I'd trade the iPhone screen for a Touch screen any day.

To anyone who thinks the Touch screen is inferior to the iPhone...
I posted this at macrumors. I do not own a Touch. I do own an iPhone, and have been looking at its screen every day since June 29th.
I just spent some time playing with the Touch in the store. The first thing I noticed is how vibrant and contrasty the screen looked overall. (The sample I played with did not display the negative effect.) Then I pulled out my iPhone to compare it to and maxed the brightness on both. By comparison, my iPhone, which I've always considered to have a decent screen, was considerably more washed out. About a full stop overexposed in photo terms. The Touch's colors were a lot more punchy and saturated, the blacks achieved pure black.
Of course this meant there was some missing shadow detail in dark areas, but I'd hardly say it was inferior to the iPhone as some have insisted. As a photographer who shot Fuji Velvia exclusively for years, I found the Touch screen much nicer to look at.

I didn't post that to raise the ire of anyone with a defective "negative effect" screen. (which is why I included the disclaimer that the one I looked at was free from the defect)
I posted in repsonse to some people who claim the Touch screen is in general a lower quality screen. Seeing the difference between the Touch and the iPhone, I'm a little bummed and find myself wishing my iPhone looked as good. That's all.

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