#NOTE VERSION OF GOOGLE PIXEL 2 XL UPDATE#

Any angle past 15 degrees or so to the sides and the wave of cold blue creeps in. Looking the display head-on seems to work out fine, but we are talking about a very narrow window here. However, the other major issue associated with the Pixel 2 XL's panel is not that easy to address.If you angle the Pixel 2 XL even slightly, nasty greenish-blue color shifts start taking over your display. The keys would change from gray, back to white, when a button on the navigation bar is pressed.

#NOTE VERSION OF GOOGLE PIXEL 2 XL UPDATE#

The company also claims it's an expected limitation by the technology.Д®arly reports of Android 8.1 reveal that the future update will dim the navigation keys from white to gray to help prevent burn-in. Google is now promising to fight it by reducing the maximum brightness of the panel by about 50 nits. We didn't experience such issue on our Pixel XL 2 unit, though we probably haven't used the phone long enough for anything to stick on the screen.Д«urn-in has always been a concern for OLED panels and manufacturers have been working around that for years now. Some users report a burn-in - where the screen would retain the outline of UI elements which it shows for a long time (like the navigation bar) even when they are not shown on the screen - all in a matter of several days. It's been taking heavy criticism for a number of observed issues. The Pixel 2 XL's screen has been the topic of some quite heated discussions since its release in the US (it launches in Europe next month).

It's not quite up there with the Galaxy S8 and S8+, but it still surpasses the Note8 and also the LG V30 (with which it likely shares the screen panel). The Pixel 2 XL posted a very respectable score in our sunlight legibility test. Still, combined with the deep blacks of OLED technology, you are guaranteed an infinite contrast ratio just like on Samsung AMOLED phones. There is no auto brightness overdrive mode in a bright light unlike Samsung phones, which can go way higher than that. We measured a maximum brightness of 496 nits on our Pixel 2 XL review unit, which is a solid number and about 70 nits brighter than the original Pixel XL.

It's the Diamond Pentile matrix seen on most other phones with AMOLED screens.

The sub-pixel arrangement of the P-OLED display is unsurprisingly familiar. The phone offers a 'Display size' setting that adjusts the UI scaling with a separate setting for font size. These specs work out to 538 ppi - perfectly sharp even when subjected to extreme pixel-peeping scrutiny and offer plenty of details to use with the Daydream VR headset. The Pixel 2 XL's P-OLED panel offers a resolution of 1440 x 2880 pixels. This is certainly an attractive design choice by Google. This display is protected by a '3D' layer of Gorilla Glass 5, which is tapered all the way around and protrudes past the phone's frame. The Google Pixel 2 XL is equipped with a 6-inch QHD+ P-OLED display with 18:9 aspect ratio.

Note version of google pixel 2 xl