HTC Incredible Screen in Light

[Joe294]

whats up if anyone else has this problem how its really hard to see the screen when in daylight post up heres a video of what happens to me when it goes in the light

YouTube - Htc incredible: Screen test/immag quality

 

[hakr100]

It sucks is putting it mildly. It is useless.
Doesn't have to be that way. I have a GPS plotter on my boat that is perfectly visible in direct sunlight.

 

[androy]

Did you try turning the brightness all the way up? Mine is kinda shitty in direct sunlight but if the brightness is all the way up its still usable.

 

[nyngbld]

even with brightness way up, i cant get much out of it either. if anything all i see are the little dots in the actual screen itself under the glass; not any images...

 

[kjarrett]

So what's the solution here? Shade the screen with your hand? Use the phone upside down? Voice dialing? I can imagine some emergency situations where the inability to make a call would be a serious problem...

 

[nyngbld]

So what's the solution here? Shade the screen with your hand? Use the phone upside down? Voice dialing? I can imagine some emergency situations where the inability to make a call would be a serious problem...

i would say you about summed it up! short of a vizor to rig up on the handset...

 

[k.electron]

frankly, i can see the caller screen in direct sunlight. sure its like super dim.. but i can make a call..

amoled screen reproduce colors gorgeously but they cant compete with the sun. i'll take the pretty colors though.

 

[hakr100]

I'd rather have a screen I can easily read outdoors. It is do-able. Spend more in developing important bits of hardware, like the screen, and less on snappy features whose utility is pretty limited.

 

[thejoker]

Maybe the sun here is different or something but I can see the screen just fine even in direct sun.. Sure it's harder to see than indoors, but it's not that bad. I have automatic brightness adjustment enabled.

 

[Ovy]

this is a flaw inherent to the AMOLED screen. there's nothing to be done. Samsung will be premiering a Super AMOLED screen this summer on a new phone of there's, however, that has the same clarity as the current AMOLED screens, and can be seen quite plainly in the sun.

 

[TheGoatLantern]

I'd rather have a screen I can easily read outdoors. It is do-able. Spend more in developing important bits of hardware, like the screen, and less on snappy features whose utility is pretty limited.

It's been done it's called super amoled (i.e. Galaxy S). What I don't get is that this was a KNOWN issue with amoled, it's not like anyone was suprised with this bit of info. Here's a pro-tip turn your back to the sun, this creates what I like to call "shade" and proceed with using the phone that way....

 

[upther]

I find it to be usable in the sun. It's not great and I couldn't watch videos, but I can read and send texts and see who's calling me and that's all the matters. Plus, it's 150000000% better than the screen on my old LG Vu.

 

[contagous]

It's been done it's called super amoled (i.e. Galaxy S). What I don't get is that this was a KNOWN issue with amoled, it's not like anyone was suprised with this bit of info. Here's a pro-tip turn your back to the sun, this creates what I like to call "shade" and proceed with using the phone that way....

+1

 

[woop]

Its not the phone thats at fault, its AMOLED technology. It will produce very vibrant colors in dim lit areas, however can't in very bright ones. Obviously, you can downgrade to a TFT screen, which is what some of the older (and newer: Evo) devices use, that DON'T produce as vibrant/realistic colors in your typically indoor environments. The trade off would be better outdoor visibility. There is also super AMOLED, which, again is supposedly better outdoors in bright areas, but not as good indoors.

 

[1967ls2]

Turn the brightness up. I can see mine fine then.

 

[TrumpetMan]

whats up if anyone else has this problem how its really hard to see the screen when in daylight...

What, mine is crisp and clear even in the brightest daylight NOT! I can't see a damn thing in daylight.

 

[kmoore11]

Mine used to be terrible but I just installed the steinheil anti fingerprint and it reduces the glare in sunlight too. Makes it somewhat useable

 

[Jeep297]

I can see mine fine in direct sunlight with the brightness turned up. Not sure if the technology is different but it looked identical to my friend's moto droid and my brother's Eris in the sun. Maybe I just have better eyesight than others but I don't see the issue.

 

[jamor]

When my brightness is down it's hard as hell to see.

When all the way up I can see just fine. Not as well as indoors nor as pretty, but I can still get tasks done.

Maybe it depends on where you live.

 

[TheGoatLantern]

I live 3 miles from the surface of the sun (Phoenix) and with the brightness all the way up the screen is viewable, not to the same extent as indoors but still very workable for me

 

[Bundy]

I agree with what some have said - with the brightness turned all the way up, I can use it in the sun without much issue. Is it ideal? No, but that's a fair trade-off for what it delivers 95+% of the time.

 

[Lefort1]

Turn the brightness up. I can see mine fine then.

x2

 

[yojoe600]

guys its not that bad... just shade it some... id rather have direct sun problems and a better screen than a TFT that i can see in the sun... im never in direct sunlight much

 

[syntrix]

I can see mine just fine in direct sunlight

Probably has to do with the `clear protector` brand on the screen though? It's just what it says, a clear protector. I'm not about to take the protection off just to test it in the sun though

 

[ShortBusHEMI]

i live in florida... and have NO problems seeing mine in the sun. not even out in the boat, actually i was using the GPS on the boat to follow the river... screen is very viewable... not any harder than any other LCD screen i've used outside...