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#7
From day one I have been complaining about the colour management of the N9 (to great annoyance of those who like over contrasted and over saturated pictures)

Over saturation should be seen as mostly a negative effect, only in some cases artistically applicable, and it is not a good idea to make it a "feature" one can't turn off or control.

Luckily some action seems to have been taken. (Konttori talk)

"PR1.1: neutral sRGB space color palette is now used always, except in clearly outdoor situatios, when oversaturation is applied to adjust how eye desaturates content in brightness"

They are on the right track for a compromise: focus on usability through enhanced saturation while in bright (sun) light while aiming for more colour correctness out of sunlight.

Anybody with PR1.1 installed that can verify and confirm this a difference?


About the colour cast under angle:

Mine is definitely turning very green under angle.

On the meego forum some people say they have it while other's say they don't. But when it comes down to judging colours, you can only use one pair of eyes for reference.

Last week I have asked in a few shops and they don't consider this normal.
3 Phone vendors said this is not normal compared to other displays on the market.

They either have no reference N9 or don't want to unpack it unless you are 90 percent purchaser.

I have yet to find another N9 to compare.

A phone repair shop did not want to comment on it because he had never seen the device before.

Meanwhile I have found the color cast under angle can be useful to solve the colour management problem when watching a movie.
(something I never enjoyed before on a mobile phone before N9)
You can change the viewing angle a little bit in order to correct the over saturation and adjust the image to more natural skin tones.
(PR 1.0 feature ? )