Xperia T - Mediocre Display

[thejosetree]

I've been testing the Xperia T for a week. It is very fast, literally flies, and has a very acceptable battery life.

My complaint is with the screen. Not only is worse than xperia Ion, but is slightly lower than xperia s. Judge for yourselves:

Xperia S - Xperia T - Xperia ION

The Xperia ION screen looks vibrant, with punchy colors, with stellar contrast and very deep blacks, so deeps that the screen seems to merge with the frame, and also has excellent viewing angles. In fact, looks like an IPS display, very close to greater screens out there like iPhone or HTC one X. Maybe the ION has the best display that Sony has ever made. The problem is that even the xperia s has a better screen than the Xperia T. The display on Xperia T looks washed out, lacking contrast, seems as if the glass and the screen were far apart from each other.

The new flagship of Sony it's a great device with fantastic design, but the screen is mediocre. Why Sony does not put all his best hardware on their flagship? It's difficult to understand.

 

[peetr_]

What was the brightness settings, when you tested them?

This looks weird, that there is almost nothing on the display (just black) on some pictures.

 

[thejosetree]

What was the brightness settings, when you tested them?

This looks weird, that there is almost nothing on the display (just black) on some pictures.

brightness set on 30% on all three

 

[peetr_]

Hmm, and that's it, 30% on one of them doesn't mean the same brightness level on second of them.
One of them could be 30% = 100 level
Second of them could be 30% = 150 level

And even if the levels are same, the voltage can be different on each other.

Only serious testing is with 100% brightness.

 

[AayushDhuria]

Maybe you got a piece which has a defaulted screen?

 

[thejosetree]

Full Brightness, 100% on both:

(Left ION - Right Xperia T)

 

[Spectre51]

Wow that's pretty crazy difference. The ion does have a great screen.

 

[miki_69]

maybe Bravia engine not working on T (faulty)? Looks like it. Can you post images with BE off (to rule out this possibility)?

 

[Maximus999]

Looks like the gamma is too high.

 

[Haldi4803]

i heard something about Xperia T using a new Screen protector! You took that away before testing?

 

[lokenok]

Xperia Ion has a great display! omg i regret not buying it :9

 

[raytraceme]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cu2Jmz2FEU

The difference btwn the colors of the t&v goes to show that the t isn't really sony's flagship and that the v is.

 

[DennisDD78]

Right now i'm thinking about to sell Ion and buy an T, but after this pictures, i don't know... And, as i understood, the screen of T is smaller because of the virtual buttoms, right? But anyway, this is a Bond's phone , and it runs on S4, and it have a great design, so, i'm still not sure of my decision

Sent from my LT28i using xda app-developers app

 

[sidneylopsides]

I don't have an Ion to compare against, but the screen on my T looks to be much better than this one.
Colours and contrast as very good, the black fades into the screen surround. The auto brightness is very aggressive though.

 

[tom369]

Pity Sony doesn't pay much attention to what screen it puts into a phone. This is exactly as the thread title says: mediocre display. If a manufacturer doesn't get it that the screen in a smartphone is one of the most important things then I don't know how Sony wants to succeed. They could at least put a good quality IPS panel into their flagship device. Sony has to learn from HTC or Apple.

 

[spida_singh]

I would agree, i find the picture on these phones quite 'washed out', the colours compared to a galaxy S3 are very dull. I know screen tech is different, but even my old Arc (LT15i) had a better saturated screen than this....i may report it and see what O2 UK / Sony UK say.

 

[peetr_]

I believe, Sony will succeed. I am going to buy T, even after watching these pictures. Nothing is perfect, but still I find this phone to be the best device with cost/performance comparison for couple of upcoming months. I know, that the screen is something that I can adapt to. I could adapt to GN screen and I could adapt to Photon screen. Two screens, miles away one from each other. And for me, any LCD is better than Amoled.

 

[thejosetree]

I would agree, i find the picture on these phones quite 'washed out', the colours compared to a galaxy S3 are very dull. I know screen tech is different, but even my old Arc (LT15i) had a better saturated screen than this....i may report it and see what O2 UK / Sony UK say.

It's important to clarify this issue, and see if my screen is defective, a prototype, or simply Sony putting bad screens in their flagship.

 

[For_itembine]

I assumed the display was mind blowing. Now. I am unsure if I will buy it

 

[spida_singh]

Ive been closely looking at it, it looks to be very sensitive to he actual viewing angles, whilst playing temple run, if i slightly angled the screen closer or away from my eyes, the colours became washed out, and then vivid again when tilting up right.

The screen, when looking head on is fine, colours are vivid, we used the Mclaren P1 Reality app to test, and the Samsung Galaxy S3 blew away colour reproduction on this device.