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NowVoyager

NowVoyager

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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:
 
Take it up with cnet? I was a bit miffed about sunlight performance as well, but like yati said all screens suck in daylight. Only one I've ever impressed by is my trekstor vibez (tft?)
 
They dont say the exact viewing conditions such as angle to the sun, angle to self, screen brightness set to max.
 
They say bright sun light. So, the reader is led to believe that the Behold 2 is superior to other phones in that this screen is viewable/readable in bright sun light. I cannot suppose that even they know the degrees thereof.
 
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.
 
If you turn off AUTO brightness it will stay bright in the sunlight , and not use the the light sensors to dim the screen when theres to much light .,.,.,..,..,
 
NowVoyager said:
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:
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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.
 
I'm pretty sure this is more an issue with the OLED screen. LCD screens can be difficult to see in direct sunlight but OLED screens can be even more difficult to see. At least that's what I've read on certain reviews for the Galaxy, Behold 2, and the ZuneHD. All of which use an OLED screen.
 
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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