Smart Phone Display versus Calibrated Monitor

[paul.deitch]

Why is it that some photos look better on my smartphone than my calibrated monitor? Doesn't make sense. (Just to preempt discussion of my monitor calibration, the 20x30cm d-s prints look pretty much like the monitor rather than the smartphone)

[MysteryLemon]

Because smartphone displays are designed to make everything look great. They produce bright, crips and oversaturated colours, plus they squash very large resolutions into a small area so everything always looks sharp.

For print, they are not a good judge, but if you publish a lot online, it's good to know that apple, samsung, sony etc. are all making your pictures look great for you