on back of the box it just says " Vivid 3.7-inch touch-sensitive screen".
No mention of AMOLED or SLCD.
On an amoled screen the blacks should be jet black, if you check in a dark room & its an lcd version the blacks always got a luminescence to them that gives them a greyish cast
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if you have a magnifying glass then you can tell as the AMOLED has more separated sub-pixels, however it is much more vibrant and has deeper blacks than an LCD is able to achieve.
Outside AMOLED does suffer unless it's turned up to the highest brightness.
I am very happy with my Desire and I honestly don't think you'd appreciate a massive difference unless you put them side by side.
Mine specifically says AMOLED. It could mean you have an SLCD one, but its more likely they've just pre-emptively removed it from their packaging, so it could be either
Ive taken a picture of the back of the box. Think I have SLCD as there is no mention of AMOLED.
Also there seems to be problems with the screen, Ive noticed that there is bleeding on thee top left & right of the screen. (Don't think AMOLED suffers from bleeding). (Picture also provided).
wow that bleeding doesnt look so great, if the screen was AMOLED that defenitly wouldnt be happening... AMOLED screens are now a desireable feature, I think if your phone had it than the box would defenitly say so on it somwhere...
My box specifically states under 'Display' back there that it is an AMOLED, nothing like that is in those screenshots and the bleed should not be common for AMOLED at all.
My box specifically states under 'Display' back there that it is an AMOLED, nothing like that is in those screenshots and the bleed should not be common for AMOLED at all.
Yeah, mine is very clear it is an AMOLED Screen. Looks light you got a LCD screen there, and a duff one at that.
The model number seems to be the same, mine says A8181 but the Display Specifications does not say AMOLED. I have a friend that got his desire a month plus back and the model is the same but his box says AMOLED.
I read somewhere in the forums that if it's an AMOLED it'll say AMOLED if not then it's the LCD.
Hi... I'm definitely buying a Desire in the UK this week... My question is if I should be bothered about the introduction of the SLCD? ie should I buy an AMOLED off ebay, as there are a couple of new ones knocking about over there, or should I just forget about it and by a brand-new Desire with SLCD off amazon? Thanks
I wouldn't worry about the SLCD vs AMOLED debate, unless you spent most of your time in extreme darkness (get AMOLED) or in bright sunlight (get SLCD).
I almost certainly have an SLCD one as the blacks aren't completely black as you get a minor bit of backlight bleed, but in normal use, it's a vivid, colourful and very good resolution screen. Quality photos just leap off it, text is crisp even at extreme viewing angles which you'd never look at a phone at anyway.
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I just got my Desire a week ago and it doesn't specify AMOLED in the box. However the blacks have no grayish cast on them and there is no bleeding. The whites are white with no pinkish tint on them. Now I don't know what it is.
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Having just compared my AMOLED screen to my girlfriends new SLCD screen I'm surprised to say I actually prefer the SLCD screen. It's noticeably crisper (not far off iphone 4 standards). The colour's just as good as on the AMOLED if not a little better/more natural. The brightness is as good but the only negative is the black level. Obviously the AMOLED wins with that. All in I think I actually prefer the SLCD which is not something I was expecting. The crisper lines on the SLCD definitely put it ahead for me.
On my own (4 month old (Brown)) Desire, I have an AMOLED - On my OH's (2 month old (black)) she definately has SLCD - Both direct from Orange - Have to say that mine is MUCH "whiter" for whites, "blacker" for blacks and MUCH more vivid in general.. To the point of me considering sending hers back.. (Bith on same brightness settings etc)
On my own (4 month old (Brown)) Desire, I have an AMOLED - On my OH's (2 month old (black)) she definately has SLCD - Both direct from Orange - Have to say that mine is MUCH "whiter" for whites, "blacker" for blacks and MUCH more vivid in general.. To the point of me considering sending hers back.. (Bith on same brightness settings etc)
Mike
If she's happy with the phone, why bother?
Personally, I prefer the S-LCD screen due to its more natural colours. I'm a photographer and know what an image should look like, and although the AMOLED screens are fine to use in typical everyday use, when it comes to photos, AMOLED is awfully over-saturated. For phone use though, it doesn't really matter...either will do the job nicely and there is no reason to be disappointed with one or the other.
As a few others have said, don't worry, be happy and enjoy the phone!
Hi to everybody.
I am new of the HTC world, and I am searching to buy a Desire phone.
I am from Italy, and here there are different versions of the Desire.
According to the fact that I MUST NOT buy it from italian stores (they are quite much more expencives), the Desire we can find online (at least for now) is one of the following sereis:
- 99HKZ124-00 (white case)
- 99HKZ015-00 (don't understand if it is brown or black case)
I am searching for a BLACK version, and if I understood good, the AMOLED display should be better, right?
What about getting a phone that has only Android 2.1 installed? I heard that new phones has Android 2.2 already installed, and that those phones are like a new generation ones, and they shoud have also new revisited motherboard with no auto-reboot issue.
Is this all correct? What are those series codes for? What should I look for?
Hi all,
I also recently received my new A8183 (telstra) desire a couple of weeks ago and am really enjoying the screen (SLCD).
Originally, I was expecting an AMOLED display as I am used to this from the Galaxy i7500 but to be honest, I was blown away by the sharpness and colour, and actually thought it was amoled to begin with.
I compared it with an amoled desire side by side and could see a silght dark purple hue in the black on mine, but on its own you cant really see this.
A benefit of the SLCD though is that the screen wont suffer plasma-style burn in like the AMOLED ones can. I recall on the Galaxy if you left the phone with the charging screen for too long the huge battery icon would sort of burn in for a while.
All the best
Cheers.
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