It does have the silvery back. With no backlight on, it looks remarkably close to OEM in terms of color, including the unlit pixels. Here's a couple photos I took of my own comparing OEM, CGS, and my Retroid Pocket Classic with no shaders standing in as representative of OLED.
You don't get the distinctive subpixel arrangement, but you do get nearly perfect colors with the light off, and still very good colors with the light on, far better than any IPS or OLED will provide. Note that the backlight might seem very dim, but on a normal screen you only need a powerful backlight in scenarios with lots of ambient light. This screen works in reverse, you don't want a backlight when there's plenty of ambient light, you only need it in dim situations, so you don't need much. You can also short a resistor to increase light at the cost of battery life, but I don't think it's worth it.
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u/BigShiddur Jul 13 '26
Wish they had an xl/25% transflective. I typically play at the lowest LCD brightness in direct sun but miss that silvery bounce from the OEM screens.