Xperia Z vs Xperia Ion SCREEN comparison. Surprise inside!

[lee480]

Judge for yourselves.

 

[alex3305]

To me that looks like the Xperia ION has it's brightness and color saturation cranked all the way up. While some people think this looks better, it hasn't have to be better though. In my opinion, the Xperia Z lacks a bit of color calibration, but IMHO this could be resolved with a simple calibration app.

 

[lee480]

I really love Sony, but Sony can only improve if I show them my love.

 

[biffsmash]

My Xperia Z looks like the one on the right so I'm stumped lol

I've got UK version though don't know if it's any different.

 

[lee480]

My Xperia Z looks like the one on the right so I'm stumped lol

I've got UK version though don't know if it's any different.

lol me too I got shocked when my Xperia Ion have deeper blacks than the Xperia Z. Thought it was a faulty unit, compared with another shop and self-concluded, Xperia Z's screen isn't as good as Xperia Ion.

 

[xperiasblack]

R: Xperia Z vs Xperia Ion SCREEN comparison. Surprise inside!

Ion with jelly bean? What rom are you using?

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[metcard]

I really love Sony, but Sony can only improve if I show them my love.

It does look like a gamma calibration issue.
does android let you set the gamma settings via command line like on Linux?
eg. xgamma -gamma 1.000
Using linux as an example, it looks like the Z is set to 1.200 gamma, where .900 would suit most people's needs better.


Check it.

lowered gamma to .75

 

[Raedek]

Sv: Xperia Z vs Xperia Ion SCREEN comparison. Surprise inside!

A matter of preference.. I reckon the Z has more natural colours. The Ion has everything too high for my taste.. Ever seen Samsung TV's on factory settings? Same thing. Colours boosted beyond natural. But again, some prefer it that way.. I like the Z's colour better om these pics, though the ion pops more out so to speak.

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[lokenok]

ion has officialy has the best display on a sony smartphone

 

[lee480]

A matter of preference.. I reckon the Z has more natural colours. The Ion has everything too high for my taste.. Ever seen Samsung TV's on factory settings? Same thing. Colours boosted beyond natural. But again, some prefer it that way.. I like the Z's colour better om these pics, though the ion pops more out so to speak.

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I can assure you the screen is completely washed out. Is that bad unfortunately.

 

[PraxxtorCruel]

I can assure you the screen is completely washed out. Is that bad unfortunately.

No, it's just you're used to over-saturated colours so when you see something thats natural it just doesn't look good enough. :good:

 

[lee480]

No, it's just you're used to over-saturated colours so when you see something thats natural it just doesn't look good enough. :good:

Hmmm... So blacks having a grey cast is oversaturating? Interesting.

 

[Codrea]

That is the weaknesa of lcd than amoled. Amoled produce better black and lcd produce better white

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[PraxxtorCruel]

Hmmm... So blacks having a grey cast is oversaturating? Interesting.

It's been said time and time again that the wallpaper did Sony no favours. Do you even have the phone or are you here just to prove some pointless argument which most of Xperia Z owners are happy with their phone?

 

[lee480]

It's been said time and time again that the wallpaper did Sony no favours. Do you even have the phone or are you here just to prove some pointless argument which most of Xperia Z owners are happy with their phone?

This is not some pointless thread shooting Sony. Admittance is the first step to recovery. If there's a gamma tuning problem, Sony ought to know and fix the problem. And if it's a quality problem, Sony must know it can't repeat the mistake again. Most of us here love Sony. We want Sony have its fullest potential to destroy Samsung and Apple. If everybody keeps sweeping this issue under the carpet, this screen issue is going to come back in future Sony phones.
That's just my thoughts. Critics can destroy me now.

 

[Pikaz]

This is not some pointless thread shooting Sony. Admittance is the first step to recovery. If there's a gamma tuning problem, Sony ought to know and fix the problem. And if it's a quality problem, Sony must know it can't repeat the mistake again. Most of us here love Sony. We want Sony have its fullest potential to destroy Samsung and Apple. If everybody keeps sweeping this issue under the carpet, this screen issue is going to come back in future Sony phones.
That's just my thoughts. Critics can destroy me now.

Agreed, apart from the destruction bit

All my complaints over the Z are not just bitching about the screen and the camera. I believe they are two issues which can be sorted out by software and Sony should admit it and fix it. The screen will always have poor viewing angles, but please sort out the gamma/colours.

 

[juDGEY2k10]

My phone is uk and my screen looks nothing like that. Mine is great

 

[The things I tell you]

This is not some pointless thread shooting Sony. Admittance is the first step to recovery. If there's a gamma tuning problem, Sony ought to know and fix the problem. And if it's a quality problem, Sony must know it can't repeat the mistake again. Most of us here love Sony. We want Sony have its fullest potential to destroy Samsung and Apple. If everybody keeps sweeping this issue under the carpet, this screen issue is going to come back in future Sony phones.
That's just my thoughts. Critics can destroy me now.

I've just loaded both wallpapers on to the lockscreen on my UK sim-free Z and it really does look nothing like yours.The colours are more vivid on my device although not as saturated as on your Ion, which has it's contrast too high IMO - the colours are more realistic on my Z (eg. the colour of the sky looks like sky whereas it's too much on your Ion).

I have to turn my Z to an extreme angle to make it look like yours.

 

[Maedhros]

It is good to see others are recognizing this screen is barely adequate.

I was starting to get tired of being called a troll for simply making accurate and factual statements.

 

[decentgi]

i recieved my xperia z yesterday and to be honest was very fearful with reading all these reviews but i really have no issue with my phone the screen is nothing short of great friend of mine who uses iphone 5 even made comment on the clarity of the screen.

I understand why people are making comments on viewing angles but to be honest i cant understand how anyone with half a brain would use their phone on an angle lol i mean come on guys whats going on. watching movies on screen so small i really dont know why anyone would do that i cant even watch a movie on those old 68cm screen tvs anything under 42 inches and your just wasting your viewing pleasure, the screen is amazing so all of you who are holding back your missing out