LG G6 review (display)
One of the LG G6's most distinctive features, it is 18:9 aspect Full Vision display is a true beauty. The 5.7-inch panel with a novel aspect ratio offers virtually the same area as a 5.5-inch conventional 16:9 display, and is, in fact, as wide as a 5.2-inch 16:9 screen, only taller.
The 2,880x1,440px resolution on this diagonal results in a 564ppi density, which beats the Galaxy S7 edge's 534ppi, but is slightly less than the S7's 577ppi. However, the G6's subpixel arrangement is a classic RGB with an equal number of subpixels for each primary color, making it even sharper per pixel than the Super AMOLED' Diamond Pentile subpixel layout. Not that it matters all that much at these densities for naked-eye viewing, and the G6 won't support Google's Daydream VR, sadly.
It's all good on the other fronts, though. For starters, the G6 boasts spectacular contrast for an LCD - upwards of 2000:1. The G5 before it wasn't too shabby either with its high 1800s, but man, was that display dim.
Not the G6, though - 468nits in manual mode and a hundred more when you're in auto and the environment is bright. The Huawei P10 and Xperia XZ (the original one, not the recent Premium) can put out a few dozen more, and the iPhone 7 Plus goes to 681nits in auto, but none of those can match the G6's contrast, not by a long stretch.
Minimum brightness is 4.1nits, so it'll be easy on the eyes if you're using it in a dark setting.Sunlight legibility is excellent as well. One of the best LCDs in this respect, the G6's display is on par with the iPhone 7 Plus, but the Xperia XZ and LG's own V20 are still somewhat superior. The G6 is way better than the G5, so there's that too.
The G6's color reproduction is reasonably accurate, posting an average DeltaE of 4. Whites and grays exhibit a pronounced shift towards blue, and grayscale DeltaE is the highest at around 9. It's a marked improvement in accuracy compared to the G5, where average DeltaE was 5.6 and the maximum was 12.7. Next, to the V20's 5.1 and 9.5, the G6 still wins.
On the subject of colors, the G6 is compliant with both Dolby Vision and HDR10 standards. Among other things, the former means the G6 is capable of displaying 12-bit color (or 68 billion colors), while HDR limits that to measly 10 bits and 1 billion colors, give or take.
In practice (and that's LG's data, so if they had more to work with, we're sure they'd mention it), the total available content at the moment is 10 original series and 5 Marvel series on Netflix that adhere to both standards, while on Amazon Video you're looking at 1 original series and 10 movies in Dolby Vision, and 16 original series and 23 movies in HDR10. So while it's great that the display supports both standards, the feature is not exactly a gamechanger. And also last time we checked on Netflix, the G6 was not among the supported devices for HDR video so we hope they change that by the time the phone hits the market or the feature won't be worth much.
The 2,880x1,440px resolution on this diagonal results in a 564ppi density, which beats the Galaxy S7 edge's 534ppi, but is slightly less than the S7's 577ppi. However, the G6's subpixel arrangement is a classic RGB with an equal number of subpixels for each primary color, making it even sharper per pixel than the Super AMOLED' Diamond Pentile subpixel layout. Not that it matters all that much at these densities for naked-eye viewing, and the G6 won't support Google's Daydream VR, sadly.
It's all good on the other fronts, though. For starters, the G6 boasts spectacular contrast for an LCD - upwards of 2000:1. The G5 before it wasn't too shabby either with its high 1800s, but man, was that display dim.
Not the G6, though - 468nits in manual mode and a hundred more when you're in auto and the environment is bright. The Huawei P10 and Xperia XZ (the original one, not the recent Premium) can put out a few dozen more, and the iPhone 7 Plus goes to 681nits in auto, but none of those can match the G6's contrast, not by a long stretch.
Minimum brightness is 4.1nits, so it'll be easy on the eyes if you're using it in a dark setting.Sunlight legibility is excellent as well. One of the best LCDs in this respect, the G6's display is on par with the iPhone 7 Plus, but the Xperia XZ and LG's own V20 are still somewhat superior. The G6 is way better than the G5, so there's that too.
The G6's color reproduction is reasonably accurate, posting an average DeltaE of 4. Whites and grays exhibit a pronounced shift towards blue, and grayscale DeltaE is the highest at around 9. It's a marked improvement in accuracy compared to the G5, where average DeltaE was 5.6 and the maximum was 12.7. Next, to the V20's 5.1 and 9.5, the G6 still wins.
On the subject of colors, the G6 is compliant with both Dolby Vision and HDR10 standards. Among other things, the former means the G6 is capable of displaying 12-bit color (or 68 billion colors), while HDR limits that to measly 10 bits and 1 billion colors, give or take.
In practice (and that's LG's data, so if they had more to work with, we're sure they'd mention it), the total available content at the moment is 10 original series and 5 Marvel series on Netflix that adhere to both standards, while on Amazon Video you're looking at 1 original series and 10 movies in Dolby Vision, and 16 original series and 23 movies in HDR10. So while it's great that the display supports both standards, the feature is not exactly a gamechanger. And also last time we checked on Netflix, the G6 was not among the supported devices for HDR video so we hope they change that by the time the phone hits the market or the feature won't be worth much.
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