The Comparison Among 5 Full-HD Screens

HTC Butterfly, Oppo Find 5, Sony Xperia Z and Sharp SH930W are smartphones that own a Full HD screen, while Sharp Aquos Zeta is the first one to use IGZO display tech.

Aquos Zeta of Sharp, despite not possessing Full HD resolution but only HD, still causes impression thanks to the special IGZO-tech LED screen, introduced to be ultrathin but have high display efficiency.

In turn, from left to right, are Sharp Aquos Zeta, Sony Xperia Z, Sharp SH930W, Oppo FInd 5 and HTC Butterfly.

At the part of comparing 5 gigantic - display phone models performed by Hi-tech. Mail, the IGZO-screen smartphone of Sharp is the one delivering the best black-displayed capability. Among the 4 Full HD remains, Find 5 continues to be the leading model for having the screen that has good anti-glare capability, however, the black color gets lighter when using under the sun. Both HTC Buterfly and Sharp SH930W are placed at the 3^rd position while Xperia Z stays at the bottom for black visibility.

About contrast, leading the game is Butterfly and Find 5 when both reach 1.100:1. The two smartphones from Japan, SH930W and Zeta take turn to reach 900:1 and 800:1 in contrast, and stay at the lower positions. Meanwhile, the Xperia Z of Sony continues to be under-evaluated when having low contrast, about 570:1.

Moving on to screen brightness, Find 5 of Oppo is a 5-inch smartphone offering highest brightness at maximum level when technical spec measured is 442 cd/m2, Sony Xperia Z is a bit lower and rank 2^nd when reaching 440 cd/m2 brightness. Brightness half lower than it is the Aquos’s Zeta with 420 cd/m2 brightness, but on HTC Butterfly, model reaches 385cd/m2 brightness. However, the smartphone having the darkest screen is the Full HD of Sharp, SH930W.

Both Sony Xperia Z and Sharp Aquos Zeta delivering much poorer viewing angle compared to Find 5 and Butterfly.

At the part of rating viewing angle, Sony Xperia Z and Aquos Zeta is the 2 smartphones having the narrowest viewing angle among all, images turn blurred, faded or glared  when changing different viewing angle. While in contrast, Aquos SH930W Full HD model of Sharp presents a wide angle. However, at the leading position with wide viewing angle, maintaining the best-colored picture when looking at different angles is HTC Butterfly and Oppo Find 5.

The final review on the 5 gigantic smartphones of Hi-tech.Mail is the color visibility. Both HTC Butterfly Oppo and Find 5 are highly evaluated when providing displayed images with highest fidelity, eye-catching and not too blazing or faded. Moth makers calibrate the colors so well. Still, white visibility of Butterfly is a bit better than the opponent from Oppo.

Meanwhile, the 3 representatives from Japan don’t receive impressed review about color visibility. Xperia Z displays its color well, but not perfect in fidelity. Aquos Zeta of Sharp delivers too striking colors while SH930W gives you images lacking details, dark color.

Finally is the overall review of Hi-tech. Mail ranked Butterfly the smartphone with the best screen among the 5 models that were compared and tested. With OGS 5-inch Full HD display tech, Oppo Find 5 ranks second and is considered on par with the rival from HTC. At the 3^rd place is Full HD SH930W model of Sharp while Xperia Z has no choice but to feel pity for ranking at the penultimate position. But surprisingly, the smartphone possesses IGZO display tech is the model lowest-evaluating one in display quality.

Oppo Find 5 and HTC Butterfly (outermost) are considered having the best color-displaying quality, obtaining high fidelity.

Meanwhile, the representatives from Japan have poorer capability to display colors.

Find 5 of Oppo is the smartphone offering the highest brightness when reaching 442cd/m2.

Meanwhile, SH930W (at the center) is the model with darkest display, 314 cd/m2.

HTC Butterfly and Oppo Find 5 continue to lead the game in contrast when reaching 1.100:1.

While Xperia Z (2^nd) from the left has the lowest contrast display which is 570:1.

Sony’s model also presents narrow viewing angle, quite poorer than of 5-inch Full HD smartphone of HTC and Oppo.

Overall review about displays ranks HTC Butterfly at the first place, following by Oppo Find 5, while the representative of Sony ranks 4^th, and finally, the IGZO-screen smartphone of Sharp.