's screen. http://m.eprice.com.hk/mobile/talk/4531/200987/1/rv/lg-g-flex-2-review/ While those photo aren't close enough to show sub pixel arrangememt and the article say nothing about this, edge of those icon on screens look like the effect of diamond pentile arrangment to me.

c933103 said:
While those photo aren't close enough to show sub pixel arrangememt and the article say nothing about this, edge of those icon on screens look like the effect of diamond pentile arrangment to me.
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Pretty sure it is. If I get real close I can see jaggies.

is this screen(OLED) gonna burn-in like Samsung's amoled ??????

I do not know if this is true or not but I remember reading somewhere that the G Flex 2 has 4 sub-pixels per pixel instead of the usual 2 sub-pixels found on pentile arrangement. I find that hard to believe but I am throwing it out there since it is not totally outside of imagination. But you would think LG would have gone for 2560x1440 if that is the case.. you know, at least for marketing. I know that the GPU will have to work harder at higher resolution (thus higher power consumption), but my general impression is that the display itself consumes more power than GPU, especially for non-3D workloads.

komsa said:
is this screen(OLED) gonna burn-in like Samsung's amoled ??????
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There will be uneven wear amongst different sub-pixels. That is the nature of OLED tech, and every tech in general. Once you start using electronic devices they all start to wear. The question is always the matter of degree and kind, and how it is mitigated.

So far next to my g3 this screen looks more colorful and just as sharp. Remind me of a Samsung device. Screen is pretty good if you worried no blue tint aleast from mine

Agreed. One of the best screens i have seen.

Does anyone else seem to have the grainy issue that the original g flex had
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No grain on sprint Model looks just as good as my nexus 6 i had but the colors pop more on this phone.

Only complaint I have on the screen is that the brightness doesn't go that low

SAMVREMIX said:
Does anyone else seem to have the grainy issue that the original g flex had
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I do. On low britghness i see almost the same grainy issue that Flex1

18:9|18.5:9 Aspect Ratio MEGA RANT

What's the number one single most important thing about a screen's aspect ratio? IT'S COMPATIBILITY. Screen real-estate, maneuverability, SCROLLING POTENTIAL are all but NOTHING compared to compatibility. If my phone, or ANY electronic for that matter, features a screen incompatible with PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER VIDEO OR IMAGE on the internet and everywhere else, I WOULDN'T BUY IT. Do you know what you're doing when you buy phones with abominable aspect ratios?? You're FEEDING the corporate, capitalist minds of CEOs who think their customers are dumb enough to not notice black bars EVERYTIME they watch a video!
We need to GET REAL here: 99% (exaggeration) of ALL KNOW VIDEOS on the internet are in the 16:9 aspect ratio. Discarding old media (4:3), the rest are the professional movies recorded in 25.6:10.725 (2.39:1) and 12:5 (2.4:1 Blu-Ray crop). Now, one could argue Ultra-Wide 21:9 is acceptable due to it being very close to the cinematic standard of 2.39:1, but 18(.5):9 is NEITHER CINEMATIC NEITHER STANDARD AND NEITHER PRACTICAL!! We SHOULD NOT have to endure manufacturers being SO F'ING BRAIN-DEAD that they think our pleads to reduce bezels also mean we're willing to sacrifice a UNIVERSAL STANDARD. 25.6:10.725, 12:5, 21:9 (barely) and 16:9 are the ONLY ACCEPTABLE ASPECT RATIOS FOR A PLEASING EXPERIENCE. Why do we have to endure bezels like it's suddenly 2010 again? 18:9 WILL NOT BECOME A NEW STANDARD. It's literally a STUPID TREND, JUST LIKE REMOVING THE HEADPHONE JACK or MAKING BATTERIES IRREMOVABLE. It's gotten to the point where the Mi Mix, a revolutionary phone in terms of bezel-less design that KEPT the 16:9 ratio, was CHANGED TO 18:9 in the Mi Mix 2, JUST BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING THAT. The Mi Mix screen design was awesome, and was ENOUGH. That extra 1 to 2% of extra screen estate IS NOT WORTH THE HUGE BLACK BEZELS. What's the point of reducing physical bezels, only to increase digital ones? And in the era of (thank god) OLEDs, constant unchanging parts of the screen like digital bezels are just MENTAL to put on a display that is SUSCEPTIBLE TO BURN-IN. It's just DUMB to put a 18:9 aspect ratio on a screen. Keep it 16:9 for now, until we get rollable OLED, and when that time comes, make a screen that de-rolls from a 16:9 one to a 12:5/25.6:10.725 one. Why, oh why have manufacturers done this... Finger gymnastics and incapacity of one-handed use have never been as dire a situation as it is now... Just REDUCE THE BEZELS AND KEEP THE HOLY ASPECT RATIO, DAMMIT!! Absolutely NOBODY wants to make the choice of either cropping, stretching or pillar-boxing!! It's time to STOP!! And don't get me even started on the huge notch the iPhone X has!

all other android phones got notch also, removed head phone jack, got swipe gestures. seem's like Apple is leading the way. and the android sheep follow

While black bars look as annoying as they do, this problem is only relevant if you consider photo/video viewing as a primary use case of the phone. Most phones in the last year or two are hardly advertised as mobile p/v viewers. High end OLED phones have more or less the same screen IQ (which often goes beyond what the content is made for), while decoding performance has been more than enough on a small screen for a long time. So there isn't much money to make from "my phone does YouTube better than yours".
If you're a heavy mobile p/v user, the current situation on the market sucks for you. But calling them "brain-dead" when what they do makes business seems to do little to make your life better.
I do agree with the finger gymnastics comment which should apply to the majority of users that have normal human hands.
Edit: Didn't notice this was a November 2017 post.

I hear you…
I hear you man. The new super long, super stretched or super whatever aspect ratios are STUPID :crying: DUMBASS.
I use my 16:9 smartphone a lot in landscape for browsing the internet, and at times it already annoys me the relatively reduced “height”. Some webpages even stick stupid onscreen squatter bars when in landscape, let me show you an example (I use a reduced screen dpi to maximize my screen content, 256dpi from the default 415,5dpi of my device):
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Portrait mode, no bars.
Landscape, big squatter bar which cuts content.
Any time the aspect ratio is increased the screen becomes less flexible. 4:3 or even full square :fingers-crossed: owns LoL. 16:10 is great, can live with 16:9 but anything beyond that is MORONICAL. :silly:
Cheers fellows

I don't care if this thread is old. I agree completely. I'm using an 18:9 phone and I hate it. Everything is too narrow. I use my phone exclusively in landscape except when making calls. The 18:9 gives me black bars or cut off picture on everything. The length makes the keyboard near unmanageable as well. Finger gymnastics like crazy and typos everywhere! Never again. They also need to get rid of the hole punch, notch, dimple idea too. It looks terrible. Try watching full screen video on that. You'll hate life. And I don't even want to think about gaming... I refuse to buy another phone isn't 16:9, or 16:10.

Good to know...

Samsung i9505 and i9500 Amoled display compatibility

Hallo,
I just bought a new display for my i9505, the item was guaranteed a genuine super amoled lcd screen for samsung i9500. I mounted it with no problem, put the phone with the new screen next to another i9505 with a known original super amoled display and turned both on at the same time. They both lit up,, but I immediately noticed that on the new screen, blacks in the boot logo are not nearly as dark as on the original, as pixels do turn on to draw black colour, while on the original display they don't (that is how all super amoled displays work, don't they?).
I reported the problem to the seller, who claims that the lcd is absolutely a genuine, original Samsung super amoled display for i9500, and that the reason why it behaves like that is that the screen is actually meant for i9500 and it is not compatible with i9505.
I did a little search, but i found nothing about the matter. Is there a possibility that the display may actually be a super amoled, and that due to some known incompatibility with i9505 it is under-performing, as if it was a normal lcd (not super amoled)?
Besides this, the screen works fine.
I'm asking your help because I'm in a dispute and would like to understand if I am wrong.
Thank you

If the screen is for the i9500 then it's probably acting up because of that. It also might just be an AMOLED screen rather than a super AMOLED. This is my guess anyway, I could be totally off here.

this screen is a non-original lcd. Both variants use super-amoled. his screen is only of poor quality, that is, replica second line or worse yet.

AMOLED and Super AMOLED
Let's go for a quick explanation ... the screen you bought is not original because we do not have 100% black and yes you bought an LCD screen.
This is due to the fact that, with AMOLED screen technology, LEDs do not emit light, but they turn off with a black background and therefore do not "work".
Already the technology Super AMOLED, brings to the consumers an update in relation to AMOLED. The consequence of this advancement are light smartphones with the screen even sharper and faster.
The innovation of the displays with Super AMOLED technology was the inclusion of a touch-sensitive layer, which resulted in the exclusion of a layer of glass on top of the screen, since it is no longer necessary.
Therefore, the main difference between AMOLED and Super AMOLED is related to the number of sub-pixels available. The higher the number, the better. The greater the presence of different colors and the intensity of light on the screen.
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From what we saw the difference of the AMOLED and Super AMOLED is a quality of the image and the removal of the glass.
The two technology by what we see black is 100% (or as some real black speech)... then we deduce that you are with an LCD.
If I'm wrong, correct me.
Good luck!

A good and easy way to determine if your screen is a Samsung AMOLED or a crappy LCD, is to play a bit with some backlighting with the screen off. If you see some blue-ish color on the screen panel, probably is AMOLED, but if its black, 100% is LCD and not AMOLED.
This is specially noticeable under the sunlight.

which mobile better in reading-browsing for long time IPS or flagship amelod

i need phone not tab or iphone or ipad or kindle
for reading books - browsing some leaning app
i do not use it for gaming or camera
so MI 10 t with IPS screen as many say it is better for eyes
or go for samsung s21 Ultra
i know it is big difference in price also in spec
i can get s21 ultra
but what i want o know s IPS screen will more comfort for long reading use
or the dynamic amelod will be better
i think i read hat S21 ultra
have many certification in eye protection and have low blue light
so which better to go

I'm not an expert but I don't think one of them is specifically better for reading/browsing (although AMOLED is overall better than IPS).
If you want a device specifically for reading I'd get one with an e-ink display which is better for your eyes than either IPS or AMOLED.
Edit: I googled it to make sure I know what I'm saying and apparently there is no actual evidence e-ink is better for your eyes.
Who knew.

SmartphoneOwner said:
I'm not an expert but I don't think one of them is specifically better for reading/browsing (although AMOLED is overall better than IPS).
If you want a device specifically for reading I'd get one with an e-ink display which is better for your eyes than either IPS or AMOLED.
Edit: I googled it to make sure I know what I'm saying and apparently there is no actual evidence e-ink is better for your eyes.
Who knew.
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i need android phone so go for samsung s21 Ultra
or wait for next note or s Series if it will be big step
or go for another company
i found some review about s21 ultra take about technology to save eye
but could not find for any other company
could you google as you can find some
thanks alot

Advantages of AMOLED over LCD technology
In addition to the power-saving effect, an AMOLED display has other advantages compared to an LCD: No backlight also means less heat loss. In addition, AMOLED displays deliver significantly stronger contrast, deeper black levels, a wider color gamut and excellent viewing angle stability in comparison. In addition, AMOLED displays have up to 1,000 times faster response times than LCDs - in some cases less than a microsecond. And OLED screens allow not only flat-built but also curved smartphones with their design.
Examples:
Lefthand a device with AMOLED-display, righthand a device with IPS-LCD display
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ant_gamal said:
i need android phone so go for samsung s21 Ultra
or wait for next note or s Series if it will be big step
or go for another company
i found some review about s21 ultra take about technology to save eye
but could not find for any other company
could you google as you can find some
thanks alot
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There probably won't be a Note 21, and I don't think the S22 Ultra will have a screen much better than the S21 Ultra (which is already nearly perfect).
So yeah, I'd get the S21 Ultra.

SmartphoneOwner said:
There probably won't be a Note 21, and I don't think the S22 Ultra will have a screen much better than the S21 Ultra (which is already nearly perfect).
So yeah, I'd get the S21 Ultra.
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every new generation improved
i think it will be better coz mi 11 ultra will come 900 nits, 1700 nits (peak) and oppo with (~525 ppi density)
so Samsung will make some new
anyway do you think S22 will available next jan 22
as i thinking of waiting
i am irresolute buy s21 or wait next