Just got this watch and very excited. However when the screen is facing me its quite dull. If it tip it away 20? it seems much sharper & brighter. ie the whites look white. Is this a glitch or some design feature? Or does it have a very limited viewing angel and its not at 90? (facing it directly?
thanks - did notice that but didn't solve. Realised its the light shadow / reflection. ie looking at it in front of a window. If the watch is title towards the window the displays seems brighter and sharper?
thanks - did notice that but didn't solve. Realised its the light shadow / reflection. ie looking at it in front of a window. If the watch is title towards the window the displays seems brighter and sharper?
What you are describing is characteristic of a transflective style display, which the 935 (among other watches) uses. The way in which the display's contents are visible to you is based on light coming into the display surface and being reflected back to your eyes. This is why you see more color saturation when you have a brighter light source at ideal angles proportional to the display. Also, this type of display is not actively backlit by default, and therefore is less ideal for visibility in low light situations. Thankfully, that's where the backlight comes into play, as was noted by chunkywizard.
Basically it comes down to power usage and battery life. If the watch had a standard TFT or AMOLED type of display with active backlighting, you would get nowhere near the two week battery life you can get with the 935 now. For example, the Apple Watch gets < 24 hours of battery life, largely due to its display type. Sure you can read it in complete darkness, but you will charge it every day for that luxury.
thanks - did notice that but didn't solve. Realised its the light shadow / reflection. ie looking at it in front of a window. If the watch is title towards the window the displays seems brighter and sharper?
Also you can turn up the brightness % I think default is 20%.
What you are describing is characteristic of a transflective style display, which the 935 (among other watches) uses. The way in which the display's contents are visible to you is based on light coming into the display surface and being reflected back to your eyes. This is why you see more color saturation when you have a brighter light source at ideal angles proportional to the display. Also, this type of display is not actively backlit by default, and therefore is less ideal for visibility in low light situations. Thankfully, that's where the backlight comes into play, as was noted by chunkywizard.
Basically it comes down to power usage and battery life. If the watch had a standard TFT or AMOLED type of display with active backlighting, you would get nowhere near the two week battery life you can get with the 935 now. For example, the Apple Watch gets < 24 hours of battery life, largely due to its display type. Sure you can read it in complete darkness, but you will charge it every day for that luxury.
Hope this helps.
thanks - this seems to be the case no i've had it a while. The screen is fine but interesting how at an angle its sharper due to ambient light reflecting back off it. This is not related to the backlight being on or off.
