I just got offered by VZW to pick up one of these bad Larrys for $99. Now, for the longest time I've been waiting for an Inc.

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icu November 03, 2010

I just got offered by VZW to pick up one of these bad Larrys for $99. Now, for the longest time I've been waiting for an Inc.

+ a slide-out KB and with the Merge I thought I was finally going to get it. Conundrum now is - is the kb worth $100 to me? I'm not sure.
My question is - at this point with all the different options available and on the horizon - does the Incredible hold up and will it continue to hold up over the next year to 2 years?
Also, I'm curious what people's opinions are on the change from OLED screens to SVGA screens. By all accounts the difference is negligible but the screen was a main selling point back in the day. What think you? Thanks

(come to think of it - shouldn't the specs on the erm specs be changed to reflect the screen tech change?)

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icu 2010-11-03 10:27:24

Ugh - sorry I mean SLCD not SVGA ... missed my editing window.
www.androidcentral.com/droid-incredible-transition...

Apparently all new Incredible have the SLCD screens which by all accounts are just as nice even side by side (except for the blacks). Still it's a shame they had to make this change (Sammy took their OLED ball and left to make 20 different Galaxy S phones)

Way to tell difference is SKU # ends with 2 = OLED ends with 3 = SLCD

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RJMcKenzie 2010-11-16 09:35:47

I've never seen a SLCD phone that I know of.. What other devices use SLCD?

I've been using OLED on my Incredible and it is pretty darn good. I've also used a OLED on my old Nexus One and it was great as well. Alot better then the LCD that was on the iPhone 3G.

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icu 2010-11-16 10:22:18

Here's the comparison. The SLCDs are supposed to be very good and some would say they are "just as good" www.engadget.com/2010/09/13/spot-the-difference-ht...
Basically SLCDs don't have the color vibrance and blacks/contrast but they are sharper with text etc. I don't know wither is probably fine, but there is something about those OLED screens that just seem "better looking" to me.

RJMcKenzie 2010-11-16 10:35:45

Well from the sounds of it they are close but the OLED's are better... I've gotten a few warranty replacements and from what I know I've still have the OLED model.

vannoj 2010-12-11 18:23:40

I had an Incredible with the SLCD for a week and a half but I had to return it unfortunately. Now I have an Incredible with the OLED screen and I remember the first time I booted it up I thought the screen was broken because of how the display looked. The SLCD looked so much sharper even though the resolution of the displays were identical. I did some research and discovered that the OLED looks this way because each pixel has two subpixels which often cause straight lines and sharp edges on the screen to bleed a little bit.
I'm used to the OLED now and I absolutely love this phone even though it's seven months old. If I could pick I would personally take the SLCD over the OLED but there are a lot of people that would disagree. Some say the colors are better on the OLED and for the most part that's probably true, but sometimes colors look oversaturated. When it comes down to it, I prefer the crispness of the SLCD and the better performance it offers when being used in the sunlight.

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