Uh contrary to the review it CLEARLY uses PWM. Just check the step response. I don't know how the reviewers came up with 'no flicker above 16%'.

Quote from: George on May 21, 2021, 18:10:44

Quote from: george on March 21, 2021, 06:41:32
"...Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 16 % and below..."

huh?!

how is it possible for an AMOLED display?

please, notebookcheck, i am still waiting for response! i don't get it how AMOLED can be dimmed without PWM?

Well, it may be DC dimming. DC dimming introduces color inaccuracies and other issues, and doesn't dim effectively throughout the whole range. It has a relatively high minimal brightness whereas PWM goes at least as low as 0.1nit, if they implemented an automatically switching mechanism then "16%" in that particular UI may have been the minimal brightness allowed by their implementation of DC dimming.

Quote from: george on March 21, 2021, 06:41:32
"...Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 16 % and below..."

huh?!

how is it possible for an AMOLED display?

please, notebookcheck, i am still waiting for response! i don't get it how AMOLED can be dimmed without PWM?

Quote from: David9090 on March 24, 2021, 01:11:36
It does support al kinds of fast charging, according to OPPO website:

SuperVOOC 2.0/SuperVOOC/VOOC 3.0/PD
(9 V/2 A)/QC (9 V/2 A)/PPS (30W)

So, besides proprietary fast wireless charging (there is no standard for that), it also supports up to 18W QC.
And besides 65W Supervooc, it also supports 18W PD, which is quite okay (iPhone and Galaxy territory, at least with the standard chargers). Especially if you charge your phone overnight even slower would be better.

I don't see why Heif is a problem, shooting in Dng raw is not practical on a smartphone imho. Support for Heif will increase in the future.

On most Android smartphones the camera can't be accessed directly by other apps like Instagram, the S21 is one of the few (if not only) exception. A third party camera app is only necessary if the stock one is really bad in processing, which it is not.

That's very interesting, my Vivo flagship is stuck with the proprietary charging and nothing else though.
I don't believe proper camera hardware access is a minority, in China perhaps, but IIRC LG and Sony both leave the api open.
There's nothing particularly impractical about DNGs, on the contrary lack of DNG support squanders the hardware improvements, likewise, if the default camera doesn't do proper DNG...or HEIFs, it doesn't matter, then allowing Gcam to access the hardware becomes crucial.

It does support al kinds of fast charging, according to OPPO website:

SuperVOOC 2.0/SuperVOOC/VOOC 3.0/PD
(9 V/2 A)/QC (9 V/2 A)/PPS (30W)

So, besides proprietary fast wireless charging (there is no standard for that), it also supports up to 18W QC.
And besides 65W Supervooc, it also supports 18W PD, which is quite okay (iPhone and Galaxy territory, at least with the standard chargers). Especially if you charge your phone overnight even slower would be better.

I don't see why Heif is a problem, shooting in Dng raw is not practical on a smartphone imho. Support for Heif will increase in the future.

On most Android smartphones the camera can't be accessed directly by other apps like Instagram, the S21 is one of the few (if not only) exception. A third party camera app is only necessary if the stock one is really bad in processing, which it is not.

Hmmm, I came across the device in a store and liked the feel in hand, but this suggests more corners cut than expected. The forced HEIF is ironic since DNG is 12-14 bit in the first place and the performance drop over time is unacceptable.
And it likely shares other issues other BBK devices such as...usual lack of PD/QC support in favor of its niche protocol that most chargers and mobile batteries don't support(leaving pitiful 5V2A in most situations if you actually use the best on the market), locked Camera2 preventing full access to the modules by 3rd party cameras apps, very stupid design choices in the UI hampering usability that cannot be circumvented due to lack of settings, messing with Android dev tool compatibility so that the bootloader cannot be unlocked through regular methods...etc.

Can the author or anyone else check and let me know if the Always on Display on this phone's ColorOS be customized to show only app notification icons and nothing else? Like is possible in Realme UI 2.0, which incidentally split from Color OS and became Realme UI.

I don't care about the dozens of AOD custom styles they have added. I only want it to show notifications when they arrive (always on display) until I have seen them/dismissed them and then basically the screen turns off by not showing anything otherwise. If I set Realme UI 2.0 on their OLED phones to show only notifications, that's how it behaves. It offers granular toggles to customize AOD so since Oppo is the same parent company, BBK, maybe ColorOS of Oppo may also have this useful function.

You can thank the new head of oppos product development and Co-president Pete Lau of one plus he was handling double duties now for the lack of microSD card slot and reduced storage as he did the same thing too OnePlus phones and one of the many reasons Carl Pei left the company

Quote from: george on March 21, 2021, 06:41:32
"...Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 16 % and below..."

huh?!

how is it possible for an AMOLED display?

It's most likely not using a Samsung panel, because Samsung ones are notorious for using PWM for brightness control. LG also makes OLED panels, but I did not know that they sell them to other retailers.

Is it me or does this guy look like Tony Stark.
By the way, that's a compliment. Stark's an amazing guy.

"...Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 16 % and below..."

huh?!

how is it possible for an AMOLED display?