So, how to change the depth?
 

Nevertheless, xdpyinfo also says that 24 and 32 color depths are supported. Any way to experiment with this? If I write /etc/X11/Xorg.conf with Depth 24, will it work? Is there any program like xrandr which can change the color depth on-the-fly?

Re: Screen Colours
 

The thread "N900 color depth: 16million or 65K collors?" with six posts has been merged into this thread.

Re: Screen Colours / Color Depth: 16 million or 65K?
 

I can say its 16 million, I don't see the colour lack like i do on a pc with 65k.

The spec says its 16mill so it is. End of.

Re: Screen Colours / Color Depth: 16 million or 65K?
 

funny that, the German site listed as 65k! This is indeed confusing, official europe Nokia did list "up to 65K colour"and GSMARENA listed 16M colour. What to believe? are we all being lied by NOKIA or by ourselves?

65K colours:
http://europe.nokia.com/find-product...specifications

16M colours:
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n900-2917.php

This can't be right. The N97 mini has 16.5mil colours and listed on Nokia official site.
http://europe.nokia.com/find-product...specifications

But N900 on the other hand has better colour and sharper, much better resolution and still only say 65K?

This is very misleading. Can anyone this this to Nokia and confirm the fact?

Re: Screen Colours / Color Depth: 16 million or 65K?
 

This can't be right! Even my N95-1 has a 16M colour. Nokia flagship can't be this low! Can it be possible that Nokia has fallen this cheap???

Re: Screen Colours / Color Depth: 16 million or 65K?
 

May I ask you, if you think N900 has "better colour and sharper, much better resolution" why should you care whether it's 65K or 16M? :)

Re: Screen Colours / Color Depth: 16 million or 65K?
 

this is the same reason why people buy snapdragon based mobiles, even if the experience is slower than on a different device.
it must be 1ghz or more, if not you're soooo from 1990..

Re: Screen Colours / Color Depth: 16 million or 65K?
 

A machine is only as good as it's slowest / weakest part...

By the same token its all about the sum of its parts too, and their interaction with each other that results in the final throughput.

Everyone comments on the clarity and resolution of my 900's screen. I don't care if its only 16bit colour depth. I'm happy and people envy the screen on my phone.

Nuff sed <big grin>

Re: Screen Colours / Color Depth: 16 million or 65K?
 

Since people don't seem to be able to tell the difference anyway (it's really only possible with undithered gradients - but then you see clearly that it's 65k), why should marketing not simply write 16m in the specs as this sounds so much better? :)

Re: Screen Colours / Color Depth: 16 million or 65K?
 

Because it would be unethical to market a feature you don't have? ;-)