So, i just got my N9, and unfortunately, i'm a bit saddened by it all.

I remember how chuffed i was with my N900, it was a no-holding-back engineering marvel that literally had everything, and the kitchen sink.

But was horribly un-userfriendly.

Then along came the N9, and I loved it. It traded some of the geekier N900 features for more mainstream, and frankly, more grown-up ones. Funky chunky to sleek modernism sums it all up for me.

Then we get the full device details, and I start to lose some enthusiasm, but I am still pumped, 64gb? Hell yes!
and various other things.

And now, here I am, playing with my brand new baby, and as I attempt to transfer my contacts from my falling apart N900 it hits me.

The screen is substantially better on the N900.

The N9 screen looks permenantly washed-out and half-assed. I can quite clearly tell that the text in the status bar is not pure white. In the little "3.5" icon i can see the space between pixels. A little research then tells me the N900 has a higher pixel density.

Now regarding my observation of pixelation and poor image representation, is that par for an N9?

I would love for someone to laugh at me that my N9 is broken and to get it replaced but I sincerely doubt that's the case. Now assuming that this is what the screen is, how do people deal with it? the screen is atrocious, how could none of the reviews mention how terrible the screen is?

I'm clearly still in shock, I hold the N900 so close to my face my eyes hurt, and I can't really make out pixels, yet on the N9, I can't actually hold it far away enough to make it look un-pixelated or not fuzzy.

I'm pretty sure I'm treating this as an "a problem shared is a problem halved" kind of thing, so please, share, join in.

Can anyone justify to me the pentile display?

THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN OPINION THREAD. IF YOUR INPUT IS SUBJECTIVE, THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU SHOULD BE SHARING. OPINIONS ARE NOT VALID COUNTERS TO FACTS.
PLEASE TRY TO KEEP THIS FOCUSED ON SCREEN PERFORMANCE ISSUES, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT "SOLVED" AFTER EACH AND EVERY BUG