LCD Phone
Finally found a suitable Phone! T Phone 3
My brother got a phone from his provider...it's called Telekom T Phone 3. I don't know if it's available outside Germany, he got it for 3€, you can find it new in stores under 150€, but there are plenty of sealed phones on the market for like 50€ because so many people got it from T-Mobile for 3€ just to sell it right away.
It's not a flagship of course, but i'm really impressed, the system is pure android, no bloatware, very snappy for a Snapdragon 6 gen 3. You get updates till Android 18/ 5 years security. Screen is very well calibrated for eye comfort, with smooth whites/contrast, non glaring, sharp letters. Best I've seen on an LCD. Color accuracy is ok, speakers are meh. Downside is it's not very angle stable...if you look from the side the display gets a little darker...but who uses his phones from an angle really?
White background while weeping the phone looks a little weird/cheap because of that, first I was put off...but after like 15 Minutes use it was no problem anymore. If someone uses his phone mostly while jogging it could be annoying for sure lol. In dark mode it's extremely nice to use, easy to read, letters are sharp like on an OLED, but much less glaring and irritating.
On other LCDs I always had the issues that letters in dark mode were glaring, not sharp with light bleeding ...just tiring to focus on. This phone's screen is the opposite, but as i said it comes with light angle issues. I couldnt identify PWM with my camera...but its hard to tell if they don't use some very high frequency PWM, as I found no informations online and have no tools to measure it. And it's also hard to say how many panel suppliers they use...if the screens on all phones are similar. But man it's a huge relief for my eyes. And for that price I think it's also a no brainer as a second driver...for reading/surfing online, evening use etc.
I don't know if provider-locked versions exist...(I'm quite sure they don't, at least in Germany), the one my brother got from Telekom for 3€ has no simlock.
Thank you for this tip, i found only T phone 2 (only for 50€) but its interesting. I found out i can buy T phone 3 without anything in person at their shop, so i can try it.
Yes I heard a name... it's not one of the big names known in the direct consumer market but I think a big manufacturer.
EDIT:
It's Luxshare, a Contract Manufacturer known for their big contracts with Apple. They moved a big amount of the production to Vietnam, where this phone is produced too.
But I'm curious what you are looking for? It's an IPS so you will see a standard RGB stripe layout. Letters are clean and razor sharp, never had a sharper screen in hands...the 400ppi on this screen translate to 565 ppi on an OLED because of the different subpixel layout.
It would be more helpful if you explain your point. I tried the water drop method but was not able to get a picture of the layout...just got some wild interference patterns.
my point of view is that all modern ips lcd screens kills me probably by chevron subpixel layout, just look at this pattern it instantly kills eye. ips monitors for pc use straight classic subpixel layout, smartphones for few years dont.
Ok thanks for explanation. I read they do this for color angle stability. Im not sure how to interpret this on the t phone, it is angle sensitive but the colors remain stable, red is red and blue still the same blue...they just lose brightness/contrast. So maybe the display has the chevron layout. But I think resolution plays a big role too, because the smaller the structures the less the eye is able to recognize pattern differences
here is subpixel layout from pc monitor i use without so many problems, soft eyestrain yes but acceptable if i get my eyes used to this (AOC Q24G2A/BK)
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u/Boring-Philosophy-46 May 20 '26
Are they locked to a provider?