Are you using the screen modes on your phone?

Apple has had active color management since iOS 9, so when an image is tagged sRGB internally, it gets displayed credibly as such on the iPhone 7 display, while if it is taken with a richer color gamut like P3, as a lot of cameras do, it is automatically shown in full bloom on the new “wide color” display. It doesn’t get any easier for the user than that, and there is no need to fumble with screen modes.

With Samsung’s Galaxies, you have to deliberately choose a “Basic” color mode so that the display covers the widespread sRGB gamut, whereas the default Adaptive display regime opts for pretty cold and oversaturated colors most of the time. Sony has its X-Reality engine color management, too, that boosts the contrast and saturation when displaying media, and most every major phone maker now has several screen modes to choose from, be it just choosing between neutral, warm or cold colors, or having whole subsets for different scenarios like a movie mode, natural mode, or vivid regimes. 

That is why we wanted to ask you if you are using the screen modes on your phone on a regular basis, only sometimes, or don’t bother at all. Tell us below, and comment on the modes you use further down.