Let me tell you something almost no one ever talks about.
Yes, the RC/RC2 uses a 700nit display, which isn’t the brightest display in existence but it has been more than enough for me in all the sunny conditions here in sunny LA County.
Because of the 700nits, many people choose to get the RC-N2/N3 and get a phone or tablet that is over 1000nits because their logic dictates that it will be brighter than the RC2 in direct sunlight. If that was the end of it, their logic would be sound. However, what many don’t realize (or don’t talk about) is the fact that pretty much every single phone and tablet out there, including the highest-end ones, such as the iPhone Pro Maxes, the iPad Pros, the Samsung Galaxys etc, which all have very bright screens much higher than even 1000nits, do not ever maintain that brightness for long periods of time when outdoors in the sun!
Especially with direct sunlight hitting these devices, which is when you need their bright screens the most, all of these devices quickly overheat (within minutes) and start to progressively reduce the brightness of the screen to try to reduce heat. If you do not take the device in shade to cool it down, it might even overheat so much that it doesn’t allow you to use the device at all until it cools down. All my own iPhones have done this, including my current 13 Pro Max. The new iPhone 16 Pro Max does this, I have seen it with my own eyes. Say i’m trying to watch a video outside with sunlight hitting the phone so I have the brightness maxed out, and then within minutes the brightness drops so low I can’t see anything at all. Eventually the display blacks out completely until it’s able to cooled down.
Whereas, the RC2 might be “only” 700nits, but you can rest assured that it will maintain that 700nits throughout its entire operation, especially with the active cooling that it has. My RC2 has never ever dimmed on me in any condition in the ten months I’ve owned it.
