The biggest headache currently being faced by a common user of a smartphone would be glare or anything that prevents the person from seeing the display under sunlight. The issue becomes even more important for someone who remains mostly outdoors. Today, we'll see which is better at handling glare: the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra or the Apple iPhone 17-both egregious flagships.
Display Technology and Brightness: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 17
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra features Dynamic AMOLED 2X and peaks at a brightness of beyond 3000 nits. It also supports HDR10+ and keeps colors and contrast fidelity under sunlight viewing.
On the other hand, the iPhone 17 has a Super Retina XDR OLED display and reportedly peaks around 2800 nits. It applies True Tone as well as ProMotion technology to optimize display settings based on environmental conditions.
Handling Glares and Antireflection Coatings
Moreover, besides this innovative Vision Booster feature 2.0 in optimizing bright and contrast settings concerning the sunrays, the S25 Ultra has a cutting-edge anti-reflective coating that can really reduce glare.
The iPhone 17 uses nano-texture glass (only for the Pro Max model) to reduce glare through micro-scale textures, but it was only for the Pro series, and hence, not necessarily all models have it.
User Experience
In terms of the field test, Galaxy S25 Ultra really makes use of sunlight well. Because when compared with the brightest sunlight at midday, the Samsung screen seems clearer as well as richer. The performance of the iPhone is also up to par, but reflection and glare are a tad more glaring.
If you're a user who spends much time outdoors and uses their phone in direct sunlight, you might find that the Galaxy S25 Ultra produces a slightly better experience regarding the usefulness of the screen against glare. The iPhone 17 still comes very close to standing alongside it, recognized as both screen true colors from Apple.
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