The Dell Streak Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 15, 2010 6:59 PM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Dell
- Streak
- Gadgets
- Mobile
The Display
The major selling point of the Streak is its 5” 800 x 480 LCD display, and it’s a pretty good display. The resolution is well mated to the screen size and everything is very easy to read on the display. After using the Streak, the iPhone 4 and similar sized smartphones just feel cramped. For making phonecalls they work well, but for multitasking and being productive, the Streak’s larger screen is an asset.
The display on the Streak get’s bright enough. At 366 nits the Streak is similar to HTC’s EVO 4G.
Black levels are very low for a smartphone LCD. The deep black is what helps give it excellent on/off contrast ratio:
While not quite as good as a Droid X or iPhone 4, the Streak is much better than most others on the market. Despite the strong on/off contrast I found that dark scenes in movies are still tough to make out on the Streak.
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araczynski - Sunday, August 22, 2010 - link
palm's still in business? still relying on their crappy email programs? they're down there with blackberry (and their retarded server licensing fees for exchange setups) in my book.strange to see dell churning out a phone, let me guess, the browser homepage is their website and its riddled with tracking cookies.
but it is nice to see them pushing past the envelope of ridiculously tiny screens.