Motorola rep shows up, Verizon Store Pictures Taken!

[Arkbird]

Could have been. The first one I saw was a lot grainier than the one's I've seen recently. I guess what really matters is how the pentile works for the Bionic.

[Covington]

So I went and played with the X2 and D3 for an hour today and also to ask if any Reps had been in to show the staff the Bionic(they hadn't and all the employees still thought the Bionic wasn't being released....sigh). I must have seen a bad X2 screen prior to today, as this X2's screen looked fairly good. The colors were nice and the pixelation was only visible when I got very close, noticed it the most with text. I actually felt when I had them side by side that the X2's screen was better than the D3's, which goes against what most people have stated. The Samsung's in store did look more vibrant and much clearer/brighter, but as many have mentioned, the devices themselves felt very cheaply made. I don't understand why we can't get build quality of a Motorola device, with an incredible Samsung screen, seems like it would make a damn fine phone. Overall, if the Bionic does in fact have the X2's pentile screen, I think we'll all be completely fine with it.

Woah, are you me? I just went in my local VZW store today and did the EXACT same things you did.
I'm with you on the X2 screen. Most people have made it out to be absolutely terrible, but I had no problem with it at all. I only noticed the jagged edges around the battery notification when I got extremely ​close.

[Calla969]

My wife has an x2 and I feel that it depends on what you're looking at. I've noticed that the white space in the Market app looks absolutely terrible, but white space in a photo looks fine. The battery icon and some text looks bad, while other text looks fine. Videos and pictures look great, but the pixels are noticeable in the ui and some apps. Color and text size seem don't seem to be the primary variables. For the most part, the screen looks great for most of the things that really matter. When my wife got the phone, she chose it over the D3 because she liked the screen better. She is an editor and graphic designer, so she tends to be a little critical about color and display, but she has no issues with the screen. I didn't have her look at the Samsung phones because I don't like the cheap feel of them (personal opinion). She also considered the Incredible, but didn't like it.

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[JerseyFirefighter]

Woah, are you me? I just went in my local VZW store today and did the EXACT same things you did.
I'm with you on the X2 screen. Most people have made it out to be absolutely terrible, but I had no problem with it at all. I only noticed the jagged edges around the battery notification when I got extremely ​close.

I have actually learned a lot from this blog PenTile Blog At points it seems like a all out defense of pentiles downsides vs RBG stripe tech, but reading some of the content on here made me feel exceptionally better about pentile tech.

[Markster1]

Ok, so I actually figured out why the pentile display turns me off. Pentile uses 1/3 less pixels than a standard rgb pixel layout so the pixels are in turn 1/3 larger and therefore easier to see. Also in an rgbw pentile screen, you have a white pixel that shines thru which takes some getting used to.

On the flip side, i've read that this technology reduces battery usage by close to half which is a very good thing. You also have very bright screens because of the white pixel in every subpixel which is nice also.

Maybe they can continue to improve upon this technology. It's just not there for me yet.

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[music life]

See I don't get this, I think it looks awesome. I personally don't like the "hump", but that's the only thing I'm not digging. What is so "eh" about it to you?

idk. it doesnt have anything that stands out. it looks similar to all the other phones. and for how much talk it has gotten i was kinda hoping that with the revamp of it that they woulda make it look cooler.

call me crazy but at first glance it looked almost identical to the OG droid. just a little more slick. I guess i was just expecting more.