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I noticed with mine that if you have the automatic brightness control selected sometimes it takes it a few seconds to detect and then turn up the brightness when I walk out into bright light. Once it reacts and ups the brightness I find it very bright (for a cell phone) even in direct sunlight. The first time I had the problem you had I did the same thing and tried to view the screen by cupping my hand over it, this actually just shaded the light sensor and kept it from detecting the ambient light even more. Try manually setting your phone to the highest brightness level then go out in similar conditions. If it is still too dim, then it is the phone.
 
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Had to use my Behold2 outside yesterday in the sunlight. Epic fail. Couldn't see a thing! The display became so dim that everything on the screen faded to dark. I held my hand over it because I was trying to make a call. It was utterly useless!!! :mad:

I havent found a a smart phone, at 12pm outside on a sunny summer day, too work very well.
my phone at full brightness I can say i watched a you tube video on a sunny day sitting in my car wait for my wife to leave the cosmetic store. So i have know complaints so for.
I think the Behold has greatest and brightest screen out there.
 
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I have a Samsung Epic. The AMOLED screen is great. If I turn up the brightness, I have no problem reading it in direct sunlight. The problem is with the auto brightness setting; it DIMS the screen when I'm in bright sunlight. This is the OPPOSITE of what I want. If the ambient light is bright, I want the phone to compensate by making the screen BRIGHTER so I can still see it. In the dark, I want it to be dimmer so it doesn't hurt my eyes. Is my phone defective or are they designed to work that way?
 
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