Galaxy S vs S2 vs S3 screens

By far the juiciest part of DisplayMate’s analysis is the comparison between the S, S2 and S3 displays. As expected, the Galaxy S3 comes on top quite clearly, but surprisingly (for many) the differences between Samsung’s latest flagship and the S2’s screen are not exactly “critical”.

It was a widely known fact that the S3 HD Super AMOLED screen comes with more pixels and sub-pixels per inch than the S2 Super AMOLED Plus panel, but when talking about brightness the new “beast” is actually not as competitive as the old one. In fact, the S3 comes with a poorer measured maximum brightness than even the original Galaxy S, so that’s not very good for Samsung. Then again, the screen reflectance helps make the S3’s brightness downsides not as visible in real use as you would think by looking at the raw numbers.