Well-known rating organization DisplayMate gave the Google Pixel 3XL an A+ rating in all categories, making it the third smartphone in their history to do so, with the Samsung Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy Note 9 being the previous two.
The smartphone even got awarded the “Best Smartphone Display” award, in addition to that A+ grade. This comes after the Pixel 2 XL sported some well-known display issues, with colors that were a bit off and blue color casting at off-angles.
It looks like Google took note of that, because none of those issues are present in the 3 XL, with the phone even sporting multiple color modes alongside a boosted saturation mode as the default. Even when in natural mode, the colors are very accurate.
The Pixel 3XL hits 424 nits in brightness, which is not not a lot (the Note 9 for example hits a 700+ nits peak brightness), but what it lacks in nits it makes up in screen reflectance, with 4.3%, which is, apparently, the lowest DisplayMate has ever measured on a smartphone.
“The Pixel 3 XL has a Record Low Screen Reflectance of 4.3 percent, the lowest that we have ever measured for a Smartphone,” the DisplayMate review reads. “As a result of its high Brightness and low Reflectance, the Pixel 3 XL has a Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light that ranges from 94 to 101, among the highest that we have measured for the Calibrated sRGB/Rec.709 and DCI-P3 Color Gamuts.”
So far, it seems like the Pixel 3 XL can hold its own in front of serious competition like Samsung, who is well-known for its high-quality OLED screens, so if you were still debating whether the Google Pixel 3XL is worth it, now you have one more thing in favor of you buying it.
Follow TechTheLead on Google News to get the news first.
