

There’s also an adaptive mode, which alters the screen tone in-line with the app you use. It does make the interface look great, if nothing else. Just as some people think reference-grade plasma TVs look dull and boring next to bright LCD TVs, some will love the dazzling look of the Dynamic mode’s colours.

Putting the effort to get these modes right should earn Samsung some real kudos here, but we’re glad it hasn’t enforced accuracy either (not that we’d ever expect that from Samsung). The Standard, Professional Photo and Cinema modes see a gradual stepping-down of colour vibrancy, hitting a good level of accuracy with the last two. It makes the interface pop and look extremely vibrant, but is not good for watching videos (overcooking of the reds in people’s faces is the main issue). As in recent top-rung Samsung phones, you can pick between a bunch of screen profiles, and they’re more effective than ever.ĭynamic mode gives you that oversaturated, larger-than life look that many people associate with a Galaxy S phone. Samsung’s obsession with packing in features is also a bonus, as you get to choose the character of the Galaxy S5’s screen.

Since the wildly oversaturated Galaxy S3, Samsung has put a lot of effort into working on the colour calibration of its OLED screens. At 5.1 inches it’s just 0.1 inches larger than its predecessor, it uses the same 1080p resolution, the same Gorilla Glass 3 top layer and the same Super AMOLED panel type.īut it’s really quite fantastic in many respects.
