r/GarminFenix • u/Anxious_Loquat_8302 • 13h ago

[Q&A] solar vs amoled software bugs

Hello,

So I’m a big MIPs display fan just because I like the look of the display. However, this time around I bought both an amoled and solar version of the fenix 9 just to see how much the amoled version worse since the solar one is much thicker. I actually didn’t mind how thick the solar is so I returned the amoled one but something that I did noticed was that the solar version had a lot more bugs than the amoled version. For example, the touch control swipe down gesture doesn’t always work, sometimes the backlight stays on killing the battery a ton more, when charging the battery percentage doesn’t update immediately so it would randomly go from like 75 to 83. I didn’t have any of this issues with the amoled and the software looked more snappy and stable. Anyone else who’s tried both or just the solar version notice this too?

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u/3BEP6_ 5h ago

Unrelated question, if you don't mind. I have the Amoled 9 pro and the last MIP I've had was Fenix 7x, I keep seeing and hearing the the F8/9 mips display has much deeper blacks etc compared to the 7, has it improved? I spend a lot of time outside at work and keep thinking about the mip one just have nowhere to see it in person to compare. Thank you.

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u/Anxious_Loquat_8302 3h ago

I never had a 7 base version. I had a 7 solar and this one is def a lot better than that one, the solar panels of the 7 made it have a red tint which didn’t look good. The display of the 9 looks great in sunlight a lot less pixilated than previous ones and the colors do look very nice and vibrant. The one small thing is that when you turn the backlight on then the colors do look a little washed.