![]() You can get by on this phone in some places by pressing and holding, such as in the Control Center, or some apps like Instagram. Understandably, not many people use this feature or even know it exists, but if you're one of the few who does you'd know it's actually an awesome way to get things done quickly. Also, the notch cuts into the video if you make it fullscreen. The bezels make videos appear letterboxed at times and the experience isn't particularly enjoyable. However, both become a problem when watching videos. The bezels, much like the notch, aren't really noticeable during everyday use. However, the downside of the LCD also means thicker bezels. On the upside, you don't have to worry about any burn-in, not that it has been a problem on the OLED iPhones. Yes, the contrast ratio and black levels are weaker compared to OLED panels but Apple's color accuracy is just as good regardless of panel type and the viewing angles and brightness are also satisfactory. Again, for iPhone 6s, 7 or 8 users, this wouldn't be any different than what they are used to but ideally, at this point, we would prefer if Apple phased out its sub-400PPI panels.Īs for being an LCD, Apple's LCD panels have generally been some of the best in the business so we are not going to start complaining now. Where we noticed the most difference was in images and videos, which were slightly softer. ![]() Text, in particular, looks perfectly sharp on the iPhone XR display. A user upgrading from a small size iPhone won't notice a difference but a Plus-sized iPhone user will notice the slight drop in sharpness.įor the record, 326PPI is adequately sharp for most users as it's already pushing past most people's visual acuity. Where the display is lacking is in pixel density. It also gets extremely bright and is perfectly visible outdoors under sunlight. The screen also has excellent viewing angles as expected from an IPS LCD. This, along with the wide color support, means the phone can display content in its native color profile without the user having to manually switch modes. Besides just calibrating the display properly, Apple also has support for color management baked into both the software and the hardware. The display has outstanding color performance and when Apple says it has an industry-leading color performance for an LCD, we believe it. The average DeltaE against an sRGB target was a negligible 0.6 with near perfect whites - nice. ![]() ![]() We also measured the color accuracy and we're happy to report the XR's LCD is one super accurate LCD. Black levels weren't overly high either, and the math for contrast works out to over 1600:1 - well over the claimed number. That said, the LCD of the Mate 20 can go as high as 778nits and the LG G7 ThinQ's outdoor mode pumps out some 900nits. The OLED iPhones are a bit dimmer at full blast, and so are most of the competitors. Update, November 2: We ran our brightness test and got precisely 700nits out of the iPhone XR - mightily impressive. What you don't get on this display is hardware support for Dolby Vision and HDR-10 (only software support), and 3D Touch. That aside, the display has an advertised 1400:1 contrast ratio and supports DCI-P3 wide color and Apple's True Tone technology that adjusts the color temperature based on ambient lighting. This gives it a pixel density of 326PPI, which is identical to the iPhone 8 and previous small screen iPhones but less than the Plus sized iPhones (401PPI), and the iPhone X, XS and XS Max (458PPI).Īpple calls this the Liquid Retina HD display because it's LCD, Retina, HD and because Apple likes coming up with these silly marketing names. The iPhone XR has a 6.1-inch, IPS LCD with a resolution of 1792x828. ![]()
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