Usable Smartphones?
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ryans I did figure it out mostly. It is the color temp diff btwn the room and screen that makes a difference, uniform lighting, and nothing really reflective within peripheral vision. These are things I have learned.
I have a diff problem than most here. I really don't get the headaches. I just can feel the presence of the screen in the form of little muscles giving me a fit around my eye. Especially the outer edges of my eye and where the hinge of my eyeglasses are. I'm getting there slowly, living without any issues. Just need to create a perfect environment in the room that have heavy screen use.
I used the s5, it was awesome. One of the best reading experiences. I think bc of the physical screen surface and that version of Android.
Lastly, I'm getting prk done. I wear glasses but just walking through a room with my glasses on that mixes sunlight with artificial light I get the same eye muscle issue as when using the screen. Seems my eyes are just sensitive to certain types of light and those lights are used in monitors. The edge of eye issue only happens with screens though. My monitor and s8.
Im also getting a kindle eReader. Give me time away from the s8.
ryans def will. The S8 i feel like has dirty light coming from it. for me at least, it feels as if one can feel the photons hit around and onto their eye. my eye cant handle it. its like the system cant draw fast enough for the screen and my eye notices by feeling but not seeing. finally found a 120hz screen on a phone. want to see if the refresh rate makes a difference. i think its a Razzer. other than that, let you know about the prk.
But also just sitting in front of a screen. i find it hard to feel at home. but using a lense really helps. it makes it more like paper. but reflection from the lense and frame can be devilish. so i am slowly getting to a room setup that will allow me to finally get lost in what i am doing or in control of the system instead of at its mercy... hahaha
let me know what phone you get. do you think a 120hz refresh rate will help? Do you notice a difference with those monitors?
I have yet to find any device running Android above 5 that works, although I hear that some 6 OS'es have generic color profiles and might work. I might have to switch back to iPhone, sadly.
ryans All the smartphones with very few exceptions(sharp, razr etc.) have a 60Hz refresh rate.
The refresh rate is not such a big deal because you use your smartphone mostly for static content.
The BIG problems is PWM which simulates lower brightness by switching the display of at relatively low frequency.
Almost all smartphones with OLED/AMOLED/POLED displays use PWM at about 240 Hz. That is low enough to cause BIG problems if you use it in a dark environment.
The only exception that I know of was LG Flex2 which didn't use PWM and had an POLED screen.
Wrightpt1 All Samsung Galaxy S versions use PWM at a low frequency of 240Hz.
If you didn't have problems reading from a Galaxy S5 in a dark environment than you are not sensitive to flicker.
Do you get computer vision syndrome? Sand in eye sensation?