This profile does not have any form of color management, so using this profile doesn’t allow the viewing of photos in other color spaces at any proper fidelity. With the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, Google moved on from defaulting to an accurate color profile and switching over to a new color saturation-expanding “Adaptive” profile. I previously wrote a similar segment in my Google Pixel 3 (non-XL) display review that I would like my readers to read since all of it is still relevant.
It also lowers the available range of brightness values to choose from in dim environments at night time the jump from 2.1 nits to 3.5 nits is pretty large, and you might want a setting in-between. This happens for most of the display’s lower brightness range, and it could be annoying for your display to sporadically stutter in brightness when using auto brightness. The next step outputs 5.0 nits (43% increase), then 6.4 nits (28% increase), then 8.0 nits (25% increase). For reference, it takes approximately a 5% increase or decrease in magnitude for a change in luminance to be noticeable (in subsequent patches), so 67% is a very noticeable jump. This is a 67% increase from the previous step. At the minimum brightness, the Google Pixel 3 XL outputs 2.1 nits and jumps up to 3.5 nits at the very next step. To add to the low-brightness nuances, the brightness steps at the low end are jumpy and not smooth. In every Pixel phone’s native wide gamut, there is noticeably less black crush, which suggests a low-breadth LUT or an error in the tone response curve/transformation matrix to sRGB. The Google Pixel 3 XL has done better than the rest of the Pixel devices in this regard, but it is evident that the issue lies with Google’s calibration. Within some of our native habitats - in the pitch black - the Pixel phone displays have exhibited higher black clipping than most other handsets, making dark scenes a black blotchy mess. On the opposite spectrum, Google also needs to improve the shadow calibration in their displays. Until Google does so, its displays will always seem lackluster since there are literally dozens of us that actually go outside, where the Pixel phone displays simply appear unpleasantly dim when compared to the competition. If Google implemented its panel’s high brightness mode I would give the Pixel 3 XL display an "A" rating, but Google has to go even further since the competition is boasting 600+ nits display brightnesses.
Just like Apple, Google decided to use a flexible substrate on a flat screen - which I highly prefer - to achieve the plastered-screen look (hence “Flexible OLED” even though the screen appears flat). The silhouette on the front of the device is extremely sleek with a nice flat dark slab that hides the bathtub notch and chin well when the display is off (a result of the high-quality anti-reflection absorption layers), and a display that looks just as well-laminated as the iPhone X-series. Indoors, the Google Pixel 3 XL display is absolutely stellar with iPhone X(S)-like quality - colors, contrast, viewing angles and all. Google is so close to making a smartphone with a display that could be considered among the best. Google Pixel 3 XL Forums The Future for Pixel Displays - A Preamble
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